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The song's beat is built over a West Coast synth, driving bass and drums along with bells and whistles incorporated into the production. We listened to that and knew that song was out of here". Delaine said when they sent the song back, "that's when Beyoncé put her sauce on it and all of her extra vocals. Hit-Boy, on the spot, added those hard 808 drums in the middle of the song." The song was then sent over to Beyoncé and her engineer Stuart White for her full vocals, with White ending up mixing the song. The final mixing took place around November 2014, right before the album had to be handed in. Īccording to Minaj's audio engineer, Aubry "Big Juice" Delaine, when Minaj first heard the beat, she was "crazy" about it. During the studio session, SZA wrote the song's lyrics whilst Beyoncé and Hit-boy produced it.
She was called and later went to the studio to meet and work with the song's producer, Hit-Boy. Singer-songwriter SZA was enlisted to co-write parts of the song. I don't want you to hold back." Minaj agreed to do the song with her and in return Beyoncé would be featured on The Pinkprint.
Following this, Beyoncé sent Minaj a new version of the song she wanted and told Minaj, "I want you to be you. In May 2014, Minaj's manager Gee Roberson contacted her to inform her that Beyoncé wanted a remix of " Flawless" on which she would be featured.