I think it's different reasons for different folks.

I think Abstract is a perfectionist who keeps on tweaking stuff. His track record says that he does right by himself when it's all said and done.

Kast...at least Dre...is prolly scurred. It's a shame because I have a strong feeling that his rap stuff would jam like crazy and his cooing would be fine as well since it isn't a crazy thing to have rappers singing now.

But that weirdness plus the Idlewild thoughts plus the time since then plus these dudes not sacking up and doing it years ago has put sooooo much pressure on anything they drop. Dre can make a verse or two that will easily go over well. But he's scurred about an album. That and it is super possible that him and Twan aren't on the same page enough to put together an album TOGETHER. Stankonia was a long time ago.

D'Angelo was both. But some folks went to work on getting him to drop that thing and it went well. Very well. But that album was so good that maybe the cats like Dre 3k are even more scared since they probably don't have anything laying around on a hard drive that is at that level.

Whatever it is, I hope dudes end up putting out something. Anything. An Ep. A few verses. Something.

>8 years since the renaissance. IIRC, the last zulu was
>supposed to come out in late 2014. oops...
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>when dre said tribe and outkast were talking about puting an
>album out, i didn't believe for one second that anything would
>ever come of it.
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>the funny thing, in interviews, tip always talks about being a
>studio rat, living and breathing the music, and into this
>until the day he dies. i understand he has the occasional
>feature or co-production credit. but seriously, not a single
>solo track, ep, much less new album in 8 years? you would
>think he'd put music out more often. talib kweli style. on his
>own terms.
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>now tip has an excellent body of work (minus some questionable
>cuts from amplified and his open sessions, if you ask me).
>there are legends who continue to put music out to this day,
>and those who don't, despite talking it up all the time.
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>are they afraid to taint their legacy with a mediocre release?
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