Andre 3000 recently sat down with Rolling Stone where he talked about making another Hip-Hop album, and the status of Outkast. When discussing releasing a solo Hip-Hop album, Andre says that it could happen, and that he is inspired by his relationships with other Hip-Hop artists. "I think what would help me make a rap album is being around rappers," he said. "When I moved to California, I wasn’t writing. I’ve talked to Kendrick.

We talked, listened to beats. Same with Drake. And as a rapper, they would be surprised to hear me say this, but at one point, I was like, 'Man, it would be cool to just hang out with them to get the energy of rapping.' Because when they’re doing it so constantly, something got to drip off. They do four, five songs a day, and I’m like, What?”  

Concerning Outkast, Andre says that chemistry is extremely important. "I’ll say maybe 10, 15 years ago, in my mind, I thought an OutKast album would happen. I don’t know the future, but I can say that we’re further away from it than we’ve ever been. I think it’s a chemistry thing. We have to be wanting to do it. It’s hard for me to make a rap, period, you know? And sometimes I’m in the belief of Let things be.”

In other Outkast news, the duo has received their first Diamond single certification for 2003's "Hey Ya!". Diamond certification denotes 10 million or more sales, and this certification is the first for the duo. "Hey Ya!" is from 2003's Speakerboxxx/The Love Below, which went Diamond in just over a year.