Look at Rick Rubin above, and bow down to the God that's helped create countless projects for everyone from Jay-Z, Black Sabbath, LL Cool J, Adele, Lana Del Rey, and most recently, Kanye West on Yeezus.

We've detailed how he came in to help Kanye just weeks before its June 18 release date, but in this profile with The Daily Beast, Rubin speaks in-depth about the project and how he convinced Kanye to cut it down to 10 tracks.

Read an excerpt below to get a grasp on just how quickly Yeezus was created:

I thought I was going to hear a finished album, but actually we listened to probably three and a half hours of works in progress.

How did you come to work on Yeezus?

Kanye called me. I’d just finished working at the studio for about two months on another album, and I was getting ready to go away on vacation for a couple weeks. Then he called up and said, “Can I just come play my album?” And I said, “Sure.” I always like to hear what he’s working on. So he came over to my house in Malibu. We listened. I thought I was going to hear a finished album, but actually we listened to probably three and a half hours of works in progress. What did the album sound like at that point?

Kind of meandering, unfocused, usually without his vocals. I assumed that the album was scheduled to come out next year. So I said, “When are you thinking of finishing up?” And he said, “It’s coming out in five weeks.” Like completely confident and fine. I said, “When are you thinking of finishing up?” And he said, “It’s coming out in five weeks.” Like completely confident and fine. He wasn’t stressed.

Not at all. I said, “I have a record coming out in November that’s a lot further along than this.” He said, “Really? What are you doing for the next five days?” I said I was going to go away. Then he said, “Please help me. Would you be open to fixing it and shaping it and finishing it off?” Did he realize how much more work it needed?

To me it seemed impossible what he was asking. I remember I wasn’t feeling that well that day, and I was thinking, Is the music making me sick? I don’t feel good about this. We ended up working probably 15 days, 16 days, long hours, no days off, 15 hours a day. I was panicked the whole time. What was the process like during those 15 days? How did you find a direction for the album? There was so much material we could really pick which direction it was going to go. The idea of making it edgy and minimal and hard was Kanye’s. I’d say, “This song is not so good. Should I start messing with it? Can I make it better?” And he’d say, “Yes, but instead of adding stuff, try taking stuff away.” We talked a lot about minimalism. My house is basically an empty white box. When he walked in, he was like, “My house is an empty white box, too!” We ended up working probably 15 days, 16 days, long hours, no days off, 15 hours a day. I was panicked the whole time.