On this episode of BMU, the guys discuss the release of André 3000’s new album, New Blue Sun. They discuss 3000’s anxieties around dropping new raps and their uneasiness about the mixed reactions to the news that NBS would be a flute album. Their conversation considers the implications of our expectations of art and the artists of whom we call ourselves fans, evaluates our entitlement to critique of their work and choices, and explores our relationship with other folks’ freedom as an extension of our conceptions of our own.

Andre 3000’s interview with Rick Rubin on the Broken Record Podcast: https://youtu.be/LjHcHTJ8D5k?si=vlS0AvkQKDp3WKa_