In an interview with GQ, while the 28-time Grammy winner said he liked Kendrick Lamar, Bruno Mars, Drake, Mary J Blige, Common, Jennifer Hudson and Ludacris in the current generation, he made it clear that Swift was not one his favourites.
"We need more songs, man. F*****g songs, not hooks," he said when asked what is wrong with Swift's music.
"Knowing what you're doing (is important)... Since I was a little kid, I've always heard the people that don't want to do the work. It takes work, man. The only place you find success before work is the dictionary, and that's alphabetical," Jones added.