Andre 3000 explains why he doesnt listen to music by older artist

[NormanConnors]

Thats the main problem. nikkas on this board swear he's a GOAT when he has writer's block and he's lashing out smh

if YOU have nothing to say then fine, but there are several older artist that are putting out quality music. it's not sports

3 stacks isnt one of the greats? This board gets more embarrassing by the minute

 

[Low End Derrick]

I don’t care what genre

No artist is going to make their career defining work in the twilight of their career

Your best shyt will typically come when you’re not as self aware

Rap is uniquely qualified to be offended at any hint of Peter Pan syndrome

The hurt feelings that conversation would cause lol

 

[Awesome Wells]

All true.

And there are a ridiculous amount of artists who made their masterpiece during a late run in their career.

Rick Rubin linked with Johnny Cash for his 81st album and made what most people consider to be his best work.

You don’t see MC's in their late teens and early 20's making classic albums anymore, like they did back in the day. The younger dudes today can barely rap, at all. So not only is the standard mad low today, but the talent ain't there anymore. The people making the best music in the genre right now, are all older or have been around for at least 15 years.

 

[Bugzbunny129]

One of the dumbest things ive ever heard come out of a supposed artists mouth ever. Half the ug guys who influenced the core hip hop sounds still prevalent today are all older/blew older/started way older than they do today.


Whether Jay electronica. Griselda. Ka for the old heads Or jpeg mafia and death gripz influencing kids half their age. Roc marci, sean price, doom… mid 30s. All of em. dropping best work as older men twice current hip hop age. Kids always listened to older people. They dont listen to kids themselves exclusively… lil bow wow a+ and shyheim were not blowing away rap in their day as 13 yr olds. It was a part of it. NEVER the whole picture.

Youth doctates the cultures future but the present always has hold overs from the past who are the special ones standing above rest. theyre still dropping… or theyd get day jobs like most rappers gotta who were youth stars. Thats just label one hit wonder culture taking place. They moved on because they found a new toy to push for cheaper. That aint nothing to celebrate and has nothing to do with “losing it” or “falling off”. Most guys considered fallen off are in prime popularity or just left it. Stop getting radio play = you fell off. Its all industry bs.

If anything… the young artists are the ones abused and out the fastest. One hit wonders who dont even have a style. It takes years to find it and they called old before even beginning to find it. All this youth hip hop old man gtfo way stuff is new bs to drive internet traffic. A dumb question to cause conflict. Today, the big numbers sellers Drake kendrick jcole. Almost 40 each… all the guys behind them lasted 3 years max. Interchangeable. all the big tours are by legacy acts….

He never even rapped like the general Youth culture. He was OPPOSITE it. He had like 2 albums where he acted like a young man , after that he was always on some deep stuff for older heads in weird clothes. Wisdom raps. Saying he cant do that at his age is ridiculous. If anything hes in a way better spot with his style at his age than ANY other rapper. Maybe ever.

Rza said he couldn't do cure type stuff in his headspace as a YOUTH as he was living opposite of it. Andre is literally living what his raps are about and now he dont wanna spit cuz he wont be popping to a group of tastemakers/kids into different things.

Todays youth wouodnt even make punk or hip hop because theird be no money in it like kids in 80s/70s did. Their entire life is about fame for fames sake. Selling privacy. Ours was TALENT. None of those OG guys made dikk. Literally. No punk band made money until decades later off LEGACY and doing it for 20 years, 300-1000 people MAX. Never sold more than a fewk records. Old men making young music for kids on tour 24/7 for DECADES.. Hip hop got it good compared to punk. They struggle and hustle for change/food/gas to the next show. They live it for real. Its not a trend. Its who they are. Not a moment of time. He got balls even tryung to compare. Headline coachella 3k…

Oh wait… he did. And He literally turned his back on a paying crowd and half ass performed songs that supposed ro define him… cant be bothered…paid million prolly. yet hell go around in public fluting for randos. Idk how touring with a flute is a purer ambition than him rapping or spoken word or whatever. He can work on others popping stuff for others tho. Feature every year. Not his own for himself or his boy. The inspiration just gone there…Ok…

 

[JustCKing]

I saw the thread title and instantly got annoyed. The only reason nikkas are even asking him questions is because of his rap and every time he opens his mouth it sounds like he has something negative or disparaging about it.

We get it, you don’t have anything else to contribute to the genre so play your flute, charm snakes, crochet your hats, make an origami asmr album, just stfu about rap.

I feel sorry for Big Boi on several levels. Being around this nikka had to be insufferable. And the only reason people aren’t asking him stuff instead 3K is because cacs latched onto his faggy Willy Wonka aesthetic.

Then why ask the question. His opinion and stance has been the same for years.

Why did you continue clicking on a rhread knowing what you were going to get.

And maybe Big Boi still wnjoys his company because they have more to talk about than just music and he already knows what Andre's stance on music.

