best nu-andre 3000 verse

a good attitude of some sort, even.

also, whiney re:that-
yeah they kept making mixed-to-decently received records. the difference is: they never really stopped. andre has purposely and intentionally fucked off. again: that young man's brain was constructed incredibly well.

(what about snoop? he had his questionable no limit period, but came back stronger than ever. of course he always has has a bit of a novelty, prankster vibe so he can pull off whatever tf he wants forever and ever afaic.)

Yeah, Snoop and Busta are in that E-40 lane of just endless decent stuff that people stopped paying attention to 15 years ago

I guess that Tribe album was a good example of how to do it right, but then Tribe never had Number One pop hits

xp board was all in the revenue retreivin series when it was out. Go ILM!

the recordings of the Jonestown Massacre were mostly dubstep

Black Thought is 52, and he seems more beloved and respected than ever. But I guess the Roots are an outlier for lots of reasons.

i'd say the anticipation for a proper roots-less black thought solo album reached its fever pitch around phrenology and has been waning ever since to the point that now even people like me (read: lifelong fans) are kinda like, "huh ya i guess that would be cool."

He just had that Danger Mouse record that was well-received, but definitely a trad old heads record.

Killer Mike and El-P are both 48 though.

oh don't get me wrong— black thought ranting about how fucked up and perfect everything is and how much he misses j dilla and malik b in 2023? count me tf in.

Did anybody but me listen to the Busta Rhymes album that came out yesterday?

busta probably listened to it a few times.

Oh that’s why Busta was trending on Twitter.

unperson, how's the album? does he say any swear words? i bet he does.

Black Thought has a lot of interest now, that famous Flex freestyle really put him in the goat conversation

that Dangermouse record is the worst of his recent stuff because it's produced by Dangermouse

all 3 Streams of Thought albums are better

he came out and did a verse on "Johnny P's Caddy" with Benny the Butcher that got a lot of burn on Twitter, he's at the top of his game right now

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y9M7g77cF0I

So I learned about this on Open Mike Eagle's podcast series w/Questlove - when recording Do You Want More, they made this medley where Black Thought impersonated all these rappers in voice and style, but it didn't come out until a couple years ago. Ridiculous.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aCbf7XpbFt0

damn he's good!

New Busta has some nice moments but is far too long and mostly forgettable, being bloated with guests

Haven't listened but I'll take any chance to post this track from his previous record that chops up 'Poison', love the raw edit/mixtape feel, rhythmically it's wild

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yBBZFL0jzYw

"force of nature" could have been invented to describe busta

is that roots' track really from the "Do You Want More?!!!??!" sessions? The track starts off with vocal samples from "things fall apart" and a song from the hurricane soundtrack

re-reading what you wrote maybe the vocal tracks were from that era and the track was put together later

That Busta song is sick

I want a whole album of Busta over fractured old school songs

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Y5J3VUC9qM

is that roots' track really from the "Do You Want More?!!!??!" sessions? The track starts off with vocal samples from "things fall apart" and a song from the hurricane soundtrack

― intheblanks, Monday, November 27, 2023 11:09 AM (seventeen minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

re-reading what you wrote maybe the vocal tracks were from that era and the track was put together later

― intheblanks, Monday, November 27, 2023 11:10 AM (fifteen minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

According to Quest it was a hybrid, the vocals and most of the tracks were done in '94, but he re-did some of the drums (and obv added some other bits) in 2020.

his Guru impersonation is hilarious

somehow the very idea of a perfectly executed Guru impersonation is fun

well wait just a second, if this was the prank, i'm kinda... for it now?

Credit where due...?

Flashback to August 2013. Buzz shows off his prized wooden flute to Andre 3000 backstage at an Atlanta Melvins show. Coincidence? pic.twitter.com/aSyKshzhcu

— melvins.com (@melvinsdotcom) November 30, 2023

I almost RT'd that

this was much worse than i expected and i wasn't expecting anything except some pleasant ambient flute noodling

I have to respect the track titles " That Night In Hawaii When I Turned Into A Panther And Started Making These Low Register Purring Tones That I Couldn't Control ... Sh¥t Was Wild"

I don’t…just makes me feel like he’s not confident in his work so has to make these stupid jokes to prove it’s all just off the cuff. Also reminds me of bad 90s emo/post rock song titles.

"This is Andre 3000 in his New Age / Ambient Jazz form - whether you like it or not."

https://www.discogs.com/release/28941661-Andr%C3%A9-3000-New-Blue-Sun

bugglesman1993 Nov 20, 2023
The song titles are too long to be copies over to certain devices due to their file path. I've had to rename these as 'Track 01' etc

Helpful NTFS advice from discogs! I thought microsoft had fixed that +_) https://lifehacker.com/windows-10-allows-file-names-longer-than-260-characters-1785201032 I cant believe they guy from the Buggles doesnt use google

Anyone see the review in the January 2024 edition of The Wire? (not online I think)

A friend told me the other night that Rob Mazurek was singing its praises, but I don't care.

^use this pull quote for the packaging!

https://i.imgur.com/5W5BF6x.png

oh ffs he's going to get spots on actual jazz records now like it's the Make-a-Wish Foundation for retired rappers

https://pitchfork.com/news/shabaka-hutchins-enlists-andre-3000-moses-sumney-and-more-for-new-album-shares-song-listen/

Hahaha

oh yeah, he will surely hurt the sales for these artists

no, but i believe the argument is 'can't actual jazz musicians who have devoted their lives to the craft get a guest spot before someone who just decided in his twilight hour to cosplay as a jazz flautist?'

On an album that also has Saul Williams and Floating Points?

I mean sure if Andre is going to be sitting in with every Jazz quintet making a record I'm sure the Jazz Union could file a grievance

Let's be honest, for the jazz musicians it's the thrill of hanging out with Andre, everybody wins.

He played with band of the Subtle Movements dudes and Joshua Abrams in Chicago, which seems like a pretty perfect grouping

https://thetriibe.com/2024/02/andre-3000-played-his-flute-on-the-west-side-like-a-true-outkast-would-chicago/

I caught a date on his recent theater tour and I am here to report that, at least in the city I was in, even at this late date many people in attendance had no idea he was going to play instrumental new age music instead of singing “Hey Ya”. (This despite huge warning signs in the lobby replicating the “WARNING: NO BARS” sticker on the album.)

Place couldn’t have been a third full to start with, and theater staff were going around begging people to abandon their seats in the back and fill out the front rows like it was a school assembly. Once it started, people were streaming for the exits over the first 20 minutes of the set, many folks audibly astonished at what they were seeing, laughing in disbelief, “Is this a joke?”, etc. Andre ofc seemed totally unperturbed, clearly just having a good time in his zone. One of the absolute strangest concerts of my life but in hindsight kind of the perfect way to experience this.

I was pretty cool on the album but enjoyed it much more as a live show, was cool to see Carlos Nino and the band going off at length. Overall I give it an easy five mics.