André 3000 may not have given us the album we wanted, but he gave us the album we needed OPINION: “New Blue Sun” isn’t hip-hop, but it’s a wavelength that everyone, including lovers of ...

New Blue Sun isn’t the rap album many listeners might have expected André 3000 to return with. Instead, it’s a collection of instrumental offerings on which he plays a myriad of different flutes.

Outkast’s last album was released in 2006, and since then, André has put out almost no solo music. The reason for his silence, he has said, was lack of inspiration.

This week, André 3000 plans to release his first full-length album since OutKast’s 17 years ago and his first solo album ever — and it will sound like nothing you’ve heard from him before.

André 3000 Announces Debut Solo Album of Entirely Flute Music, Says He'll 'Maybe' Make a Rap Project 'One Day' "I've been interested in winds for a long time, so it was just a natural progression ...

CARMICHAEL: (Laughter). ANDRE 3000: ...On purpose because I knew, OK, if this album has no lyrics, that I would try to give as much, you know, thought or information in the titles. CARMICHAEL: Yeah.

The Outkast member is set to release his new album “New Blue Sun” on Friday, Nov. 17. But the 87-minute EP is fully instrumental and won’t include any of his beloved lyricism, he tells NPR.

Outkast rapper André 3000 will drop his first solo album, 'New Blue Sun,' later this week. It will reportedly be an instrumental project, with no singing or rap.

André 3000 has a request: Please stop calling his latest project a “flute album.” On New Blue Sun, the rap genius does indeed play a number of woodwind instruments, but the eight-track ...

In a new interview with NPR Music shared today (November 14), André announced the project: It’s called New Blue Sun and it’s set for release really soon, on November 17.

ANDRE 3000: ...On purpose because I knew, OK, if this album has no lyrics, that I would try to give as much, you know, thought or information in the titles. CARMICHAEL: Yeah.

CARMICHAEL: (Laughter). ANDRE 3000: ...On purpose because I knew, OK, if this album has no lyrics, that I would try to give as much, you know, thought or information in the titles. CARMICHAEL: Yeah.