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André
3000
knows
everyone
was
waiting
on
him
to
make
his
long-awaited
solo
rap
album
but
tells
GQ
it
felt
“inauthentic”.
Sometimes
things
don’t
go
as
planned
and
that
seems
to
be
the
premise
for
André
3000
and
his
new
project
New
Blue
Sun.
Fans
have
been
begging
for
new
verses
from
the
Southern
legend
for
years.
When
Drake
leaked
his
verse
on
Kanye
West’s
“Life
of
The
Party”
it
heightened
the
calls
for
a
proper
solo
album.
Yet,
here
we
are
in
2023
and
all
André
has
for
anyone
is
an
instrumental
album.
However,
he
promises
he
tried
to
do
that
thing
people
love
him
for
but
followed
his
heart.
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According
to
GQ,
André
3000
is
being
as
raw
as
possible
about
making
raps
and
how
inauthentic
it
feels
to
him.
“Sometimes
it
feels
inauthentic
for
me
to
rap”-
said
the
ATLien.
“I’ve
worked
with
some
of
the
newest,
freshest,
youngest,
and
old-school
producers.
I
get
beats
all
the
time.
I
try
to
write
all
the
time.”
But
rap
is
not
what
comes,
he
says.
“Even
now
people
think,
Oh,
man,
he’s
just
sitting
on
raps,
or
he’s
just
holding
these
raps
hostage.
I
ain’t
got
no
raps
like
that.
It
actually
feels…sometimes
it
feels
inauthentic
for
me
to
rap
because
I
don’t
have
anything
to
talk
about
in
that
way.
I’m
48
years
old.
And
not
to
say
that
age
is
a
thing
that
dictates
what
you
rap
about,
but
in
a
way
it
does.
And
things
that
happen
in
my
life,
like,
what
are
you
talking
about?
‘I
got
to
go
get
a
colonoscopy.’
What
are
you
rapping
about?
‘My
eyesight
is
going
bad.’
You
can
find
cool
ways
to
say
it,
but….”
Rap
is
a
young
man’s
sport,
we
all
know
this
but
there
is
space
for
older
legends
in
the
game.
Everyone
has
a
vision
for
getting
on
but
rarely
one
for
the
aftermath
following
extreme
success
and
artistic
creation.
Also
in
the
GQ
Men
of
the
Year
video
cover
André
breaks
down
the
risks
of
giving
up
the
normalcy
he
regained
after
Outkast
by
releasing
new
music.
“I
remember
a
couple
weeks
ago
talking
to
my
manager
and
publicist,”
he
said.
“I
was
like,
I
really
have
to
ask
myself,
do
I
wanna
be
just
out
there
again?
To
do
the
run,
to
do
the
PR?
I
really
had
to
ask
myself.
And
I
honestly
don’t.
I
really
enjoy
my
life.
I
like
being
able
to
do
what
I
want
as
a
civilian.
But
at
the
same
time,
I
wanna
promote
the
music.
So
I’m
honestly
doing
it
to
promote
the
music.
This
ain’t
no
flex.”
For
context,
his
GQ
video
cover
was
recorded
while
the
superstar
was
at
the
laundromat
doing
his
laundry.
Something
he
does
on
the
regular
without
issues
or
fanfare.
Surprisingly
3stacks
compares
becoming
famous
to
experiencing
trauma
which
may
be
the
best
examples
we’ve
heard.
“I
think
that
may
have
been
a
traumatic
kind
of
thing,”
he
told
Baron.
“Because
it’s
really
unnatural
to
have
that
much
attention
as
a
human
or
to
have
that
much
expectation
as
a
human.
I
had
to
adjust
to
people
filming
you
all
the
time
or
coming
up
to
you.”
Let’s
pray
whatever
itch
placed
this
instrumental
wind-filled
album
on
his
heart
is
scratched
come
midnight.
Regardless
of
what
people
wanted
from
him,
André
3000
is
delivering
a
breath
of
fresh
air.
Honestly,
this
surprise
instrumental
album
seems
more
on-brand
than
any
rap
album.
You
can
watch
GQ’s
full
33-minute
conversation
with
André
Benjamin
below.
