Timbaland - "Covers Blown" (feat. Keri Hilson & Attitude)

Timbaland - "Covers Blown" (feat. Keri Hilson & Attitude) [Prod by Timbaland & Danja]

Here, finally is the full version of "Cover's Blown" which many people have wanted for agessss!

As Edwin says on the Danja Blog, this is a unmastered track as the backing track sounds muddy. 

This track was originally made or Shock Value (SV1) and was later a possible track for Keri's debut album "In a Perfect World" - it made neither of these albums and I understand why...

This sounds like a solo Danja production to me, but it isn't...  as it sounds very similar to some of Keri/Danja tracks I have heard!

Do you agree?

Props to Edwin!

[DANJA BLOG]

Marcella Araica interview

Here's an interview of Marcella Araica aka Ms. Lago by mmusicmag.com.
Check the parts of it that mention Timbo:

How did you meet Danja?
I’d been working with Timbaland for a few years and he was thinking about retiring, so he brought in Danja to join the team and follow in his footsteps. The first time I met him in the studio, he walked over to Tim’s equipment and started messing around on the Korg Triton keyboard. In 10 minutes he created a beat that was phenomenal. I remember thinking, “Who is this kid?” Danja and I would be in the studio with each other for 12 hours a day, so we started growing with each other.

How did the partnership evolve?
Tim’s music would come out of the speakers and smack you in the face. The challenge with Danja in the beginning was that he could make phenomenal beats, but his music came out of the speakers sounding tiny. So I’d tell him, “Give me your parts and I’ll rough mix them for you and make them sound bigger than life.” Given that I had this studio at my fingertips 12 hours a day, I started mixing his music more and more and getting a feel for the sounds he likes. That’s how I became his sole engineer—I learned who he was as a producer. We met Keri Hilson a few months later when Tim signed her to his label [Mosley Music]. I have a 300GB hard drive of music that nobody will ever hear, because for the first six months we would just go into the studio and create. That’s how I got to learn Keri, and how I got to be such a big part of her music and album-making process. I became so familiar with her voice, recording and mixing, that Tim trusted nobody else to mix her vocals.

Recall your favorite sessions.
Working on the album Loose [2006] with Nelly Furtado was like family meeting at the clubhouse every day. All those records came out of a vibe session. I worked with Timbaland, [sound engineer] Demo and Danja on that project. Demo had a 64-channel SSL 9000 J mixing console and we were recording to two Pro Tools HD 4 systems. Danja and Tim would work on building tracks on their keyboards with headphones on—I’d be recording Danja and Demo would be recording Tim—so they wouldn’t know what each other was working on. But when it was time to put the tracks on the speakers and present what they’d made, it all made sense. There was a lot of, “Let’s put this part in here and shift this there,” and it would come together as a song. Then Nelly would come in and sing. The product that’s out there was based on vibe and pure free spirit. That was one of my favorite projects.

for the whole interview, visit mmusicmag.com.

Interesting to read that Timbaland got Danja to his camp to step into his footsteps because Tim thought about retiring...
And damn, I wanna hear those Keri songs on this 300 GB hard-drive!


props to Ed from the Danja Blog!

50 Cent - "Keep It Coming"

After getting "You Should Be Dead" a while ago, this newly leaked song here is (probably) another leak from the studio session between Timbo & 50 Cent during the making of his 'Curtis' album. "Keep It Coming" by 50 Cent, produced by Timbaland [and possibly Danja, if it's really from '07]
Check it out:


50 Cent - "Keep It Coming"


Thoughts?

"Round Da Way Tim 2.0"?

