André 3000 would like another OutKast album, but whether it will actually come to fruition remains to be seen.
In the extended version of his interview with CBS Mornings posted on Friday (December 8), 3 Stacks was asked about whether Big Boi has ever pushed him to get back together in the many years since their last effort.
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While revealing his longtime partner-in-rhyme has let him do his own thing, Dre still acknowledged his desire to challenge himself with rapping once again.
“No, to be honest,” he said in response to the Big Boi question. “No but I think because he knows who I am and knows what gets me going, knows what inspires me, knows when I’m excited about something. So I think in that sense, he’s never pushed that issue. But I’m sure like, I want another OutKast album. Yeah, like in my mind – but see, that’s the thing. That’s the human side. I want an OutKast album a long time ago.”
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He continued: “And honestly for me as an individual, it would be gratifying to me to put out a solo rap situation. But not for nobody else at this point. It’s for me because I actually like the challenge of, ‘How could I make this part of my life interesting and rhyme in words?’ You know what I mean? Like how can I do that? So yeah, it’s still a challenge. So I think hopefully with will and intent, something will happen.”
You can watch the full conversation below:
In a recent interview promoting his new, non-rapping album New Blue Sun, André 3000 said he’s not rapping right now because he simply has nothing to discuss at his age.
“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,” he told GQ. “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.”
He continued: “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.'”
In a separate interview with NPR, 3 Stacks elaborated on the reason rap isn’t happening for him right now.
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“I would love to be out here playing with everybody, but it’s just not happening for me. This is the realest thing that’s coming right now. Not to say that I would never do it again, but those are not the things that are coming right now. And I have to present what’s given to me at the time.
“So the title, ‘I Really Wanted To Make A Rap Album, But This Is Literally The Way The Wind Blew Me This Time’ [is] because this album is about wind and breathing. In that way, it is true. It is literally blowing me this way and I’m blowing flutes and I’m blowing digital instruments.”
