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Jay-Z reveals Kanye West spat during album recording

Jay-Z has revealed that he had a four-day argument with Kanye West during the recording of their joint album in 2011, Watch The Throne.

The rapper told Radio 1’s Zane Lowe that the spat was over tracks he had saved for his next solo record that he thought weren’t right for them.

“We spent four days arguing about those records,” he said.

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There was some pushing at one point but not between us, just everyone else got a little excited

Jay-Z on Kanye West argument

“I was explaining to him why it wasn’t right and I had an idea for making this album called Magna Carta Holy Grail.”

The pair started working together more than 10 years ago with Kanye West producing Jay-Z albums like The Blueprint, The Black Album and Kingdom Come.

Jay-Z also appeared on Kanye West’s first three albums and they collaborated on tracks including Run This Town from Jay-Z’s The Blueprint 3 and Monster from West’s 2010 record My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy.

But the rapper said their argument didn’t last long.

“There was some pushing at one point but not between us, just everyone else got a little excited,” he said.

Timbaland Jay-Z says he fell out with Timbaland but they are now friends again

During the recording of his latest album, Jay-Z did fall out with friend and producer Timbaland.

But he says things are all back to normal now.

“The fall out happened at the end of the Blueprint 3 album,” he explained.

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It’s always floating out there. We just don’t want to make it a gimmick. It has to be the real thing and it’s slowly making sense as far as a tour, but not an album

Jay-Z on working with Beyonce

“A couple of songs were getting leaked that were his songs and that whole thing just ruined the process.

“Everyone has to put egos aside for the sake of the project and he wasn’t accepting of that and that was almost like the last straw.

“When he came back, I saw a new Timbaland. He has this maturity and this growth and I was like, ‘Oh OK, this is going to work out’.”

Jay-Z also talked about not wanting to be a politician, the making of new single BBC and said being a father had given him a purpose greater than his own.

And he admitted he wasn’t against the idea of him touring with his wife, Beyonce.

“It’s always floating out there,” he said. “We just don’t want to make it a gimmick. It has to be the real thing and it’s slowly making sense as far as a tour, but not an album.”

You can hear the full four parts of Zane Lowe’s interview with Jay-Z on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday this week from 7 on Radio 1Image

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Jay-Z Details Pre-“Magna Carta Holy Grail” Timbaland Fallout

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For years, Virginia producer Timbaland and Brooklyn emcee Jay-Z worked together to craft numerous records that would later be featured on Vol. 3… Life and Times of S. Carter, The Black Album, and more. And with Tim’s extensive work on the newly-released Magna Carta Holy Grail, it came as a surprise to many when it was revealed that the two artists had previously parted ways musically.

At the top of the month, Timbaland revealed the news and credited his past falling out with the Magna Carta Holy Grail rapper to “disagreements” and “petty stuff.” And during a recent interview with BBC Radio 1, Jay-Z shared his thoughts on the pairs past indifferences.

According to Jay-Z, his issues with Timbaland arose shortly after The Blueprint 3 was released and were primarily due to Tim’s demeanor.

“He was still on Blueprint 3, but the fallout happened at the end of that album. It really happened—the way the album happened and a couple of songs was getting leaked, that was his songs. And it was like that whole thing was just like it just ruined the whole process,” Jay-Z revealed. “I wanted him and Kanye to produce, and Kanye who was the executive producer of Blueprint was like ‘Yo, let’s get Tim. Let’s bring Tim in.’ We were all inviting of him and he just wasn’t accepting of the process. And it seemed like it was more about him than the actual album.”

Jay-Z says the producer did reemerge following their fallout and returned with a more mature outlook, one that helped in easing any past tensions.

Timbaland later went on to produce a majority of the songs featured on Magna Carta Holy Grail including “La Familia” and the Justin Timberlake-assisted “Holy Grail.”

“When you go in and make an album there’s not—you have to put all ego aside,” said Jay-Z. “I’m putting ego aside. Everyone has to put ego aside for the sake of the project. And he was accepting of that. That was almost like the last straw type of thing. We just went our separate ways. After those concerts he came back, I saw the new Timbaland. He had this maturity and this growth and I was like, ‘Oh okay. This is gonna work out.’”

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