(His solo flute album,New Blue Sun,just earned anAlbum of the Year Grammy nomination.)
I think its a chemistry thing, Andre continued.
We have to be wanting to do it.
Big Boi and André 3000 last reunited in 2014.Earl Gibson/BET/Getty Images
Its hard for me to make a rap, period, you know?
And sometimes Im in the belief of, Let things be.
They required a certain energy.
But he also pushed back on the notion that something has to last forever, especially in art.
It probably should not last forever, he said.
Its not like a product.
I think the audience feels that way.
But the audience never knows what it takes to make what theyre getting.
I cant blame them for that.
I dont know, maybe I just think differently.
I know I wouldnt be sitting around waiting.
But it was a time.
To me, thats what it is.
That was a great time, and I wish yall were there.
