Being the perfectionist that he is, Lay Zhang is not one to settle for anything less than excellence when it comes to making music.

Take his latest album PRODUCER for example. While it is a compilation of songs that the Chinese rapper and singer-songwriter composed and performed during his stint on the Chinese reality singing competition我是唱作人2 (CZR Ⅱ) last year, the project's nine tracks are so much more than just simple studio re-recordings.