Don Toliver talks about working with Kanye West on “DONDA”.
Earlier tonight, Don Toliver has released his highly anticipated new album “Life of a Don“, and for the promo run, he made a stop at Hot 97’s Ebro in the Morning for a new interview. On the show, he talks about a variety of topics, including his experience of working with Kanye West on his latest album “DONDA“.
Toliver admitted that he was originally “nervous” about working with Ye for the first time, but the Chicago rapper managed him calm his fears. “It was insane,” he said, “That was, like, the one time where I was a little antsy about the situation, but he was cool. We were vibing, and he understood where I was coming from.”
“A couple of months before it really started wrapping up, the hype for it really started going crazy, me and ’Ye was already cooking in his little studio,” Toliver reveals. “We were already making records. I didn’t even really have a full idea of what Donda was back then. I was just making records with him. Then I had just gotten this one call to pull up on him and when I pulled up, it was a situation where I didn’t know what was going on but I knew he had made records prior to this situation.”
He continues, “So, at the end of the day, he just sent me off with some songs. I did a bunch of different records, and one of them ended up becoming ‘Moon,’ so it was a crazy blessing for me at the end of the day.” Toliver then shared what was it like on the first day in the studio with the GOOD Music boss. “That was, like, the one time where I was a little antsy about the situation, but he was cool. We were vibing and he understood where I was coming from,” he said.
But his time working with Kanye clearly stands out from the remainder of the interview, and following several accounts of West’s potentially crazy work environment, it was intriguing to offer a new side of the story from somebody who is really close to the issue.
Kanye recently presented Toliver with a massive NASA jacket, footage of which was released online, in a gesture customized to the artist’s “Moon” contributions. Toliver teamed up with Guess to develop an exclusive retail capsule collection that blends the brand’s design with his own aesthetics ahead of the release of his next album Life of a Don on Oct. 8. The compilation will be on sale on the same day as the record.
Kanye West gifted Don Toliver a custom NASA jacket for their song “Moon” 🚀 pic.twitter.com/9BH8qHX1C5
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