t sounded like a typical exaggeration when leading online music magazine Pitchfork awarded André 3000‘s album New Blue Sun 8.3 out of 10 points and the coveted „Best New Music“ seal, writing: „Beautiful, demanding, and among the most fascinating artistic left turns in recent memory.“ [1] Then again, they were certainly right about one thing: After selling almost 20 million copies with hip-hop duo Outkast, New Blue Sun is indeed extreme for this artist. As a guest on Kanye West‘s sprawling and rather indifferently received double album Donda, André had only recently returned as an MC after a break of almost ten years. According to his own statement, he also keeps getting requests from young, exciting producers. But none of this felt authentic to him, he claimed. Instead, he is now serving up a one and a half hour long menu of new age moods, ambient structures and
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