Andre 3000 says hanging out with rappers can inspire him to make a rap album.
Andre 3000 previously stated that he’s at that age where he doesn’t have anything to rap album, but he now mentions that rappers like Kendrick Lamar and Drake can inspire him to create a rap album. The legendary Outkast emcee sat down with Rolling Stone for a new interview, where he was asked about possibility of a new rap album.
“I think what would help me make a rap album is being around rappers,” he said. “When I moved to California, I wasn’t writing. I’ve talked to Kendrick [Lamar]. We talked, listened to beats. Same with Drake.”
“And as a rapper, they would be surprised to hear me say this, but at one point, I was like, ‘Man, it would be cool to just hang out with them to get the energy of rapping.’ Because when they’re doing it so constantly, something got to drip off.”
“They do four, five songs a day, and I’m like, ‘What?’ I don’t even go to the studio like that. I haven’t touched my drum machine in ages. I’m just now getting back to producing songs.”
He continued: “I didn’t say it. I thought it in my head. I was like, ‘Man, it would be a good exercise just to hang around.’ That’s how songs happen sometimes.”
“I never expressed this to them, but I was so inspired because of their output. Like, when you’re in a groove it can be infectious — as opposed to approaching it in a casual way, which, that’s where I am now.”
Andre 3000 Says He’d Love To Make A Rap Album: “It’d Be An Awesome Challenge”
3 Stacks previously appeared on Drake’s Take Care album in 2011, and while he never worked with Kendrick Lamar, he was in a classic footage of listening to “Bi–h, Don’t Kill My Vibe” in studio with Dot and Dr. Dre.
