Timbaland: wants to be a pop star, so recruits Björk...!?

by Mike Diver [Edit this content] ▾ 11 comments 15:33 November 22nd, 2006

All-over-TMF-every-minute hip-hop producer type Timbaland is looking to cross over from acclaimed knob-twiddler to established pop star in his own right with his new LP, Timbaland Presents Shock Value.

The album - due out in March - features a wealth of contributors from across the entire spectrum of modern music. Björk, The Hives, Jay-Z, Elton John and Justin Timberlake all appear. Crazy!

While being interviewed by MTV, Timbaland - currently to be seen dancing about with those Pussycat Dolls girls on t'telly - commented:

"I'm not just hip-hop. My mission is to take over Top 40 radio - what they call popular music, different genres of music - and reach all types of people."

Coming soon: Radio Timbaland. It'll sound just like Radio 1 does around two in the afternoon most weekdays.

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the ending off Timbalands comment ".....reach all types of people, shag the pussycat dolls and most importantly make shitload of money in the process..."

gilbert_grape | 22 Nov '06, 15:57 | X | Reply

Bjork's sold feckloads...

played the olympics...she's a POP STAR!

Jesus_Quintana @gilbert_grape | 22 Nov '06, 15:58 | X | Reply

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well that just sucks: when it reaches the stage where a musician *wants* to write music deliberately calculated to please the audience, rather than just writing what they want to write and hoping listners like it.

with that kind of attitude who needs major label sales targets?

fact_fan | 22 Nov '06, 15:59 | X | Reply

can we stop taking press releases at face value?!

It's been about ten years since mainstream hip-hop artists were allowed to use the word 'art' or admit to enjoying music; let alone confessing that they wanted to work with a broad range of collaborators.

See; they're just straight-pimpin' thugs from the projects and hip-hop is just the next step-up in their business careers after hustlin' dope. Yo! They're just chasin' that green, day to day, hustlin' to make ends meet y'all.

So they couldn't possibly have a passion for music. And whatever changes they make in how they work have to be presented as a business move.

please keep up.

withpaperwings @fact_fan | 22 Nov '06, 16:44 | X | Reply