Jay-Z’s producer, No ID, recently spoke to the New York Times about what it was like to work on 4:44 – and revealed that Beyoncé had the final sign-off on the album’s songs about Jay-Z’s philandering.

“I always call Bey our de facto A&R,” he said. “Pillow talk is the strongest conversation on the planet.

“Every song has to get past her ears, in my eyes. She came by a lot and played a good part in helping us get over hurdles on certain levels. Of course she’s genius-level with that.”

Jay-Z helped his mum come out on his new album and it was really beautiful