Drownedmadona.com has posted an exclusive interview with Justin Timberlake that appears in today`s Hollywood Daily People issue, an industry publication not sold in stores.
In the interview Justin talks about his experience of working with Madonna:
Hollywood Daily People: You worked on Madonna’s new album with Timbaland. In what direction did you take her?
Justin Timberlake: Basically, our job was to reinvent her sound. My thing was producing her vocals – really experimenting with rhythm. Everything she does with rhythm is straightforward. What I do is more staccato and R&B. So the challenge for me was writing songs, then saying, “How can I make this sound more like Madonna?” I’m a big fan of her first album. So my mission was to write a modern-day “Holiday.” I wrote a cool house record for her called “Miles Away” that I think is a smash! She sounds great on it.
Hollywood Daily People: So is it an R&B Madonna?
Justin Timberlake: It’s an R&B/pop/dance record, but it’s still Madonna. Her voice still sounds like she’s 18 year old! It trips me out that she’s 49. She’s always been rough and tough. Her last couple of records, she’s like, “Rrrrrrr!”
Hollywood Daily People: How did she react to your ideas?
Justin Timberlake: A couple of times I pushed her in a direction where it took a minute before we saw eye to eye. Her approach was, “Well, I just haven’t done that.” And I was like, “Yeah, that’s why you should do it.”
Hollywood Daily People: So did you teach Madonna how to beatbox?
Justin Timberlake: [Laughs] No, no. We left that to me and Tim.
