André 3000 Turned Down Hip Hop 50 Celebrations, Didn’t Want to Revisit Past

André 3000 and Outkast‘s absence from the handfuls of hip hop fiftieth anniversary celebrations this 12 months was all intentional … ‘trigger reelin’ within the years is not André’s factor in any respect!!!

In a brand new interview with CBS to advertise his rap-less, flute-driven album “New Blue Sun,” 3 Stacks defined he wasn’t wired to undergo the motions, even to have fun his personal lifetime achievements — like, for instance, their 6 Grammy Awards.

He notes that he and Big Boi began the group as children only for their love of rapping, and his pursuits have now shifted to enjoying his flute. He owns round 30 of them now, so yeah … he is lethal critical.

The retired rap legend dropped his instrumental album in November and already minimize his enamel within the jazz style.

The opening observe “I Swear, I Really Wanted to Make a ‘Rap’ Album but This Is Literally the Way the Wind Blew Me This Time” runs over 12 minutes lengthy and is now the lengthiest Billboard hit ever — and sinister statisticians be aware followers would moderately stream his vibes than a few of the hottest rappers within the sport!!!

Even with out Outkast’s participation, a number of rappers of all generations delivered tributes that celebrated the tradition’s highlights and the celebration even reached the White House.