The former OutKast rapper surprise released the improvisational '7 Piano Sketches' last week
"It’s the best because it’s the free-est emotionally and best I’ve felt personally"
The former OutKast star has previously teased that new music would be coming in 2025 "for sure"
Oasis, Phish, Mariah Carey, Joy Division/New Order and more did not make the cut this year
Soundgarden, Billy Idol, Joe Cocker and more are also nominated
'New Blue Sun' is also nominated for Best Alternative Jazz Album and Best Instrumental Composition
"It’s not like we’re Coca-Cola, where it’s this formula that you can always press a button and it’ll happen"
"It was a lot of fun! We got to do songs every episode", the former OutKast rapper said about working on the cartoon in 2006
The songs come on the one-year anniversary of his Grammy-nominated experimental flute album
André released his debut solo album ‘New Blue Sun’ last year