Rap Up recently caught up with Brandy to talk about the creation of her album Human and working with Darkchild and Timbo. You'll be interested in what she has to say:
On why Timbaland didn't make the album
"One of the reasons why is because it’s hard to get Timbaland’s voice on records, and we really wanted his voice to be on the records. It’s not that they’re not good, it’s just that we couldn’t work it out where he could actually be on the album."
On working with Timbo in the future
"I think I’m gonna work with Timbaland again heavy for my next album. He’s one of the most talented producers, I think, to ever exist. I would love to do an album with him and Rodney together, like they actually executive produce it together. That would be a dream of mine."
And the current situation between Darkchild and Tim
"Timbaland is one of Rodney’s favorite producers and Rodney is one of Timbaland’s favorite producers."
What strikes me is how hard it is to get just Timbaland's voice on a track. Why?
Check for more Brandy in the upcoming winter 08/09 issue of Rap Up
Thursday, December 11, 2008
Brandy talks Timbaland
Wednesday, December 10, 2008
Brandy "Drum Life" (CDQ)
Major props goes to Freestyle Steve for continuing to feed the Timbo stan's hunger for new tracks. He's just posted the final version for Brandy's "Drum Life". Check it out on Freestyle's myspace page.
As you all know the track is written by James Fauntleroy who also wrote the unheard Brandy/Timbaland track "Home." Be on the lookout for "Drum Life" to be a part of Shock Value II.
Tuesday, December 9, 2008
The Keri Hilson album we never heard
Keri Hilson recently sat down with Bossip to talk about a few things including originally being in a girl group signed to Elektra. Who knew?
More Chris Cornell concert tracks
For those who didn't get to see the show, here are a few decent sounding videos of footage from his show in San Francisco:
"Sweet Revenge"
"Take Me Alive"
And check out this pretty cool cover of "Long Gone"
Props to Edo.
One Republic wants U.S. troops in Iraq to "Come Home"
Check out the reworked version of One Republic's "Come Home" featuring Sara Bareilles:
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Ryan and the gang have dedicated this track to all of the U.S. troops currently serving in Iraq. Props to Luke on the track.
Saturday, December 6, 2008
Jamie Foxx confirms "Street Walker" for his new album
Check the interview:
"International hit", would you agree with that?
Friday, December 5, 2008
Timbaland gets sampled (Part 4)
Greece's entry for this year's Eurovision contest sounded a little familiar, doesn't it?
Did they get clearance? Ha!
Props to J Edwards!
Melrose "Ever" Vs. Atozzio Towns "Hurts So Good"
As the demand for a Danja beat increases so do the alternate versions of the same beat. We've shown you a few already and now we have yet another. You all remember the Danja produced "Ever" by the girl trio Melrose right?
Melrose "Ever"
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Definitely a hot track, especially the vocals. Well The Chronicles has stumbled on another track with the same Danja beat but with an entirely different name and singer. Atozzio Towns (whose written for Ray J, Jesse McCartney, New Kids On The Block, and wrote Mario's banger Kryptonite") decided he too liked the beat or perhaps laid down the vocals as a reference for another artist. Whatever the case here is his take on Danja's banger titled "Hurts So Good":
Atozzio Towns "Hurts So Good"
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So who you feelin' the most?
Props to The Keepers.
Thursday, December 4, 2008
Jamie Foxx "Street Walker"
Freestyle Steve breaks us off with another exclusive Jaime Foxx track called "Street Walker" via his myspace go check it out.
The track is produced by Timbaland and J Roc with vocals by Jim Beanz.
So I take it that neither of these tracks will be on Foxx's new album but does that mean there are others that will be on the project? Let's hope so!
Britney Spears in the studio
If you haven't seen MTV's Documentary on Britney Spears called "For The Record" go check it out. Fan or not it's a very interesting story of what fame can do to someone. We all conduct everyday tasks without even blinking an eye but imagine trying to simply take a walk down the street hounded by hundreds of photographers. No thanks but hey that's the price of fame I guess.
