Mumford said the producer, who worked on 'Ye and Jay Z's Watch the Throne, is helping him learn to "chop up beats." "That's really fun for me," he told the mag.

Though some may think this musical change comes out of nowhere, Mumford explains he's always had a love for hip-hop. And clearly respects the genre, since he recently told Billboard that Kanye was the "only rock star left."