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Highkey and The Dream

You mean r&b

Akua Asiama Frimpong RnB was probably the most popular music genre during that era. But I see what you mean

Maxianaconda There was nothing “low key” about him.

@@pjjack8928 you judging another mans features is suspect I hope you're either on that side of the fence or a female no DISRESPECT all due RESPECT.Also very underrated vocals Imo it's as good as music soul child auto tune using self

Naw I don’t swing like that Donny Jones... You’re right though he’s a great artist, producer and performer... But mind ya Business Lil Boy

@@pjjack8928 YOU SAY ITS PUPPY LOVE WE SAY ITS FULL GROWN

@@donnyjones6717 Girl Stfu. You really sound suspect for worrying about another man's sexuality. You are definitely gay

@@donnyjones6717 drop that homophobic nonsense

Lol. Don't try to clean it up...the 🐝 hive is coming for you.

Renee Clayton lololol I got my bug spray we gud lol

@@BlueSunShineDM lol I totally get what you're saying. She sounded far more emorional. He sounded very nonchalant. But I do see why he gave it too her instead. She brought something to it that he just didn't have.

People who claim Beyoncé’s version as an independence anthem confuse me. Like, her version sounds like she’s trying convince herself of all the lyrics (which... really rings true for me, at least). It’s odd to me when she has all these legit “I’m better without you” songs and they single out this one.

Estelle Batts agreed.thats a better way of saying it.

beat was produced by stargate

Lol his versions are better because he wrote the songs.

Michelle Rice no it’s better cuz he’s better

And the funny thing is that these two songs ( irreplaceable and take a bow) are so similar. I mean they look alike. Talk about the same thing. I love them haha

He also wrote Spotlight by Jennifer Hudson

"You ain't shit"🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣✋🏾✋🏾✋🏾🙆🏾‍♂️🙆🏾‍♂️🙆🏾‍♂️.

Because Bey's vocal is wildly fierce. She sings like she's feeling the situation. I like both versions tho.

Africangyal B‘Day was an angry album 😤 😡 So she had to adjust the tone..

It's how boys behave in love when things don't work they are disapointed but girls are angry and pissed of evry boy and evry thing..

they needed to hold up different images

he wrote the lyrics and stargate produced the track

Damn right agreed with u

@@elmal316 I feel like his version sounded more scorned like "I'm saying I'm over you, but I'm still salty", but Beyonce's seemed more self-assured like "I'm over and done and on to the next."

guys, it's only a demo. of course he wouldn't sing it too perfectly

Cause he’s a man you think his feelings are more valid. It’s typical

Chandra J hahaha killed me too 🤣

Best line in any song, that's a whole mood.

LMAO... why didn't i ever pay closer attention to this line😂😂😂🙌🙌🙌🙌👌

Chandra J facts 💯💯💯😩😩❣️❣️❣️

Sal m it’s okay, my thinking is if I don’t want you, I don’t want another you either. 😂

:( Keri Hilson 😭😭

Then I can die after... Hahaha

@QUE neyo didn't write this alone

@QUE that's not even true. Keri wrote for so many artists

Just hits

I know!! Reading the linear notes has always been a thing to me. I always did it as a kid and I didn’t even know what a producer was. But I had the inside cover of the album. Everything going digital really took that from me. But I still live music. Beyoncé did actually add to this song vocally.

Where u heard that? He said it sounded kinda harsh from a mans point of view.

@Robert Lee, Countertenor facts

@Robert Lee, Countertenor some guys are broke dusties that have no pride. So I'm sure that this situation has happened to someone somewhere. 🤣🤣 Let's not forget their sugar mommies out there in the world.

Not true. Hell of artists tried the song before he gave it to Beyonce because Ne-Yo said she was the only one who did it justice

He was told the song was way too harsh from a guys point of view, and was encouraged to sell it. Beyonce changed nothing but the sex pronouns.

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You get bread look at ester dean she wrote for everyone and gets the money

MONEY

This sang from a woman's point view..he clearly wrote this for a woman

Christye Gibbs nah it was his own decision to give it to a female singer he wasn’t “told” it would be sexist. And beyonce didn’t “grab” it he sold it to her willingly lmao

What are you talking about he has writer credit on the song

Exactly! This version would’ve been a cute song on her album. Beyoncé’s version is a hit single.

I totally agree! She brought more life to it. He gave it to the right person.

@@Estelle738l Its a DEMO you morons. He purposely had to strip down the song. You have to do that when making demo songs for other artists

Perfect description

Yes I love them 😍 they way gifted

**Smokey Robinson enters the chat**

Maybe back in 2006 but not so much now.

He get a check for every album sold??

@@wjsjallday He should get around 3-4 cents for every iTunes sale of the song (and album) for being the songwriter, which gets split with his publisher. And maybe a few more cents for being a producer on the song.

