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120991, hmm
Posted by howisya, Wed Dec-17-08 01:55 AM
>Found it:
>
>On The Future.
>13
>Madeupname asks: It’s rumoured that Andre 3000 wants to make a
>record with you. Would that interest you? What criteria would
>you have for collaborating? Is there anyone in particular you
>would love to work with?
>Squarepusher: The main criterion is the lyrical content. I
>wouldn't want to be another production vehicle for some
>Outkast derivative style pop. I would have to probe his
>intellect to see if we could come up with some sort of agreed
>standpoint on lyrical content. I suspect that there is a
>bigger cultural divide across the Atlantic than people think.
>It's easy to wash over that with time honoured themes of sex +
>love etc, but if one wanted to go beyond this consensus
>lyrical territory, I dare say the cultural differences would
>start to become clearer. We'll see.
>
>http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/collective/A16411088
>
>Yeah.

while i may not agree with him 100%, i sort of feel him on that one. it helps that i've followed his career for 11 years and know his (public) personality pretty well. it's also a british thing going on there. he's probably not as familiar with outkast as we are, especially "solo" andre of the last few years. he could do with some brushing up on his guest spots and the class of 3000 season 1 OST, but i can also see why he wouldn't want to get into a situation where they're doing something ultra poppy like "hey ya" or anything with sex raps. but, i mean, at least he is recognizing andre's intellect and entertaining the possibility of a collab, even if just hypothetically.