Rick Rubin talks about his role producing new Kanye West album 'Yeezus'

Uber-producer and Def Jam founder, Rick Rubin has spoken in interview about his role on the new Kanye West album, Yeezus.

Earlier in the week, Kanye West had told The New York Times about all the collaborators he worked with on the record, one of which was producer Rick Rubin, who has join forces with everyone from Beastie Boys to Johnny Cash.

Rubin is credited on Yeezus as an executive producer and was personally head-hunted to give the album a cohesive sound just three weeks before a final copy had to be handed into Def Jam.

In a Q&A with blogs.wsj, Rick Rubin describes that Yeezus is sounding more minimal, stripped-down sound with less of the R&B elements.

“The raw material was very strong but hadn’t yet come into focus. Many of the vocals hadn’t been recorded yet, and many of those still didn’t have lyrics. From what he played me, it sounded like several months more work had to be done,” the producer told the publication.

Rubin goes on to say that one track on the LP has a “punk edge in the Suicide tradition” and that Kanye hopes his work “will inspire others to push the boundaries of what’s possible in hip hop”

You can check out the whole interview here