André 3000 Disrupts Our Sense of Time

Last week, André Benjamin, best known as André 3000, one-half of the hip-hop duo OutKast, finally released his début solo album. Over the past decade, Benjamin, who is forty-eight, has chosen a life away from the spotlight, but has stayed close enough to it to occasionally record a guest verse. His last headlining release was “Look Ma No Hands,” an EP of turbulent jazz compositions he uploaded for free to SoundCloud on Mother’s Day, in 2018. Mostly, he’s been a presence on the social-media feeds of fans, who’ve happened upon him doing everyday things, like fetching coffee or walking in the park. More often than not, his companion is a flute, which he plays with a kind of blissful ignorance to his surroundings.