Todd Rundgren did not hold back as he recalled working with Kanye West during the creation of the rapper's 10th studio album Donda, which was released in late August.
Speaking to UCR, the 73-year-old musician labeled West a 'dilettante' and said he stepped away from the project in July due to lack of 'feedback' from West on his contributions.
Later in the interview, Rundgren claimed that West's hurried approach to Donda stemmed from fear over his rap rival Drake 'one-upping him' with the release of Certified Lover Boy on September 3.
Opening up: Todd Rundgren did not hold back as he recalled working with Kanye West during the creation of the rapper's 10th studio album Donda, which was released in late August; pictured in 2008
'My involvement went on for a year, and in the end I realized why they hurriedly wrapped the whole thing up and put out what is obviously really raw, unprocessed stuff.
'It's because Drake was running the whole process,' said Todd in reference to Drake's unknowing hold on Kanye and the way their longtime rivalry may have affected the album's integrity.
He went on to claim that Kanye 'was too afraid that Drake would one-up him, so he hurried up and released the album the weekend before Drake could get his out.
'And in the end, Drake ate his lunch anyway.'
Yikes: Speaking to UCR , the 73-year-old musician labeled West a 'dilettante' and said he stepped away from the project in July due to lack of 'feedback' from West on his contributions; West pictured in 2019
Though he was at first confused by Kanye's creative approach, Todd told the outlet that he 'eventually came to the realization that West is a shoe designer. ... He's just a dilettante at this point.'
He continued: 'Nobody would regularly make records like that unless they had stupid money to throw around. Nobody rents a stadium to make a record in.
'Nobody flies in the entire world of hip-hop just to croak one syllable, just so you can say that everybody was on it.'
Rundgren would later poke fun at the seemingly endless collaborations on the album by noting that he is 'one of the few artists not on Kanye's album.'
Realization: 'My involvement went on for a year, and in the end I realized why they hurriedly wrapped the whole thing up and put out what is obviously really raw, unprocessed stuff,' said Todd; pictured in 2019
Rivalry: Rundgren claimed that West's hurried approach to Donda stemmed from fear over his rap rival Drake (left) 'one-upping him' with the release of Certified Lover Boy in September
He currently has 'three albums worth of Kanye stems on my computer' because, during the course of production, he 'kept getting called by Kanye to add vocals onto the record.
'When it got into the homestretch in July, I just said, "That's enough for me. I have no idea
