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“I’m like the militant general of the army-I live there and command my fucking army of interns and assistants and engineers,” says 40 of his recording boot camp. Noah “40” Shebib, the Quincy to Drake’s MJ, is orchestrating his own circle of Hit Men, from in-house talent like Majid Jordan, PARTYNEXTDOOR and Nineteen85 to extended family like Boi-1da and Detail, to put the finishing lacquer on Drake’s strongest body of work yet.

The release of Drake’s Nothing Was The Same is two months away so it’s officially crunch time, which means no one is going home. Instead of Porta Potties, there’s a washroom with a no-entry sign on the door-its shower reserved for guests of October’s Very Own. Inside, air mattresses wear warm sheets and comforters while iPads serve as mini TVs. The scene inside Ontario, Canada’s Metalworks Studios looks like a indoor camp site. Noah “40” Shebib, the producer/engineer who helps sculpt Drake’s atmospheric aesthetics, talks soundtracking Nothing Was The Same and trying to bring Aaliyah back to life