Rolling Stone recently caught up with storied Chicago poet/artist/thinker/writer, Malik Yuself, who discussed the latest Yeezy endeavor, which we’ve been waiting and waiting and waiting and waiting impatiently on. The good news? That there are at least 20 songs done. No titles or details were revealed, but ‘Sef did disclose that the album sounds like a crispy pair of Timberlands. Now, that’s my type of hype. I doubt we’ll get it before years end, but stranger things have happened.
Asked to describe the new album, Yusef says, “This album is different. It’s like a pair of Timberlands; like how Timberlands are not quite leather and not quite suede. It’s not the smooth, slick Chicago music sound we have right now and it’s not the ruggedness of just ‘hip-hop hip-hop hip-hop.’ We’re still working like a motherfucker. We’ve been all around the world [recording].” …
…Yusef would not divulge any titles (“Your favorite title may not even make it on the album”), but says that West has “20 finished songs.” The musician claims that recording with West this time around has been smoother than Yeezus. “We fought over Yeezus every day,” he says, laughing. “There was no friendly disagreements. It was definitely a war. It’s ‘I don’t give a fuck, Malik. It’s a Kanye album, not a Malik Yusef album.’ Kanye’s kicked me off the label eight times.”