americana

4mo

I wonder where Andre’s confidence went

Literal Bmass Fan

4mo

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

WT777

4mo

Why do you want more of anything you like?

americana

4mo

He wants to make the album too

provider 4 u

4mo

some more thoughts from the same interview:

What’s your mindset on new OutKast music now?

I’ll say maybe 10, 15 years ago, in my mind, I thought an OutKast album would happen. I don’t know the future, but I can say that we’re further away from it than we’ve ever been. I think it’s a chemistry thing. We have to be wanting to do it. It’s hard for me to make a rap, period, you know? And sometimes I’m in the belief of “Let things be.”

It was a great time in life, and our chemistry was at a certain place that was undeniable. And I think the audience sometimes believes that something has to last forever, and I don’t think that. Any kind of art form, I think that’s probably the opposite. It probably should not last forever. It’s not like a product. In the end, we did give a product, but what made that product was a certain time in both of our lives.

It’s not like we’re Coca-Cola, where it’s this formula that you can always press a button and it’ll happen. I think the audience feels that way. But the audience never knows what it takes to make what they’re getting. I can’t blame them for that.

Would you be open to doing a farewell tour?

No, I doubt that. We did a tour in 2014. And I knew when I was, like, 25, that at a certain age I wouldn’t want to be onstage doing those songs. They required a certain energy. Honestly, I’m not a big fan of looking back. I’m just not. I’m grateful for everything that’s happened, but it was a time. To me, that’s what it is. That was a great time, and I wish y’all were there.

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

Shin Chan

4mo

Has 3K explicitly said why he never dropped solo projects? Is it guessing that he’s just scared of reception and just releasing a bad album?

Pusha T went solo and it’s some of his best work and most of it is extremely high quality hip-hop

If Pusha T can go solo for a decade and a half and drop projects that were well received, I don’t see why 3K is so afraid of dropping a solo album too

insertcoolnamehere

4mo

This entitled asf along with the 21 ppl that liked it

Literal Bmass Fan

4mo

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

TheWordSoon

4mo

Everytime I read this it reminds me of that Key and Peele skit of OutKast

americana

4mo

I wonder where Andre’s confidence went

BD32

4mo

More interested in the Outkast vault than whatever Andre has to say in 2024

Noir

4mo

He's still capable of putting out great features so idk if I would say I don't care about his perspective in 2024. My concern is that he might be incapable of finding an album's worth of inspiration.

Andre rapping at the level we know he's capable of over spiritual jazz and ambient inspired beats would actually be really cool.

Snowboy

4mo

could see him having a crazy late-in-the-game run over that sort of production the same way Killah Priest did

XTAL

4mo

why r people so obsessed with andre’s rap album u got 6 f***ing albums from the guy and a host of legendary verses. let the mf play his flutes.

CLB BMO

4mo

Them enabling this s*** is the same reason Kanye keeps releasing all the bullshit he’s made over the past 8 years

Andre is not that guy anymore and that’s ok! We have the classics, he’s stamped Go play with that flute man

fakerickhoodie

4mo

wish it was frank saying this instead

(u_u )