(GEMS RADIO)—-Timbaland may just be one of the best hip hop producers if not one of the best producers in the game of our time right now. He reflects back on his career on two different podcasts this past week. He claims that modern music is not up to par and that AI is a useful tool.
He mentioned that the election not only divided the country but music as well. “It divided the music. It sounds bland, it sounds boring,” he said. “We talk about AI, but shit, that’s the only thing that has a pure soul right now that you could create something and express your true feelings and it comes out beautiful.”
He also mentions that his best work was with Jay and Beyoncé especially when he was off drugs. “Those times are drug-free, so when I look back at my highlights, that [period] is probably a dip. Even though it was still good, that’s just God-given talent in me. Like, God still having his hand on me — that’s why those songs were still beautiful, but they don’t have, like, FutureSex/LoveSounds in them.”
(GEMS RADIO)——After moving 298,000 copies of his new album, Music, Playboi Carti is really unhappy with the results. It is the biggest debut in the rap genre this year thus far. It also beats Taylor Swift’s opening streams with The Tortured Poets Department. So what is Carti so upset about? He posted this on social media: “320”. Meaning he should have sold 320,00 units instead of 298,000. He continued to […]
