Andre 3000 has given a handful of interviews in promotion of his album, New Blue Sun.

The latest arrived courtesy of Citizen Magazine. Dre sat down with Donovan X. Ramsey, whose book When Crack Was King was longlisted for a National Book Award this year, and talked about the album, his headspace, and thoughts about making more rap tunes. It's a great piece, with a few gems, as has come to be expected whenever Dre shares his perspective.

Among other things, he talked about his excitement to share the album. "You have to be happy to share something; you have to feel confident enough to share. You have to get it to a point where you don’t care what nobody else thinks. It’s almost like a relationship; no one can really judge your relationship..." Of the album he says, "I hope people will think, ‘Oh, I can just try things.’ I mean, why not?”

Since its release, the album has made history, setting a new Billboard Hot 100 record. The track, "I Swear, I Really Wanted to Make a ‘Rap’ Album But This Is Literally the Way the Wind Blew Me This Time,” is now the lengthiest track to appear on the chart in its almost 70-year history. The track debuted at No. 90 on the Hot 100, has a runtime of 12 minutes and 20 seconds. Previously, Taylor Swift's “All Too Well (Taylor’s Version)" had the record when it topped the Billboard Hot 100 in November 2021 with a 10 minute and 13 second run time. New Blue Sun debuted at No. 30 on the Billboard 200 after earning just over 24,000 album-equivalent units in its first week.

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