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Andre 3000 Finally Uses His Voice On Massive 26-Minute Single, But It’s Not What You Think

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Andre 3000 is back with a new song, and it’s more from the ambient, spiritual jazz journey that he’s been on artistically in recent years. It’s titled “Something Is Happening And I May Not Fully Understand But I’m Happy To Stand For The Understanding,” it’s an enveloping and engrossing 26-minute behemoth, and it finally features his vocals… Kind of. If you were hoping for a fresh new 3 Stacks verse in 2024, we’re sorry to say that your wishes were not granted this time around. Instead, at around the 22-minute mark of the song, his reversed jazz scats come in. At least it’s nice to hear the Atlanta native speak on wax for the first time since “SCIENTISTS & ENGINEERS,” albeit via warped gibberish.

Nevertheless, none of this changes how compelling and hypnotizing “Something Is Happening” is throughout its runtime if you appreciate this kind of music. For those unaware, André 3000’s latest song is part of the TRANSA compilation project by Red Hot Org, a 46-track odyssey about transgender awareness. It will release in full on November 22 and features other artists like Sade, Sam Smith, and Julien Baker. As for this track from the “punk jazz” artist, it sounds quite distinct from New Blue Sun despite some overlapping similarities.

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Andre 3000’s “Something Is Happening And I May Not Fully Understand But I’m Happy To Stand For The Understanding”: Listen

“It’s kind of funny,” André 3000 previously said of the backlash to his lack of rapping per UPROXX. “The backlash is actually not from the rap community, or the jazz and spiritual jazz community. There’s actually more support, surprising support, from both sides. I think it’s more [OutKast] fans, which I understand. I always try to put myself in their shoes. If my favorite rapper said, ‘I’m not rapping’ and I like it, I like it. But if I don’t, I move on. I think some people take it as blasphemy or something.”

Meanwhile, André 3000 fans must resort to their imagination if they want new hip-hop verses from him. He recently revealed that he wrote several diss tracks that never came out, which is a holy grail considering that he’s never been in a beef. Regardless, maybe next time the vocals will be played normally instead of in reverse, but we’re not counting on them to spit a hot 16 anytime soon.

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Andre 3000 Compares Himself To Lil B While Describing “New Blue Sun” As “Punk Jazz”

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Andre 3000 compared his music to that of Lil B during an interview with the Recording Academy published on Wednesday. After mentioning Sun Ra and the Art Ensemble of Chicago, the legendary Outkast rapper explained how his latest foray into instrumental music is similar to Lil B, who he described as having a “punk way of rapping.”

“A long line of historical bands like Sun Ra, the Chicago Art Ensemble. Even rapper Lil B,” he told the outlet. “I was joking to myself: I was like, I’m almost the Lil B of this type of music. Lil B is, they call it based rap. My son actually turned me on to Lil B. Because a lot of what he’s doing is made up or improv or really reactionary. It’s not this studied, perfect thing. Because I came up in the ‘90s, we came up with Nas and Wu-Tang and some of the [people] considered the best rappers around. It was about clarity. It was more of a studied kind of thing.”

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OSLO, NORWAY – AUGUST 08: Andre 3000 performs on stage at the Øyafestivalen on August 08, 2024 in Oslo, Norway. (Photo by Per Ole Hagen/Redferns)

He continued: “A person like Lil B is not studied at all. But the way the kids respond to him, it’s because of that. It’s kind of like a punk way of rapping, and I like it. [And what I’m doing is] almost like punk jazz or punk spiritual jazz. It’s pure feeling.” Andre put out his debut solo album, New Blue Sun, last year, ending his 17-year hiatus from music. In doing so, he moved away from hip-hop and into ambient jazz.

Elsewhere in his discussion with the Recording Academy, Andre spoke about performing the flute live, the evolution of his artistic expression, and more. Be on the lookout for further updates on Andre 3000 and Lil B on HotNewHipHop.

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