She got writing credits because she helped Ne-Yo with the melodies, harmonies, and vocal arrangement. However, NeYo wrote the lyrics, so I don't know why Beyonce would perform the song with the introduction, "I wrote this for all my ladies"...
you don't know with 100% certainty anything about this article. like lol you people take the Internet for such face value it's ridiculous, you have no skepticism and are just willing to accept anything that is presented in front of your faces as long as it dislikes the same things you dislike or falls in some other parallel accordance with your person
you don't know when B'Day really started production, you don't know how many versions of this demo there are, you don't know Beyoncé's actual involvement in the song; you actually don't know anything you can only just speculate... but then everyone runs up and down this thread, taking a mile out of an inch dragging her for 'her fake pregnancy', 'skin bleaching', 'lies about everything'.. it's just funny. It speaks volumes more about how YOU ALL feel about Beyoncé than it does of Beyoncé's character at all (which none of you know just fyi)
you've been running up and down this thread saying how its known that she didn't get involved with writing til 4 and beyonce and how its no big deal she buys credits cause other pop girls don't write. now suddenly there's no evidence. sis go take a lap and cool off
now what an amazing post, this thread had me crackling. For real, it's not a matter of 'defending' Beyoncé... she didn't commit any crime, obvs the original writer was very happy with the deal that took place and yada yada.
Of course she was happy, she went on to say in the Op that they co-wrote 7 more songs together
i LOVE reading delusional haters
great distraction the time the Queen comes back at slaying and making you shake when she drops that revenge album with slaying vocals and her name on every damn song. you'll be able to make thread again probably but she'll still get money from her classics being played on spotify, youtube, radios....and get a 80/100 score on metacritics.
It amuses me that songwriting is the only fault that anyone can have towards or about Beyoncé.
This. But haters try it the same with every artist:
Bey: writing credits
Gaga: not killing every era
Kelly Clarkson, Sam Smith & Adele: their weight/figure
Madonna: her age
Taylor: songwriting subjects (her exes)
It's Mathew's greed that made him come up with the idea of getting credits for Destiny's Child and Beyonce, but it's also because he is a shrewd ruthless businessman and wanted them to see the enjoy the fruits of their labour as recording artists who buss their a** to promote a record. The label wants a cut from everything. The artist pays for everything, if the label spend 500k on a video, that has to be paid back, then you have the writers, producers and everyone else cashing in before you.
Mathew some how found a way around it and I think it was smart. As long as writers are willing to sell their songs, why not? Change two words and get credit. Where's the problem?
I'd blame Mathew too tbh. He taught her most of what she knows business-wise.
Let's not forget how Azealia Banks got dropped from Interscope.