André 3000
André 3000 is releasing his first album in over 17 years, however the content material may not be what you count on. “[Even] really on the packaging, you’ll see it says, ‘Warning: no bars,’” he explains in a new interview with NPR. New Blue Solar, releasing on November 17, just isn’t a rap album in any respect. As an alternative, it’s an improvisational instrumental album whereby André plays the flute alongside different jazz musicians.
“I might like to be out right here enjoying with everyone, however it’s simply not occurring for me,” he says of writing rap verses. “That is the realest factor that’s coming proper now. To not say that I might by no means do it once more, however these are usually not the issues which might be coming proper now. And I’ve to current what’s given to me on the time.”
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This new path acquired the seal of approval from pals like Tyler the Creator and Frank Ocean, though André in all probability didn’t want it—he’s simply glad when he’s enjoying the flute. (He owns 30 to 40 totally different flutes, by the way in which.) His largest piece of recommendation to younger artists is to discover and “hold pushing,” which is strictly what he appears to have finished with New Blue Solar, and together with his total profession.
“I didn’t know I’d be rapping. I didn’t know I’d begin producing. I didn’t know I’d begin singing. I didn’t know my fashion would go a sure approach. I didn’t know I’d put a wig on. Like, I didn’t know none of this. So, I’m on the trip with y’all. I’m anticipating something similar to y’all. I didn’t know I’d be enjoying a flute,” André stated, noting that he’s in on the joke and understands how his sharp pivots is likely to be perceived from the skin. “However that’s the cool and scary factor about it. And I feel as an artist, you type of acquired to place your self on the market to be ready to reply. I’m a responding individual. That’s what I’m. I’m responding to what’s given to me. It’s responding to my contemporaries. It’s responding to what I really like. It’s responding to what I don’t like. It’s responding to all of that.”
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