Seems as though our boy Jay-Z is gearing up to release a new album, a follow-up to 2007′s American Gangster. And it seems as though Jay-Z has signed on Timbaland to take on the helm of the project.
Keri Hilson stopped by MTV’s TRL on Monday with Timbaland, and apparently he gave some insider information about working with Jay-Z on the upcoming album.
“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.”
Timbaland will be hitting Jay-Z off with a more “worldly,” international sound, which definitely should be an interesting task for Hova to take on.
“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.”
Ever since Timbaland jumped on with Nelly Furtado and Justin Timberlake for his “production comeback,” he really has been going strong. I think it’ll be interesting to see what they come up with. I’m also excited to see what he’ll be doing for his next album, Shock Value II.
LUDACRIS WORKS ON 6th LP
Ludacris is currently in the studio putting the finishing touches on his forthcoming album, Theater of the Mind. The new project, which is Ludacris’s 6th studio album to date, will be a conceptual album. That seems to be a trend this year.
Theater of the Mind is set for an October 21st release.
“The whole album is theatrical, conceptual-wise. Every song you hear sounds like a scene from a movie,” Luda tells MTV News.
I’m interested in seeing what Ludacris is coming up with for this concept album.
BOBBY VALENTINO INKS A NEW DEAL
Bobby Valentino has inked a new deal with EMI/Capitol records, after being allegedly dropped from Def Jam, and leaving Ludacris’s Disturbing Tha Peace label.
Bobby released an independent album via iTunes after the release of his last album, Special Occasion, which didn’t do as well as I think Def Jam expected it to. But it seems as though the release of the independent album, Come With Me helped Bobby obtain the new record deal with Capitol Records.
No seriously didn’t jay z say that he was retiring after that black album??…..he needs to just stop, hes ruined his legacy..
Barack the Vote!!!
I can’t wait to hear some tracks from all 3 of these artist. Hopefully I won’t be dissapointed.
~Sweets~
************WOOOO I love Jay I am excited Timbo the king. Luda looks hot
luv me sum Jay!
CHECK THIS OUT!!! KANO No Money In The Bank Freestyle. So funny!!!!!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P4MKOnhLqYA
Like Jay’s jacket, but I hope this album is better than American Gangster because that mess was awful. I always keep Reasonable Doubt in the car. It’s like the more he makes, I’m like, just stop, lol. I like BV, so I hope he does well.
NO JAY-Z, please, NO! Spare us!!!!
*************I am loving Jays’ jacket he looks fly in it and it is a nice color on
**************him. Ok I am done being a stan for now lol
BOBBY ALWAYS SOUNDS THE SAME WISH HIS ALBUM IS GOING TO BE DIFFERENT.jay z is one of the best but he ruins the feeling u get when u listento the black album since he aint left the game
@ RECCY
LMAO!!!! i know…..thats what im saying mean saying ole boy should just relax and enjoy the fruits of his labour and enjoy married life with bey…
As much as i love Tim’s beats, let be real homeboy production skills is limit. Damn near every hip hop track he produce is one of the basic high energy track’s that sound great in the club and ur car, but nowhere else. He doesn’t produce tracks that someone could laid back and chill too or produce anything with a street.gutter sound. Like i said homeboy is talented but I’m not trying to hear that taxi cap/indian music for 60+ min.
I think Jay is trying to get them 1 million record sales in a week numbers.. Timbo as of late IMO has only had great success with YT record sales. I guess we’ll see how Keri does. I know a lotta folks on here seem to like her.
ludacris is always lookin fine.
n for jay z n timb lets see what ya bring to the table.i hope sumtin diffrent for once instead of always club banggers from timb beats.buh yea lets see
LOVE TIMBALAND AND THE GREAT MUSIC THAT HE MAKES.I CAN’T WAIT FOR JAY-Z’S NEW ALBUM NOW IF TIM JUMPING ON BOARD.NOW WITH BOBBY V,ALL I CAN SAY IS FINALLY AND IT’S ABOUT TIME HE MADE A MOVE.
