Lil Wayne has revealed that he was disheartened to read André 3000‘s recent comments on not having anything to rap about in his 40s.
Tunechi brought the topic up on the most recent episode of his Young Money Radio show on Apple Music. Talking to his guest Tyga, Wayne didn’t name names but made it quite clear who he was referring to.
“I read a depressing quote or two from someone I respect a lot in music – in Hip Hop period, in music period,” he began. “And they were asked, ‘Why you ain’t been doing music’ or whatever? And they was like, ‘Man, what I’ma talk about? I’m in my 40s. Like what am I supposed to talk about?’ I was like wow, that was so depressing. I’m like, I have everything to talk about!”
Tyga replied: “But I feel like that’s why you gotta stay in it, though. I feel like you can’t be too far removed.”
Wayne disagreed, however, saying that, at his age, there’s a risk that keeping up with current music might be even more creatively discouraging.
“So that’s why I say I don’t listen,” he concluded. “I just go in my little hole. I love what I do. I just put it out and swing for the fences man.”
The comments Lil Wayne were referring to appeared in André 3000’s interview with GQ last month. While discussing why his new album, New Blue Sun, doesn’t include any raps (or lyrics at all, for that matter), Dre said he simply has nothing to discuss at his age.
“I’ve worked with some of the newest, freshest, youngest, and old-school producers. I get beats all the time. I try to write all the time,” he began. “Even now people think, ‘Oh, man, he’s just sitting on raps,’ or, ‘He’s just holding these raps hostage.’ I ain’t got no raps like that. It actually feels…sometimes it feels inauthentic for me to rap because I don’t have anything to talk about in that way.”
He continued: “I’m 48 years old. And not to say that age is a thing that dictates what you rap about, but in a way it does. And things that happen in my life, like, what are you talking about? ‘I got to go get a colonoscopy.’ What are you rapping about? ‘My eyesight is going bad.'”
In a separate interview with NPR, 3 Stacks elaborated on the reason rap isn’t happening for him right now.
“I would love to be out here playing with everybody, but it’s just not happening for me. This is the realest thing that’s coming right now. Not to say that I would never do it again, but those are not the things that are coming right now. And I have to present what’s given to me at the time.
“So the title, ‘I Really Wanted To Make A Rap Album, But This Is Literally The Way The Wind Blew Me This Time’ [is] because this album is about wind and breathing. In that way, it is true. It is literally blowing me this way and I’m blowing flutes and I’m blowing digital instruments.”
New Blue Sun serves as André 3000’s first official solo album, although he did release a disc of solo material on OutKast’s Grammy-winning 2003 double album Speakerboxxx/The Love Below.
SEE WHAT YOU DID 3 STACKS!? YOU HURT LIL WAYNE!
This flute music has gotten way outta hand. Soon all of our favorite rappers are going to retire and start playing flutes. Lizzo isn’t even waiting to retire!
Dont think 3 stacks surrounded himself with enough true lyricists like Lupe, Nas, Busta Rhymes; dudes that wouldve really pushed him to be better.
Respect but we not putting Lupe on this stage! The upmost to Lupe but nah chill King 😆
The best rappers out there are mostly over 40
Like a white b!tch once said, “Shut up and rap, my nizzle.”
Older people should rap! They have more experience more knowledge! If you don’t want to rap about partying and young stuff you don’t have to. But Andre shouldn’t have said that. That’s a disrespectful comment for the culture. If you don’t want to rap just say that, but be making no excuses. Older people have the best knowledge. So I lost my respect Andre
Older people should rap! They have more experience more knowledge! If you don’t want to rap about partying and young stuff you don’t have to. But Andre shouldn’t have said that. That’s a disrespectful comment for the culture. If you don’t want to rap just say that, but be making no excuses. Older people have the best knowledge. So I lost my respect Andre
I feel you on that, he should just say he not feeling it no more.
I see exactly what Andre 3000 Is saying.
Only in hiphop. You have to be young, you have to be a kid, a baby, or you have to be an emryo to touch the mic. There’s no rocker who would say The Rolling Stores are wack or corny. There’s no metal band who would disrespect Black Sabbath or Meyhem. There’s no jazz artist you would diss Miles Davis. Only in hiphop – the dumbest fans on Earth.
Sad but this is true. I been feeling exactly like what you said for the past few years now. I feel like if older rappers talk about they’re regular day to day feeling (and there’s a lot of them) they’re wouldn’t be so many dumb fans.
Lil Waynes raps after 30 have been depressing! 🤣 eat the pussy like a can of tuna. Rapping about period juice and all types of trash. Fucking druggie.
No. What he really is saying is he don’t wanna be outdone on any collabs or ppl not respect his pen game anymore. A true MC will rhyme about anything that moves them or shift perspectives.
Rap is the only genre I know where age counts. Then again it’s the only genre I know that glorifies colorisim, drugs etc…so I guess that’s rather appropriate.
What Nas has put out the last 3 years should really create seperation from the rest.