{"id":3271,"date":"2018-11-05T12:54:11","date_gmt":"2018-11-05T19:54:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/songexploder.net\/?p=3271"},"modified":"2024-08-04T18:28:58","modified_gmt":"2024-08-05T01:28:58","slug":"big-boi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/songexploder.net\/big-boi","title":{"rendered":"Episode 148: Big Boi"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"subhead\">&#8220;Order of Operations&#8221;<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/songexploder.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/SongExploder148-BigBoi-600x420.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"420\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-3280\" srcset=\"https:\/\/songexploder.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/SongExploder148-BigBoi.png 600w, https:\/\/songexploder.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/SongExploder148-BigBoi-300x210.png 300w, https:\/\/songexploder.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/SongExploder148-BigBoi-560x392.png 560w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/play.prx.org\/e?uf=https%3A%2F%2Ff.prxu.org%2Fsong-exploder%2Ffeed-rss.xml&amp;ge=prx_93_5739e0a9-eb1c-4e17-919f-8963b6112675\" width=\"650\" height=\"200\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div class=\"download-links\">LISTEN: <a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.com\/songexploder\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">APPLE PODCASTS<\/a> \u00b7 <a href=\"https:\/\/radiopublic.com\/SongExploder\">RADIOPUBLIC<\/a> \u00b7 <a href=\"https:\/\/dts.podtrac.com\/redirect.mp3\/dovetail.prxu.org\/song-exploder\/5739e0a9-eb1c-4e17-919f-8963b6112675\/SongExploder148_BigBoi-DT.mp3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MP3<\/a><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bigboi.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Big Boi<\/a> is a rapper from Atlanta. When he was a teenager, he and <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Andr%C3%A9_3000\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Andre 3000<\/a> formed <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Outkast\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">OutKast<\/a>, and went on to sell over 25 million records and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.grammy.com\/grammys\/artists\/outkast\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">win six Grammys<\/a>. He\u2019s released three solo albums, including <em>Boomiverse<\/em>, which came out in 2017. In this episode, Big Boi breaks down a song from that album called \u201cOrder of Operations.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/song.link\/us\/i\/1357748624\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Buy or stream &#8220;Order of Operations&#8221; here.<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/reverb.grsm.io\/sxp-big-boi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">You can buy the album,<em> Order of Operations<\/em> on vinyl here.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>For a transcript of this episode, <a href=\"http:\/\/songexploder.net\/transcripts\/big-boi-transcript.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">click here.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Illustration by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lerms.net\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Carlos Lerma<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span class=\"header\">footnotes<\/span><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Scott_Storch\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Scott Storch &#8211; Producer<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.diegoave.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Diego Ave &#8211; Co-producer<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/ericbellinger.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Eric Bellinger &#8211; Co-writer<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/song.link\/us\/i\/379693231\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&#8220;Shutterbug&#8221; &#8211; Big Boi<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Order of Operations&#8221; LISTEN: APPLE PODCASTS \u00b7 RADIOPUBLIC \u00b7 MP3 Big Boi is a rapper from Atlanta. 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