Akon
👤 SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
If you sign the right artist, you're good.
And Jimmy literally, that's why I say Jimmy saved my life with that one.
Because he threw me the bone.
He didn't have to do that.
Really?
And he made me a 50-50 partner with it.
Get out of here.
Yeah.
Got it.
Well, this is the thing.
Jimmy was brilliant.
He knew how to put parts together.
He knew how to marry a writer with producers, producers with artists, writers with artists.
He knew exactly what would work.
So when I called and was like, yo, Jimmy, I need this one.
And he thought about it, he's like, you know, that could be brilliant.
Because at that time I was working on the Pussycat Dolls record.
So in his mind, he's like, dude, this might, he said, you sure?
I said, trust me, Jimmy, I need this one on my label.
He said, all right, well, fuck it.