How Mike Will Made It
John Seabrook on the rise of the hip-hop producer who has created hits for Miley Cyrus, Jay Z, Kanye West, Rihanna, and Beyoncé.
"He understands the record, he understands the artist, and he understands the idea." — Jimmy Iovine on Mike WiLL Made-It, the twenty-seven-year-old producer behind Beyoncé's "Formation," whose loose, free-flowing sessions capture that moment when "everything goes down."