Producer Rick Rubin annotates Vampire Weekend, Kanye West lyrics on Rap Genius

Producer Rick Rubin has recently been writing annotations on the website Genius (formerly Rap Genius), providing some insight and analysis into the artists he’s worked with, while professing his love for Vampire Weekend’s ‘Modern Vampires of the City’.

Rubin has posted several entries on works by Kanye West, The Dixie Chicks, Johnny Cash, Jay Z, Slayer and the Beastie Boys - all of whom have spent time in the studio with Rubin. He’s also commented on works by D’Angelo, Beck, James Blake and Vampire Weekend, with the latter’s comments saying:

“An album that gets me really excited is ‘Modern Vampires of the City’. I love it. I love it. What I like about it is that it sounds completely modern and it sounds completely traditional. It could be a Paul Simon record, but it sounds really modern. And no one else who’s doing modern has that much tradition in it. And that combination really speaks to me.”

Rubin also writes that Kanye West’s latest single with Paul McCartney, ‘Only One’ was rush-released. “That’s how it works in Kanye world,” he says. “It used to really give me anxiety, but now I just know that’s what it is. That’s how he likes to work.”

Read all of Rick Rubin’s annotations on Genius by clicking here.