Wednesday, January 23, 2008

Did you know? The Rapture & Timbaland

I'm on the fence as far as Tim's rock collaborations go and always have been. Some come out great and really show Tim's versatility as a successful rap, hip hop, r&b, pop, AND rock producer but then there are others where the chemistry just wasn't there. I will say as time goes on these rock collabos are a lot more fluid and I wonder how much of an influence Danja has on that. Anyhow, just over a year ago there was a possible collaboration between The Rapture and Tim that in the end unfortunately, didn't pan out. Check it out:

****Luke, I met you at a show in Baltimore a few years ago, and you were saying something about how you might be doing something with Timbaland. Nothing ever happened with that?

LJ: We met him. We went to his studio and hung out, but sadly it never made sense.

MS: He liked our band and wanted to do something. If you look at what he's been coming out with recently, it makes sense. There's an unfortunate reality that the economy of a rock band, for lack of a better word, and one of the world's biggest hip-hop producers, his cutting you a deal is our album budget. Even if he cuts us a great deal, it's still more than we're able to afford, which is a shame.

LJ: We're still in a ghetto in a sense. We're still on the lower side of major-label bands. We don't have any proven hit singles; therefore, the record label's not going to be like, "You need a million dollars to make this record? Cool!"

MS: I think it's a shame. I'm sure that it would've been a lot of fun. It's a shame when something comes down to economics and what someone could be making doing a lot of pop shit gets in the way of what could be a really interesting collaboration.****

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4 comments :

  1. Man that is messed up. something has to give. Somebody needs to pay more, or charge less. This has to happen, I hate hearing about stuff that didn't work out because of money.

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  2. I'd say charge less because what he charges artists might say no and go with a producer that sounds like tim

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  3. I think you need to get on first with some proven single, these guys are no-namers. If they were desperate for a hit single then get that loan money and get in the studio with Tim and cut that track and you're on top of the world, ya digg?

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  4. Whoa..Im disappointed in Timbaland. Its THE RAPTURE! He should've cut a HUUUGE deal. Talent doesnt mean having hit singles nessessarily. He was begging to work with Spears..but he wont work with Rapture?! Ashlee Simpson but not the rapture?!? wow..

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