somebody sent a message, and they said-- they says-- how about teddy riley battling babyface, or teddy.?" that was the last i seen of it. then i get a call. so that's-- you go. >> so, when i heard about it, i didn't know about it to that extent. and the whole idea of battling, i wasn't necessarily for it. just a battle, period. ( laughter ) to battle teddy to begin with. >> yeah. >> and it was-- you know, l.a. and babyface, because a lot of stuff, you know, a lot of the stuff we did, i did it with l.a., so it didn't seem right to come in here without l.a. because it was l.a. and babyface. and although there were some things i may have done separate, but still. it became under of a thing. i guess commercially it sounded good, like teddy riley and babyface. what's funny is the preparation for it. >> yeah. >> because you don't know, you know, what's of what's he going to play? i these are the songs. okay, i have my answer written down right here. and he switched it up. and i said, "oh, no. what am i going to do now?" and it became a thing, and it-- the most important thing you wanted it t