André 3000 posting on social media is a rarity. The Outkast luminary typically sticks to himself these days, often wandering around various cities playing the flute and minding his own business. But on Saturday (September 4), Drake leaked an unreleased Kanye West and André 3000 song called “Life Of The Party” while acting as a guest DJ on SiriusXM’s Sound 42 radio show.
The since-deleted track, which was originally intended to appear on Donda, finds Kanye directly addressing Drake. It’s highly probable he decided to play the track as part of their tit for tat on social media.
“I put Virgil and Drake on the same text and it wasn’t about the matching Arc’teryx or Kid Cudi dress/Just told these grown men stop it with the funny shit,” Kanye raps before adding, “Thought we was the new Abu Dhabi/Told Drake don’t play with me on GD and he sent that message to everybody/So if I hit you with a ‘WYD,’ you better hit me with, ‘Yessir, I’m writing everything you need.’”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R-nArdpEHlw
Shortly after the song started making the rounds, Three Stacks issued a statement and explained why his verse didn’t make the final cut.
“A few weeks ago Kanye reached out about me being a part of the Donda album,” he wrote. “I was inspired by his idea to make a musical tribute to his mom. It felt appropriate to me to support the Donda concept by referencing my own mother, who passed away in 2013. We both share that loss. I thought it was a beautiful choice to make a clean album but, unfortunately, I didn’t know that was the plan before I wrote and recorded my verse. It was clear to me that an edited ‘clean’ format of the verse would not work without having the raw, original also available.
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“So, sadly, I had to be omitted from the original album release. The track I received and wrote to didn’t have the diss verse on it and we were hoping to make a more focused offering for the Donda album but I guess things happen like they are supposed to.
André also added how disappointed he was that “Life Of The Party” was unveiled at the height of Kanye and Drake’s perceived beef.
“It’s unfortunate that it was released in this way this way and two artists that I love are going back and forth,” he continued. “I wanted to be on Certified Lover Boy too. I just want to work people that inspire me. Hopefully I can work with Kendrick on his album. I’d love to work with Lil Baby, Tyler and Jay-Z. I respect them all.”
Donda was named after Kanye West’s late mother Dr. Donda West who died in 2007, something André 3000 understands all too well. As he noted, he lost his mother in 2013 and he dedicated his verse to her.
“Hey Miss Donda, if you ran into my mama, please tell her I said, ‘Say something,'” he raps. “I’m starting to believe ain’t no such thing as Heaven’s trumpets/No after-over, this is it, done/If there’s a Heaven, you would think they’d let you speak to your son.”
Listen to the track above.
Well said 3 stacks. Class act as usual…
On such a greatly produced track, why would you waste time and energy talkin’ about a dude when the topic of the track is about your Mom? You got a highly illusive and coveted verse from one of the greatest lyricist in Hip Hop and you do that. Emotions are a bitch…boy I’ll tell ya.
3000 absolutely murdered that track. As someone who lost his mom as well, it was very moving. His verse was better than all of Ye and Drakes bullshit IMO. All of these guys are lucky to have Andre work with them.
Kanye petty as hell. And Drake doin this is no better. I hope 3 stacks refuses to work with either one of them moving forward. There’s only 2 Kingz left that don’t have they verse written, and are truly leaders of this era in greatness. 3 stacks, concentrate your efforts towards working with J Cole, and K Dot. And above them towards the Godkingz, look towards Nas and Jay. Bc you their equal!
Thanks brother, your opinion means a lot to me. I promise you that I will not work with them again. You just enlightened me as to who the real ones are – Kenny already reached out and I will be on his album.
J cole is s singer not real rap just like drake
Kendrik not all that schoolboy way better rapper out of tde
Recently noone even close to problem like whaaaat thats a real classic
Nas lost all respect when he let lil nas x take his name
Ye really had a top Andre verse and fumbled…ego will ruin a man
Un. Perhaps he was saving it for a deluxe, stupid.
And don’t forget, the fact that Drake got his hands on this as well as Andre’s statement, shows that Universal released his album without his permission.
Good point
Andre KINDA make Kanye’s statement about Universal releasing DONDA without his permission legit. 1. Not only André but also Dababy and Pusha T were cut. 2. The released version is a CLEAN album with cuss words blurted out instead of not having them at all
I feel like 3k fans over hype every one of his verses now. It’s getting weird, dude is a great rapper but everything he spits isn’t as good as people say. Eminem verse on EMPD was way better than this 3k verse on the unreleased track. But people’s opinions is always based on how they feel about someone, never the actual truth. Eminem can drop a fire verse and people are like man that was corny, 3k drops a average verse and it’s verse of the decade. I’m not a fan of either but I’m honest . I use Em as a example because it seems to be a herd of hate in his direction over the last few years.
No. False. You are seeking attention and you have found it in the form of someone telling you…you are wrong. Eminem has had way better versus than that and you would know that if the first album you heard from him was the one before MTBMB…. 3K is a Buddhist monk when it comes to hip hop, demonstrating full control and power that appears effortless, plus he talks about real shit like losing both parents. Buddy… find a better way to troll lol.
Horses for courses, I like a bit of Andre not everything is about the comparison
Where did I say it was Em’s best verse? I said it was better than 3k’s. No trolling here at all. You sound like a fan of 3k’s so of course you’re gonna shoot down anybody that says anything critical of him even when it’s deserved.
Both are overrated now day’s anything both put out over hyped
3 stacks just goes in so effortlessly. I’m not keen to anything prior to speakerboxx/ love below but I need a new outkast.
Only good stuff was brother love box everything after was just wack hype
This album could’ve been Hey Mama thirteen times and I would’ve loved it. But it’s Kanye. All these features, some from greats, some from aint’s, and still aimless. But it’s Kanye… I hope Kendrick gets Andre on the album, a verse, an instrument, something.
Hell Naw Ye, release this shit, even if it’s for Dre’s sake. Can’t let a verse like his go wasted.
listen to something else, and pay for it.
Big boi was always better than andre in outkast and he’s still the better rap
You gots to be dumb big boi wasn’t even close to Andre Benjamin not Andre 300 now he was hyped up but you tripping
Big boi was always superior, better flows better punchlines, all this andre overhype has been ridiculous, I’m pretty sure andre would admit it too, the outkast days proved it regularly, andre is more on a soulful tip with deep meanings but as a mc his flow is limited compared to big boi, they actually labled themselves the poet and the rapper because of that
Dre is like don’t bring me in this shit. I was rapping about my dead mama, and this fool went left field on some fuck boy shit that didn’t have anything to do with that.