Jul

17

WORD: Timbaland to produce Jay Z’s next LP in entirety?

by Zack Lee | Filed Under WORD 

I’m sure many people thought it has been weird that Timbaland hasn’t appeared on the last couple of Jay Z records considering their history together. So what better way for Jay Z to make up for Timbaland’s absence than by having him produce his next album in its entirety. As of now, everything is in its early phase and this project may not come to fruition as planned. But, if it does happen, it might just be incredible! I think the best part about this project is that Jay Z & Timbaland are both in places in their careers where they don’t have to prove anything. Its all about the music. Here’s an excerpt from MTV.com:

Jay Z has at least one super-producer onboard for his next LP, and according to said super-producer, that’s all Hova needs.

“He wants me to do the whole thing this time around,” Timbaland said Monday during a visit to the MTV News office. “I’mma make it a classic too. You better believe it. It’ll be a monster! I always say this: You get a first single from me, I’mma get you up to gold. And it’s hard to get you up to gold in this day [and age].”

Tim insisted that an LP featuring him and Jay would sell more than the 500,000 copies needed for a gold record, as they’re both international platinum artists.

“Jay should never chill,” he said about the rapper’s decision to return to music full time. “We had a long talk, and I really talked to him. Jay-Z does it for the love. That’s different. When somebody does it for the love, you don’t stop. He has everything, but he’s still current. A million people are buying his album regardless.

“We wanna go to the world,” he added. “The world is ‘Big Pimpin’.’ ‘Big Pimpin’ ‘ is an international hit, so we wanna do 10 of those. Meaning, some of the songs gonna sound like M.I.A. would rap on some of the beats. You gonna be like, ‘Whoa!’ But it’s Jay on ‘em. That means it reaches everywhere. I’mma have songs with bagpipes. The music is gonna be so worldwide, he’ll be able to tour the rest of his life, maybe, off just this one album. The Jay-Z album is gonna be phenomenal. You know why? We don’t care. We’re doing great music just to do it. We doing it for our fans who love us to say we ain’t quit. I’m doing it ’cause that’s my homeboy.”

Read the rest of the interview & watch a video interview @ MTV.com

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