Shows how one dimensional he is a rapper. I think the game is missing mature rap; family, health, aging, etc.
I don't think "One Dimensional" is the word. I think when it comes to rap he's more creatively stunted.
I think he erroneously sees RAP as one dimensional, or rather he sees the fanbase as so. And maybe as a fanbase we've had something to do with that. It's been said several times by Andre himself and us as fans that Andre was only able to be the artist he became because Big Boi acted as the "grounding force" so that Outkast didn't become too weird or too abstract. Andre said he's heard all the criticism about him and I think he's been internalizing that criticism all of his career, and maybe perhaps holding onto it. First it was Southern Rap was wack and they were getting booed at the Source Awards, then it was they switched up their style too much, then it was "why the wigs and pink boots"? Then it was "Why all the singing"? The man has been doubted at every point in his career, even a close friend told him that Hey Ya was going to end his career. But through it all he's been, not just successful, but EXTREMELY successful. I can see how constantly proving everybody wrong could make someone a little jaded towards the genre. And how you could look at that genre and say "Ya'll need to grow up", and kind not fukk with it a little.
But thats Andre's mindstate and decision making, not every MC. Some MC's use doubt as fuel like Nas. Some choose to immerse themselves in the acclaim they get and double down on it like Jay-Z. Some do it because they feel DRIVEN to do it like KRS-One.
