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Ben Rogerson

“You know what your problem is?”: André 3000 says that Prince once called him after an OutKast show to tell him where he was going wrong

Prince and Andre 3000.

If you’re a performer, some reviews mean more than others. A bad write-up or two goes with the territory, but if Prince calls to give you some notes on your performance, you’re probably going to sit up and listen.

As he releases his unexpectedly flute-heavy album, New Blue Sun, André 3000 has been telling GQ about the time that he was on the receiving end of some frank criticism from Prince the day after an OutKast show in 2014. The duo, which also featured Big Boi, had just reunited, and it’s fair to say that His Royal Badness thought they were a little rusty.

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