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The producer said the beat took ”maybe 45 minutes” to make.
Back in March 2017, TM88 revealed he made the beat for Lil Uzi Vert’s breakout hit, “XO TOUR Llif3,” on a Beats Pill speaker. In a Friday interview with Genius about the song’s sequel, “P2,” the producer said he and the Philly rapper used a different piece of technology to record the track.
“We actually recorded the song on FaceTime,” TM88 said, about the Apple video calling app. “I wanna say he was like, ‘Bro, we need some ‘XO’ vibes.‘”
The producer continued by sharing how the Eternal Atake track was more than a spiritual successor to “XO.” “I really just took the ‘XO’ drums and put the new melody over it,” he said. “I wanted the new melody to kind of like speak to people when they hear it, put them in a trance.”
In a subsequent interview with Rolling Stone, TM88 estimated the “P2” beat took “maybe 45 minutes” to make. From there, they spent hours on the phone over the next few days to complete the track.
“[Uzi] kept telling me what he didn’t like about the beat and what he liked,” he remembered. “He’s like take that out, do this, I’m doing it right now, sending it back. I’m telling him what I don’t like about the lyrics, what he should change and take out. The whole time I was babysitting my daughter, she’s in the back playing.”
“P2” looks poised to become Uzi’s next major hit. It currently sits atop the Genius Top Songs chart with well over 300,000 total pageviews, making it the most popular new track from EA. It also sits at 2 million YouTube views in three days without a proper music video.
Watch the full Genius “P2” interview below:
