The Yeezus Sessions

[Hood Critic]

The Yeezus Sessions
We talk to seven men who helped create Kanye's polarizing thunderbolt of an album, including Bon Iver's Justin Vernon, producer Hudson Mohawke, and more.


Kanye West is one of the very few artists out there who can generate headlines with his album's credits. While the liners to Yeezus don't feature quite as many big names as previous Kanye productions, they're still extensive, filled with longtime collaborators and upstart young producers alike. In an effort to shed some light on the making of this vibrant and polarizing album, we spoke with seven guys who helped put it together: veteran producer/engineer/ mixers Mike Dean and Anthony Kilhoffer, who have both been working with 'Ye since the College Dropout days; Bon Iver's Justin Vernon, who returns to the Kanye fold after taking part in 2010's My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy (his experimental pop outfit Volcano Choir releases its second album, Repave, in September); producer and TNGHT member Hudson Mohawke, who began working with Kanye on last year's Cruel Summer and now has a production deal with G.O.O.D. Music; up-and-coming UK beatmaker Evian Christ; 21-year-old rapper/producer Travi$ Scott, who recently released his debut mixtape, Owl Pharaoh, and is currently working with Big Sean, 2 Chainz, and Jay-Z; and producer/engineer/mixer Noah Goldstein, who's had a hand in albums by Arcade Fire and Interpol, and has worked with Kanye since Twisted Fantasy-- he's the guy Jay shouts out on Watch the Throne's "Who Gon Stop Me" ("extend the beat, Noah!").

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[shazam]

This is a pretty interesting article.

The Evian Christ mixtape they were listening to while making Cruel Summer is freely available if anyone is interested

(T-A12).zip

 

[Hood Critic]

This is a pretty interesting article.

The Evian Christ mixtape they were listening to while making Cruel Summer is freely available if anyone is interested

(T-A12).zip

Props..

 

[Hood Critic]

"There's no pedestrian fukkery on this album. People are
working their asses off to make the best shyt, and
Kanye's leading the pack." -- Justin Vernon

 

[criminology]

This is a pretty interesting article.

The Evian Christ mixtape they were listening to while making Cruel Summer is freely available if anyone is interested

(T-A12).zip

that shyt sounds nice. like witchhouse but with less corny and more hip hop.

 

[Yoda]

Yeah Evian is dope. i came in here to give him props.

 

[Urbanmiracle]

Love behind scenes stuff like this. As a producer and radio host, the coolest shyt is the actual creation of the records. I totally understand what they are talking about when you come in with something and it transforms into something that you never seen or heard coming from the initial idea. That's the beauty in the art of creation. That's why I love doing music. It's just the joy of creating something that wasn't there before.


And I told ya On sight was fire!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Patrice O'Trill]

 

[UncleTony]

Regardless of what ppl think of the album....this is a good read. Cool reading about the creation of I'm In It since that was a standout to me



No Chief Keef quotes tho??

 

[HideoKojima]

It made me appreciate the album a lot more after reading that article like two days ago,dope stuff. Rubin also hinted at having a Yeezus part two being released later this year.

 

[atlbound]

subscribe

 

[Non Sequitur]

They claimed to have never heard a Death Grips song

 

[Big Mel]

I've heard 2 Death Grips songs and hated them both.

 

[Hood Critic]

It's crazy to think there are 10 more tracks out there from these sessions.

 

[bigrodthe1]

album is still wack