The Actual Housewives of Atlanta star Kandi Burruss has some hit singles underneath her belt, and never all are together with her group members XSCAPE. She co-wrote a number of songs for Future’s Youngster earlier than the group members embarked on solo careers. Burruss says it was evident from her time working with Beyoncé that she’d be the breakout star.
Kandi Burruss labored with Beyoncé when she co-wrote Future’s Youngster’s ‘Bug-a-Boo’ and says she knew Beyoncé was a star
Burruss branched off into writing songs for different artists after XSCAPE first cut up in 1998. She was capable of have two of her songs positioned with Future’s Youngster, and he or she says she was immediately impressed with Beyoncé’s work ethic. She mirrored on their time collectively within the studio throughout an interview on Shannon Sharpe’s Club Shay Shay podcast.
“I knew she was going to be great…her work ethic and her drive is serious. At that age, she knew what she wanted. As soon as we hit the studio, we were playing the tracks, and I remember Shakesphere, who did the music, he walked out the room and I heard the girls talking and she was like, ‘If we don’t really like it, we need to just let them know…’ and I asked if they minded me singing the idea that I had [for the song] before they made a decision. That was for “Bug-a-Boo”…she was very instrumental in the way it ought to be vocal produced, or who sang what elements…”
The track was a modest hit
“Bug-a-Boo” was launched in August 1999 because the second single from Future’s Youngster’s sophomore album, The Writings On The Wall. The track makes use of parts of the 1978 track “Child’s Anthem” by Toto.
It peaked at No. 33 on the Billboard Sizzling 100, and carried out higher on the R&B chart, peaking at No. 15, spending a whole of 20 weeks on the Sizzling 100. It had worldwide success as properly, peaking throughout the high 10 within the Netherlands and the UK.
Although the track was a modest hit on the charts, the accompanying music video helped develop its recognition. Directed by Darren Grant, the video obtained tons of airplay on MTV and BET and remained on rotation on high music video countdown exhibits, together with TRL. “Bug-a-Boo” grew to become the group’s first music video to really chart on TRL. Kobe Bryant was additionally featured within the music video.
“Bug-a-Boo” is Kelly Rowland’s least-favorite Future’s Youngster track
Regardless of the songs’s success, Rowland isn’t a fan. Throughout a 2019 look on Bravo’s Watch What Occurs Dwell with Andy Cohen, Rowland answered questions on her favourite and least favourite songs together with her group.
“My favorite would have to be anything from the last Destiny Fulfilled album,” Rowland mentioned. The album was launched in 2004 as their last studio-length album and a coinciding world tour. “My least favorite would probably have to be, oh gosh, ‘Bug-A-Boo,’” she continued. The track was a single from the group’s second album.
Rowland defined that there’s a a part of the track in the course of the bridge that makes it annoying. “It’s like this one part on the bridge where I’m like, ‘Ughhhhhhh.’ That part kind of makes me [hate it].”