Such is the case with a new on-camera Q&A West conducted with BBC Radio 1 DJ Zane Lowe, with the first of the four-part interview released yesterday (September 23).

West is candid and intense throughout the 14-minute interview clip, talking with Lowe about the motivations behind his most recent full-length, the controversial and much-discussed Yeezus.

"I'm gonna make music and try to make it three-dimensional," West stressed to Zane. "Like on Star Wars and the hologram pop up out of R2D2, I'mma make something that jumps up and affects you in a good or bad way…I'm not here to make easy listening, you know, easy programmable music."

West went on to shout out the heavy influence of Michael Jackson on his work, and how Jackson's pioneering ways in the industry push him to make bigger and grander musical statements, such as the jarring sonic juxtapositions found throughout Yeezus.