Based on what he has said he probably does not feel in tune with that gift anymore

Thank you drake!!!

thats true, he deserves as much credit as anyone that is at least willing to fight, more dignity in losing than going ass up

Big Boi said he’s been ready for years

Andre’s really a diva lmao

No one is forcing him

he says this every year don’t get your hopes up

Maybe this beef wasnt a complete waste

just took two Mandingos fighting to help true art restore

we won

First page

That label situation looking funny in the light, now you wanna rap again lol

ill accept kendrick's slander of the boy if we get a new non-flute three stacks album outta it

Allow me to add more (necessary) context from the same interview. He's not saying anything different than what he's been saying.

How do thoughts on mortality affect your priorities, especially being a rapper and unfortunately seeing so many peers passing at premature ages?

It’s just further down the road. I think when most people start rapping, they start rapping young. I liken it to boxing a lot. Most people don’t start boxing when they’re 50. I mean, you can. But the prime strengths come from youth, in rapping. And I know I get a lot of s*** from it — a lot of people disagree with me. I’m not saying there’s an age limit on rapping at all. It’s just that the parts that I love about rapping, they come from a certain age. People don’t like when I say that, because there’s older rappers now that are killing. And I always feel like as long as it’s in you and you’re inspired to do it, you should do it.

How do you feel the perspective of older artists adds to the overall discourse?
It’s awesome because it shows younger artists “I can still do this as I age, too.” I was speaking to a young artist, and we were having the same conversation. I was telling this artist how I felt about getting older, and they said, “You’re showing us what to do when we get that age.”

That made me think. I have to be careful about how I speak about it. I want to be honest and stand on what I believe in, and my thoughts about it, but at the same time, I never want it to come off as negative or uninspiring. I’m trying to find a way to say the truth about how I feel about it, but at the same time, not stop anyone from doing anything.

You’ve had amazing features as a rapper over the past couple of decades. What do you think it is, where you can’t capture that magic and extend it to a full project?

I have no idea. If I knew that, I probably would have done an album. Sometimes, I ask myself … Some people are solo artists, some people are in groups. My whole career was in a group, outside of The Love Below André’s half of OutKast’s 2003 double album. The Love Below was supposed to be a film. I was making my own soundtrack to the film, so it pushed me to do a certain type of thing. But I’ve been in a group most of my career. I was able to feed off of someone else.

And maybe I’m just not a solo rap artist. I only feature when inspired by the artist I was with. Many artists send me music. I was feeding off of them, and it was a chemistry thing more than anything.

rollingstone.com/music/music-features/andre-3000-grammys-new-music-outkast-1235200521

Maybe start with features

Honestly, he probably should let himself go down as a legend and call it a day, if he drops anything but a universal mega classic after all these years he’s gonna stain his career for no real reason

Andre is super cool, its very nice to see him embrace himself getting older and the burden that comes with it as an artist

🤣🤣🤣🤣

I know he didn't but have you read op

Lmao

That’s cool as hell. I hope something comes from this.

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Is there a contemporary musician to Andre 3000
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i think this is a 2025 conversation but i feel like andre is becoming extremely corny. he gave off that vibe prior to but this year really cemented it

he really love running around feeling loved for being on his 'elder statesman but hip' bullshit

Nigga he picked up that flute