“I do want to do the majority of the project,” he explained. “The negative side of being a producer and rapper — ’cause I’m a rapper first — the negative side of being a producer on top of that is I got real picky with beats. I’m trying to break outta that zone and maybe get on some beats I might not have rapped on before. I think the key of some rap artists is sometime you can make a beat that’s not so hot, hot. But the production side of me is [saying], ‘You not gonna get on that. Listen to those drums.’ ”
J. Cole says he wants to do a bulk of the project with No I.D. seeing as how he grew up and was a fan of Kanye West. Being that Kanye was cut from the No I.D. cloth, he said it only makes sense. His new album is due out later this year. More of the story at MTV.