This week’s Music Monday features two big name artists with albums that leave behind the genres they’re normally associated ...

Of all that makes André 3000 special, that’s what I’ve found particularly remarkable lately since not all rappers carry the aesthetic that was once their signature well into adulthood. Where Busta ...

What they're saying: Earlier this year, Andre 3000 dropped his latest musical project after appearing at the Met Gala. Titled "7 piano sketches," it's the follow-up to his flute album "New Blue Sun." ...

Big Boi continued to release solo records, and André 3000 would follow suit … almost 10 years later, when he released his debut solo full-length, the flute-forward “New Blue Sun,” in 2023.

As André 3000 turns 50, the backlash over his refusal to rap on recent projects like “New Blue Sun” and “7 Piano Sketches,” reveals more about the hip-hop community’s resistance to ...

But I also admire Andre 3000’s courage. This is not a new tension. Plato’s theory of Forms suggests that there is an ideal expression of everything — a blueprint against which all real-world ...