instrumental in that. we wanted that. we actually did an album before that, but we ve got to go more into r&b. and we started working together down in miami. well, i was in studio b, and areef says to me, carl, have i got a group for you. and of course everybody knew the bee gees. there was a surprise out of nowhere. i was excited. you know, they sing like angels. and they were as excited as i was. and arif was right there with them. said look, if you re going to break out brand-new, you ve got to shock the pants off these people. making the album, sat down with us on the beach, and said, all right, we re going to start from scratch. this is going to be it. let s make it big. if you said to me or anyone,