In case some of y'all didn't catch one of Tim's latest tweets, here it is:

@Timbaland007:
"yo danja added some sounds to http://www.timbalandthursdays.com/2011/01/round-da-way-tim/ crazyyy i may have to re release dat joint" - link

Let's hope we don't have to wait too long to hear the "Round Da Way Tim" version with additional production by Danja!
Might be also the first track we'll here with Timbaland, Wizz Dumb & Danja on the same beat...(well, Wizz on the background vocals)

Danja "studio stories"

Also an article from Vibe.com, an interview with Danja where he talks about stories from some song with Timbo and solo productions.
Check out the parts with Timbo mentioned:

"WHAT GOES AROUND... COMES AROUND"/ "MY LOVE" - JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE

"We didn’t discuss any concepts with Future Sex/Love Sounds, everything just came out. 'What Goes Around' was the very first song we did for the start of that album. I like to have the studio for a little bit before anyone, so I got in there before Timb and when he came I just started playing that core sound with the guitar. Then he came right in with the drums. And Justin just started walking around the room humming melodies. The track took a couple hours and the song took two days.

'My Love' came after "What Goes Around." Timb did a track before where I was just stuck questioning why am I even doing this. I think I was stuck for one day or two. Funny because that song he did didn’t even make the album even though Justin did a song to it… 'My Love' changed the whole album. I had some songs I was experimenting with and I kept asking how can I flip this. Justin had this guy named J Anderson and he heard what I was doing in my headphones and was like ‘What the fuck is that?!’ I heard dance and techn and was always interested in it but didn’t really know where to go. But I went to a club one night and saw that people were losing their mind to these dance tracks. It wasn’t really that I wanted to mimic that sound. I just wanted to have that energy and have people going crazy. So I knew the fusion was putting R&B with trance. As soon as I put the boom boom kat, I knew it.

A lot of [that track] is definitely me and Timb came through and added a couple of things later, he beatboxed on it of course and add a couple little sounds. The basis of it was is me and then we collaborated on the finish of it. The energy from that song carried for a long time. That whole album brought a newness to the business.
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"SEXY BACK" - JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE

"'My Love" was the track that definitely carried the energy for the rest of the album. After that we did 'Sexy Back', 'Summer Love', 'The End Of Time,' 'Sexy Ladies'… all within an hour the next day. We was feeling good [laughs]

I still don’t understand the title of 'Sexy Back', but it worked [laughs]. Everyone from Access Hollywood to MTV was saying he’s bringing sexy back, but we didn’t think that deep about it. There was no conversation about it. I'm bringing sexy back was the first thing out of Justin's mouth when he was listening to that track. It was an unorthodox chorus and just took off. It’s incredible watching Justin work because he’s like a rapper freestyling. I had no idea that he wrote that well. If I could go back into the studio and find one shred of paper with one lyric from that album, I’d sell it on Ebay for $2 million. But I’m never going to find that piece of paper. He wrote these songs all in his head. That’s rare. It was incredible."
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“PROMISCUOUS GIRL” - NELLY FURTADO

"Me and Timabalnd did that song before we even got in the studio with Nelly. We did the whole album for Nelly, then we played that song and she was a little bit iffy [and said] we’ll come back to it. But throughout the making of the album, it left room for that. That was literally the last song we recorded and became the biggest hit. It was just one of those unstoppable records."

Thanks to edwin again fro the heads-up.

Timbaland Thursday: "Lil Apartment"

After a little drama that "they" (blackground?) is tryin to shut down TimbalandThursdays, Timbo says "you cant shut me down baby i still do wat i want. i'm the king baby lets go".
On this Thursday Timbo goes into his vault and releases "Lil' Apartment" featuring Attitude & Six2 in high quality. (well because it already leaked some time ago as "I'm A Real N****")
Check it out:

Timbaland feat. Attitude & Six2 - "Lil' Apartment"
(produced by Timbaland & Danja)

download: "Lil Apartment" (right-click/save as)

Thoughts?

Timbaland Vault: Twista - "Don't Blow My High"

Another Thursday gone by, and Timbo gives us "Don't Blow My High"!!
A SICK SICK freestyle track by Twista and produced by the incredible team consisting of Timbaland & Danja!
We're also getting the news that Timbaland Thursdays are finally starting in Junuary 2011.
Check out the song below:


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So, what do you think?

