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LAS VEGAS
— 'NSYNC will head into 'NSync plan to work primarily in their Florida homeland but may move out of state as the project progresses, Joey Fatone said. Though the members of 'NSYNC vow to do more songwriting and producing this time around, they said they hope to team up again with No Strings Attached collaborators She'kspere and Richard Marx. She'kspere produced "It Makes Me Ill," while Marx wrote and produced "This I Promise You," which recently peaked at #5 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart. "Just being in the studio with Richard Marx was such a cool feeling, 'cause he's someone I listened to when I was younger and looked up to," Fatone said. Timberlake said the group isn't sure whether it'll release a fourth single from March's No Strings Attached, which is certified 10 times platinum. In other 'NSYNC news, Timberlake recently joined Brian McKnight for a duet on "My Kinda Girl," a track on the R&B crooner's next album, due in the spring. "He's easy," McKnight told reporters at Tuesday's awards show. "Exactly how you see him on TV — that's exactly how he is for real. He wants to give to everybody. He's not one of these guys who's so successful that he knows everything. He still wants to learn; he still wants to absorb everything. I think he's going to be around for a very, very long time." The as-yet-untitled LP will be McKnight's first to feature guest artists; Stevie Wonder also makes an appearance.
Somewhere in the 796,3 The lineup hasn't been altered a bit, of course, and there's been a wealth of personal growth among the guys — new business and artistic ventures and walks down the wedding aisle. No, these changes won't be apparent 'til you check out the new album for yourself. MTVi News' Brian Hiatt and Robert Mancini had the good fortune to chat with A.J. McLean about those changes, such as the guys writing their own songs and pumping up the tempo and increasing the funk. All-around forays into uncharted BSB musical territory, like songs that have "a Latin/urban feel with this drill march behind it" — oh, you'll just have to hear A.J. explain it himself. So pull up a chair and let Mr. McLean guide you through Black & Blue, from the guys' first baby steps into songwriting to choosing the album title to speculation about which track will be the next single. Enjoy. |
a Florida studio in January to begin experimenting with new music for their
fourth album, the group said Tuesday.We're going to spend January and
February in there and see what we can come up with," member Justin
Timberlake said on the red carpet at the Billboard Music Awards.
20-odd
minutes that passed between the release of the Backstreet Boys' Millennium
and the just-issued Black & Blue, the group went through a lot of
changes.