"Where is all that talk now ?" Big Boi asked MTV concerning the rumors of a break up that have followed Outkast for a few years now. "Outkast are stronger than ever."

Both Big Boi and Andre promised a new Outkast album for 2009.

"We got a few songs we already picked out," Big said. "We pick the beats first. I drop my [solo album] in July, Dre puts his out [later this year], and we drop that Outkast record at the top of [next] year."

Andre 3000 echoed the sentiments in an interview back in February.

"My solo album should be out this fall. Big Boi’s album should be out this summer. So look forward to a new Outkast album after that," Andre said. "We don’t even have a date. We just know we have commitments and [we] just try and get in there and do it."

Big Boi went on to elaborate on his hopes for his new solo album.

"I said I wanted to bring that hip-hop back," Big said. "My album is about lyricism and about the craft. I saw Raekwon and he jumped on it. Actually, me and Raekwon recorded three songs. We were gonna finish it with just me and him. When Dre came back from Japan, he heard it and said, ’I wanna be on that.’ I gave him the beat. He came back in a couple of months and was like, ’Let’s do it.’"

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