Def Jam really do make me sick the always be talking crap about how there disappointed with some of their artists album sales but what the hell do they expect if they aren’t gonna promote it properly, Bobby V’s album was quite decent but they didn’t promote it properly and yet they expected it to sell millions..they only released like 1 song i think…., so what do they expect… i wish they would have released “Rearview” cuz that song was hawt!!
*************ThatGirlLinda I don’t think is true because a million in a week is great but &*************** it is how many cd you sell in the end. Weezy cd is still selling like c****************crazy but we will see the end results. Jay isn’t worried about amilli in ******************a week when he has done so many other things.
Jay Z is talented and Timbland is a great producer , so I will sit back and wait with excitement. I must admit I really wonder why he is dropping CD after CD. Maybe he has new goal to go platinum in week. He is a good business man. He really looks nice in pink and I am true advocate of men not wearing pink. Cameron KILLED that for me. With that being said Jay is wearing it well. Just dont over due it Jay.
Luda is a great artist and I am pretty sure he will come out with club bangger.
BV I wish you well. Was not impressed with the last CD. So, please bring it.
serious jay, u need to sit down baby because as far as I can recall, u retired 2 albums ago. just let it go man. i love me some luda so im excited to hear what he has in store. bobby v…so over him..still luv “slow down” tho
I don’t know about this Jay and Tim thing. I will have to wait and see b/c that American Gangsta or Kingdom Come didn’t do it for me – at all!
I’m just sayin he has rapped about his record sales before so I think he does care. I’m not a stan of any1 so how don’t know how records his last cd sold but I’m sure the people who like to quote record sales do.
He is quite a guy!!! He was said to have a personal account on an online service ******blackbbwmeet.com******* for successful and celebs singles with his hot pictures and blog there. Quite a few hot girls and ladies wrote to him. I’ve been there for days, it seems the girls are not hard to hook up with.
************you may have a point but I don’t he cares that much he has a passion
************for the music I am looking forward to his project tho I hope Timbo isn’t the
************only one he works with Kanye needs to do some tracks too.
Since when was Big pimpin a meaningful song? Of all songs to base an album on that isn’t one of them.
Jay is the best when he’s rapping about stuff that is meaningful and personal to him, this poppy international rubbish sounds a mess imo.
I’m expecting a great sound for the upcoming Jay-Z and Timbo collabo.
Hopefully Jay can retire from the game after that.
It’s time for some new cats to shine. It’s getting boring, rap needs a dude that is Pac like.
Huge Jay Z fan…HUGE, but I definately think he should have left when he said he was going to retire! im not saying he couldnt have been featured on other peoples song. IMO he is the greatest rapper and I think his legacy would be much stronger if he would have left with the black album.
can’t wait for jay-z and luda’s albums
I seriously cant wait for the JAY-Z album!!!!
SERIOUSLY
Lol, Capitol isn’t going to do anything for Bobby, look what happen to that guy Houston,and then there is Letoya and Faith Evans.I don’t think nobody’s interested in Bobby after his lil “versus” comment or was interested at all.Good for Luda for “cianara” that dude.
Luda and Jay, it be a nice day!
DAMN IN THE NEXT 2YEARS DEF JAM IS GONNA BE LIKE BAD BOY RECORDS no artist will be lasting 1 year and or they gonna be wack and there 4ever
DMX gone
LL the one who started it is gone
Mef gonna be gone
Redman where is he?
Jigga? He smelled teh fall and quit
Russ? hahaha no wonder he don`t promote the shit no more
who else is on? some wack ass Cute none talented babies
Rihanna yes i said it!!!
Ne-yo? gonna be gone soon even though he is aight
……I think I may be getting tired of Jay Z. He’s a living legend but please give me
……time to miss you! Dude just got off tour and now he’s working on yet another
……album. Take a breather Jay. The album will be hot though nonetheless lol.
……Bagpipes sounds interesting but knowing Timbo he will make it hot! Nothing will
……compare to the work he did w/ Aaliyah though. Nothing. Damn I miss her! Back
……to the topic lol.
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……I love Ludacris back in the day. I want him to come w/ the hunger he had on Back
……For the First Time, Chicken and Beer and Word of Mouf! He’s gotten kinda
……commercial and soft.
isn`t JIGGA a rich guy and 40 years old? I mean would you wanna be a rapper on Billboard at 40 and competing with Soulja Boy? c`mon jigga you got money and a very intellectual Business mind so just eat off other talents(which you can`t find -Kanye)
I stopped buying jay-z after Blueprint 2.whatever
he talks about crack and we know he don`t sell it and he talks about his riches and don`t tell niggas how to get them. am 19 and got it made b4 i even turn 21 BUT guess what? I teach lil and big niggaz how to make it(Not by tellin em how I make the jews get rich off ACE OF SPADES)
I HATE U SO MUCH RIGHT NOW(the black community and i`m not even FOX)
i`m not a BIG fan of JIGGA but damn you gotta be dumb to be a 40 year old rapper cos that only works of rockers well at least he is RICH unlike wu-tang which got 60 year olds
That is a tall order Timberland, but his ish is usually on point. J has grown up and I hope his music continues to reflect that, if its gonna be b’s and n’s all day you can keep that ish.
B.V, wasn’t he a one hit wonder. When do these people give up, good luck.
R Real tired of Jay-Z… let it go! Trying to impress white people, that’s all he wants!
I am on the fence about Jay I cant say that I will be one of the first to buy his album. I don’t buy rap music like that neway.
It’s funny how if he is indeed trying to impress the yt people because the today show got him confused with Joe Budden and people.com called Mr. beyonce so good luck with that.. The only rapper i see mainstream media talk about alot is Kanye.
LUDA!!!yes!
i know jay-z said he would retire but im excited about this one!
and i sent CL the new joe budden songs Who pt 1 & 2 and ya’ll havent posted them..why?!
I’m looking forward to all 3 of these albums!
I’m so sawwie cuz I am a Jay Z fan but…..why won’t he just retire already?
odang..talking about spilling da beans. Timbaland shut up already.. Jay seems to be a private person so he betta watch those loose lips b4 they sank his ship. LOL the ablum aint even dropped that when u reel’em in.
Anyway.. LUV Me SUm LUDA.
Jay has bored me for a while, but like a lot of Timbaland’s production so I’ll be looking for the album anyway.
Luda’s album sound like it will be interesting and orignal.
Bobby V. It’s whatever with him. I don’t really look at him the same anymore since he made those red bone comments.
Swizz said he working with Jay too last week.
I heard about the Today Show mishap it was funny.
I’m tired of JAYZ. How long does he plan to rap….until he’s 80 years old? There comes a time in everyone’s career, when you truly RETIRE and enjoy the fruits of your labor.
He’s trying to get this international flava out there like he trying to take over the world or someting…. but no matter what you try or how good your music is, there will always be a vast population of people who will not like it. You simply can not, nor will you ever, please everyone.
Legends like Run DMC, Sugar Hill Gang, Dug E Fresh, and etc. have retired when they were at the top of their game. JAYZ is being greedy and trying way too hard now. He has nothing more to prove. SIT DOWN!!!!!!
@ Nothing but love = co-sign 100% .
…….I really enjoyed the American Gangster CD. Jay lost me as a fan after the chaos that went down with the Roc and that he has too many character flaws as a person. Kingdom Come was some garbage but he did his thang on AG.
…….I do not like Timbaland. People always comment Kanye’s ego but no one mentions how arrogant Timbaland is. No matter what interview he is in, he’s talking about how he is the greatest, how no producer in the game can touch him, taking verbal shots at others, but no one points this out. I don’t like his steroid taking azz.
…….I’ve always loved my Luda. He is one of the most underrated rappers in the game. It is time for him to switch up his flow because come on now Luda, even 50 switches up his flow well so I know you would spit fire if you did.
…….I don’t think I know any other Bobby V song outside of Blackberry Molasses and Slow Down. Next!!
Jigga owes Def Jam one more album! He’s knocking it out asap,and then he’ll be free!
I want Jay to stop right about now. So basically he’s releasing a POP album. That’s basically what “international” is. When you try to go international as an R&B artist or a rapper you’re basically going pop. I guess.
He’s probably trying to outdo Lil Wayne’s first week sales. Which I doubt will happen, unless he pulles a big publicity stunt, which he’s notorious for.
