WOW!!!!! The comments on this post are all kinds of outrageous!

People calling others slaves, pickaninnies, ugly... WOW!

I will say this though, there are CLEARLY designated categories for the following on ANY giving album (including the Royal Honeysuckle Creole BEYONCE)

***WARNING*** if you're someone who isn't interested in the discussion about song writing credits then this post isn't for you.

LOOK and LEARN :)

Credits show upfront, in print, who owns and has rights to which parts of the song and/or music created. The listener will then know up front WHO to contact if they have a project in need of that person’s contribution.

ALBUM CREDITS:
Produced by, Arranged by, Recorded by
Recorded at
Mixed by, Mixed at
Distributed by
CD cover concept/artwork by, Photography by
Management
Special thanks to

What to include for Song Credits:
Written by
Vocals, Backing Vocals, Vocals recorded by
Published by, Produced by
Mixed by, Programmed by, Engineered by
Additional by, Assistant
Recorded at
Special thanks to or Courtesy of
List of instruments played with who played them

If you wrote the LYRICS and the MELODY, you are the sole writer of the songs. Words and Music are the two "non-negotiables" in any copyright. SO, when an artist makes small changes to the lyrics this still does not give them enough leverage to get an actual writing credit. changing The other two elements of songs -- the HARMONY and RHYTHM -- are matters of arrangement. For example, think about how many arrangements of "Amazing Grace" you have heard -- everything from Country, to bagpipes, to symphonic performances -- but you still know that the song is "Amazing Grace" because the words and melody are the same. SO, yes if Beyonce does in fact change Harmony and Rhythm in demos, in essence she should receive ARRANGEMENT credits... NOT WRITING credits.

What I just laid out for you all is FACT not FICTION. I respect Beyonce. She is tremendously talented, however, it is NO SECRET that she indeed receives writing credits when she was not in fact the lyricist or the composer of the music she records. Now we can go back and forth forever on this, there's really no need to. Soundz was telling the truth as he knows it. It might not be the whole truth, but he's partially correct and there's no denying it. Sociovol was right y'all. Carry on....