André 3000 says OutKast are “further away” from new music “than we’ve ever been”

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André 3000 has said in a new interview that OutKast are “further away” from new music “than we’ve ever been”.Speaking to Rolling Stone in a feature published on Thursday (December 12), the rapper and flautist – who showcased his skills in the latter with 2023’s ‘New Blue Sun’ – admitted that a reunion with his former collaborator Big Boi is down to a “chemistry thing” and both “have to be wanting to do it.”“I’ll say maybe 10, 15 years ago, in my mind, I thought an OutKast album would happen,” André 3000 admitted. “I don’t know the future, but I can say that we’re further away from it than we’ve ever been.”“It’s hard for me to make a rap, period, you know?

And sometimes I’m in the belief of, ‘Let things be’”, he told Rolling Stone.He continued: “[OutKast] was a great time in life, and our chemistry was at a certain place that was undeniable,” he said, brushing against the notion that “something has to last forever”.“It probably should not last forever,” he added. “It’s not like a product.

In the end, we did give a product, but what made that product was a certain time in both of our lives.”“It’s not like we’re Coca-Cola, where it’s this formula that you can always press a button and it’ll happen.

I think the audience feels that way. But the audience never knows what it takes to make what they’re getting. I can’t blame them for that.”He acknowledged that the current direction in his music career may not appeal to all OutKast fans, and that he doesn’t “blame the fan for wanting what they’ve known.”“If a person hasn’t given you a solo album in 17 years, do you really think that was going to happen?