for most of the songs that i worked on for this album, abel started the ideas with other people, and then when we come together i bring it home. unlike the earlier mixtapes, there are only two songs on the album that i produced alone, dark times featuring ed sheeran and prisoners featuring lana del rey. but with all the songs on which i have a production role, i tie things together, play or replace sounds, accent sections, create or streamline transitions, do a lot of the drum work, vocal production and editing whatever is needed to complete and finish it. sometimes this is a lot, sometimes very little, as in the case of losers, for which labrinth sent me his arrangement. the kanye song, tell your friends, was already put together when i received it, so my involvement was recording abel and locking in his vocals, creating the bridge and adding textures and sounds throughout.
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