Andre 3000 talks rap, expectation and OutKast
The reclusive MC gets real in an interview with FADER
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In case you missed it, FADER published a lengthy interview with Andre 3000 earlier this week in which the reclusive MC dished on several pressing topics, including what it's like to get old in rap, the increasing prevalence of his guest appearances and the mysterious, ever-discussed possibility of impending OutKast material (hint: don't hold your breath).
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Some choice excerpts:
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On Chris Brown:
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Even the Chris Brown remix—of course I love the beat, but at that time a lot of people were on Chris Brown as a human being. And I know he’d gone through his troubles or whatever and I just was like—I just wanted to stand by him and be like, Hey, you know, you can’t really charge a man forever and condemn a man forever. So it’s really just like a support thing. I thought it was a cool thing to do.
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On rap's new guard:
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I’m happy to see Kanye and Wayne and Drake and all these new artists. They inspire me in a way because they reach back and they say, “Hey, we want to get you on these songs.” I don’t rap every day. I don’t sit around writing raps like that. And when these artists call, it’s kind of like they get me going. And I really wanna just be good for them. I want to impress them or have them be happy to say, “Okay, he did well on my song.” I don’t want to be messing their song up.