Just thought about it, it's been awhile since we've heard ANYTHING from him! Anyone heard any news?

LAS VEGAS — Justin Timberlake has already recorded "really dope" collaborations with Snoop Dogg, Will.I.Am and Nelly Furtado for his second solo album, and now he's contemplating whether to do more.

"I feel that I'm in kind of a good place with the small cast that I have right now, because they're heavy hitters, definitely," he said recently. "But I'll have to see which direction it goes. If it makes sense, then I'll do it, but if not, I don't want to push it."

Will.I.Am is also producing tracks for the album, along with Timbaland and Rick Rubin (see "Don't Expect Justified 2: Timberlake Enlists Rick Rubin For New LP"). In fact, after collaborating on back-to-back Peas tracks (the first being the smash "Where Is the Love?"), Timberlake and Will formed their own production team called the Jawbreakers. Along with tracks for each other, they've worked with Charlie Wilson and Macy Gray.

"Will does stuff on his own and I do stuff on my own, but it's obviously a pleasure when we get to work together, so why not?" Timberlake said. "It's like golf — it's something you can do 30 years from now. I was like, 'Who knows what's going to happen to us as artists, but let's keep doing stuff for everybody else too.' "

Will and Timberlake have finished at least four songs together (see "Timberlake Feeling Will.I.Am's Love All Over Again On New LP"), although it looks like Timbaland will be the biggest contributor, especially since the Neptunes are out due to their dispute with Jive Records over the Clipse (see "Sayonara, Señorita: Pharrell, Justin May Never Record Together Again"). Timbaland and Timberlake collaborated on four Justified tracks, including "Cry Me a River."

"Tim and I have a very interesting connection when it comes to music," Justin said. "We just kinda understand each other 'cause we're both Southern and we both kinda think the same way about life. I just worked with him for like 10 days and came out with like eight or nine songs with lyrics, melodies, vocals, everything! Now it's just a matter of going back and tweaking them and really fine-tuning them and putting the bells and whistles around the foundation."

Timberlake plans to keep recording through the spring and release the album in the summer. So far there's no title for the project.

"I don't even have titles for the songs yet," he said. "I come up with the title for the record when [Jive] gives me a deadline. And then I'll come up with something off the top of my head."

— Corey Moss

BlaqueKnight said:

guitarslinger44 said:

He's mowing my lawn.

Don't like him but I love his movie Edison cool action flick.

Fuck i feel sorry for artist i don't think i can ever work under a "deadline"
would drive me nutz...

i would like to see Justin produe something himself instead of having this allstar cast of producers colorize his shit...

Mara said:

After the whole "it was Janet's idea" crybaby crap and the urban backlash~he disappeared

PleasurePrinciple said:

he's such a mama's boy...but them i'm not one to talk

guitarslinger44 said:

I for one have enjoyed the silence.

Pharrell is now trying to sing the type of songs he used to write for Justin.

http://www.prince.org/msg/8/190852

CinisterCee said:

Pharrell can't sing... lol i think pharrel's range consist of one falsetto octave lol
which he performs poorly

EmbattledWarrior said:

lol

Where in the world did I hear rumors of Justin learning guitar? I'm like "...wtf?"

EmbattledWarrior said:

You used Artist and Justin in the same post.

silly goose

guitarslinger44 said:

hes got that movie alpha dog finally comin out.i read hes talking vocal lessons but not for singing but acting.his feels his young sounding voice prevents him from getting serious roles.

UndercovaBrotha said:

You read it on this website. JT's been playing goodtar for yeras, but it was rumored that he's getting heavily schooled (don't know by whom) and is supposedly practicing like hell. When I read that I was thinking he was gonna go more the pop/rock route.

JT will be exposed without the Neptunes on board.

I like Pharrell's voice...

EmbattledWarrior said:

"one falsetto octave"
Thats Cold!

UndercovaBrotha said:

Shades of Andre 2000 (or is it 3000), huh? I remember seeing Ja-Rule, of all people, state on a talk show that he wanted to learn how to play guitar. Singer Michelle Branch, who was also on the show, offered to teach him how.

I would've taken her up on her offer