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Andre
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Believe
it
or
not,
André
3000
has
announced
a
new
album
titled
New
Blue
Sun
which
will
be
completely
instrumental.
In
recent
years,
every
sighting
of
André
3000
involves
him
playing
his
flute
and
just
vibing
out
while
minding
his
business.
Seeing
him
with
an
instrument
has
been
enough
to
keep
us
hopeful
for
new
music
from
the
ATLien
and
earlier
today
(Nov.
14),
André
took
to
Instagram
to
announce
he
will
finally
release
his
first
album
in
17
years.
3
Stacks
revealed
his
album
New
Blue
Sun
will
arrive
Friday,
Nov.
17.
However,
there
are
a
few
important
details
you
should
know
about
the
new
project.
According
to
NPR’s
Rodney
Carmichael
who
interviewed
Andre
3000,
the
project
is
a
mind-bending
“minimalist,
experimental,
tribal
and
transcendent”
87
minutes
inside
the
mind
of
André
Benjamin.
Additionally,
the
record
will
not
have
any
bars,
bass,
or
beats.
What
it
will
have
is
André
3000
playing
his
flute,
every
last
one
of
them.
If
you’re
wondering
how
we
got
here
3000
admits
that
he
tried
to
make
that
rap
album
y’all
wanted
and
Believe
it
or
not,
that’s
the
title
of
the
first
of
8
songs
on
the
album.
André
3000
New
Blue
Sun
Tracklist:
1.
“I
swear,
I
Really
Wanted
To
Make
A
“Rap”
Album
But
This
Is
Literally
The
Way
The
Wind
Blew
Me
This
Time”
2.
“The
Slang
Word
P*ssy
Rolls
Off
The
Tongue
With
Far
Better
Ease
Than
The
Proper
Word
Va*ina
.
Do
You
Agree?”
3.
“That
Night
In
Hawaii
When
I
Turned
Into
A
Panther
And
Started
Making
These
Low
Register
Purring
Tones
That
I
Couldn’t
Control
…
Sh*t
Was
Wild”
4.
“BuyPoloDisorder’s
Daughter
Wears
A
3000™
Button
Down
Embroidered”
5.
“Ninety
Three
‘Til
Infinity
And
Beyoncé”
6.
“Ghandi,
Dalai
Lama,
Your
Lord
&
Savior
J.C.
/
Bundy,
Jeffrey
Dahmer,
And
John
Wayne
Gacy”
7.
“Ants
To
You,
Gods
To
Who
?”
8.
“Dreams
Once
Buried
Beneath
The
Dungeon
Floor
Slowly
Sprout
Into
Undying
Gardens”
While
describing
the
project,
Andre
3000
said
that
fellow
artists
Tyler
The
Creator
and
Frank
Ocean
weighed
in
on
it.
According
to
the
rapper,
New
Blue
Sun
helped
Tyler
rearrange
a
wall
of
artwork
in
his
house
and
Frank
Ocean
approved
of
it
as
well.
“Tyler
was
staring
at
this
thing
that
he
has
in
his
house.
Like,
he’s
a
fan
of
travel
suitcases
and
so
he
has
a
wall
of
like
travel
suitcases.
And
he
was
like,
“Man,
I’ve
been
trying
to
figure
out
how
to
configure
these
like
Louis
suitcases.”
And
he
was
listening
to
one
of
the
songs
and
he
was
like,
“It
sounds
like
you’re
chasing
a
butterfly
through
a
garden
and
I
figured
it
out.
It
helped
me
to
figure
out
how
to
do
this,”
he
told
NPR.
“And
I
think
Frank
pointed
out
one
of
his
favorite
tracks
out
of
the
three.”
While
everyone
wanted
a
new
rap
album
from
3
Stacks
this
is
about
as
good
as
it
will
get
and
for
good
reason.
Back
in
2019
he
joined
Rick
Rubin
on
his
Broken
Record
podcast
and
explained
where
he
was
with
creating
music,
according
to
Rap-Up.
“I
haven’t
been
making
much
music,
man,”
said
the
44-year-old
rapper.
“My
focus
is
not
there,
my
confidence
is
not
there.”
While
he
“tinkers”
in
the
studio,
he
hasn’t
found
the
inspiration.
“I
haven’t
been
motivated
to
do
a
serious
project,”
he
added.
“I’d
like
to,
but
it’s
just
not
coming.
In
my
own
self,
I’m
tryna
figure
out
where
do
I
sit.
I
don’t
even
know
what
I
am
and
maybe
I’m
nothing.
Maybe
I’m
not
supposed
to
be
anything.”
Even
if
it’s
not
what
anyone
expected,
at
the
end
of
the
day
André
3000
is
still
an
artist
blessing
us
with
his
new
art.
It
will
be
worth
streaming,
and
who
knows,
he
might
be
what
inspires
the
next
direction
in
Hip-Hop.
