Vicious Lies And Dangerous Rumors
by Big Boi
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Vicious Lies And Dangerous Rumors is ranked 2nd best out of 3 albums by Big Boi on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Big Boi is Sir Lucious Left Foot: The Son Of Chico Dusty which is ranked number 2346 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 687.
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Vicious Lies And Dangerous Rumors track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 75 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  paladisiac | Top 100 Music Albums of 2012 | 85/100 | 1 |
| 2026 | cicadelic | Hot New Hip Hop 15 Hottest Albums Of 2012 | 3/15 | - |
| 2026 | TroutMaskGreg | Top 28 Music Albums of 2012 | 15/28 | 3 |
| 2025 | skrapoel | Top 40 Music Albums of 2012 | 11/40 | 4 |
| 2025 | skrapoel | Top 100 Music Albums of the 2010s | 93/100 | 2 |
| 2025 | paladisiac | top 65r albums (63), #0401-0500* | 18/65 | - |
| 2025 | cicadelic | HipHopDX's Top 25 Albums Of 2012 | 24/25 | - |
| 2025 | paladisiac | 2010s 65rating (64.09-63), #001-100 | 91/97 | - |
| 2023 | cmoshier | Top 100 Music Albums of 2012 | 99/100 | 0 |
| 2018 |  Lachapelle | Top 19 Music Albums of 2012 | 13/19 | 2 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 19 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 26 | |||
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 05/29/2026 16:37 |  junodog4 | 3,010 | 70/100 |
| ! | 12/31/2024 03:57 |  zags7000 | 20,568 | 64/100 |
| ! | 06/14/2023 01:14 | PapaShiz86 | 11,758 | 79/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 72.1/100, a mean average of 70.2/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 72.1/100. The standard deviation for this album is 12.3.
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baystateoftheart 05/29/2019 19:09 in What album are you listening to right now? paladisiac 03/12/2018 20:03 in Sophomore SlumpVicious Lies And Dangerous Rumors comments
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I'm a huge Outkast and Big Boi fan. And I have to say, this was gravely disappointing :/
paladisiac TOP 100 COMMENTER 01/02/2013 16:00 | #59788
What would big boi do for an encore to "Sir Luscious Left Foot" dropped just 2 years prior, the best hip-hop of that year not released by Kanye? How about a sequel of sorts? Stylistically, this is a lot like "sir luscious", so much so that any differences in quality, mostly the absence of big hits, is more apparent, although some songs are a muddled mess. I hate to weigh heavy importance to hooks, but when it comes to any music related to pop music, especially hip-hop, replayability is often tied to hooks, and "vicious lies..." doesn't come close to the hooks of its predecessor. "shoes for running" featuring wavves is probably the most interesting tune here.
zdwyatt TOP 100 COMMENTER 10/23/2013 17:31 | #88966
This features a number of guest artists, many of whom are in no way hip-hop artists. The result is an album that veers between textbook hip-hop and something much more exciting. Whether it works for you will likely depend on whether you like the guest contributions (e.g. I do not like Wavves or their part in this album). But when it all clicks, it's great. And even when it's only so-so, it's still Big Boi, who is more fun to listen to than just about any other rapper.
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