The real nerds and goofs here are the people who keep asking the same questions and the ones that keep clicking the links. We aren't getting another Kast album or an Andre 3000 solo rap album. That was established at least a decade ago. People are going to ckntinue to call him a GOAT. The people mad about it are the ones who feel he occupies a space that should be reserved for someone with a solo career. Good, make a list and put whomever you think is more qualified. It's nothing more than opinion either way. He's not telling us he should be Top 5
In fact, he told us Big Boi is better.

 

[keon]

I feel what he’s saying because it’s hard for me to listen to new albums by some of my all-time favorite artists like Nas and Jay. I give them a listen nowadays mainly out of respect, but none of their newer songs stay in rotation.

but I also find it even more difficult to listen to young rappers too..

damn near every rapper in my playlist are in their 30’s or older.

 

[JustCKing]

And this board proves his point. The most insefferable posts are in the album threads. Nas dropped 6 albums and people found every way to discredit him because he made 6 albums produced by a contemprorary producer. People were like, "those albums would've been better had they been produced by a legendary producer". You had people talking about the use of sample packs. Nas announces an album with Premo and the sentiment is "this would've been dope in 2006", "he should've gotten Large Professor instead" and people comparing it to the Common/Pete Rock album and only one song has dropped.

The prospects of a new Jay Z album is met with "he can keep it. Nobody wants to hear him do spoken word".

 

[Bugzbunny129]

And this board proves his point. The most insefferable posts are in the album threads. Nas dropped 6 albums and people found every way to discredit him because he made 6 albums produced by a contemprorary producer. People were like, "those albums would've been better had they been produced by a legendary producer". You had people talking about the use of sample packs. Nas announces an album with Premo and the sentiment is "this would've been dope in 2006", "he should've gotten Large Professor instead" and people comparing it to the Common/Pete Rock album and only one song has dropped.

The prospects of a new Jay Z album is met with "he can keep it. Nobody wants to hear him do spoken word".

So its perception of his status and not creating art? Yea. I think we all know that. Hell jump on features for all types of blowing songs but not rap for himself because others will call him old. Thats weak. The hunger to create has nothing to do with age. Its what you do. Its obviously not what he does. The excuse is lame. Just kim. He needs to justify himself to others.

 

[Yehuda]

OK, Peter Pan.

 

[FukkaPaidEmail]

It’s almost like nikkas didn’t listen to OutKast.

After Dre said the famous “the south got something to say “ rant …he spent the next two classic albums shytting on rap.. He complained about the shyt labels was doing ,the type of music that was becoming popular and the fact he got criticized for not being on that fake gangsta shyt on ATLiens ..

The nikka was in his mid to late 20s damn near fed up with this rap shyt and we shocked he flabby as hell and is saying what he is saying .


Andre comes off as a nikka who fell in and out of love with rap..and instead of faking it he stepped away ..ain’t shyt wrong with that ,

 

[Primetime21]

Nobody has benefitted from their rap moniker more than this dude

 

[Red Money]

I don’t think anyone's mad at him. I do think people just see through his bullsh*t now.

Another example. He said he was "done" with rapping a few years ago because he "ran out of things to say". Same year, he had like 7-8 features. He didn't run out of anything to say, he just doesn't feel confident in recording a solo because he knows it won't meet expectations. The problem with 3000, is that he's not honest about that. Just say you don’t think you can make that classic today. People would understand.

Instead, he's going on these age-related rants to try and shield what his issue really is. He's insecure about his ability to do what he used to do. That's fine. But don’t front and make it about things that don’t even exist. The pretending is what makes this corny. Just say "I feel old now and I don’t know if I can do this at the level people want me to". That's respectable.

But there are plenty of OG's dropping mad music and literally doing what he claimed older rappers aren't able to. Nas, Common, LL, Cube, Big Boi, Snoop, Rakim, KRS, G Rap, etc. haven't run out of things to say. All of the legends are still creating. He should just say that he ain't got it no more. Don’t make it about age because we see that that's not even remotely close to being true.

Snoop been using ghost for almost a couple decades. He ran out of stuff to say for an entire album a long time ago. He admitted this in 2007/8 when "sexual erruption" blew up but the media kept it low key. But you can find his admissions online.

Snoop is a bad example...has ghost, does a few tracks on his own and the rest is steelo/swag/rizz.

 

[Devil Plisken…CMS]

I’m not a Sinatra fan so I asked GPT to help me out. Did you google Sinatra’s best album or the album he won a Grammy for?

 

[JustCKing]

cuz of posters like some in here swinging off his sack like people can’t push back on his opinion

Who is acting like you shouldn't push back on his opinion. It's one thing to say "I think he's wrong" or "I disagree". It's the "he's annoying" or being mad at him for answering the same question he's been asked for years that people are pushing back on. Ya'll chose to click on the links, discuss the same opinion for X amount of timea for X amount of years. It's easily avoidable if it annoys you or angers you.

 

[Tookalossfellbackcameback]

The "Big 3" (Cole, Drake, Dot) are ALL pushing 40. Cole will be 40 next month. Future is the right behind them and he's 41.



So in essence the only rappers able to sell out arenas and do stadium shows are pushing 40 or over 40.