"Washaway" and another song called "Running" were amongst several songs previewed by the media which didn't make the album. It was the first time in her career that Ciara had collaborated with The Underdogs. Not all of the Waithe and Tamposi collaborations went to waste, "Read My Lips" (written by Harris, Waithe and Jerkins) and "Overdose" (written by Waithe, Tamposi, Oliver Goldstein and Josh Abraham) both made the album. Ciara also worked with Bangladesh, Hit-Boy, Soundz and Jermaine Dupri. Hit-Boy produced a record written by Soundz named after himself, which he described as "energetic, for the club, for the radio." However, while Ciara recorded the full song, months went by after its production with no response. Thus, he gave the beat to Kendrick Lamar, and it became his single, "Backseat Freestyle" (2013). Whilst that record did not appear on the album, "Sophomore" produced by Soundz and "DUI" co-produced by Soundz and The Rockstarz both made the album. Soundz previously produced records for "Basic Instinct". Another of Ciara's frequent collaborators, Tricky Stewart, also worked on the album. On July 22, 2012, it was revealed that singer-songwriter Wynter Gordon had written a song for Ciara. Speaking about the song, Gordon said, "It's pop. She sounds really good. She's singing like I've never actually heard Ciara sound... I'm very proud of her vocal ability on this record." The song titled "Livin' It Up" was produced by Jerkins' close friend and musical associate D'Mile. After collaborating with American rapper Nicki Minaj on the song "I'm Legit" for Minaj's album "", Minaj agreed to appear on Ciara's album in return. Originally, the duo had worked on just one collaboration for "Ciara" called "I'm Out". Speaking about Minaj's version on the song, Ciara said "The energy of the record is so dope, and it's really for the ladies, and Nicki she just killed the verse. She literally murdered it, like she got that throw-back, that thing that she does that's so special. She went in." Having enjoyed the process Minaj said "I was supposed to only do one song for her album and I think I'm going to end up doing two.