I’m bugging like crazy. I’m driving home from wherever, and I’m listening to the thing [Verzuz battle between Jill Scott and Erykah Badu] through the car. I mean, I’m fan-girling out all the way. I’m singing every word. And after the thing was over, he’s like, ‘Babe, Jill is on the phone.’ And I get on the phone with her, and I’m like, ‘You’re just… This is crazy. You’re so…’ And she’s like, “Hi, how are you? This was so great.‘ And we have a moment. And I’m like, 'Why haven’t we worked together? Why haven’t we? This is crazy!’ And so she’s like, ‘I know, and I hope to come, and let’s connect.’ And I said, ‘Yes, let’s connect.’ Boom, left it alone.

And we’re vibing, we’re vibing, I’m like, ‘Ooh, what if it was like this, like some Jill Scott sh-.’ And I start pretending to be Jill Scott…. And I put it down, and he’s [Swizz Beatz] like, ‘Ooh. Send it to her. Send it to her right now, and so, my engineer Ann Mincieli, who’s been with me forever and is such a boss, she’s like, 'So wait, what are we calling the song?’ And I was like, ‘Call it Jill Scott. Because I don’t want to forget. Don’t forget, because I know I’m going to send it to Jill. Call it Jill Scott.’ Boom. Called it ‘Jill Scott,’ talked to Jill, we have an amazing thing.
She’s like, ‘Okay. You want me to do it?’ She did it. Went out of her way, sorted it out, sent it back, called me like, ‘You know, what you did was so cool. I was thinking, maybe I’ll just do a few backgrounds.’ I said, ‘No, no, no, no, no, no. No. What I did was pretended to be you. I need you to be you.’ And she was like, ‘Okay.’ Came back, killed it, as per normal. And Ann did these sick background vocals, it was so outrageous. Like if you could hear the difference, you could hear her mind, which is just ridiculous. And so then, we’re at the remastering, ‘Are we calling this 'Jill Scott,’ featuring Jill Scott?‘ I was like, 'Definitely.’"

– via Apple Music: Zane Lowe Interview