During an interview in Miami, Kanye said his next album will contain only 8-tracks and producer Rick Rubin has a lot to do with that decision. He has said on numerous occasions that Rubin’s involvement in the making of Yeezus was instrumental in defining what the project could be. In an interview with The Daily Beast, Rubin explained how and why he reduced Yeezus:
Initially, he thought there were going to be 16 songs on the album. But that first day, before he even asked me to work on it, I said, ‘Maybe you should make it more concise. Maybe this is two albums. Maybe this is just the first half,’ to which Kanye excitedly said, ‘That’s what I came here today to hear! It could be 10 songs!’
Get more of what Kanye says about his next project at AllHipHop.com.
