Motivation

This sensual urban tune is a single from R&B singer Kelly Rowland's third album. The song was premiered on the Rap-Up.com website on March 2, 2011. An electronic remix produced by Diplo was premiered via Rap-Up.com on March 8, 2011.

Florida producer and songwriter Jim Jonsin and Diddy-Dirty Money co-writer Rico Love were the men twiddling the knobs for this song. The duo's other collaborations include Nelly's hit "Just a Dream." The song finds Rowland promising to be her lover's motivation before her label mate Lil Wayne steps in with a romantic verse offering kitchen and car metaphors.

Rowland told MTV News how she got Weezy on board for this track: "Wayne and I have known each other for a really long time," she said of the collaboration. 'Motivation' came about when I was in the studio with [producers] Jim Jonsin and Rico Love, and we kind of were just vibing. I told Rico I wanted something really sexy... and he came up with 'Motivation' along with Jim. It turned into this amazing record. I actually rushed Rico out of the studio and I went to a Heat game, and I saw Wayne there." She continued: "I played it for him and he got on it, and it was just as simple as that."