Timbaland Nabs 50 Cent, Dr. Dre For LP, Starts Timberlake Gossip Frenzy

Producer reveals plans for domination with help of Jay-Z, Lil Wayne, Fall Out Boy, Björk, Elton John.


VIRGINIA BEACH, Virginia — Thanks to his work on recent projects by Justin Timberlake and Nelly Furtado, as well as the upcoming 50 Cent LP, Timbaland is enjoying what he's been accustomed to for the past 10 years of his career — success.

But even with his storied discography of classics for everyone from Aaliyah and Missy Elliott to Jay-Z and LL Cool J, Tim said that over the past couple of years, when he wasn't putting out as much music, he heard whispers that he might be losing his touch.


"Everybody was talking their little trash, y'all know who y'all are," Tim said at his studio last week. "They said, 'Timbaland is falling off.' I don't never fall off. I just relax like a vampire in the coffin. When I wake up, you better be prepared, because somebody is going to get bit on the neck. Next thing you know, I have a slew of vampires running around. When you become the best like me, you never fall off, you just lean back."


Well somebody call Blade, because Count Drac is wide awake and ready to wreak even more havoc next year when his upcoming LP, tentatively titled Timbaland Presents Shock Value, comes out. "I'm not just hip-hop," Tim insisted. "My mission is to take over top-40 radio — what they call popular music, different genres of music — and reach all types of people.

"It seems like Tim reached out to almost everyone in every corner of the music industry for the project, which he's calling a compilation. One track is "what everybody is waiting for," he revealed, "me and Dr. Dre. I did [the beat], it's hard. I got 50, Jay-Z, Lil Wayne. The other stuff is rock: She Wants Revenge, the Hives, I'm about to get the Fall Out Boys, Björk, Elton John." Tim went on to say that he's interested in eventually signing the Hives and M.I.A.

"Last Piece of the Puzzle," his collabo with John, was recorded in Las Vegas. "It was cool. I didn't have him sing, I had him play. I was like, 'Go ahead, John.' I might get a choir to sing on top of it."

Though the album is packed with headline-making names, Tim's first single is already newsworthy. "Give it to Me" has Nelly Furtado, Justin Timberlake and Tim throwing subliminal jabs in their verses, and it's up to the audience to figure it out what — or who — they're talking about. "I seen you try to switch it up, but girl you ain't that dope," Furtado sings. Tim's verse includes the lines, "I'm a real producer and you just a piano man/ Your song moved up the charts I heard, but I'm not a fan/ N---as talking greasy, I'm the one that gave them they chance/ Somebody need to tell them they can't do it like I can."


The Internet has been most abuzz about Timberlake's verse, though, with gossip sites speculating that his harsh words are aimed at Janet Jackson: "I saw you tryin' to act cute on TV, 'Just let me clear the air'/ We missed you on the charts last week/ Damn, that's right, you wasn't there/ Now if sexy never left, then why is everybody on my sh--?/ Don't hate on me just because you didn't come up with it."


A source close to the record said that Timberlake's lyrics have nothing to do with his infamous Super Bowl co-star — but he is responding to another pop artist who has seen career heights few other singers can boast.

Tim's album will come out via his Mosley Music imprint, like Nelly Furtado's Loose. He's hoping to have the LP ready for a March release date.


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Mary J.'s Greatest-Hits LP Brings Three New Songs, Brushes Off Rumors Reflections - The Journey drops December 12; Blige also working on duets album.


Remember that Mary J. Blige greatest-hits album that was supposed to drop last year before MJB and her label decided to release a studio album instead? Well, Mary's ready to put her career retrospective on wax with Reflections - The Journey.

The album will feature at least three new songs and some of her classic cuts, including "Family Affair" and "Real Love." The LP will be released December 12, and next week in New York, Mary is shooting the video for the Bryan-Michael Cox-produced single "We Ride." Cox co-wrote the song with Johnta Austin.

"She called me and was like, 'I'm doing this Reflections project, and I need you and Johnta to be a part of it,' " Cox said Tuesday from Atlanta. "A few months ago, me and Johnta wrote three songs. I was in L.A. working on a project, and we vibed on three joints. Mary cut all three joints. It's fantastic.

" 'We Ride' is telling people, 'Yo, we want the Mary with pain.' She's like, 'Really? Look, everybody wanna know why Mary ain't mad no more. I ain't mad no more because I have this dude that rides with me. We gonna ride into the sunset. He's a good man. One thing I learned about life is positivity is blessed.' Mary's married, she's happy, in the best shape of her life, her voice is in the best shape of her life. People thought she was over, done, then she came through with The Breakthrough. ... The song 'We Ride' celebrates all of that."


On the song, Blige sings, "From the day to the night we ride/ I see the future, baby, you and I, better with time." The track comes amid several Internet rumors that Mary was breaking up with her husband/manager, Kendu Isaacs.

"It's wild," Cox said of the rumor. "I was just with them a few weeks ago, and we were all laughing about it. When the rumor got to them, they were on vacation together. They took off after the tour. They was like, 'We on the coast of such and such. We chillin'. 'When I heard it, I called immediately, and [Kendu] was like, 'Man, it's all tabloid.' That showed how the media can make up things and throw it out there. They have such a great thing going on, people really gotta know what they got is the real deal. If you know anything about love, it's the real deal."

Cox said he and Mary hit their stride after he made her biggest song to date, last year's "Be Without You," and the chemistry is still present on Reflections - The Journey.


"We did another [song] called 'Reflections,' which is the title track," he said. "They didn't want to call it Greatest Hits because it sounds like your career is almost over. Mary's at a new place in her career. She's taking this time to reflect on the past, and we're looking forward to the future with these new records. 'Reflections' is midtempo; it's gonna be a second single. She called me with the idea. I flew to New York, and we put it together. That joint is crazy, talking about her life, where she comes from. It's similar to 'MJB the MVP,' but it's more personal. It's not so mixtape-ish, even though 'MVP' ended up being a great record. Then there's another record called 'Love Me.' This record is ooooh! We're in the process of getting a guest on the record, but the way it is now, it's really crazy, midtempo. I'm very impressed with Mary's growth."

Their aren't many details available, but Blige is also planning to release an album of duets too. Her label said info — including the release date — is not yet available, but singer Robin Thicke said he's been asked to participate.

Mary J. Blige is putting out a duets album, and [there] happens to be a song on my album right now called 'Ask Myself,' " he revealed. "She turned it into a duet and put it on her duets album."


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