Can we PLEASE stop with all of the hating?!?! Hip-Hop heads, I know you’re out there….so feel me on this one. Why is Hip Hop music the only genre that have these ignorant fans that are always crying “….sit down….he’s too old….?” NO other genre of music has such feeble minded fans. The man is making albums for TRUE Jay Z fans. Ice Cube does the same; he continues to make music for ICE CUBE fans. You find out who the TRUE fans are when they release albums that may not be CRITICALLY acclaimed, but reach the fans that appreciate the craft of true MC’s. Do U2 fans ever cry about Bono being too old? How about Elton John fans, or Aerosmith fans, for that matter? No….only black folks have that crab-in-the- barrell mentality that tries to limit the TRUE artists of the hip-hop genre. THINK OUTSIDE OF THE BOX.
***********Well said 49 I think the issue is that Jay said he was going to retire
***********that it was a wrap and he did but true fans like myself I knew he would
**********return. Tony Bennett, U2, Madonna, Prince even still rock stages
*********** around the world and like you said no one is saying they are to old. **************Even Rev. Run has returned to this stage. Imagine someone telling you
***************that you can’t do the job you love because your too old. I believe Jay
************* has true passion for what he does. Let me get off my stan box 4 2day
American Gangster “awful” What??! Are you on some kind of …. Nevermind, I
digress… and regardless to what scientific studies have concluded, opinions are going to out live the cockroach by 5 billion years! Whatever.. C-EST LA VIE… But and however, American Gangster is an incredible album!! From top to bottom.. period! American Gangster “awful” :laughing: The F outta here!
Yo for real… and I say this with the most sincerity, I AM TRUELY AFRAID OF THE FUTURE!.. Based on comments like that and the release of the majority of the music over this last 5 yrs or so, It’s a WRAP!!
*****You people must have forgotten that Jay-Z inked a $150 million deal w/Live ******Nation earlier this year. He owe’s them 3 more Albums so please stop saying ******retired, because you will at least see/hear from him for 3 more years. Also, I ******don’t know what you’ll talking bout American Gangsta was garbage…I guess ******you can tell this is the watered down Rap blog. Real rap heads love the album! *
******But as always…if you not feeling him fine…cost you nothing…pay him no mind!
I guess that Jay z and Timbo finally settled this thing they had going. It probably took Timbo to recognize Jay has one of the best rapper ever and Jay to acknowledge that Timbo is the one of the best producer ever. Only Timbo has THAT sound. That man is a genius. Static Major could have done great things too (Rip), Lollipop
has “interresting” lyrics but the “riddim” is hitting the target.
Call me crazy but i’ve never liked Jay Z & prolly neva will, i don’t particularly care much for his music either. Ludacris has been dry for the last few yrs so i hope he comes hard this time. & i love Bobby V, so good luck 2 him.
“No seriously didn’t jay z say that he was retiring after that black album??…..he needs to just stop, hes ruined his legacy..” Co-sign! So what’s one more album down the drain?!
I just wish Concrete Loop would have given credit to http://getwhitit.blogspot.com and http://www.stayondeck.com for their information on Bobby V.
Also for those who don’t know and who care (i know many of you all dont, LOL) , he’ll also have his own label. Blu Kolla Dreams
you all need to quite hating on jay who cares how old he is! he is an icon and will be bringing the fire with timbo producing. maybe we need him to show us where hip hop is cause its lost right now, no one knows where to go with hip hop. example being every artist has a song out right now that is filled will voice synths everyone sounds like tpain right now.
The only people that could dare think that JAYZ is an icon for rap music has to be about 20 years old and under. You probably were no where around to hear real geniuses like Tupac, Biggie, Curtis Blow, Run DMC, Tribe Called Quest, etc. and just about all the cats in the late 70′s and 80′s that pioneered rap music.
I give JayZ his props, but legendary, in my opinion HARDLY. The other rap geniues have either left the game to do bigger things, or are no longer with us. JayZ is in your face so all you can see is him. Don’t get it twisted, he’s a product, not a prodigy.
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Man I cant wait for this Jay album I just wanna see where Tim takes it musically this time.