I'm just anxious for the world to hear it."īeyonce hailed Coldplay as "some of my favourite people in the world" as she returned to the UK festival circuit at T In The Park tonight (July 9). We got four records cut so far that sound super amazing. We had two mics, two headphones set up in the booth, and we just sit there and vibe out. "This week, we been creating records together. "I feel like this is what separates the boys from the men," Rico said of working with Usher. Now, Rico is working on Usher's forthcoming album and embracing the pressure of surpassing its predecessor's platinum sales and critical success. The first song they recorded was the Grammy-winning " There Goes My Baby" from 2010's Raymond v. But his debut album was never released, and he and Usher went their separate ways.īut as Rico become a songwriting force, the two eventually started working together again. In 2007, he was signed to the singer's former US Records via J Records. Lately, Rico has been back in the studio with Usher. "When I get a chance to just get into the studio and just write music and just produce music and sit at the piano and tell a guy where I want to hear the chords and create the progressions and just freely make music, it's a lot more fun." "You won't go a place that they probably would go because you're thinking, "Nah, she wouldn't say this," or "He wouldn't do this," or "He wouldn't say this," and "This melody is out of the way for them." "Sometimes, when you keep an artist in mind, you'll limit yourself," Rico explained. Rico takes pride in being versatile with his talents, preferring not to make specific songs intended for specific artists only. Starting his musical career as a rapper, he has signed former Roc-a-Fella rapper Young Chris to his Universal/Motown-distributed Division 1 label.Īfter leaving Florida A&M to pursue music, Rico caught the attention of Usher, and penned songs for the R&B singer, including "Throwback." Other artists soon benefitted from his songwriting, including T.I., Pleasure P and Mario. There's been nothing manufactured about Rico's accomplishments either. "It was the most organized situation ever. "Lil Wayne got out of jail a few days later, and as soon as he got out of jail, went to see him, and he jumped on it," Rico explained. The song, which peaked at #1 on the Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart, features a verse from Lil Wayne. " Motivation" became the lead single for Rowland's third album, Here I Am, which was released in April. She just said, 'I want to cut it right now.' So she jumped in the booth, and we cut the record." "As soon as I finished singing the demo, usually an artist wants to live with it or listen to it for a little while. "Kelly was there and watched the whole process," Rico recalled.
Rowland, formerly of Destiny's Child, was in the studio while Rico was laying down the reference track and made her regard for the song known immediately. I just told him to lay it like a skeleton idea, and I jumped in the booth, and I started with the verse, and I kind of sang my way all the way through the record." "I flew down to Miami the next day, and that Tuesday, we got back in the studio, and Jim started playing these chords, and then coming up with these little sounds - the signature sounds that Jim comes up with.
And they just were saying, 'We need to find that single we need that big single.' Everybody was asking for an uptempo, actually. "It came about in a truly organic way," Rico told Mixtape Daily of the Jim Jonsin-produced "Motivation." "We had this meeting in New York: myself and Sylvia and Kelly. After writing hits for Usher ("There Goes My Baby"), Beyoncé ("Sweet Dreams") and Diddy-Dirty Money ("Hello Good Morning"), to name a few, one of Rico's biggest hits to date is Kelly Rowland's "Motivation."
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