Timbaland is ready to release new music in the near future. During a recent interview with Variety, the accomplished producer said that he hopes to have his longtime collaborator, Missy Elliott, release a new album this summer. The Virginia native didn’t offer a specific date, but he did say that he dreams of putting it out around her birthday in July.
“We’ve got a lot of songs we’re gonna start recording soon, and my dream is to have it out around her birthday in July. I want it to sound how she looks — she looks incredible right now. We both look like we’re 19 again,” he said.
“I know how Missy works: It’s got to be new and fun — or maybe not so much new as kind of underground, and everything is upbeat. Some of it has a kind of Latin feel to it, almost a Bad Bunny effect, some of it’s kinda like underground Brazilian funk. People gonna eat it up — and it might reach a just a different demographic of people. It’s like it’s her doing… not reggaeton but Missy-ton.”
As far as collaborations are concerned, Timbaland said that he envisions having an artist like Young Miko or Bad Bunny on the project would be ideal.
“I would love to see her doing features with Latin artists, like I think Young Miko would be dope with Missy, and so would Bad Bunny,” he continued.
“I think that she could show them something. She’s already global, but this takes it to a different level.”
