Andre 3000 - New Blue Sun (Discussion Thread)

[987654321]

He won’t be rapping…don’t get excited

We excited

 

[Pop123]

It's a flute tape with no bars

Nig said it’s a flute tape, , shyt got me screamin. 3000 on some whole other shyt, I ain’t checkin for that sh!t man, lol. At least sing or sumn, Love Below is still my shyt

 

[Kingshango]

Well we all wished for an album from 3 Stacks

 

[Pop123]

Facts!!

 

[REAL6]

André 3000 reveals why his new solo album has no bars — and no boundaries​

https://www.npr.org/2023/11/14/1197956035/andre-3000-album-new-blue-sun

For the first time in nearly two decades, André 3000 is releasing an album of new music. New Blue Sun, set to be released this Friday, Nov. 17, is a stunning 87-minute mind-bender, minimalist and experimental, tribal and transcendent.

One thing it is not, however, is a rap record: No bars, no beats, no sub-bass. André doesn't sing on this joint, either. What he does do is play flute, and plenty of it — contrabass flute, maya flutes, bamboo flutes — along with other digital wind instruments. In place of lyrics, he offers eight provocative song titles, the first of which almost reads like a lowkey apology, with a wink of irony: "I swear, I Really Wanted To Make A 'Rap' Album But This Is Literally The Way The Wind Blew Me This Time."

In this sweeping, hour-long interview, the former member of OutKast speaks with NPR Music's Rodney Carmichael about the long road to making New Blue Sun, which traveled through phases of grief and inspiration. A departure album in the classic sense, New Blue Sun also feels like André has arrived.

 

[thaKEAF]

 

[Jesus H. Christ]

Hopefully someone flips those flute samples to beats and have AI do the rapping.

 

[Bruce LeRoy]

Him and Cee Lo can both go fukk off somwhere... the most overrated rappers ever, got all that talent as rappers but want to do everything from crossdressing, making pop music, etc anything but actually rapping.

 

[987654321]

I really hope for yall sake he raps. If this nikka is playing the flute and not rapping Im going to cook you 3000 fans. Dead ass.... Been putting up with you nikkas bullshyt ass opinions for to long.

We don’t care if you end up at home typing all frustrated. We all know whatever shyt you end up talking is going to have flutes playing the background, just like the rest of us.

 

[Tribal Outkast]

Still listening

 

[JustCKing]

20 years+ after the Blueprint 2, the flutes are finally getting unleashed.

 

[Wepa Man]

Ayo @TEKBEATZ come and get these flute samples

 

[Rembrandt]

Those track titles are insane. Expecting some surprises based off those.

 

[lepard]

We aren’t getting a solo rap album from 3000.

Just gotta hope it’s in a vault somewhere and we get it in 20 years.

 

[MustafaSTL]