Hudson Mohawke
Producer.
Handling a large part of production for any album can be a grueling process, but working for Kanye West, who is notoriously meticulous with every detail of anything he releases to the public would be enough to send anyone packing. One of West’s go-to producers of late tells a short tale of his “overboard” moment.
TNGHT. “Higher Learning”.
The last four months have been the hardest-going of my life. Actually, in the middle of the whole process, I died and was resuscitated– I almost joined the 27 Club. [laughs] I just had a few silly nights out and overdid it with various things. So I spent a week in intensive care in the middle of making the record, next to people who were literally on their deathbeds. Then I got out of the hospital and got right on a plane to New York– I was like, “I’ve gotta get on with this fucking record.” It’s character building stuff– to get thrown into the deep end can be the best way to approach things. I wouldn’t change any of it.
