I learned a lot going through Eminem’s drum set. It gives it a certain sound, the sound he wanted. If somebody’s a new producer they’ll do sh-t like speed the snare up +8, and that’s sh-t I wouldn’t do because I’m like, ‘I am sampling this snare.’ I was seeing how he truncated sounds, like chopping the air completely. I started seeing how he do, doing sh-t I wouldn’t do because I still had certain rules. “I started copying them and the next thing I know an engineer comes in and straight grabs the disk and leaves.”ĭespite the unsuccessful attempt, Kanye was still able to pick up some new tricks from watching Em work: “I’m going to try and get as many sounds copied before they come in,” he recalled. Porter) would have shared his own drums, but Em’s drums were “some of the best drums in hip-hop.” So when Kanye saw Em’s MP disks in the studio, he tried to take advantage of the opportunity. Kanye added that D12 member Kon Artis (aka Mr.
“And I think Eminem is a dope-ass producer, so I wanted to ask him to trade drums but I was intimidated because he was such a superstar and everything.” “I had to work with D12, right?” Kanye remembered. During those sessions, Kanye produced the title track from D12 World. One of his biggest fans was Kanye West, who revealed in a 2004 Scratch magazine cover story that he once tried to steal Em’s drum sounds to no avail.Īfter explaining that he used to steal “like a madman” from his mentor No I.D.’s record collection, Kanye spoke about being too intimidated to ask Em to trade drums while he was in the studio to work with the rapper’s group D12. During the early to mid-2000s, Eminem was a prolific producer in addition to being one of the hottest rappers in the industry.
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