In 2007 Mr. Hudson and The Library burst onto the London music scene with their debut album, A Tale of Two Cities.

Fast-forward 2 years. The Library moniker is dropped, Kanye’s named a pair of LV shoes after Hudson, and Jay-Z has nabbed him for a feature. Dubbed “…bigger than Kanye” by Mr. West himself, this London bloke stays busy. As a solo artist he appears on West’s club-banger Paranoid. As a front man, his band Mr. Hudson is slated to release their sophomore album Straight No Chaser this October. When he’s not behind the mic, he’s at the mixing board - producing for the likes of The Arctic Monkeys, Dizzee Rascal... and even Kanye.

I caught up with Mr. Hudson over the phone while he was in New York playing a few shows. As he was recovering from a late night out in Manhattan, the conversation covers an eclectic range of topics - Dunhill, Jaguar, cookies, and Maggie Ghylenhal’s oven, to name a few.