Looking at Atlanta’s decorated rap lineage, a connection can be spotted between André 3000 and Young Thug’s artistry from two decades later. During an appearance on T.I.’s ExpediTIously podcast this month, Tip likened 3 Stacks’ style to Thugger’s, but Thug maintains he never paid the Outkast rapper any mind.
“I can’t rap you two André 3000 songs,” he began. “I ain’t never paid attention to him. Never in my life.”
Thugger seemed open to the idea of collaborating with 3 Stacks at some point but had some harsh words for Andre when Tip brought up how Thug extended an olive branch to work with music legend Elton John. The two teamed up for “High” in 2018.
“The difference between Elton John and Andre is, Elton John like to kiss ass, [where] Andre likes his ass kissed,” Thug explained the difference between the two. “He’s just more of a fan type of nigga, to the point I’m like, ‘Nigga, let’s do music!’ He’s like, ‘Nigga, bet.’ Andre more like, ‘This is his secretary.'”
The trap pioneer then tried attempted to clarify 3 Stacks is a Hip Hop ally to the Atlanta artists, even though he’s been out of the mainstream spotlight for some time now.
“He’s who ally,” Thug responded. “Why don’t you rap like him, talk like him, or look like him? You ain’t trying to portray none of that.”
In 2017, 3 Stacks was complimentary of Thug’s approach to Hip Hop.
“He’s exciting,” Dre told Complex. “There’s no box. He’s all over the place. To do those things he does, you have to have big fuckin’ balls. It’s almost harder than the guy who’s portraying hard, you know? It’s kind of mind-fucking people. It’s saying, ‘Don’t get too comfortable with me.’ That’s one of my mottos: Don’t let people get too comfortable with what you’re doing.”
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Maybe, at some point in the future, 3 Stacks and Thug will clear the air to establish some sort of relationship and possibly hit the studio to craft new music together.
In the meantime, Thug plans to drop the YSL Slime Language 2 sequel before the year’s out and then quickly follow that project up with his solo Punk album.
Watch the entire interview below.
https://youtu.be/TCvCmS5nI6o
No problem, Thug. We can’t rap even one of your songs.
I dont even know dem shits
My mom told me to come back and apologize, so I’m sorry guys. Please forgive, ,
LOL, that explains why I don’t ever, ever pay attention to him! WOW, i always wondered what all the hype about him was!
That’s why I don’t like these new age rappers always disrespectful to legends. Last I checked nobody was checking for thug like that anymore either.
Is this the same guy who wanted to make lik wayne carter V ? Or something? Only young I know is André Young! The Chronic! Death Row! 1991 motherfuckers!
Dudes got no respect man. Outkast was puttin on for the ATL long before you was even a thought man. Its scary how these yung bois be so disrespectful man.
Go paint cha fuckin’ nails….I hope 3 never gets on a track with u…ugly panty purchasing muthafucka
No shit, tha’ real! His ass do look GAY AS FUCK! Sissy ass!
A straight flamer!!!
why you gotta lump young thug in with the gays? gay men are men that like MEN. the fuck would i be out on the street dressed up like a fuckin woman? young thug aint gay. he a transvestite.
Lowkey better than 3k tho
Its funny cuz I consider young thug to be the new Andre 3000. He just took the flamboyance a step further.
In no realm of reality is young thug as talented a rapper/mc as Andre 3000. Not even close. Talkin’ about a whole galaxy ahead of young thug.
He can’t rap 2 of André 3000’s songs because he can’t rap….
I like young thug but there is another difference between Elton and Andre..Andre isn’t a sellout..he cares about his craft and I’m sure if he respected your skills it would be no issue. Why would he want to put out some b.s if you not coming right
If he cares about his craft, why he put so little out he damn near disappeared from hip hop for a minute
You just answered your own question
It’s more than typical old school vs new. Young Thug saying what that was disrespectful on an artist level as well. I started finally coming around to dude and then I read this…he disrespected the generation gap that I see newer artist trying to bridge after feeling pitted against other hiphop eras. I’m not going to generalize his comments and group other artists with him, that’s on him bc 3k gets love from old and new!
Pretty sure we know why elton wanted to do a song with him lolllol
YT trash, lyrics trash, I got a dollar for every bump on his face.
Now bow wow called old heads hater this is why they get upset sometimes, some of these younger guys are so disrespectful. And then you got dummies like T.i that are trying to be so cool with these guys he makes him self look like a dummy. Since he so cool with this dress wearing thug he should have already known this, and not asked. 3k don’t bother nobody, he may be in his own lil world but he don’t bother nobody. I get it it’s ok to say you didn’t listen to a certain artist growing up, that’s fine you suppose to keep it real, but acknowledge that they did they thing and left a mark on the game.
Two talented but catty gay men let’s be honest
I don’t know about the gay who knows, but you wrong on the talented part only
one of those brothers has talented.
Fuck that young ass muthafukka. Get off my lawn little boy!
dr suess vs 3 stacks hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha well they both wear skirts but ones a real playa while the others a fairy
Jeffery, just graduated, fresh on campus, mmm
Fresh out East Atlanta with no manners, damn (fresh out East Atlanta)
Bump on her bumper like a traffic jam
Hey, I was quick to pay that girl like Uncle Sam (here you go, ayy)
Back it on me (back it up)
Shawty cravin’ on me, get to eatin’ on me (on me)
She waited on me (then what?)
Shawty cakin’ on me, got the bacon on me (wait up)
This is history in the makin’, on me (on me)
Point blank, close range, that B
If it cost a million, that’s me (that’s me)
I was gettin’ mula, baby
Yoyoyo possum Aloysius Jenkins AKA Andre 3000 don’t need to do music with Young thug you can’t even understand his bubblegum rap music cheesy shit and especially with the stage name thugger that dude is sweeter than Georgia peach
Who gives a f**k, who give a sh*t. His b**tch ass is barley rapping!
Don’t forget that we let these mush mouth, dress-wearing, hand bad toting, mumbling motherf*ckers in the begin with. People stopped caring about hip-hop and that’s the only way a guy like Young Thug becomes famous.
Also, please not the difference between how Young country music talent regards the older generation with revelry while these young rappers and rap fans do nothing but disrespect. Furthermore, there are so many more talent rappers than this Buzzy Beetle-looking clown. This entire generation to rappers will only be remembered for the damage they did to the genre and the culture.
Andre 3000, who fought against the stereotype that southern hip hop is not lyrical/conceptual/skillful, only club music. Young thug, who mainly fits that stereotype but gets nominated or win awards. THIS WHAT HAPPENS WHEN PEOPLE DONT ACTUALLY CARE ABOUT HIP HOP!!!
My interpretation from this interview from Young Thug’s perspective is Andre 3000 likely place all sorts of conditions on who, when, how, and where to do music. Young Thug feels he doesn’t need to kiss Andre 3000’s ass to make music with him. There are too many other dope artists out there. Truthfully Young Thug is accomplished enough to not need Andre’s rap blessings. That is his point.
His point is dumb.
From someone who wears dresses?
Oh we can tell you’ve never paid any attention to him ????
Dude is a fartface.
“Andre likes getting his ass kissed” This coming from Young Thug who didn’t show up for the Wyclef Jean music video shoot and apparently didn’t get into trouble.