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André 3000 Clarifies That ‘New Blue Sun’ Does Count Toward His Record Deal

Andre 3000's 'New Blue Sun' counts toward his Epic deal, contrary to prior reporting.

But, after I played New Blue Sun for the label and [they] saw that it was a real project, they thankfully counted it.” He added, “the story that’s going around now is very old.“ The description of the “Andre 3000 – I Love Flute” episode has a disclaimer noting, “This episode is a very recent interview that we are introducing as a throwback.” During the conversation, he told Toure that his label won’t count the album because “It’s something [in the contract] where it says, ‘The next recording has to be 90 percent like the recording before.’…It stops you from turning in 10 tracks of hand-clapping and saying, ‘This is my album.’” Elsewhere in the Rolling Stone interview, André 3000 talks about his work as a flutist, his future plans, and his thoughts on making new hip-hop music.

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