>> this is how you dedicate yourself to this craft? >> yes. and it was difficult. >> all they wanted was a major record deal. that meant lots of hard work. here is rare footage of beyonce working on early recordings. >> dwayne wiggins was their producer. >> beyonce stood out. everybody would say that. she simply was a very focused young lady. >> that focus paid off with a big record contract. michael mulden was an executive add columbia records. >> we could tell she had pipes. again, they were young pipes. that's what you want to do, find groups you can put in the incubator and develop. >> the group settled on a name, destiny's child and the hits started coming like "no, no,