If you watched the live with Dallas Austin and Jermaine Dupri, then you walked away learning something new !
Unlike the Verzuz battles, the two super producers went track for track, explaining how the songs came to fruition in their new live Instagram session' "I Wrote That Song." The two were getting push back since this seems similar to Verzuz, curated by producers Timbaland and Swizz Beats.
The Atlanta super producers clarified that this is more of a master class for the fans and other songwriters of how some of their biggest hits came about.
4 Things we learned about Dallas Austin & Jermaine Dupri's biggest hits
Jermaine Dupri - Usher - You Make Me Wanna
- Usher did not like this at all until they hit the bridge of it of the track. You make me wanna was also the song that solidified Jermaine Dupri and Usher continuing to work together.
- TLC - Kick Your Game
- The record, Kick Your Game, was the first song Jermain Dupri did for TLC off their sophomore album Crazy Sexy Cool. He tried to recreate the vibe of how men kick it to women but revamped it in a sense of women kicking it to men. Once that had a strong foundation he added the Atlanta flare to it, giving it a "make you want to dance" vibe.
- Xscape- My Little Secret
- This song was a resemblence of Usher's Nice & Slow. Since Nice & slow was a hit record, he made it sound like the same as Usher's song to give Xscape a hit record as well. Having the beat built up, he then wanted to create a song from the perspective of women confessing to cheating since he's never heard of a record like that. He reveals that My Little Secret is a combination of Just Kicking It and Nice & Slow.
- Usher- Confessions Pt 1
- The original title was supposed to be titled "All Bad." This song also did not initially make the cut for the Confession's album.
"I Wrote That Song," comes with an in-depth history for the fans and tips for songwriters.
Dallas Austin and Jermaine Dupri just gave us all the more reason to call them legends.
