Dizzee Rascal says he was originally given Beyoncé’s ‘Partition’ beat
nme.comDizzee Rascal has revealed that he was originally given the beat to Beyoncé‘s 2013 single ‘Partition’, but gave it up because he “couldn’t come up with” anything.The grime pioneer was the first-ever interviewee on GRM Daily‘s new YouTube series Thoughts In A Culli.
While chatting with the blog’s founder Posty, Rascal reflected on the time he spent in LA in the early 2010s and how he stumbled upon the instrumental that is now synonymous with the Houston singer.“This time I was around in LA – it was 2011, 2012 or something,” he began. “I was working with these different producers and some of them gave me little beat packs.
In one of them, there was this beat; it was wicked. I was like, ‘Ah!’ – I just couldn’t come up with nothing for it.”The east Londoner then revealed: “Maybe like a year later or something like that, I heard Beyoncé on it… I had ‘Partition’.
I just didn’t write to it.”A post shared by Dizzee Rascal (@dizzeerascal)‘Partition’ was the second single from Beyoncé’s ground-breaking self-titled fifth album and is now certified four times platinum by the RIAA.
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