If she was really up on her shit, she would get Ne-Yo. (dead serious)

TheFemaleNumber6 said:

what worked for me, personally, with erotica was the combination of rnb styles with that new york, urban house sound that was so distinct to that time period. there was a very underground club sound going on in erotica that was indicative of the underground club scene at the time.

MikeMatronik said:

lol!!! Hilarious...that bitch has been a sell out her whole career...thats why muscians hate her.

To be honest, Neptunes at their best in R&B sound like they're riffing off of Prince or MJ, which I don't mind (to say the LEAST), but I actually can't imagine Madonna on a track like.. say, Gwen's "U Started It".

She's really challengeing her fans...."I dare you to buy this album". Five years ago, maybe but I'm so suck of that sound and everything! Let's just hope this is the inital talking and shit....Wasn't Dr. Dre supposed to be a producer on AL (that would've been an interesting album).

Moonbeam said:

me too, madonna never disappoints!

I wouldn't really worry about this rumor.Whenever Madonna starts an album,there are always a million rumors about who she will work with,what the album will sound like,and what direction she will take.The finished project is always something entirely different.Right now,I think she's at the "demo stage"...recording tracks,trying new ideas,seeing what works and what doesn't.


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VinnyM27 said:

See? That's my point.We always hear crazy rumors when she starts working on an album.In 2002,we heard that Dr.Dre would be producing a track for 'American Life'

SoulAlive said:

^^ realness

MikeMatronik said:

Relax,it's fake we're gonna hear alot of crazy rumors in the next six months or so

MikeMatronik said:

So many contradictions in this article,lol.They say that Madonna is going to "work on a new album soon" but then they turn around and say that "it won't be happening any time soon this year"? Stuart Price has already confirmed that the new CD will be released in 2007.They also insist that Stuart Price "will not be on board as a main producer for this album" but his recent comments seem to suggest otherwise.


MadonnaTribe is a good site,but I think they're just trying to top Drownedmadonna....trying to "beat them to the punch" with the latest "news".These two sites have been feuding in recent years.Drownedmadonna is usually the most reliable source.

can't wait for this to flop

but the sads part is it probably won't

Dewrede said:

You'll be first in line to buy it.Admit it,you're Madonna's little bitch

I dont find this a believable article. Why would Stuart Price indicate that the album was near complete - and that he and Madonna had produced it with some top producers of the moment. People have been going a little nuts since he mentioned that shed be doing some R&B, so i think this is just a rumour thats come out of that hysteria.

In terms of Producers madonna has used, she's only ever really used established producers on The First Album, Like A Virgin & Bedtime Stories. All her other records have been produced with people who are essentially DJ's or remixers or musicians with little to no Production experience:

Mark Kamins
Jellybean
Steve Bray
Pat Leonard
Shep Pettibone
Andre Betts
William Orbit
Mirwais
Stuart Price

Im not saying these guys were unkonwns, but they were hardly shit hot producers setting the charts ablaze. The only top producers she's used are

Nile Rogers
Babyface
Dallas Austin
Dave Hall
Nellee Hooper
David Foster

Generally speaking, she makes her best music with people she takes a chance on. I have no problem with her doing r&b stuff. I love Bedtime Stories, and the Hip Hop / R&B fusions on Erotica still sound fresh today - however if she's using Pharrel to take her to the top of the charts - Im disappointed as she doesn't need to compromise herself like that. That said I dont beileve this rumour. Maybe Pharrel will produce a track - but not the album - it just wouldn't work right.

Glindathegood said:

This is true.No matter who she works with,she always puts her own "stamp" on the songs.She has her own identity.She's also not the type of artist who sits back and takes orders from a producer.She makes it clear,early on,that it is a collaboration.One of her earliest producers (Reggie Lucas,who produced "Borderline") actually complained about this,lol.He was used to working with artists who did whatever he told them to.Madonna had her own ideas.

shorttrini said:

The problem is...in 1994,R&B music was actually good.Babyface was in his prime and Dallas Austin was coming up with some amazing grooves ("Secret").In 2007,things are much different.Most of today's R&B is basically just smoothed-out hip-hop music....boring,midtempo,uninspired bullshit.In 1994,Madonna had no problem coming up with a great R&B album.These days,nobody can seem to come up with a decent R&B album.This is why I'm glad that she stays away from that music,works with European producers and stays away from the tired American music scene.It would be a shame if she now decided to change course.

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CrozzaUK said:

Yeah,people need to relax.Madonna isn't making a complete R&B album.Stuart pointed out the album will have some R&B on it,but he also said it will have dance music and rock too.

Paisley4u said:

Bullshit.In 1997 when she was working on ROL,William Orbit wasn't exactly a "hot" producer.In 2000 when she was working on 'Music',Mirwais wasn't exactly a "hot" producer.In 2005 when she was working on 'COADF',Stuart Price wasn't exactly a "hot" producer.Throughout most of her career,Madonna has stayed away from "flavor-of-the-moment" producers ('Bedtime Stories' was an obvious exception).Most of her producers only become known after they work with her.

SoulAlive said:

Except for Babyface and Austin...They were pretty hot at that moment....

murph said:

I said 'Bedtime Stories' was the exception

SoulAlive said:

I know!!!
Mikematronic all ready told me I was wrong informed
The critics I read over the years always state that Madonna has a good feeling of what is going on in the music scene and she always picks the right producers.I thought she only chooses the well-known producers,seems thet ARE
well-known...after working with her.
Never 2 old 2 learn
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sallysassalot said:

oh.most definitely.

SoulAlive said:

Soulalive is the voice of reason when it comes to these wild Madonna album rumours....Sure brings up quite a few, too, if I'm not mikstaken...

Why is it horrible news? Pharrell is schooling Prince at every turn. Better that she work with him instead of a dud like our Princey. She knows where the modern new Princesound comes from.

2freaky4church1 said:

bollocks

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CinisterCee said:

Ensoniq ASR-10?!? Who the hell uses hardware like that anymore?