“If we weren’t doing music, I don’t know if we would still be friends. In a perfect world, this would be the last OutKast record.” The moment I read that remark in last months issue of Maxim Blender, I thought to myself that it was a) taken out of context, and b) it would be blown out of proportion.
Just think of any conversation you have, take one sentence you say in the midst of two minutes of talking and look how easy it is to misinterpret when it is not in the context of everything else you were saying. Journalists have been misrepresenting individuals for a very long time, and it does not need to be intentional to happen.
Big Boi appeared V103’s “Frank Ski Morning Show” and insisted that Dre’s quote was “taken out of context” and they are not going to break up or become strangers. Big Boi explained that Andre’s conversation with the magazine was about “going out on top…like Michael Jordan should have done when he won his last ring with the Bulls.” Big Boi added that he and Andre have been friends since high school and are godparents to one another’s children.
