How did you like working with the younger guys?
Mike Will is a character, because he’s so young and he knows what he wants. It’s interesting to see somebody that young who knows exactly what he wants, and for him to cross into another whole world with making R&B music.
We were mixing and Justin Timberlake was in the studio, Timbaland, everybody was in there you know, just giving advice and giving love to the record. People were making their suggestions, and Mike Will didn’t care who nobody was! He was like, “Nuh-uh, that can’t go right there, this gotta go right here.” It wasn’t arrogant or cocky, he was just like “I know what I want, this is my record, I appreciate you Timbaland, but I gotta do me.” And I love that about Mike Will. I want to work with him again and keep that relationship because he’s so talented and he’s gonna be around for a long time. I hadn’t worked with Bangladesh before, but I’d heard his beats and before I even signed my deal [with RCA] I really wanted to meet him. Not one of his beats sounded the same as the last. I went to his studio and I sat right on the floor and just watched him. I was so mesmerized by his gift. He had another session with somebody else so I had to leave, but I didn’t want to leave.
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