Of course but those are trolls who think Andre is some rap slave that owes them a rap album. They’re dumb.

But if it was someone who wasn't Andre 3000 dropping mid instrumental albums I don't think they would be getting hate for it

People just wouldn't really care

People care more because it's not what they want from Andre

A lot of people were making jokes about this being potentially an instrumental project before it was even announced as a project

Same thing with that flute album people were hating without listening

same, but i meant moreso i think andre is downplaying himself to adegree because i think he is comparing himself to more "legit" people.

i wouldnt have an issue quality wise if it was just more tailored to his skillset - consistent live consistent piano playing is a very hard skill that even most general music producers dont have. most of music producers fall in the ok to average play skill - including I - that get around with sectional play, editing, structure and/or stop n go.

outside of it just being jokes and hilarious that he dropped this randomly and it being andre - i dont think its that big of a deal, but the people overcompensating for it is also in the wrong imo to where theyre literally twisting or straight up lying about definitions, skillsets and genre norms etc.

Me saying “it’s harming niggas ears” is a joke playing off what you said. But yes as an album/EP this isn’t good… if this was a work in progress type thing then I’d judge it differently

I think you just gotta take it for what it is — a guy that dabbles in piano that recorded some ideas 10 years ago and decided to give us a listen.

I don’t think we need to rate his technical ability as harshly, given the context here. It’s quite literally just andre f***ing around.

it’s definitely leaning into the “work in progress type thing” category lol

It's called 7 piano sketches idk how much more direct it could be

Should he put (not finished song (demos(ideas(reminder not completed songs) at the end

Word well if we ever get what this progresses to I’ll change my opinion

I did buy some new notebooks tho cus of this rollout. I will say that.

lol right

I f*** with this but I love pretentious projects so I get the hate or whatever

i don’t think these “sketches” are gonna progress further than that

i think he just put them out to coincide with his piano outfit and remembers how nice they made him feel when he recorded them

probably wanted some money as well to afford more flutes

The title is irrelevant. If you release something as a completed project (album or EP), we the consumers are then allowed to judge it as such.

I don’t know why this concept is so hard to understand or offends some of y’all

We all need more money to afford more flutes in this life

it basically just being his own personal practice or jam sessions is what makes me hate it but also like it at the same time

Lmao yet I was wrong when I said “it feels like he put out some 10 year old voice notes cus he needs money”

haters itt think a custom mayan double-flute just grows on trees..

you gotta pay someone to carve it, stupid!

i said it was reductive

locked in

I personally enjoy when artists put out just about anything , its not really what i want or expect from André 3k but i Respect it and think its cool

More artists should release random s***

So we’re both being reductive right?

Typo on that title is pissing me off

Oh. Cool. Cool cool cool