This week, the rapper named some of the personnel who helped shape his anticipated album “Yeezus” (due Tuesday), revealing that Daft Punk had produced a handful of songs and that Bon Iver’s Justin Vernon appeared with Chicago rapper Chief Keef on a track that almost didn’t make the album. Though he has no limit of artistic self-regard, Kanye West is quick to credit his collaborators. We hear lawyers last week had to track down the choir director and members of the Holy Name of Mary Church choir on the South Side of Chicago to get clearance for the vocals.ĭef Jam label chiefs were so worried about whether they would get rights to the track, producers re-recorded the vocals with a different choir to be used in case they couldn’t nail down an agreement with the Holy Name crew in time.īy the end of the day Friday, we’re told, West decided to use the new recording with the other choir just to be safe. Rubin will be listed as executive producer, sources said.ĭef Jam executives haggled over rights to West’s racy song “Onsite,” where the rapper samples an old vocal track from kids in a Chicago church choir. We hear that Rubin, the co-founder of Def Jam Records, was brought in to help West finish the album. Page Six reported last week that after months spent in Paris recording, West was still working in the studio after early releases got mixed reviews. “Even by Kanye West standards, this is pushing it,” said a music industry source.

Sources exclusively tell us that last week - just two weeks before the album drops - West brought in legendary producer Rick Rubin to help lay down additional tracks for the record, and Def Jam execs spent the week haggling over rights for a vocal he used on his song “Onsite.” Kanye West is driving Island Def Jam executives “crazy” with last-minute changes, a new producer and legal issues over his new album, “Yeezus.”

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