Jointz: International Players Anthem

It can be easy to forget that, before Andre 3000 lost his goddamn mind, he was a very fine rapper. Then he stopped rhyming because, for whatever reason, he found guitar chords more interesting. Which was OK for a while, but soon started to irritate, especially when he was singing about Dracula getting married. So he started rapping again, or at least stumbling over a few tracks on that Idlewild mess.

But now he seems to have got his flow back together, pretty triumphantly too, on the UGK track International Players Anthem. His verse is over no beat, no less. This must be the first time an Andre 3000 verse has had me amped since, like, the year 2G. And actually reminds me of the verse he kicked on the Goodie Mob track Thought Process from that Soul Food album in '95. Yes, that is the kind of useful knowledge I carry round in my head these days.