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Originally posted by GreasyBruce
I'm on my phone so I can't easily look up stuff but Bangladesh has been quoted as saying something like "it doesn't matter if Beyonce writes the song or not" where he pretty much admits she forces her way into the credits. There's the Smack Into You demo, there's the 1+1 demo, the Irreplaceable demo, Rob Fusari exposing her in his interview with Billboard magazine when it came to "Bootylicious", the fact that she was taken out of the credits for "Listen" at the Oscars, and more. It's well documented that she at most changes a word or does a few harmonies.
That's not songwriting. It may technically be songwriting, but she doesn't write songs from scratch like a real songwriter.
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And again, Bangladesh didn't write
Diva he did the track.
Smack Into You she changed lyrics and the melody which = songwriting credit
1+1 demo it totally different from Beyonce's, again = songwriting credit
Again, Ne-Yo stated Beyonce did the Melody took out some things = songwriting credit. Without a melody you have no song just a bunch of words.
Rob Fusari wanted to pull a fast one over her, he wanted more credit than he deserved for input he didn't do.
The Oscars with "Listen" there's a limited of 3 songwriters.
Thanks again.