The hype doesn’t get much better than this. From the moment he announced his plans for this album, the chatter hasn’t stopped. Jay-Z recently spilled the beans about a few of the album’s pressing issues.
“I’mma put 12 records on there. I got about 11 or 12 songs and I think 70 percent of those records is gonna make it. So I would say I’m 70 percent done.” Jay said of his progress. So, 12 tracks, nothing new right? But is there still gonna be 12 producers?
“I don’t know how that’s gonna turn out,” he said. “When I got in there, I vibed with Pharrell. We did about three or four songs. I got in there with Kanye, I did the record with Rick. I’m bringing Timbaland in now. We’ll see how the [Dr.] Dre thing works out. I don’t want to compromise the sound of the album or the integrity of the music just to stick to that plan. I thought it was a wonderful, brilliant thing. But if I get in there with a producer and we vibe and we make more than one song. I don’t want to take the song off just so I could put on 12 different producers.”
Jay had also talked about actually putting his lyrics to paper for this album, but it doesn’t look like that panned out either. “Music is feeling. At the beginning of this album that’s how I started, that was my thought, ‘I’m gonna make this album perfect. I’m gonna actually sit down and write it.’ But it’s music and it’s built off a vibe. I just vibe with the music.”
