Originally posted by jomarr

Yep and those five performances were done in the US, the UK, Germany and Japan. She traveled to Europe and Asia plus promoted in America so basically, she's been everywhere. She promoted in the 4 biggest markets of music. That was good promotion that was thought about.

Originally posted by jomarr

I was gonna put that in my initial reply but thought that you would bash me again. I feel like such a flop fan when I'm arguing with you

Originally posted by Duca

Jive, Epic, RCA, etc. are all owned by the same parent company, Sony. They’re just different divisions of the same company, labels under the whole Sony Music Corporation.

Originally posted by Duca

That's not entirely true. 'I Wanna Go,' 'Criminal,' and 'Up n' Down,' were all recorded during summer 2009. The original 'I Wanna Go' had a rock edge (I really wonder how it sounded.)

'He About To Lose Me' and 'Don't Keep Me Waiting' were recorded in early 2010, and they indeed did represent the album's original vibe (Darkchild was also the original executive producer.) 'Trouble for Me' and 'Scary' were recorded in the first half of 2010 as well. The original concept was to include many mid-tempos, a few up-tempos, as well as a few songs with a rock edge.

On the other hand, 'Big Fat Bass' was recorded in early 2011. She didn't even meet will.i.am in person until very late 2010. She recorded 'Till the World Ends,' 'Hold It Against Me,' 'Inside Out,' 'Seal It with a Kiss,' 'Gasoline,' and '(Drop Dead) Beautiful' with Luke in the second half of 2010. The other 11 tracks are all from the original sessions.

We knew since October 2010 the album, ready or not, would hit stores before March 31 (the end of Sony’s fiscal year.) Some of the material she recorded wasn’t very conventional/radio-friendly, so it got scrapped. They rush-released the album to cash in on her before the end of their fiscal year and before dissolving into RCA.