Washington, May 15 -- Singer-songwriter Blake Shelton admitted he actually recorded and almost released 'I Wanna Talk About Me', Toby Keith's 2001 country rap hit, before the other artist.

"So listen to this, my producer at the time was a guy named Bobby Braddock, and he wrote me this song because I used to have these stupid raps," shared Shelton, adding, "I would come into the studio singing every day about, you know....and things like that. You know. Fun things," reported People.

So Braddock wrote the song eventually known as 'I Wanna Talk About Me', and they recorded it only for Shelton's label during that time, only to promptly shoot it down.

"We don't want any part of that song," Shelton recalled the label saying.

Not wanting his...