André 3000 Releases Film To Accompany ‘New Blue Sun’ Album
André 3000 has launched a brand new movie to accompany his New Blue Sun album – practically a yr for the reason that album got here out.
The Outkast artist premiered Listening To The Sun – what he described as an “intimate” movie – on Thursday (August 29).
Coming in at 88 minutes, Listening To The Sun spans the identical size as New Blue Sun and finds 3 Stacks peacefully meditating in a blue room, lighting candles and zenning out.
Get into the total film under.
The ambient instrumental undertaking, partly constructed round André 3000’s flute taking part in, divided followers following its launch final November resulting from its lack of rapping.
LL COOL J was amongst these dissatisfied by the undertaking and shared his brutally sincere ideas on LeBron James and Maverick Carter’s The Shop earlier this yr.
“Listen, he is amazing. His bars are all the way up. Not the flute, B. Not the flute,” he stated. “Let’s not lie to ourselves. I don’t wanna hear him do the flute. You wanna hear me do a violin album?”
The New York native additionally urged 3 Stacks to return to rap, saying: “I wanna hear him get with Big Boi, I want them to make an OutKast [album] or [for him] to do a solo album. Everytime he does a verse, it’s enough material for an album! He’s so gifted. So it’s like, ‘Come on, B. Not the flute.’ That man needs to know the truth.”
During his personal look on the YouTube collection, André 3000 was requested about LL’s criticism and issued a measured and well-mannered response.
“To me, I feel like if it’s in you — ’cause I got homies my age and older than me that still rap — so if it’s in you, you should rap until you die. You should perform until you die,” he stated.
André 3000 Hits Back At Rappers Who Criticized His Age Comments
“But what I’m saying is, what it takes for me to do it, I’m always looking for the next. I’m not trying to uphold a thing that I’ve done before.”
He added: “Of course, I’ve issues to say now, but when I can’t say them in a contemporary, revolutionary approach, if I really feel like I’m simply hanging onto the identical circulate that I used to do, it’s not sufficient for me.
“So I can’t discuss for one more rapper about what they doing. I simply say, ‘Man, go for it. If it’s in you.’