Stepping off my soapbox, there is a particular segment of interest in the show where MTV catches Britney working with Jim Beanz on "Womanizer" and Britney working with an excited J Que of The Clutch on the bonus track "Trouble." Check it out about 6 minutes in:
Be on the lookout for more Britney in the studio hopefully here soon from The Chronicles.
Timbaland nominted for 2 Grammy's
Congratulations to Timbaland for his Grammy nominations in 2 categories:
Best Pop Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals
Viva La Vida -Coldplay
Waiting In The Weeds -Eagles
Going On -Gnarls Barkley
Won't Go Home Without You -Maroon 5
Apologize -OneRepublic
Best Pop Collaboration With Vocals
(For a collaborative performance, with vocals, by artists who do not normally perform together. Singles or Tracks only.)
Lesson Learned -Alicia Keys & John Mayer
4 Minutes -Madonna, Justin Timberlake & Timbaland
Rich Woman -Robert Plant & Alison Krauss
If I Never See Your Face Again -Rihanna & Maroon 5
No Air -Jordin Sparks & Chris Brown
Unfortunately Timbo was not nominated for producer of the year rather the following were:
Danger Mouse
Attack & Release (The Black Keys)
Modern Guilt (Beck)
The Odd Couple (Gnarls Barkley)
Nigel Godrich
In Rainbows (Radiohead)
Johnny Karkazis (Johnny K)
Big Bad World (Plain White T's)
The Illusion Of Progress (Staind)
Light From Above (Black Tide)
3 Doors Down (3 Doors Down)
Rick Rubin
Death Magnetic (Metallica)
Home Before Dark (Neil Diamond)
Mercy (Dancing For The Death Of An Imaginary Enemy)
Seeing Things (Jakob Dylan)
Weezer (Red Album) (Weezer)
will.i.am
American Boy (Estelle Featuring Kanye West)
Encanto (Sergio Mendes)
Funky Bahia (Sergio Mendes Featuring will.i.am & Siedah Garrett)
In The Ayer (Flo Rida Featuring will.i.am)
Pick It Up (Fergie)
Picture Perfect (Chris Brown Featuring will.i.am)
What's Your Name (Usher Featuring will.i.am)
I'm not hatin' but will.i.am over Timbo?
Anyhow, tune into the 51st Grammy Award show on February 9 at 8:00PM EST. Performers and presenters will be announced very soon.
Wednesday, December 3, 2008
Ginuwine finishes new album
Check the new message from Ginuwine via his myspace:
Hey Guys!!! I've just completed my album and I am proud to say that I've been very lucky to work with some amazing writers and producers!!!! Some of the people that I worked with were Jonta Austin, Brian Michael Cox,Adonis, Oak, The Clutch, And the Man that I started Out with... TIMBALAND!!!!! I'm going to be picking my single within two or three weeks to be released in January2009!!!!
The Chronicles can also tell you exclusivley to be on the lookout for the Timbaland produced, Jim Beanz vocal produced "Hate To Love Ya" off the album. Can't wait to hear what they came up with!
James Morrison F/ Nelly Furtado "Broken String"
We haven't heard anything new from Nelly Furtado and I'm assuming she's still on Mosley Music Gourp so check out this new video with her and James Morrison titled "Broken String"
Thanks to Aayize.
Tuesday, December 2, 2008
Timbaland's wedding photos
Some beautiful pictures have recently been posted from Timbaland's wedding along with some commentary from staff writer Grace Ormonde:
Two weeks before their Aruba destination wedding, Monique Idlett and Tim Mosley were legally married on Virginia Beach—in sweatpants. "That would have been enough for me," Monique avows. That is, until she experienced the amazing island wedding Tim arranged.
"He wanted me to feel like a princess," Monique says of Tim's decision to plan the five-day affair with a committee's help, but minimal input from his bride. It wasn't the first time the music producer and recording artist, better known as Timbaland, had surprised his long-time girlfriend.
