André 3000 has been busy lately. The hip-hop iconoclast turned heads at the 2025 Met Gala (with a little help from a piano) and he just released a new, surprise EP of piano instrumentals.

Titled 7 Piano Sketches, the project is pretty much exactly what its name suggests. For this one, 3 Stacks announces the number of each track before going to work. It’s all pretty raw — almost like … a sketch. Between this and his 2023 flute album, it feels like he’s collecting different instrumental albums like infinity stones. Interesting stuff.

This EP was preceded by some mysterious social media posts that now appear to be related to what he just dropped. When the Atlanta legend shared that he was looking for a blue notebook with “black sketches and notes inside,” fans immediately began speculating what the cryptic message could mean.

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