 As a songwriter, Scaggs has referenced creative influences as diverse as Radiohead and The Bird and the Bee.Her first major label appearance was in 2000, as lead vocalist on the track "If There Be Pain" on the Interscope compilation project "The Rose That Grew from Concrete".In 2001 she contributed vocals to "Expansion Team" by Dilated Peoples, and in 2003 contributed background vocals to the "Elephunk" LP by The Black Eyed Peas and "Must B 21" by will.i.am.