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Once again Andre 3000 is revisiting the idea of making a solo rap album and reveals he thinks it’s “one of hardest things to do” at his age.
The ever-allusive Andre 3000 is staying in the spotlight longer than we expected thanks to his new project New Blue Sun. He’s even gracing the cover of HighSobiety for issue 34.
Anytime 3k does interviews it’s always worth checking out because he’s such a fascinating human being.
However, the topic of a solo rap album comes up every single time. Once again Dre shared his feelings about actually accepting the task.
“I would love to make a rap album. I just think it’d be an awesome challenge to do a fire-a** album at 48 years old,” he explained. “That’s probably one of the hardest things to do! I would love to do that. That’s the cool thing about my whole ride. It really is a ride.”
By now it should be clear that in his mind age and subject matter are the biggest hurdles on the path to completing a solo rap album. Lil Wayne has even stepped in to encourage Andre 3000 publicly telling him to “swing for the fences” despite being 48 years old.
People are showing up and filling venues to hear 3k play his flute, so they would happily listen to him rap about folding clothes. The problem is convincing him that people will listen so we can finally get that solo rap album.
Also in the cover story, 3stacks reveals he is launching a workwear label modeled after the cozy overalls he’s been wearing for decades. HighSnobiety alleges the line could be a collaboration with Amsterdam-based tailor Bonne Reijn.
BONNE already has a respected name in workwear so the partnership is a match made in heaven.
Are you excited about Andre’s workwear brand?
