美国饶舌歌手André 3000 说“我48岁了”:有时候说唱会让人感觉“不真实”

The opening track of André 3000’s upcoming album of woodwind music cheekily answers fans’ question as to why he decided to make a record of flute music, instead of rap — considering it’s called “I swear, I Really Wanted To Make A ‘Rap’ Album But This Is Literally The Way The Wind Blew Me This Time.” 

André3000即将发行的木管乐专辑的首歌，顽皮地回答了粉丝们的问题，为什么他决定制作一张长笛音乐的唱片，而不是说唱音乐——考虑到这张专辑的名字是“我发誓，我真的想做一张‘说唱’专辑，但这一次是风吹我的方式。”

Although the member of the beloved hip-hop duo Outkast, 48, was rather to-the-point with the album opener, he explained in one of the cover stories for GQ’s Man of the Year series why spitting rhymes isn’t what feels natural to him right now.

尽管这位48岁的受人喜爱的嘻哈二人组Outkast的成员在专辑开场时相当直截了当，但他在GQ年度人物系列的一个封面故事中解释了为什么吐槽押韵对他来说现在并不自然。

The hip-hop icon told the outlet that it’s not for lack of trying that he hasn’t tried released solo raps since Outkast disbanded. It's because he’s been around the block — having debuted with his collaborator Big Boi in Atlanta back in the ‘90s. “It actually feels … sometimes it feels inauthentic for me to rap because I don’t have anything to talk about in that way. I’m 48 years old,” he revealed.  

这位嘻哈偶像告诉媒体，自从Outkast解散以来，他没有尝试过发行个人说唱歌曲，这并不是因为缺乏尝试。这是因为他一直在街区附近-早在90年代就与他的合作伙伴Big Boi在亚特兰大首次亮相。“有时候说唱会让我觉得不真实，因为我没有什么可说的。我48岁了，”他透露道。

The “Roses” rapper continued, “And not to say that age is a thing that dictates what you rap about, but in a way it does.”

这位演唱了《玫瑰》的说唱歌手继续说道:“并不是说年龄决定了你的说唱内容，但在某种程度上确实如此。”

The recording artist (whose real name is André Lauren Benjamin) even playfully teased what his bars nowadays might sound like. “And things that happen in my life, like, what are you talking about? ‘I got to go get a colonoscopy,’” he joked. “What are you rapping about? ‘My eyesight is going bad.’ You can find cool ways to say it, but….”

这位唱片艺术家(他的真名是安德鲁·劳伦·本杰明)甚至开玩笑地取笑了他现在的酒吧听起来像什么。“还有我生活中发生的事情，比如，你在说什么?‘我得去做个结肠镜检查，’”他开玩笑说。“你在唱什么?”“我的视力越来越差了。’你可以找到很酷的表达方式，但是....”

The hitmaker, who last released a full-length album with Outkast in 2006, also clarified just how much he's tried to release rap music. “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,” the “Hey Ya!” artist shared. 

这位大热歌手在2006年与Outkast合作发行了一张全长专辑，他还澄清了自己在说唱音乐方面的努力。“我曾与一些最新、最新鲜、最年轻和老派的制作人合作过。我总是挨揍。我一直试着写，“Hey Ya!”艺术家分享道。

He added, “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.”

他补充说，“直到现在人们还在想，哦，天哪，他只是坐在说唱上，或者他只是把这些说唱当人质。我没有那样的说唱。”

What did come to him recently was a collection of flute arrangements that make up his upcoming debut solo album, New Blue Sun. The music legend announced the eight-track, instrumental project on Tuesday, just days before the surprise release is set to drop this Friday. 

他最近想到的是他即将发行的首张个人专辑《New Blue Sun》中的长笛编曲集。这位音乐传奇人物在周二宣布了这首八首曲目的器乐专辑，就在周五出人意料发布的几天前。

Each track on the album features a tongue-in-cheek title, from “Ninety Three ’Til Infinity And Beyoncé” to “That Night in Hawaii When I Turned Into a Panther and Started Making These Low Register Purring Tones That I Couldn’t Control ... Sh¥t Was Wild.”

专辑中的每首歌都有一个半开玩笑的标题，从“93’till Infinity And Beyoncé”到“夏威夷的那个晚上，当我变成一只豹子，开始发出这些我无法控制的低沉的咕噜声……”她很疯狂。”

While his Outkast partner Big Boi has released three solo albums and toured extensively since Outkast went on hiatus after the release of Idlewild 17 years ago, André 3000 has kept a lower profile. He’s joined other artists on their songs, including Beyoncé, John Legend and Kanye West, among others. And billed as André Benjamin, the performer also explored his acting chops by appearing in Claire Denis’ 2018 sci-fi drama starring Robert Pattinson, High Life. 

自从Outkast在17年前发行《Idlewild》后中断以来，他的搭档Big Boi已经发行了三张个人专辑，并进行了广泛的巡演，而andr<s:1> 3000则保持着低调。他加入了其他歌手的歌曲，包括碧昂斯、约翰·传奇和坎耶·韦斯特等人。这位演员还出演了由罗伯特·帕丁森主演的克莱尔·丹尼斯于2018年执导的科幻电影《High Life》。

Upon the announcement of New Blue Sun, the “Ms. Jackson” rapper opened up to NPR’s All Songs Considered podcast about his decision to release an instrumental project. “I've been interested in winds for a long time, so it was just a natural progression for me to go into flutes," said the musician, who previously recorded flute on Outkast’s 2003 track “She Lives in My Lap” and James Blake’s 2019 song “Where’s the Catch?."

在宣布新蓝太阳的消息后，这位“杰克逊女士”的说唱歌手在NPR的“All Songs Considered”播客上公开了他发布器乐项目的决定。“很长一段时间以来，我一直对风感兴趣，所以对我来说，长笛是一个自然的发展，”这位音乐家说，他之前在Outkast 2003年的歌曲“她住在我的腿上”和詹姆斯布莱克2019年的歌曲“Catch在哪里?”中录制了长笛。

"This is the realest thing that's coming right now,” the recording artist continued. “Not to say that I would never do [rap] 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."

“这是现在即将到来的最真实的事情，”这位录音艺术家继续说道。“并不是说我再也不会做说唱了，但这些都不是现在要做的事情。我必须展示当时给我的东西。”

He admitted, "In my mind, I really would like to make a rap album. So maybe that happens one day, but I got to find a way to say what I want to say in an interesting way that's appealing to me at this age."

他承认:“在我心里，我真的很想做一张说唱专辑。所以也许有一天这种情况会发生，但我必须找到一种方式，用一种有趣的方式来表达我想说的话，这种方式对我这个年龄的人很有吸引力。”