Ye and Jay-Z started with a five-song idea in late 2010
It turned into a full album after they made lots of strong tracks
Ye sampled lots of tracks for it
They worked in some different places and hotels like in New York, Paris and Sydney
Producers had to bring laptops right into the room, not sending files online, they deadass locked away hard drives
They skipped early physical copies to stop leaks. The album dropped digitally first on August 8, 2011. Stores got later
The-Dream recorded his part for one song in just six minutes
Ye made the song “Otis” in about 10 minutes. He sampled it, chopped it, and rapped on it right away
Arguably one of the greatest collab albums ever