André 3000 Dropped a Surprise Piano EP, and It’s Pretty Interesting

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.

While a rep for Dre said he was just looking for his notebook, it all definitely feels like a clever rollout. “He really is seeking help on finding it,” his team told AllHipHop. “It contains sketches and he’s hoping someone in Amsterdam will have picked it up from wherever it was lost.”

This news arrives as 3 Stacks and Big Boi await their official getting inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction this fall. The duo debuted in 1994 and went on to one of the most acclaimed careers in hip-hop; breaking down doors for southern rap, rattling off hit singles (“Elevators,” “Mrs. Jackson”) and critically-hailed albums like Aquemini and Stankonia–eventually taking home the Album Of The Year Grammy in 2004 for their smash double album Speakerboxxx/The Love Below.

Now, 3 Stacks adds another new chapter to his legacy. Check out his latest for yourself below.