Kanye West and JAY-Z have very different creative processes, and Malik Yusef, a frequent collaborator of the latter, has recently clarified these distinctions.
In an interview that was released on Friday, July 5, with the TFU Podcast, he dissected the workings of both businesses.
He claimed that of all the people he had ever met, Hov put in the least amount of effort into his songs. Similar to Kanye, we’ll work for 36 hours straight, take four hours off, and then return for an additional thirty. Hov is simply too talented. Hov is absurd. I mean, I think Kanye and Hov are [equivalent]; their methods are just different.
“Hov be like, ‘Can you get to the studio at six?'” he said. We finished three songs by ten. Kanye will have three months to finish his tunes. When an album is complete, Kanye will say, “We have some good stuff on here.” Okay, let’s get the album started properly now.
Since releasing their joint album Watch The Throne in 2011, Kanye West and Jay-Z have had a really complex relationship.
A little documentary on Ye’s Donda’s production leaked online the previous year. The five-minute video gave viewers an inside peek at Ye’s unconventional creative process and erratic emotional condition.
In one especially memorable moment, he was recorded speaking on the phone while in a locker room, threatening to remove JAY-Z and everyone else who missed his listening party from the album.
“I’m taking away the verses of everyone who isn’t present,” he declared. “I’m taking this verse by Jay-Z, and whoever isn’t on the porch with me isn’t on this version.”
After ending the call, he laughed and turned to face the camera, saying, “How do you even describe these kind of conversations, bro?
“When “Jail” was being previewed for audiences before its official release, JAY-Z’s verse stayed on Donda. This was the duo’s first joint project in five years, having previously worked together on Drake’s 2016 song “Pop Style.”
During his initial two listening sessions, the Yeezy boss substituted a verse by DaBaby for Hov’s after playing the Jigga version. In addition to disappointing many fans, this choice drew criticism because the rapper from North Carolina had made homophobic remarks at Rolling Loud Miami only a few weeks earlier.
