A year ago, Swizz Beatz revealed that he collaborated with designer Christian Louboutin on a signature sneaker. In Swizz’s new Haute Living feature, Mr. Red Bottoms himself speaks on what it’s like working with Tha Monsta. “Swizz is a great soul,” Louboutin said. “The wonderful thing to collaborate with someone like him is that you have no sense of boredom, no sense of exhaustion. It’s all great energy mixed with fun ideas. To translate words, situations and images into music […]

Following Swizz’s shoot with Amar’e, he spoke on his upcoming album, Haute Living. Ironically, he says the title wasn’t inspired by the magazine bearing the same name (although he did have a feature in it last year). Nonetheless, he’s sticking to his guns and still plans to donate proceeds from the album to his art charter school and other philanthropic efforts. Sidebar: Swizz Talks Features With Paper

The print’s too small to make out, but here is Swizz Beatz The Monster The Graduate’s feature in the current issue of Haute Living magzine. Save the Mrs. Robinson jokes. Take five and read the entire spread here.