The rapper Kanye West wished wrote all his verses

Kanye West is an all-around artist and is the jack of all trades. His 2004 debut album, Faculty Dropout, was written and produced by him, nearly in its entirety, and he has made it clear he’s competent. Nevertheless, from time to time, he brings in a little bit of assist to attain perfection.

In 2007, a cameraman caught footage of Kanye within the studio with producer Timbaland, who helped him on his observe ‘Stronger’. West later unveiled on the Lex Fridman podcast that he couldn’t obtain the strong kick of ‘Sexy Back’ in his music.

The truth is, Kanye unveiled that he initially took the observe to Pharrell Williams and Swizz Beatz. Nonetheless, he finally realised he wanted Timbo, who added punch and readability to the kick in 5 minutes.

Though the Chicago native is taken into account a genius and is ready to do rather a lot by himself, he typically calls upon folks to assist him right here and there. The similar could be stated for Dr Dre. The former NWA producer, akin to Knaye, shifted tradition and is taken into account a legend. Nevertheless, for his comeback album 2001, he referred to as upon Jay-Z to put in writing ‘Still Dre’ and Eminem to pen ‘The Watcher’. 

For a few years, the time period “Ghostwriting” has been flung round as an insult and used to insult rappers who supposedly don’t write their very own lyrics. Nevertheless, some MCs are open to penning songs with different lyricists. Whether or not it’s to bounce concepts off of them or recover from a artistic block, it does occur, and in 2016, Kanye requested one icon to assist him write a music.

West normally releases an album yearly, and 2016 noticed him launch The Life Of Pablo to nice vital acclaim. Nevertheless, one music on there was not written by him. ’30 Hours’, which is a 5-minute observe, was penned solely by Drake. 

Throughout Kanye’s 2022 meltdown, he went on an anti-semitic, maniacal press tour, which noticed him make an look on Drink Champs. Throughout his interview with Noreaga and DJ EFN, West spoke about his varied collaborations and, whereas talking in regards to the observe ’30 Hours’ unveiled,  “I gave him a line and he wrote the whole rap. I wish he wrote all my raps.”

The interview was swiftly deleted for its a number of controversial segments. Nevertheless, it did give an ideal perception into a few of West’s writing practices. Drake can also be credited as a songwriter for ‘Facts’ and ‘Father Stretch My Hands’ on the 2016 mission. You possibly can hearken to ’30 Hours’ within the video under.