Modest Mouse Working With Big Boi On New Tracks

Indie rockers Modest Mouse are back in the studio working on new songs for their first album since 2007's We Were Dead Before The Ship Even Sank, and having managed to wrangle Big Boi to collaborate on the new tracks, according to the rappers' Twitter account.

"Been camped out in the Lab with Modest Mouse all week, workin on the new mouse LP, coolest cats ever. Long Live The Funk," he tweeted. The rapper also tweeted that producer Chris Carmouche, who worked on Outkast's Speakerboxx/The Love Below is also in the studio.

While the band hasn't revealed when their album will be released they have teasing new material. Watch a performance of an untitled song on the online series Don't Move Here which documents the Portland music scene. The performance occurs at around the 7:56 mark.

Mike Bigga, Big Boi and Pill To Collaborate On A New Album

Georgia natives Big Boi, Mike Bigga and recent Maybach Music signee Pill are coming together for a collborative album. According to XXL.com, the trio have been making music together for years. Just don't let Mike Bigga hear you call them a supergroup.

“I hate when people be like ‘yo, it’s super group. I just think it’s three dope rappers that have a lot of respect for each other that are about to make some amazing music. I don’t know what constitutes a super group. To me, OutKast is a definition of a super group. But it is definitely super to be rapping with a person that mentored me and a person I mentored and two people I think are the coldest in the game. The music is going to super.”

The group, who will record at Big Boi's Stankonia Studios, came together after the veteran MC and Mike did a show together. The Atlanta MC said the collaboration was a logical progession.

"I can’t say no to rapping with dope people," Mike said. "For us, this is just a natural evolution. This has been what we were doing for the last four or five years.”

While the trio haven't decided on a name yet, they've already recorded several songs.

Album Review: Big Boi Sir Luscious Left Foot...Son Of Chico Dusty

In bands or duos, fans and critics always find a way to relegate the individual members, no matter how talented, to individual roles. In the case of Outkast, Big Boi was cast as the earthy, street everyman to Andre's 3000's P-Funk mothership fashion statements and extraterrestrial lyrical prowess. While 2003's Speakerboxx showed Big Boi's knack for making smooth, futuristic funk, Sir Luscious Left Foot, his first proper solo disc, proves there's room for more than one musical genius in Outkast.