When I was watching the video and thinking about the songwriters - I wrote the song with Trina Broussard and Trey Lorenz - and since it sampled Luther Vandross it had three or four other peopleвЂ™s names on there as writers. Yesterday we celebrated Aretha FranklinвЂ™s birthday and I posted a clip on my Instagram of one of the songs I did for her on the album. WhatвЂ™s the best part of writing and producing as part of a team? YouвЂ™ve always been a big collaborator in your songwriting. I havenвЂ™t written anything down since I started working with JAY-Z. If youвЂ™re driving in the car, you donвЂ™t have the song lyrics in front of you but you hear a song on the radio and memorize it from that. We memorize them tone for tone, without looking at a piece of paper. And then I started realizing, it might be easier than writing it down because we all memorize the songs that we really love. He said, вЂњI wrote it, I just didnвЂ™t write it on paper.вЂќ I had never seen this done before. He came to the studio and I saw him do that and I was like, вЂњWhat the hell was this?вЂќ And he said, вЂњI had my rap,вЂќ and he didnвЂ™t write one thing down in the studio. It took about an hour, and the process was me saying the lyrics to him.В I stopped writing lyrics down on paper after me and JAY-Z did вЂњMoney In the Bank.вЂќ TheyвЂ™re something I just hold in my mind.

Sounds like the second song came together pretty quickly. I just had to put it in the right words that would make it fit for being UsherвЂ™s story. Those lyrics for part two were something that I had actually gone through in my life they were a reliving of a situation. ThereвЂ™s a part two to this story.вЂќ And immediately, as soon as Usher said thereвЂ™s a part two, my brain clicked and every word of вЂњConfessions Part IIвЂќ flew out of my mouth. This is crazy.вЂќ And then Usher was like, вЂњYou canвЂ™t stop right there. Once that version of вЂњConfessionsвЂќ was finished, Usher and myself was all like, вЂњThis is it. ItвЂ™s a guy feeling bad about himself, about what he had been doing to the girl, so he just came out and told her. In that song, I talked about how everything IвЂ™ve been doing is all bad. When we did вЂњConfessions,вЂќ we really had started with another song called вЂњAll BadвЂќ and the вЂњConfessionsвЂќ part was in parentheses. WhatвЂ™s the story behind the song and the sequel? LetвЂ™s talk about вЂњConfessionsвЂќ and вЂњConfessions Part II,вЂќ both recorded by Usher. I donвЂ™t know if IвЂ™ll do it with Usher, it might be with someone else, but I believe I have the 50 million in me. That album has sold 15 million copies so far, and I was looking at that and saying, one of my idols, Quincy Jones, the first album he did with Michael Jackson did 25 million and then he did Thriller and that did 50 million. We just celebrated 14 years of UsherвЂ™s ConfessionsВ a couple days ago. I put my mind to something and was like, вЂњThis is what IвЂ™m going to do.вЂќ And at the same time I have so much music and so many songs inside of me, and IвЂ™m still that same person. (Kanye West) These are my confessions Just when I thought I said all I can say My chick on the side, said she got one on the way These are my confessions, man I'm throwed and I don't know what to do I guess I gotta give part 2 of my confessions If I'm gonna tell it then I gotta tell it all, (all yeah, yeah) Damn near cried when I got that phone call (call) I'm so throwed and I don't know what to do But to give you part 2 of my confessions Chorus - Usher] (J.D.Jermaine Dupri Celebrates Silver Anniversary with 'So So Def 25': Exclusive

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