The Return of the Southern Rap Outkast

​More than two decades since he released the highly influential, Southernplayalisticadillacmuzik, a benchmark album in establishing Southern Rap as a force to be reckoned with, former-Outkast rapper BigBoi returns with Boomiverse. This new album combines cosmic and futurist directions with BigBoi’s signature Southern rap sound and with hard-driving party jams. The project as a whole has a somewhat disjointed feel and relies heavily on BigBoi’s creative momentum to provide some coherence. What prevents this album from achieving a full return to form is a palpable lack of assurance about its overall creative direction.

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