Fresh Air critic Milo Miles reviews Lizzoβs album Big Grrrl Small World:Β
βEarly last year, the reunion tour of Sleater-Kinney was the music show to see in Boston. But when I first heard the opening act was βLizzo,β my response was βwhoβs that?β Turned out Lizzo was a vivacious and high-energy alt-rapper who bounded on to the stage and dominated it with harmony vocals and percussion from DJ Sophia Eris, who was sometimes almost a co-star. Lizzo flowed from raps to soul testifying to captivating spiels about food, sex, partying and not taking guff from nobody. The big hooks of numbers like βBatches & Cookiesβ Β from her 2013 debut Lizzobangers and Lizzoβs flair for prompting audience sing-along and promoting hard-nosed optimism made her a wondrous opening act. She left the stage with the audience fired up and full of brand-new Lizzo fans.β
