Andre 3000 Recalls Playing Frank Ocean & Tyler The Creator His New Album

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Tyler The Creator and Frank Ocean have both already heard Andre 3000's instrumental album, "New Blue Sun."

Andre 3000 says that he played his highly-anticipated upcoming album, New Blue Sun, for Frank Ocean and Tyler The Creator. Speaking with NPR about the project, the Outkast rapper recalled taking a trip to Tyler's house, where Ocean happened to stop by as well.

Andre explained that he wanted to get an idea of how fans would react to the new music, so he went to Tyler. He told NPR: "I wanted to see how a younger audience would perceive it... I reached out to Tyler [the Creator] for him to check it out and I went to his house. Frank [Ocean] just happened to drop by [too]..."

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From there, he detailed how both artists responded to the album: "Tyler was staring at this thing that he has in his house… he's a fan of travel suitcases and so he has a wall of like travel suitcases. And he was like, 'Man, I've been trying to figure out how to configure these like Louis suitcases.' And he was listening to one of the songs and he was like, 'It sounds like you're chasing a butterfly through a garden and I figured it out. It helped me to figure out how to do this.' And I think Frank pointed out one of his favorite tracks out of the three." He added: "And I was just happy to hear that, 'cause I respect them as musicians. Like new energy; they're going for it, man. So I really respect their opinions. I play it for my homies. I play it for friends, play it for artists, directors — just to see their reaction more than anything. So I was just happy with what I was getting."

Andre 3000 Plays His Album For Tyler The Creator & Frank Ocean

Andre 3000 is planning to release New Blue Sun on Friday, November 17. Be on the lookout for further updates on the long-awaited solo debut of the Outkast rapper on HotNewHipHop.

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Cole Blake
Cole Blake is a current staff writer at HotNewHipHop based out of New York City. He began writing for the site as an intern back in 2018 while finishing his B.A. in Journalism at St. John’s University. In the time since, he’s covered a number of breaking stories for HNHH. These include the ongoing YSL RICO trial, the allegations surrounding Diddy, and much more. His work also extends outside of hip-hop, having written extensively about a myriad of topics including politics, sports, and pop culture. He’s attended several music festivals to provide coverage for the site as well, such as Rolling Loud and Governors Ball.
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