Timbaland Vault: D.O.E. - "The Set Up"

It's that time of the week already where Timbo gets to his Twitter account and drops an unreleased track out of his vault!
Well but first he wanted to introduce another artist from his camp...D.O.E.
Check out what he had to say:

"OK, so i got to introduce this next person that is involved with the makin of this Shock Value 3 project I'm workin on. He is a dope azz writer and artist and his dedication is serious. Like if I am performin in Dubai he will find his way out there to perform. Some of yall may remember him from my music video 'The Way I Are' http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U5rLz5AZBIA feat. @MissKeriBaby.
I also did his whole album that never got released. Timbo wants you to follow from the Timbo Camp @ITSDOE.
So now with that bein said let's go into the Timbo Vault. this is "The Set Up" by @itsdoe:"


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also follow Brian Byrd, the guy behind the Perception Media Group! @Byrd757

Mike Walla - "Tell Me" (prod. by Hannon Lane)

Check out this track by Mike Walla called "Tell Me" with Hannon on the beat.
Listen below:

Mike Walla - "Tell Me"
(produced by Hannon Lane)


It was made a couple of years ago....just like 24 other tracks by him produced by Danja. You can check them out on the Danja Blog (part1, part2).
Big props to edwin from the Danja Blog for the find!

Twitter updates....

just like last time, some stuff people from Timbo's camp wrote on twitter or other people wrote about him....for the guys who don't have an account.

@DaRealJimBeanz:
"MY NEW ARTIST IS THE SH*T... TIMBO'S ON BOARD, AND THE WRITERS FOR THE PROJECT ARE THE BEST IN THE GAME... #DONTsayIdidntWARNyou"


@mlspence[president of the Mosley Music Group]:
"I think shock value 3 is coming very soon"


@ItsDOE:
"At Record plant with Timbo, @DaRealPetey, @DaRealsebastian and Polow Da Don.....@MissKeriBaby album is CRAZY!!!!!!!!"

"Big homie Timbo bought everybody in the studio iced out bracelets...good looks"

"In the studio with @Boi1da and my Canadian connects"


@TinaSugandh:
"About to listen to final version of my upcoming single "So Good" featuring Fat Joe. Producer Charlie Hype and @DaRealJimBeanz KILLED. IT."
[video shot by Paul Coy Allen]


@NewAgeRockStars:
"listening to a couple of DANJA and TIMBO productions.....cant deny our magic...."

Madonna - "Latte / La, La"

It seems the leaks from the 'Hard Candy' sessions didn't stop with "Animal". Now we've got another track by Madonna called "Latte"!
Or might it really be called "La, La"? Some of you guys may remember an interview with Timbaland on MTV. If not, then here's a brief reminder.
What Timbo said back in '07:

"Ah, man. There's this one song, we taking it back to 'You must be my luck-eee starrrr!' ... Remember 'Ugly' by Bubba Sparxxx? I got a beat similar to that. The hook is no words. It's saying stuff named after coffee — all these different names for coffee — is the hook. ... The name of the song is 'La, La.'"
- mtv.com

Might this be the long awaited "coffee-song" that we just get to hear?
Listen and tell us what you think:

Madonna - "Latte / La, La"
(prod. by Timbaland & Danja)

Madonna - "Animal"

Only days after we got the 2nd version of "Across The Sky", another song by Madonna from the 'Hard Candy' sessions leaks on the net. It's the fast-paced Timbaland/Danja produced track called "Animal"!
And I think I'm also hearing backing vocals by Justin Timberlake...
Check it out below:

Madonna - "Animal"
(prod. by Timbaland & Danja)


What do you think of this track? Good or bad choice to not put it on 'Hard Candy'?

Madonna feat. Justin Timberlake - "Across The Sky" (2nd version)

After a long wait, we've got the second version of Madonna's "Across The Sky", which was made for her album 'Hard Candy'.
Definitely has a much better quality than the the previous one, though some of the sounds are missing.
But check it out for yourself:

Madonna feat. Justin Timberlake- "Across The Sky"
(prod. by Timbaland & Danja)

Which of these 2 versions do you prefer? Should it make the cut to 'Hard Candy'?


