Big Sean has revealed that before he released his 2014 hit song “I Don’t Fuck With You,” he got conflicting advice from JAY-Z and Beyoncé when he played it for the power couple.
Earlier this week, Sean appeared on an episode of the St. Brown Brothers Podcast, hosted by Amon-Ra and Equanimeous St. Brown. He was asked if he knew while he was creating “IDFWU” if it was “going to be the one.”
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“I just was having fun,” he answered. “I was in the studio with Mustard. I was just fucking around. I was really trying to make a song like this Too $hort song that I fucked with, in my own way… I heard the beat, and I just freestyled that shit.”
Once it was complete, he said, “I almost didn’t want to use it.”
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He recalled playing the track for the Carters before its release.
Sean recalled the meeting: “Beyoncé was like, ‘That’s a little disrespectful. Maybe you should put Nicki Minaj on it, for a female’s voice.'”
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Hov, on the other hand, got what the song was trying to do.
Sean continued: “And then JAY-Z was like, ‘Nah. People are going to get it — that it’s just you having fun.'”
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After hearing the track, Sean said, “[JAY] sent me a text one time that was like, ‘Every day you’re not putting that song out, you’re losing.'”
So despite his worries that the song was “a little dumb,” Sean released the track, which is now nine times platinum.
Check the interview below. The “IDFWU” talk begins around the 39-minute mark.
In other Big Sean news, last month the rapper announced he was partnering with the Detroit Pistons to give back to the Boys & Girls Clubs of Southeastern Michigan.
When the Pistons take on the San Antonio Spurs on Sean’s birthday (March 25), fans can purchase a ticket package that includes a limited edition Sean bobblehead. Proceeds will go back to the Pistons’ foundation benefiting the Boys & Girls Clubs local to the area.
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Additionally, the first 100 people to buy the package will also get an autographed copy of Sean’s new book Go Higher, as well as a meet-and-greet after the game to discuss the book.
Tickets are available now here.
