Podcast
Andre 3000 and Rick Rubin in Conversation
Broken Record with Rick Rubin, Malcolm Gladwell, Bruce Headlam and Justin Richmond
- It’s Not The Same If i could just feel normal, ik, take voice, career all issue. Yes, if i could feel normal, yes. But it don’t work like thatno, is dont. It’s really sad. That’s why a lot of artists. O d, that’s why young artists die from drugs, is they’re sensitive people. This all, especially in success, there’s all this emotion that no one teaches us how to deal with and it’s weird. Even people that you know for a long time start acting different to you, yes? Transcript: Speaker 7 Know, it’s like it’s my therapist. Same thing. It’s the truth. It’s the truth. Speaker 2 It’s a balance. It’s like it’s a blessing and a curse. Yeah. It could be in the world, but that’s the gift. And it’s, I know. Speaker 1 It’s, it’s, man, it’s there have been times where I was like, I’ve prayed like prayed to a God that I didn’t even know it existed really. Yes. Pray, like I would rather you take this away from me. Yes. All of this. And just if I could just feel normal like that if I could just feel normal, like take voice career (Time 0:26:29)
- I Love Radiohead The new could be made by anybody, you know? I mean, it doesn’t it don’t have to be new to make new. When i first heard, i loved radiohead, and when i first heard it, i was a little taken aback. You get otration gets more samy though, yes. It’s the way to, it’s those combinations that make it new. Transcript: Speaker 2 It’s the sensibility. You know, like when radiohead made kidde, that was new radiohead radiohead. Radiohead transformed from the band that they were. And when I first heard it, I loved radiohead. When I first heard it, I was little taken aback. Yeah. Same thing happened first time I heard 808s. Yeah. It’s like, I don’t do I want to hear Kanye singing? I don’t know. Like this is not why I listen to Kanye. And it took a minute. And often those are the things that you come around to liking the best. It’s like when the first time you hear it, it’s like you don’t (Time 0:45:58)
- A Song, She’s Alive On The Love Below Prototype a actually wrote it in mind for janet jackson to sing. I wanted to just submit for her to sing ta song. She probalely know it. But prototype ah was written in that way. Once i lay down, you know, dimo, its like a it feels better. It feels real, you know? If i did it, yohow. And a another song, she’s alive on the love below. Like, i really wanted anita baker to sing it. And so it’s my bad version of a needle baker. Y, i know exactly the song. Transcript: Speaker 1 Really, you know, if I did it. And another song, she’s alive, unloved below. Like I really wanted to need a baker to sing it. And so it’s my bad version of a need a baker. Yeah. And I know it didn’t sound like it. No. It’s kind of how it is. Speaker 2 Do you have an idea of where your fashion sense started? Yeah. Speaker 1 Album covers, all influences around me, like in the city of Atlanta, it was kind of like (Time 0:50:57)