André Cymone

Growing up around Andre, I got a front-row seat to something most people only hear about secondhand. His family took Prince in as a teenager — that's the kind of house it was, always full, always building something. Minneapolis in those days was electric — Andre, Prince, Morris Day, Terry Lewis, Jimmy Jam, all of them working out of basements and garages across this city. I knew them all, but Andre's the one I've stayed close to all these years. Watching him step back into that sound now, fully — no guest musicians, no shortcuts, just him doing what he's always done — hits different when you've known him this long. He's not chasing nostalgia. He's reminding everybody who built the language in the first place. His new album, "The Resurrection of Funk," drops this August. The first single "The Revolution's On Yo' In 'O' Net" is out now — go listen. So proud of him and everything he's carried forward from those early days to now. 🎶 andrecymone.bandcamp.com/tra…