Below is an excerpt from Big Boi’s Def Jam conference call from a few days back. In this particular clip, Big boi gives us the real reason why he left Jive and joined La Reid’s label. Listen closely.
Basically we got moved over to Jive with the whole merger with BMG like 4 or 5 years ago. There were alot of creative differences. One of the head people at Jive asked me to go in and make my own version of Lil Wayne’s “Lollipop”. At that point, I kinda knew that they didn’t understand what was going on. So, I called LA Reid, let him know what’s happening, long story short, bout a year of going back & forth, they let me go. And now here we are, Def Jam, every kid’s dream, to be on Def Jam, one of the greatest labels in the world. Feel like I got traded from the Braves to the Yankees & it’s time to play ball, what’s happenin!
He also confirms guests and features on the album that include Gucci Mane, Andre 300, B.o.B, Scott Storch, Lil Jon & Jamie Foxx. There will be 18 tracks on the Deluxe edition and 14 on the regular one. Listen to that plus more here.