Personally, I prefer the other version with all these other sounds in it...

Keri Hilson - "How Does It Feel" [Alternate Version]

Always a nice thing hearing alternate versions of Timbaland tracks. Today we got an alternate of the 'In A Perfect World...' track "How Does It Feel" by Keri Hilson, which was produced by Timbo & Danja. It's full of DJ drops and weird thunder sounds though...
Check it out below:

Keri Hilson - "How Does It Feel" [Alternate]
(prod. by Timbaland & Danja / written by Keri Hilson & Jim Beanz)

Thoughts on it?


props to edwin for the track...

50 Cent - "You Should Be Dead"

Finally, we get to hear the full version of "You Should Be Dead" by 50 Cent. Originally, it was made for his 2007 album 'Curtis', but, in contrast to "Ayo Technology", it didn't make the cut.
We already reported back in October '09, where we heard parts of the beat for the first time (MTV's The Diary Of Timbaland).
Alright, now sit back and listen to the full track:

50 Cent - "You Should Be Dead" (prod. by Timbaland & Danja):

Thoughts on the track?


props to Edwin for the find!

Kiley Dean - "Headcase" (Ayo Technology Remix)

After getting to hear Kiley Dean's Remix of Timbaland's second SVII single "Say Something" (click here), she's giving us another Remix to the 2 year old track "Ayo Technology" by 50 Cent feat. Justin Timberlake & Timbaland!
Check it out:





So what's the next Timbo hit Kiley Dean is going to remix?

Flo Rida feat. Brisco & Billy Blue - "Goodnight"

Three signees off the Poe Boy Music Group join forces and make a Remix of Dirty Money's current single "Hello, Good Morning" produced by Danja. And one of them is the MMG signee Billy Blue!
Check it out:

Flo Rida feat. Brisco & Billy Blue - "Goodnight"

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props to Edwin...

Madonna - "Across The Sky" (feat. Justin Timberlake)

Madonna - "Across The Sky" (Feat. Justin Timberlake)

Well here it is!! Some of us have heard of this track but only now can we hear it! Should have been on Hard Candy? Clearly an Timbo/Danja collab.... Tell us what you think!

Keri Hilson is workin with Timbo on....

I'm sure some of you twitter people following Keri already read it tweets like:
"Heading to studio with Timbo the King...day 2 of our hit making spree :)"
or
"Kinda craving radical change lately. Gotta live in LA for a few mos (recordn w/Tim, Polow, & Danja). That + the music's gonna feed my soul"

Yep, Keri is back in the studio with Timbo, Polow and Danja!!
But for what? The rerelease of In A Perfect World...? The rerelease of Shock Value II? A new project? Or just makin' music for other artists?

Now think hard, when was the last time Timbaland, Polow Da Don, Danja and Keri Hilson worked on a project together.....right! It was Keri's debut album In A Perfect World...
But they are NOT workin on a rerelease.

They are workin on......Keri Hilson's NEW ALBUM!!!!


You heard it here first, on TTB. ;)

Timbaland & Justin Timberlake perform SV2 tracks [Update]

Check out the Timbo & Justin live performance of the Shock Value 2 track "Carry Out" in Las Vegas.



This is one hot Timbo/JT collabo. And check this little extra at the end. They performin this song with Beatboxing!! ;)

props to c0kelife for the find...

[Update:]
And now check out the tracks they performed at the After Party:

Timbo & Justin perform "Crazy Girl":


Man, you hear the sample in that track? No? Then listen closely, it's at the second part of the hook! Timbo already used that sample in another song.
The track he already used that sample is "I Love Them Girls" by Tank.
This weird screaming voice that begins at around 6 sec, if you know what I mean lol.


What do think? Timbo re-using his old samples...