And then begin picking up canned rations and sterno, because a hard rain’s gonna fall. Ashlee Simpson’s new album is being (partially) produced by Timbaland:
Meanwhile, a new sound from Ashlee is banging on the speakers, a more tribal, dangerous, seductive sound, filled with beats and synth lines. “Here, in the dark, is where I find the light,” she sings, in a slow, slinky way. “I’ve got a monkey on my back, get it off,” she then sings in a near-rap. “I get away with murder,” she drawls. Travis McCoy from Gym Class Heroes sneaks in a rap about how she has “diplomatic immunity.”
“This is really fun for me,” Ashlee says. “I’ve always done guitar-based songs, and seeing what we can do with beats is so amazing.”
I’m guessing it goes something like “lardy drums, trancey squiggle riff, incongruous funny noise that gets irritating by the fifth listen,” but I wouldn’t want to suggest Mssr. Mosley is tracing a template these days or anything. But seriously: Ashlee Simpson?? Was this common knowledge? Have the Video Music Awards destroyed my short-term memory and I already knew this? Does the man have any standards left or did the creatine rot the part of the brain that controls aesthetic discernment? Who cries for Aaliyah? And really, I’m no Furtado fan, but Nelly should be offended by the MTV article even offhandedly making the comparison.
Ashlee’s great. Haters.
Well, then, if the other rumor is true, this could mean Timbaland producing a track with Robert Smith. Now that’d be fascinating, so long as they cut out the middlewoman.
This doesn’t matter to me in the slightest! I rule!
Travis ain’t helping the cause. What cause there is.
From SexyBack to RexyBack.
It’s Wentz’s monkey she’s got on her back!
Someone explain the draw of Travis, please?
Good lord, I hate the “good girl gone bad” trend. It’s like, is the next JoJo record gonna have her showing some pink on the cover or something?
Also, I cringe to think that everything Timbaland produces from now on is going to sound like bad, bad house music ca. 1997 — please, please let this be a short-lived phase.
Isn’t Timbaland supposed to be super expensive? Who is the moron funding this?
Good girl gone bad trend? More like, my music fucking sucks, I’ll just do a little bit of that hip-hopping the kids buy– not because i am fan of the genre, but because i will do whatever sells, trend.
Why aren’t you a fan of Furtado’s?