He's not too old he just isn't hungry ,and that's fine. Rather he bow out than drop something uninspired
Andre 3000 Thinks He’s Gotten Too Old To Rap
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Tribal Outkast
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Right. I'm one of the biggest Outkast fans out there and I don't care if he ever raps again. They blessed us with more than enough music to enjoy
I'm good.Well, No I.D. pushed him to talk about aspects of his life and reveal things that he was reluctant to talk about. Anytime Jay releases an album, there's always pressure because he's Jay Z.
So you gently pushed him towards the personal parts of the record?
I knew he wanted to [say those things]. I don't want to take credit for what he wanted to do in the first place. I helped push him by saying, "Hey, this is what you said, this is what we know. And I don't think people need to hear it. I think people need to hear what they don't know." Meaning: You wanted a Picasso, but why? You're with Beyoncé, but what is that really like? What's the pressure? What's the responsibility? What's the ups and downs? I wanted him to not be over people's heads.
'4:44' Producer No I.D. Talks Pushing Jay-Z, Creating '500 Ideas'
In regard to Andre, Andre said back in '98 "Trying to outdo the last verse that I burst that is my curse". So yeah, after you reach a certain point as an artist, there's pressure because the artist becomes their own competition.
Rip prodigy, he also dropped a dope album
Fukk this hip hop age limit shyt
Fukk this hip hop age limit shyt
MIKE SPLEAN
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Tribal Outkast
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nikkas want to call late 30's rappers
and hiphop is older than them. We really got to stop throwing older rappers out like they can't still do it. shyt is crazy man4:44 is trash
And realistically, his ship has sailed
And realistically, his ship has sailed
I think the problem is u obviously don't know what hip hop is if u using them as examples.
I've forgot more about hip hop than you know. The point is the culture, the age range of the consumers, isn't growing up and forcing the artist to regress. Play an album from a 40 year old Luther or whoever was the quintessential R&B male singer in the previous era and you'd see the vast difference in how the artist of the time where allowed to be their age. I could've very well used old ass 2 Chainz as an example, but the point I was making is that it's not singular to just hip hop. We're not even allowing mature singers (i.e The Whispers) to pop in this era, so there's really no hope for a hip hop artist popping as an old head.
spliz
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He said he pushed him towards certain content. Not to make the album in general. And u can tell he was also influenced by what Nas been doing for the last few albums. He's done nothing but praise it and 4:44 has multiple influences from Nas' last few.
spliz
SplizThaDon
Sike. Also u don't articulate ur point very well. Cause they have nothing to do with hip hop. And if u talking about RnB growing up there's plenty of RnB artists not named Beyoncé and Usher that are dropping great shyt it's just that RnB is damn near dead in the mainstream cause the line has been blurred too much. But u still got cats like Babyface droppin dope albums. shyt RnB ain't even get overall raunchy till recent. There was always exceptions but nothing like it is now.
jwonder
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Why put an album out if everybody likes garbage mumble metal head rap? You can't reach the retarded.
lol it really isn't trash
PhonZhi
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Came in thinking this was an old thread 
Didn't he say this years ago?
Didn't he say this years ago?
fukk this nikka,interview somebody whos not "happy" to not be apart of hiphop
You think someone in their 40s isn't as mentally sharp as someone in their 20s?
