Andre 3000 Talks To ‘Fader’ Magazine, Reveals Drake As Inspiration

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sources freshlikedougie.com Though there might be no OutKast album in sight for 2012,
Andre is still working on his own musical strides. He’s been silent for quite some time and making his way back with a few selective features here and there, but his latest interview is one with Fader magazine where he talks about a lot of things music related– including who inspires him. 3 Stacks spoke on a lot of things, but some of the stand outs were related to Beyoncé’s “Party” feature and why he became a no-show in the music video, as well as how Drake has influenced his musical creativity in this new age of music.
Andre on Drake:
You just never know who’s listening until you hear a connection. I didn’t even know Drake dug my music, I just liked him as a rapper because I felt he had a balance. I didn’t even know that he grew up listening to me. But it’s cool to know that it’s a real lineage thing. I’m happy to see Kanye and Wayne and Drake and all these new artists. They inspire me in a way because they reach back and they say, ‘Hey, we want to get you on these songs.’
Andre on “Party”:
I work with from Beyoncé, from Young Jeezy and Jay-Z, from BoB, it was all understood before my first rhyme was written that there was going to be no videos. And I always felt like—you know, I haven’t been in even in a video with Big Boi—it’s kind of disrespectful of me if I can just jump in a video with a new artist and I haven’t even jumped in the video with my own partner. So I always said, I’m not going to fully jump back into it until I really do it. I’m not going to play around.
Andre 3000 talks supporting Chris Brown:
Chris Brown remix—of course I love the beat, but at that time a lot of people were on Chris Brown as a human being. And I know he’d gone through his troubles or whatever and I just was like—I just wanted to stand by him and be like, Hey, you know, you can’t really charge a man forever and condemn a man forever. So it’s really just like a support thing. I thought it was a cool thing to do.