Icwecwe elilandelayo le Ipelepele ebomvu ebabayo ibikwinkqubo epheleleyo yokuyila kwezi ntsuku zidlulileyo, ngokwengxelo eyenziwe ngumculi wegubu uChad Smith kumaphephandaba aseMelika, athi: “Siza kurekhoda imathiriyeli entsha nePeppers. Senza iimockups ezimnandi. Siza kudibana kungekudala ukuze sibone into esinayo ”. USmith ngokwakhe waqaphela kwiinyanga ezimbalwa ezidlulileyo ukuba ngelo xesha kwakusesekuseni ukuchaza indlela icwecwe elitsha elaliza kulithatha ngokubhekisele kwinto abayenzileyo kwilixa elidlulileyo.
USmith wongeza kulo mba emva koko: “Sisoloko sizama ukutshintsha kwaye sikhule ngokudala izinto ezintsha. Ngokuqinisekileyo asizukwenza i-albhamu efanayo okanye efana naleyo sayenzayo kwiminyaka emithathu edlulileyo. Siza kwenza into eyahlukileyo ngokuqinisekileyo, kwaye awukwazi ukuba kuya kuba njani. Kuya kuvakala ngathi, kodwa izakuvakala ngokwahlukileyo kwezinye".
Kwakhona UJosh klinghoffer, Umdlali wegitare weqela, utyhile kolunye udliwano-ndlebe ukuba iqela lalisele liqala ukusebenza nzima kwicwecwe labo elilandelayo kwaye lathi: “Siqamba yonke imihla, silungiselela iidemos zethu. Intakumba inestudiyo esikhulu sokurekhoda. Ndiqamba kunye neChili Peppers yonke imihla ". Umculi wavuma ukuba ibhendi sele ineengoma eziphakathi kwe-28 kunye ne-30, nangona ingakaqinisekiswa ukuba uRick Rubin, umvelisi wembali yeqela, uya kuthatha inxaxheba kwiprojekthi entsha.