It sounds like a surreal dream or the beginnings of a corny joke: Portuguese-Canadian singer Nelly Furtado, hip-hop producer Timbaland and Coldplay main man Chris Martin walk into a studio in the middle of the night. They jam together for hours, Martin provides some comic relief with a James Brown impression, and by the time dawn breaks they've finished an amazing new song. But sometimes the strangest of bedfellows can make for great musical collaborations, and fans of both urban beats and English wisp rock can hear the results of the unlikely trio's session later this month when Furtado releases her new studio album, Loose.

 

Now, the Furtado/Timbaland union is old news — the two have worked on remix projects in the past, and Furtado watchers already know that she tapped Timbaland to produce and play on the majority of Loose. But how does a guy like Martin come into the mix?

 

"Chris, I've known for four or five years. We met at this festival Tea In The Park in Scotland," explains Furtado. "I was in Miami at the MTV Awards in August and I saw him and he was like [affects terrible English accent], 'Oh, I love Timbaland, can I come by the studio tomorrow?' And I'm like, 'Of course, we'd love to have you.'"

 

While it's a little surprising that Timbaland was even on Martin's radar, it turns out that the producer was equally enamoured of the latest Coldplay album. Capitalizing on her opportunity to play matchmaker, Furtado set up the session, but admits that she had to help the two musical giants get over a bout of shyness.

 

"All Tim would talk about all month [while we were recording the album] was Coldplay, and he would play their songs and sing all the melodies," she recalls. "It was hilarious because they were both so humbled by each other's presence.

 

"I had to be like, 'Guys, sit down, let's play music.' I had to shove a guitar in Chris' hand. And slowly all the inhibitions melted away and they were like two kids in a candy store."

 

The resulting song, "All Good Things," is Loose's closing track and one of the album's best songs. Despite the trio's diverse musical styles, they come together perfectly. Furtado and Martin sing sweetly, he plays a guitar part that isn't out of his familiar range, and Timbaland keeps things interesting by backing it up with his trademark beats.

 

"It was pretty amazing, it was one of those magical moments," says Furtado. "And to me, it shows that music has no boundaries.

 

"Those were two people who just loved each other's music. So why can't two people who love each other's music make music together?"

 

Source: http://www.chartattack.com

cute.

Cool, thanks! :cool:

 

Im really looking forward to this, sounds like it's gonna be a great song. :)

 

Martin provides some comic relief with a James Brown impression

 

Now that I'd love to see! :lol: :lol: :lol:

Sounds like its gonna be very different and very new and unique! :D

wwow i cant wait to hear it....i can already imagine what it will sound like for some reason

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In a recent interview with Chart Attack, Nelly Furtado revealed that hip-hop producer Timbaland, Coldplay frontman Chris Martin and herself jammed together in the studio until dawn recording music for her new album.

 

The result of the session was the song "All Good Things," the closing track off Furtado’s upcoming studio album, Loose, which is scheduled to hit shelves later this month. Timbaland has worked with Furtado before on remix projects but Chris Martin had yet to work with the Canadian singer and asked to contribute when he heard Timbaland was producing.

 

Chris (Martin), I've known for four or five years,” said Furtado. “We met at this festival Tea In The Park in Scotland. I was in Miami at the MTV Awards in August and I saw him and he was like 'Oh, I love Timbaland, can I come by the studio tomorrow?' And I'm like, 'Of course, we'd love to have you.'"

 

Though Coldplay may be the farthest thing from the hip-hop beats Timbaland is accustomed to, the famed producer is a huge fan of the band’s latest record, 2005’s X & Y.

 

"All Tim would talk about all month was Coldplay, and he would play their songs and sing all the melodies," Furtado recollected. "It was hilarious because they were both so humbled by each other's presence.”

 

“I had to be like, 'Guys, sit down, let's play music.' I had to shove a guitar in Chris' hand. And slowly all the inhibitions melted away and they were like two kids in a candy store."

 

The song, "All Good Things," is reportedly one of the album’s best cuts combining the diverse styles of all three performers.

 

"It was pretty amazing, it was one of those magical moments," said Furtado. "And to me, it shows that music has no boundaries.”

 

"Those were two people who just loved each other's music. So why can't two people who love each other's music make music together?"

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wwow i cant wait to hear it....i can already imagine what it will sound like for some reason

 

D'ya know what...I sorta can too! :)

Can't wait for that song!

me too :) !

hi square havent see u in a while haha

Her album comes out on May 24th so we should be hearing it soon! :cheesy: Can't wait!

When musicians respect one another, only great things can be created!

I really like her style of music. This should be very interesting!

that's cool I really like her music.. it sounds like it's gonna be an amazing song

can't wait

yah it sounds like its going to be a really interesting collarboration! i dunno if i can wait till the 24th...in may!

Her album comes out on May 24th so we should be hearing it soon! :cheesy: Can't wait!

 

Two more months! :stunned: :D

and there might be special previews on itunes or mtv too so we might get a sneal peek earlier than may 24th

Two more months! :stunned: :D

Don't go on counting the days. It'll only make the wait seem longer!

