One of Kanye West's collaborators has said that the rapper's new album will sound "like a pair of Timberlands".
"This album is different. It's like a pair of Timberlands; like how Timberlands are not quite leather and not quite suede," he explained.
"It's not the smooth, slick Chicago music sound we have right now and it's not the ruggedness of just 'hip-hop hip-hop hip-hop'. We're still working like a motherf**ker. We've been all around the world [recording]."
Yusef revealed that West has "20 finished songs" for the new record but wouldn't elaborate on any song titles.
The 43-year-old also spoke about the difficult process of working with West to record his sixth album Yeezus.
"Yeezus was a hard album to work on because it was a departure from where I wanted to be with our music," he admitted.
"We fought over Yeezus every day. There was no friendly disagreements. It was definitely a war. It's, 'I don't give a f**k, Malik. It's a Kanye album, not a Malik Yusef album.' Kanye's kicked me off the label eight times."
Last month, rapper Theophilus London suggested that West had held an intimate listening party for his new album.
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