what it ain’t, what it is

was listening to beyoncé’s “all night long” and there’s a horn sample from outkast’s “spottieottiedopaliscious,” which made me love the song even more, as feel deep ties to outkast and am fascinated by the complex and melancholy partnership of big boi and andre 3000. ross found this 2012 song, “sorry” by t.i., featuring an andre 3000 rap, which reveals more about the pair’s hiatus and andre’s crisis of faith (and complicated relationship with fame):

Slow it down, this that shit that’ll make you call your momma
Say hey I’m sorry for begging for all them clothes you couldn’t afford

And this the type of shit that’ll make you call your rap partner
And say I’m sorry I’m awkward, my fault for fuckin’ up the tours
I hated all the attention so I ran from it