at Beyonce’s renaissance “Church Girl’s” beat wasn’t always meant for her.
The No ID producer revealed in a new interview with Stereogum that the singer, 42, was able to take over No ID’s beat for herself — and from her husband JAY-Z.
The producer explained that he was at the couple’s house working with the rapper, 53, when he created the instrumental beat.
“I was in [their] home one day, I had some gear with me and I just started making a beat,” explained the 52-year-old producer. “And he rapped along with it, it was for him. And he just put it in the computer, I never thought about it again, I literally forgot about it.”
He later received multiple calls from the “Empire State of Mind” rapper who wanted to publicize the idea of Beyoncé using the beat for her album, No ID said. “Jay jokingly tells me, ‘Man, she stole my beat. She said, ‘Remember that idea in the computer that you didn’t finish?'”
He continued: “I went to her, we talked about the album, we listened to her album.”
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Jay Z and Beyonce pose during the 59th GRAMMY Awards.
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“Church girl” she became renaissanceThe seventh track and the only one produced by No ID on the 2022 album No ID said that although he started his career in house music, the track is one of the few tracks on the album that is not rooted in the genre.
He admitted he wanted to contribute a house-inspired track, but the “Love On Top” singer had something else in mind for the DJ. “No, we have this ‘Church Girl’ record,” he recalls Beyoncé telling him.
As for the response to the record, No ID said he’s aware that some people “don’t like” him and some “love and swear by him.”
“It’s art,” said the Grammy winner. “Usually, when music is divisive, it means it’s something new. To each his own, some also like raspberry ice cream.”
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Beyonce Renaissance World Tour Las Vegas August 26th.
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The producer’s revelations followed the conclusion of the singer’s Renaissance world tour, which ended on October 1 in Kansas City, Missouri, after performing in 39 cities around the world.
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Fans who could not attend the concert in person can expect to watch it Renaissance: The Beyoncé Movie, at AMC Theaters starting December 1st. The concert film was shot during the singer’s September visits to her hometown of Houston.
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