 

:D

will be a good single! :smug:

Cant wait! :nice:

Timbaland stands tall in the musical forest

 

 

It's hard being humble when you're the world's most in-demand music producer, so Timbaland doesn't bother trying.

 

Tim "Timbaland" Mosley, the most in-demand music producer in the world, is tired. But the task of staying awake is made easier because, right now, Mosley is doing something he really enjoys: talking about how great he is.

 

"I don't think about other people," he says, when asked which other producers he might compare himself to. "If I did, I'd wanna compete. But I don't think like that, because I'm above everybody. My music is on a whole 'nother level. I'm up here," he says, grinning, his left hand waving around high above his head. "And everyone else," his hand scrapes the floor, "is over there."

 

It's hard work being the world's pre-eminent rap music producer, particularly when the tracks you make - skittish, minimal, at once supremely commercial and creatively cutting edge - are both popular and credible. It means everyone wants a piece of you; not just rappers, but pop stars, rock stars, even movie stars.

 

Since he made his name building backing tracks for R&B singer Aaliyah, and in his widely acclaimed partnership with his high school friend, rapper Missy Elliott, Timbaland has been one of hip-hop's most adventurous manipulators of sound and melody. The online All Music Guide says he has produced, remixed or appeared on records by at least 82 different artists, although this list is likely to be incomplete.

 

If Mosley has a fault, it is not a lack of confidence. Half an hour in his company would convince even the most hardened sceptic that, at least in his own head, 34-year-old Timbaland is the single greatest creative force currently active in popular music. It would be easy to laugh at such arrogance were it not for the fact that, by most of the available means of measurement, he is probably right.

 

And the Timbaland empire is growing. He has added to the state-of-the-art studio he built at his first home in Virginia Beach, Virginia, and has property in Miami and on the west coast of the US. We meet to talk about his new label, Mosley Music Group, and its first release, Loose, the third album from Canadian singer Nelly Furtado. The record, which he produced most of, entered the US album charts at No. 1. Instead, his restless mind is already on to the next thing.

 

"I don't really like to look back," he shrugs. "I've got a vault full of, like, a thousand reels of music that's never been touched that I've made over the years. I just like to do fresh stuff. Once it's done, it's done."

 

Making music isn't work, he reckons: at least, it shouldn't be, and it certainly isn't in the case of his most recent and highest-profile release, SexyBack, the new and decidedly odd Justin Timberlake single.

 

"When you're working with somebody, you're just trying to create something, to see if it does work," he says. "Me and Justin is different: it's not work, it's magic. Magic is when you just don't think about it: you go in there and the magic is so strong and it just comes out."

 

Timbaland contributed tracks to Timberlake's first solo album, Justified, in 2002, and SexyBack, as sparse and uncompromising as it sounds, is clearly the work of two men finding some strange common ground. It is telling that Mosley talks of the art of production in terms of matrimony.

 

"Good production is like a beautiful marriage," the bachelor says. "It makes a happy home. Think about it: Quincy Jones and Michael Jackson - that was a beautiful marriage. And they shoulda stayed married: Michael lost it after he left Quincy. He coulda got it back. Still could! Michael needs to do what I'm doin' with Justin right now."

 

Mosley seems to define the term "driven". His relaxation of choice is working out. He attends the New Jerusalem Church of God in Christ when he is in Virginia Beach. Inspiration comes from within - "from the heart, then the head" - and not from listening to the competition.

 

"I don't really like where music is at right now," he scowls. "It's boring, too watered-down. Nobody's takin' chances. It's all in the box, and the box gets too tight. Somebody's gotta break the box, bust it open. To me, making music is about taking risks. The Justin single is a risk - it's a different record. Some people say they like it, some people don't know. But when you hear it the second time, that's when it starts to hit you. A record like that will stay around longer than a record that hits you right away."

 

The queue of artists beating a path to Timbaland's studio door is lengthening. Jamie Foxx worked with Mosley on his US chart-topping album Unpredictable, and after Coldplay's Chris Martin turned up at a Nelly Furtado session - he co-wrote All Good Things (Come to An End) with her and Mosley - another collaboration beckoned.

 

"We did some songs, just playing around in the studio," Mosley says airily of his sessions with Martin. "Just regular stuff."

 

There are no plans, as yet, to release any of these tracks.

 

He is also working with Bjork ("Whoo! The marriage, it's beautiful. You gotta hear it! A lot of people think it's weird her working with me, but I think it's how she sings on top of my beats that make it.") and, after some prodding, admits to having begun work with Jay-Z on the supposedly retired rap star's comeback album.

 

Mosley is full of cocksure bravado, and likes to make out that his music happens without tangible effort. But it is clear nobody could sustain the sort of career he has purely by accident and, in the end, he admits as much.

 

"You have to socialise," he says, allowing a momentary glimpse at his working process. "You've got to be involved with the energy of the artist, and if they don't have no energy you've got to make it for 'em. It's like being a doctor, you know? You've gotta look after 'em, always be on call, always just understand and learn about them. That's how you produce somebody."

 

The Guardian