Album Review: 7 piano sketches [EP] by André 3000

In 2019, André 3000 appeared to be in the grips of an existential crisis. “In my own self, I’m trying to figure out where do I sit?” speaking to Rick Rubin, he continued, “I don’t even know what I am, and maybe I’m nothing. Maybe I’m not supposed to be anything.” These somber musings were striking coming from the genial and idiosyncratic rap legend.

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André 3000 is doing his own thing. Forever one of rap's true individualists, his time with OutKast helped to re-define Southern hip-hop, granting modern pop culture one of its most immaculate catalogues. As a solo artist, the Atlanta figure has steadfastly refused to go down old paths - he's given up rap, citing it as a young person's game, instead channelling his flute-fixation on 2023 album 'New Blue Sun'.

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