Gordo on Why His Genre-Twisting, Drake-Assisted Album Isn’t Like Anything Else Out There

Gordo is one of those artists-producers who has been around for years — his name casually appearing on a constant stream of hits from all of your favorites. He’s done it all at this point. He’s been DJ’ing for more than 20 years, first getting notice in the mid-2010s as DJ Carnage and then going on to pioneer house, club, and techno sounds across the globe. He’s experimented with reggaeton and Latin styles as well, playing massive festivals and launching tours across Latin America. In hip-hop, he’s dropped massive chart-toppers, from “I Like Tuh,” featuring iLoveMakonnen, to “Bricks,” with Migos. And people still come up to him to talk about his work on Drake’s album Honestly, Nevermind. “If you go back, then you understand what I did with Migos, with Lil Uzi, with Mac Miller, with Rich the Kid,” he tells Rolling Stone on a recent call. “I had all these big cultural moments.” There’s a way that his career has always tied multiple universes together, but now, with his upcoming album Diamante, Gordo is putting everything on one tight, cohesive record. The project, which drops this Friday, was more than four years in the making and features collaborations with...