@@Lochness19 girl shut up

There's like 5 different Co-Writers on this song as he didn't write the song all by himself. Mikkel and Tor got Writer credit for the instumental track they composed and arranged. Beyounce did some additional toplining on the final song. The current mechanical statutary Mechnaical royality rate is 9.1 cents. But in contract agreements with the label almost no one gets 100% of the full rate due to the *Controlled Composition* clause that reduces the rate by 25% which is pretty standard. On top of that, many of the Co-Writers are either in Admin deals or Co-Pub deals. In a Co-Publishing deal, the publisher owns 50% of the copyrights of the composition a 75/25 split deal plus a hidden Administation fee. Mechanical Royalities are solely based on digital downloads and physical sales each time the Composition us dupicated. Back then Record sales were much higher but was in the middle of decline. Today record sales are so low that streaming has taken over. Record Companies are struggling yo survive due to the massive decline in Record sales that they are restructing recording contracts with 360 provisions to bring in more profits. Mechanical streaming royalties pays so little that it's far less than Mechanical Royalties for physical and digital downloads as we are talking about 0.0038 cents per stream.

Same here 🤣🤣🤣

Yes!

Me either lol

Daniel Neves eu também hahahah Beyoncé não tem como te defender

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Vitartial 🤔 *take

That algorithm is wild, it also showed in my feed instantly

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Eu!!

His version better

Same I heard a lil of it and wow so much soul

Not even mj?

@noname-bl8qy My bad, Mike is definitely the GOAT. I was thinking more recent but yes Mike is THE GOAT

Right

He gave it to her in the end. He said she vocally arranged this ... This is the same song she shouldn't get credit. I'm in awe

É seu novo namorado ou o antigo?

@@Juan-zl3fy ??????

Ar P I don’t understand why people treat her like she’s a goddess

Mel Sara cos this music industry highlight such crappy artists now so people have to cling to Beyoncé for some actual talent cos even though she a lyric thief you can’t deny she can entertain live. All those good artists of the 90s n 00s are gone. 😢

But she is a singer, she don't have to write songs tbh. The important thing is that she sing very well and use a healthy technique.

Instead of saying "don't even get to thinking" she changed it to ever n changed girl to boy hence the writing credit lmao

Jeramiah327 what a joke. So a change to a couple words to get credit. Aha. I wonder has she done this with all her songs??

Somos dois

@ROME he was in a group lol it should be here on youtube

Like Lauryn Hill. She was booed as a youngin performing at the Apollo then went on to have one of the most iconic albums of the last century.

Apollo was toxic as hell

Sss 😂

Não gostei, bey deu vida a essa música

A original do Ne yo ficou melhor

exato só mudou a voz kk

@@carlosvinicius8045 msm coisa, ela so cantou em um 1 tom mais alto.

É brabo

Asher Sylvan-Randall because he was trying to sing like Beyoncé. It was never meant for him

because the lyrics are about his own life tho

@@KevinContreras2013 he didn't even want to give it to her tho. the lyrics are extremely personal and you can see beyonce made some changes

@@Vitoria-ji6tq he thought it be misogynistic for some reason. Women make songs dissing men all the time. He should've sung the damn song anyway lol.

Asher Sylvan-Randall I disagree

I think a lot of the difference is that the producers, arrangers and musicians are less likely to be credited separately now as well as the process itself. In the past, you'd have a songwriter, or maybe 2-3, get together with a guitar or piano and write some lyrics and a vocal melody to some chords. Then they'd take it to a producer who would help come up with additional arrangements but only get credited as the producer. Now, you're more likely to have some producers or beat makers come up with an instrumental track, then send it to some songwriters to come up with lyrics and a melody to go with it, and then they'll send it back to the producer in the form of a demo, who then sends it around to a bunch of singers to see which ones are interested in the song, take them into the studio to record it, let the singer change a couple words to get songwriting credits, maybe get a rapper to do a verse, and add some finishing touches to the production. So now you might have 1-2 producers, 1-2 songwriters, the singer, the rapper, all credited, maybe even more if there's a sample. But the lyrics and vocal melody are still written by only a couple people, just like in the old days. The difference is because they're writing to a producer's instrumental, that affects what kind of song they can write, which can be a source of inspiration for the songwriter if the instrumental makes them feel a certain way, but it can also be restrictive. Also I should point out there's still a lot of pop singers who are legitimate singer-songwriters who do the "writing to track" part themselves or maybe with one co-writer, and even a few who write songs in the old fashioned way where they start with some chords, a melody and lyrics and only later do they go to a producer to see if they wan to make a few little changes, and add in the arrangements. Also with the singers that don't really write and get "undue credit", it's still mostly just a PR thing, most of the royalties still go to the songwriters that did most of the work. For example, on Ariana Grande's Pharrell Williams songs on Sweetener, he owns 95% of the songwriting/royalties while she only has 5%.

Lol so good Dolly didn't give her big song to that thief 😂

well this is an well educated comment lol

well this a well educated comment lol

This comment has aged with grace and still rings so true. Now songs have 6-10 writers and it’s declined even more since! I love the note about Dolly wanting to retain her rights and credits to the song because look at her now....she allowed one of the most amazing singers to sing it and solidified it as a timeless crossover. The song has left a long standing legacy. And Dolly does great things with the revenue she makes from the song, always giving back.

Amo uns fatos

@@rodalmeidx migo ❤

Brabo

Neyo is better.

@@Damen42 Nah. Sorry but Bey just delivered it way better. More punch and pow she gave it. And I'm not even a fan of hers like that. More into Neyo generally speaking. But a spade is a spade..so that's what I'm calling it.

demo!

albiiness fax

@@dyedye8584the song stayed #1 for 11 weeks straight without streaming but she overhyped. Just say you don’t like her and move on no need to try and tear someone down because of your personal preference