In an Recent Interview with Life+Times on his role as Jimi Hendrix in the new Biopic All Is By My Side, 3 Stacks has long discussed playing the role of the legendary left-handed guitarist, Andre revealed that they don’t have any plans for OutKast album but said that he and Big Boi are working on new Solo Albums, where Big Boi is almost finished the work on His new album and andre would love to start working on his new solo album after they finish their last show on October 31st in New Orleans.
On asked about whether the engrossing himself with all things Hendrix has inspired his artistry in a way that could lead to another OutKast or solo album Andre said “I can’t say that there was a huge revelation from playing Hendrix in the movie. I think it just was a great experience that I went through. It was challenging considering that I don’t really consider myself an actor in that way. I consider myself more of an opportunist who got to play Jimi Hendrix and put my all into it. But I can’t say I walked away with any life-changing thing. As far as an Outkast album, we don’t have any plans to do one. After this tour though, I’ve been thinking about recording this album that I always wanted to record. We’re both working on solo albums. Big Boi is damn near through with his next album. I think after we finish this last show on October 31st in New Orleans. I’d love to get in the studio and see if I can conjure up something”.
On how he became Jimi Hendrix Andre said “I used everything I could. I watched every piece of Hendrix footage I could find. I listened to every interview I had never heard before and even John Ridley’s research team pulled audio interviews that I had never heard of Hendrix being interviewed backstage by magazines. I looked at pictures and dreamt like a kid to see what he might be thinking. I also did weight training to lose 20 pounds because Hendrix was really skinny. I did months of guitar practices. I already had long hair so I had to perm my hair the way that Jimi did it because Jimi put rollers in his hair every night so I had to kind of do that too. I know trying it with a wig would feel stupid so I just went for it as much as I could. Even mimicking his walking and mannerisms when he talked. It was kind of everything I could find and I threw it all into one pot and try to give my own interpretation of what it was”
Source : www.lifeandtimes.com
