The first two songs that I wrote, produced and demoed with my voice on it was that song and then Akon's "Sorry, Blame It On Me." The first two demos I ever wrote and demoed, the two biggest artists at the time took them.

One half was like, I hope this doesn't affect it, and the other half was like, it's great that people know I did a Beyoncé record.

At that point, when songs got leaked, it was cool though too because then you started getting recognition beforehand.

You know Beyoncé, man. She's very quiet about how she does things. She doesn't like to let everybody know what she's about to do.

Beyoncé can handle any record you put in front of her. Any record that pushes her in that direction, it would have been good to be on the project.

The first two songs that I wrote, produced and demoed with my voice on it was that song and then Akon's "Sorry, Blame It On Me." The first two demos I ever wrote and demoed, the two biggest artists at the time took them.

I don't like when everything sounds the same.