Tyler, the Creator Says He Re-Recorded His Verse ’79 to 100 Times’ for the Clipse Album

Knowing Tyler, the Creator is a massive fan of the Clipse and has long considered Pharrell Williams one of his idols, the rapper made it a point to go into perfectionist mode to ensure he didn’t mess up his feature on Let God Sort Em Out.

Tyler pulled up to Hot 97 on Tuesday (July 29), where he revealed that he re-recorded his “P.O.V.” verse “79 to 100 times” and nearly texted Pusha T to pull the plug on his guest appearance altogether.

“It took me about 79 to 100 times to do it, and I almost texted Pusha, ‘I don’t think this is gonna work,’” he said. “It’s been a few times I’ve gotten nervous and trying to nail that verse with two of my Mount Rushmores, produced by Mount Rushmore, was like I can’t f—k this up for me.”

“It took me so long to write that and just trying to perfect it … Was really in that b—h sweating. That n—a Pusha sent me that before I went on tour, probably in April and I ain’t get him that s—t until end of May, early June.”

Once Tyler nailed it, he knew the mission was complete and had a weight lifted off his shoulders. “I was trying to record that verse for so long. Then it came out and people liked it,” he said. “When I did not f—k up the song, n—a, ooh.”

Elsewhere in the interview, Tyler revealed that the title of his Don’t Tap the Glass album was actually a name for A$AP Rocky and himself as a duo.

“Don’t Tap the Glass was actually a name I had for the duo for me and Flacko, but it never got used, so I thought it would be sick,” he said. “I just always had that title in the tuck and always just loved it. When I started working on it, I was like, ‘Oh my God, this feels like that s—t.’”

Don’t Tap the Glass debuted atop the Billboard 200 with 197,000 album-equivalent units earned in the United States in the week ending July 24, according to Luminate.

Listen to the full interview with Tyler below.