Everytime Tha Beat Drop - Recording and Release

Recording and Release

"Everytime tha Beat Drop" is one out of three tracks Jermaine Dupri contributed to The Makings of Me and among the last songs on the album Dupri and co-producer LRoc worked on in the SouthSide Studios in Atlanta, Georgia. Initially recorded for a shelved So So Def mixtape, Monica has described the snap inspired song as a pure fun record without any special lyrical message but with the attempt to show "something that appears on the outside to be different from" her and that is "a real good representation" of where she's from and what she's listening and dancing to in private. "Snap music originated on the West Side of Atlanta," Monica said in an interview with the People. "If you listen to the sound, you'll always hear a snap somewhere in it. Most of the time, whatever stop at the snap." The song incorporates beats of Nelly's 2005 single "Grillz", also produced by Dupri, while sampling from Dem Franchize Boyz's "Lean wit It, Rock wit It"'s line in which it says "Rock, then bend my knees everytime the beat drops."

On May 21, 2006, an unmastered clip of the song was leaked onto the internet, and by June 6 the entire track had leaked fully edited. The first version had different vocals from the one on The Makings of Me, and also features less of Dem Franchize Boyz' vocals. A remix version of "Everytime tha Beat Drop" featuring rappers T.I. and Young Jeezy also leaked the following month.