rusko was confirmed working with her. so i guess the same thing happened to him.
I thought that Rusko did actually produce Hold It Against Me with Max Martin and Dr. Luke, but wasn't credited.
"The whole Britney [Spears] thing was quite weird really, that came quite late in the game," he says of the dubstep breakdown in Britney's hit 'Hold It Against Me'. "Making like 90% of the last M.I.A album, 'Maya' was right before Britney was doing her record, that album came out, Britney wanted to do something different. For me it was just a challenge, I'm a musician, that's why I do all the extra stuff on the side, you know?" How was working with an artist like Britney Spears different from what his process is normally like? "Making dance music is good, but you have to follow rules. You have to have the big build-up, you have to have the big drop and everything. I'm am musician, I play piano and saxophone and stuff, so working on pop records is outside the box for me." www.mtv.ca/article?itemId=42589&feedId=26