Day: July 24, 2015

Many emcees have teamed up with a producer and worked solely with them to release a classic album and/or mixtape. This time around the duo is Joell Ortiz and !llmind, and according to them, their collaborative effort “Human” began with just one phone call. “It was a series of hanging out and recording music, and we didn’t realize we were doing a project at all, until about halfway in,” remembers !llmind, whose worked with 2Pac, Drake, J. Cole and G-Unit in the past. When having to decide the name of their collaboration, Joell recalls telling !llmind “let’s think of the most human s*** possible so it’s non gimmicky – oh, human.” The two continue on with their thoughts on a rapper working exclusively with one producer, and why when you work with multiple hitmakers “the process just isn’t as smooth.” “It’s a lot more phone calls, a lot more clearances…sometimes you lose passion for the project,” Joell points out. Hear more about how !llmind and the Slaughterhouse lyricist came together above.