They met in 2001 while visiting Jamaica for work, and Monique, now president of Mosley Music Group, realized immediately that Tim "was going to be in my life forever. At our wedding," she says, Tim told guests that "when he saw me, he knew I was going to be his wife." Their long-distance friendship and on-and-off relationship turned serious when "we both put each other first," Monique says. "It was a decision that we both finally made."
Still, she was caught off-guard when "he proposed at our baby shower" in November of 2007. "I cried so heavily that my family reminded me that I was in front of people," says Monique, who cherishes a transcript of Tim's "beautiful proposal."
About 400 guests arrived Thursday and a welcome party was held Friday at the Renaissance Aruba Resort and Casino, where everyone but the couple stayed. On Saturday, "we had a rehearsal breakfast," then took over a bowling alley, says Monique, who treasured this break from their workaholic lifestyles. "It was nice not to be worried about anything except what was happening," she says.
Boats ferried guests to the resort's private Renaissance Island for Sunday's 6 p.m. Christian service. As Pastor Vernell Dreuitt, who also officiated their Virginia ceremony, "was explaining marriage and what it means, I looked at my husband, and he looked at me: It was a very profound moment," remembers Monique, who remained composed, even as they exchanged deeply personal promises. "I was practicing not to cry. I didn't want to have an episode like at my baby shower," she says.
The reception featured a "beautiful display of food," and the fireworks were "unlike any I had seen before," Monique says. After dinner, "Tim got on the stage. He performed, and I danced, then we danced together." The party continued for two hours after the newlyweds departed at 1 a.m.
Guests reunited for dinner Monday before Tuesday's farewells. "We were so happy that everyone was able to have a good time. We're both family people," Monique says. Daughter, Reign, and sons Demetrius, who escorted Monique, and Frankie, the ring bearer, accompanied them on a post-wedding, south of France vacation.
Although it isn't always easy, "we pretty much travel together always," Monique says. And while she's grateful that Tim "truly gave me a fairytale wedding," she's quick to emphasize: "What's important to us is what we do for the rest of our life—to make sure that we love each other the right way." Tim is "a genuine, real person," she says. "You get what you see and I love that about him. And I love how much he loves me."
Congratulations once again to the very happy couple!!
Monday, December 1, 2008
Jamie Foxx "Bitch I"
Freestyle Steve has laced us yet again with another Timbaland exclusive. The track comes from Jamie Foxx titled "Bitch I." It sounds familiar doesn't it? Yes of course it does; it's the same track that leaked a few weeks back titled "Nothin' From Ya." Sadly the track leaked literally a week after we reported that the two were working together. Really, how the hell does that happen? Regardless the track has been bangin' since I first heard it!
Anyhow, we all assumed the track was for Jamie Foxx's forthcoming Intuition album but look very carefully. Freestyle has the track not only labeled with a different name but it looks to be yet another track from Timbo's upcoming Shock Value II. So the question is will this track along with other leaked tracks, [T-Pain & Missy's "Talk That", Brandy's "Drum Life"] really make the final cut or are these just teaser tracks until the real project is released? Time will tell.
You should notice something else about the version Freestyle posted but I'll let you all figure that out.
Now of course why doesn't it surprise me that when Timbo goes in to create a hot record he calls on the illest vocal producer/writer in the game, my dude Jim Beanz. Hear the "give it to me" throughout the track. Remember it, you've heard it before and you'll hear it again.
Shock Value II is on it's way!
In A Perfect World... tracklisting
Though HMV has not given Keri Hilson's album an official release date they have compiled a tracklisting for the project:
1. Energy
2. Mic Check-Feat. Akon
3. Turnin' Me On-Feat. Lil Wayne
4. Return The Favour-Feat. Timbaland
5. Get It Girl
6. Where Did He Go
7. Do It To Me Radio
8. Slow Dance
9. Alienated
10. Shake It Like A Dog-Feat. R Kelly
11. Love Ya
12. Intuition
13. Hurts Me
14. How Does It Feel?
15. Tell Him The Truth
There is no confirmation on the tracklisting but with all the interviews and articles Keri has done as of late this could very well be the real deal. Then again with all the continual push backs, the album could still be in the process of being finalized. Stay tuned!