�Diddy was real hands on,� Will said. �We didn�t see a whole lot of him, but when we cut something, we had to cut it three or four times because it had to get approved by Diddy. He definitely didn�t let anything go out of the studio that he didn�t like. He has made us better artists by putting us in the studio and not letting us come out. It can sound good, but if it doesn�t have any emotion in it � I don�t care how many riffs you do � if you don�t have a connection emotionally with the song, you will stay in the studio until you do.�

�It�s kind of like how Mary J. Blige�s story is,� he continued. �She may not be the best vocalist in the world, but you�re gonna leave the performance crying because you felt the emotion. I think we all appreciate him for that.