Kandi Burruss: Destiny’s Child Didn’t Like ‘Bug A Boo’ on First Listen

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Real Housewives of Atlanta star Kandi Burruss promised herself that she would focus more on music this year. Although she is mostly recognized today for her reality TV persona, she has an impressive music discography, both as a recording artist and songwriter, having co-written TLC’s “No Scrubs,” Pink’s debut “There You Go,” and Destiny’s Child’s “Bills, Bills, Bills” and “Bug A Boo.”

Kandi says that Beyoncé’s former R&B girl group initially did not like “Bug A Boo,” a dis to annoying male admirers. “When we first played the track ‘Bug A Boo’ to Destiny’s Child, I remember, they were kinda looking like, ‘Eh, I don’t know about this,’” Kandi tells Yahoo Music. “If you can remember what the track is like, it was like really fast. At the time people weren’t really singing over those types of tracks. You’d look at it as something they’d rap over.”

Real Housewives of Atlanta star Kandi Burruss promised herself that she would focus more on music this year. Although she is mostly recognized today for her reality TV persona, she has an impressive music discography, both as a recording artist and songwriter, having co-written TLC’s “No Scrubs,” Pink’s debut “There You Go,” and Destiny’s Child’s “Bills, Bills, Bills” and “Bug A Boo.”

Kandi says that Beyoncé’s former R&B girl group initially did not like “Bug A Boo,” a dis to annoying male admirers. “When we first played the track ‘Bug A Boo’ to Destiny’s Child, I remember, they were kinda looking like, ‘Eh, I don’t know about this,’” Kandi tells Yahoo Music. “If you can remember what the track is like, it was like really fast. At the time people weren’t really singing over those types of tracks. You’d look at it as something they’d rap over.”

In particular, Kandi remembers Beyoncé calling an impromptu executive huddle with the other members, Kelly Rowland, LeToya Luckett, and LaTavia Roberson. “I remember Beyoncé was telling the rest of the girls, ‘Y’all, if we really don’t like this, maybe we should let him know.’ Because [the producer] She’sphere had stepped out the room,” she says.

Quick on her feet, Kandi interjected in attempt to salvage the song. “I was like, ‘Well, if you don’t mind I could kinda like sing you the idea I was thinking, before you [decide],’” Kandi recalls. “They were like, ‘OK.’ At the time I think I only had like a verse and the hook kinda together. It wasn’t all the way together. It was just like a little bit of where I thought it could go. And they were like, ‘OK.’ And then we finished it together.”

Kandi, of course, is glad she followed her instincts. The song from Destiny’s Child’s sophomore album, The Writing’s on the Wall, reached the top 40. “So, it’s funny because had I not spoken up and said, ‘Hey,’ then that song would never exist,” she says.