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Kendrick Lamar’s Engineer Explains Process Behind His Drake Diss Songs

Nicolas de Porcel says he had to be on call during the Drake and Kendrick feud.

Mastering engineer Nicolas de Porcel — who’s credited on Drake diss songs “ Euphoria,” “ Meet the Grahams,” and “ Not Like Us ” — spoke with EngineEars a few weeks back in a clip that’s starting to make the rounds on social media. There was originally some speculation that Kendrick had prerecorded some of his songs due to how fast he was churning them out, especially the weekend when he immediately responded to Drake’s “ Family Matters ” with “Meet the Grahams” and then followed with “Not Like Us” a day later. Founded by MixedByAli, EngineEars is a platform dedicated to the art of mixing and mastering while also giving artists access to world class engineers.

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