10 Reasons Andre 3000 Should Return to Rap
An open plea for the rap icon to get back to rapping.
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Set It Off - Dear Andre 3000,How’s it going, man? Let us start by wishing you a very Happy Birthday! You turn 36-years-old today. Wow! Time sure does fly. Seems like yesterday you and Big Boi introduced us to that southernplayalisticadillacfunkymuzik. Reminiscing on all that got us to thinking. Where you been? When are you planning your fulltime return to hip hop? While we love when you make occasional musical cameos here and there, we’d really, really appreciate a new Outkast album. Seriously, Three Stacks, we need you back. We’ve got so many reasons why, but here are 10.Photo: By Kevin Winter/Getty Images
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It Takes Two - While we love Big Boi—his last solo album Sir Luscious Left Foot: The Son of Chico Dusty was a slept on gem—we’d much rather see you guys together. We know the chemistry is still there, so just do the math, 2 > 1.Photo: By Mark Davis/PictureGroup
Photo By Mark Davis/PictureGroup
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Lost Ones - If you haven’t been living under a rock (if you have, we have no doubt it’s a quite fashionable one) you know the story of the Fugees. Wyclef Jean is busy surviving political assassinations, Lauryn Hill has gone rouge, and Pras, well Pras is still Pras. That said we have pretty much given up hope of a Fugees reunion, so we turn to you to bring back one of the greatest hip hop bands. Photo: By Frank Micelotta/Getty Images
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Last Days - Harold Camping might have been wrong on his last prediction of the end of the world (May 21, 2011), but with his next doomsday prediction of the world’s demise set for October 21, 2011 we might be running out of time waiting for your return. Odds are this old guy might be right one day, let’s hope you do the right thing before then. Photo: AP
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Weirdo - We get that hip hop is all about self-expression, but before Lil B invaded the genre with his eccentric behavior you were the definition of weird in hip hop. While you made it cool to be weird, the Based God is just confusing things. We need you to bring some order to things. We’re collectively throwing up our swag flags. Save us!Photo: By Ben Hider/PictureGroup
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All About The Benjamins - Given that you’re rarely seen in public these days, we haven’t been able to see enough of you rocking your trendy fashion line “Benjamin Bixby.” Adding some show dates and album promo runs to your daily planner could easily change that. Photo: By Carlo Allegri/Getty Images
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Light Up - Drake has already professed to being your No. 1 fan. Your return would no doubt make him light up and give him reason to take down the shrine he’s built in your honor.
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U.N.I.T.Y - With the 2012 elections right around the corner we think Outkast would be the best hip hop act to deliver a theme song befitting for President Barack Obama’s re-election campaign. While Young Jeezy’s “My President Is Black” became the de facto anthem for Obama in 2008, it was a bit divisive, so given your history of bringing the races together with your all-inclusive hits, why not give POTUS a hand with a new jam. Photo: By Richard Pohle - WPA Pool/Getty Images
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Dre Day - Here’s to us hoping that your return may encourage Dr. Dre to finally release the long overdue Detox album. Can you imagine if you dropped a new Outkast album on the same day Dr. Dre (Andre Young) dropped the Detox. Dre Day! Get it? Photo: By Chris Connor / WENN.com
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Still No. 1 - To us you’re still the most talented MC to have fathered a child with Erykah Badu. But your lack of productivity might open an opportunity for Badu’s other musically reclusive baby daddy, Jay Electronica, to surpass you. Photo: By Christopher Polk/Getty ImagesPhoto: By Ray Mickshaw/PictureGroup