Friday, October 16, 2009
Beyonce Using Ghostwriters?
I think we pretty much already knew this, seeing that there's been several stories in the past exposing her as a songwriting fraud. Plus ya'll know this is all really her dad's doing. I said it from the very beginning - Mathew Knowles is the new Joe Jackson (minus the abuse). He's a money hungry snake in the grass trying to make Beyonce something she's not. Anywho, there's been a letter sent out to several of us bloggers from a woman (who would like to be unidentified) claiming that she was one of many writers offered to ghost-write songs for Beyonce in exchange for a hefty payoff.
A lot of these artists claim to be songwriters, but don’t always write a thing. Some, like Beyonce, serve as vocal arrangements, which points to part of the song’s composition, and thus, receive a songwriting and production credit. Others, like Beyonce, can demand credit based on their name alone. I myself have heard of new song writers looking for placement with Beyonce’s last album being told Beyonce demands a certain amount of publishing upfront (and it’s substantial) or they could “be paid handsomely” to politely remove their name from the song altogether. Fact is, Beyonce didn’t write one song on “I Am…Sasha Fierce.” Beyonce and her team have bought the rights from the songwriters and then Beyonce took credit for it. I have no idea about previous albums but it’s obvious that Beyonce never had a pen in her hand, which is a shame because Beyonce claims something she isn’t.