Justin Timberlake’s FutureSex/LoveSounds record “My Love,” which featured a guest verse from Atlanta rapper T.I., was one of numerous standout’s from the crooner’s second solo album and even went on to win a Grammy Award for “Best Rap/Sung Collaboration” in 2007. But according to Timberlake, the record was close to featuring a guest verse from another noted emcee.
While speaking with Power 105.1’s The Breakfast Club, Timberlake revealed that it was Jay Z who was first approached about a guest appearance on the Timbaland-produced “My Love.” Due to Jay Z’s work on a project of his own and Beyonce’s “Déjà Vu,” the “Suit & Tie” singer says the rapper was unable to appear on “My Love.”
“I wanted to do a record with him on FutureSex/LoveSounds and he at that time had done a record with Beyonce, it was ‘Déjà Vu.’ And he said—respectfully, I can’t knock him for saying like I have this one feature,” Timberlake explained. “I think he was working on his own music as well so he didn’t want to be on too many things. And I said, ‘I totally respect that. I’m obviously not gonna get into any domestic anything. That’s your wife.’ But the record was ‘My Love.’ And it ended up being an interesting blessing in disguise because I think Tip for that record—I mean his verse is phenomenal.”
The Magna Carta Holy Grail rapper did eventually collaborate with Timberlake on his The 20/20 Experience record “Suit & Tie” and also toured alongside the songster as part of their “Legends Of The Summer” tour.
“It was unbelievable,” said Timberlake while speaking on his experience touring with Jay Z. “For him, to kind of give me real creative license to put, musically, to put the show together and to trust me with that, it obviously meant a lot…It’s the best show I’ve ever been a part of.”
The songster later spoke on his close relationship with producer and longtime collaborator Timbaland, an artist he considers a brother. According to Timberlake, it’s their close relationship he feels is responsible for creating “better music.”
“Us doing that music together breathed such life back into him,” he revealed. “At that time, I think it’s the best work he’d ever done on a grand scale. Obviously his work with Missy and Aaliyah and Ginuwine is the reason I sought him out for ‘Cry Me A River.’ It wasn’t for ‘Cry Me A River,’ that’s what came out of it on the first album. But we’re like brothers. We’ve become such family…That’s the type of bond that doesn’t get broken and better music comes out of that.”
Timberlake’s interview with The Breakfast Club comes just weeks before the September 27 release of The 20/20 Experience 2 Of 2, an album which serves as the sequel to The 20/20 Experience.
Video of the singer’s interview can be found below (via Rap Radar).
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20 years ago, no normal hip hop artist would fuck with or even get near a white pop artist. Now pop and hip are becoming the same genre. I blame people like Puff for all of this bullshit.
yeah like eating chinese food in AMERIKKKA
fucking chinks gotta get their nasty ass chicken outta here
we gotta stay PURE. white people only! steak and potatoes! fuck collard greens fuck fried chicken
i understand what you’re saying BRAH.
What about Fab Five Freddy and Blondie? Or Grandmaster D.ST and Herbie Hancock? Or Run DMC and Aerosmith?
aerosmith, blondie and herbie hancock are real artists
don’t compare justin timberlake to them
justin timberlake is a pure product from major labels who used to train boys band like n’sync
fuck outta here !! i don’t buy this justin timberlake shit ! hip-hop is turning real fagg right now !
500 YEARS AGO NIGGAZ WERE SLAVES
hip hop is world wide, and that is the reason guys like puff, jay, baby, are such big names in rap. so the collaborations only help this art grow bigger, and help poor kids from the hood have an opportunity aside from sports and drug dealing. so lets be grateful and use the opportunities instead of complaining and lets dead all this “if” type of talk
My Love is Timbalands best beat and Hov missed that train, TIP killed it though
Soul Temple is a scam.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6W1tG-m4NSU
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no they havent moron, their album came out on October 9, 2012 and Kendrick album came out October 22, 2012
timberlake has nothin to do with hip-hop
fuck outta here !!
As much as Jay is known to bring it on features, T.I. killed it on that track!
Ya I don’t even think Jigga could have matched TIP’s flow on that…plus that track brought JT to the forefront on the rap community.
T.I fucking killed dat verse. JT made the right decision
THAT WOULD’VE BEEN TERRIBLE… TIP KILT IT!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oTOQhICG9P4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ExH5VU5iq9Q
Why is Justin changing his story? Jay Z snubbed him when he asked Jigga for a feature
http://rollingout.com/music/justin-timberlake-says-thanks-to-snub-collabo-with-jay-z-unlikely/
Jay the best but I cant front, TI killed that verse.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rMKXheW_pZ4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KsnAk6tjsts
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ckER5Ijn0-c
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9pv7GZN_sPM