Kelly Rowland Taps Pharrell Williams For New Album

Published: Wednesday 9th Apr 2014 by Sam
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Kelly Rowland is wasting no time piecing together of her fifth studio album.

Having recently announced her departure from Universal Republic, the R&B diva has begun work on the project as she mulls over the new label offers.

Billboard recently caught up with the ‘Motivation’ maven, who dished on the creation of the as-yet-untitled LP. What’s more, in news that will no doubt delight the singer’s ever loyal “Rowland Stones”, the 33-year-old revealed that she has already recruited hitmaker Pharrell Williams for the project.

Quotes and video await after the jump…

Stressing that she’s in the “beginning stages” of recording, the solo Grammy winner said:

“Pharrell [Williams] is on board. We already talked about it. I’d love for Timbaland to be on board. We’ve had discussions as well,” she continued to share. “I want to try to some new talent as well. There’s so much new talent… There’s somebody out there with something new to give and I’d love to tap into that as well.”

Peep the interview in its entirety below…

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Smart move given Pharrell’s stellar catalogue of hits and, of course, his current popularity – which is a marketable for anyone he’s affiliated with these days.

Their last offering ‘Street Life’, from Rowland’s recent ‘Talk A Good Game’ LP, was a ball of fire. Here’s hoping they bring more heat.

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  1. JOHNVIDAL April 9, 2014

    I see everybody can be called “diva” nowadays…

    • rowlandstones April 9, 2014

      Mariah is a legend we all no that , no need to downsize other artists.

    • Slaylendeia April 9, 2014

      Have all the seats!!!

    • BaddieBey April 9, 2014

      Sam needs to provide receipts on how in the allmighty f*** is kelly a diva!??

  2. whoiam April 9, 2014

    I like Kelly, but the reality is that she & Michelle will always be known as a member of Destiny Child. It does not matter what hitmakers they get.

    • IV April 9, 2014

      Shut up. You sound fk’n stupid.

      • whoami April 9, 2014

        I only sound stupid because I am been honest. Because you like someone it does not mean you have to blow smoke up their a***. The reality is what I said Kelly will always be known for being a member of Destiny’s Child, it does not make any difference how many solo albums she make. very few individuals can make that jump from being in a group to a solo career & been better known for their solo career. Obvious ones are Beyonce, Justin Timberlake & you have people like Teddy Prendergast, but very few

    • rowlandstones April 9, 2014

      U like her enjoy her music and shut up. If u don’t like her go support your fave and shut up also

    • Slaylendeia April 9, 2014

      Bye, kelly is known outside of dc

  3. laura April 9, 2014

    I don’t know what these idiots are talking about but
    I have been a Kelly fan since Dilemma and a I will be damn
    If she stops now.

    Lil wayne wasn’t the one who put cash money
    On the map, Neither was baby for that matter
    It was juvenile and then BG. It took
    Wayne years to be looked at as not only
    The face of his label but a credible rapper
    And even longer to be respected among
    Hiphop legends tons of mixtapes, albums
    And features is what got him there.

    I don’t care what y’all say I hope Kelly never stood trying.
    Rather you all try to down play or not. She has come a long way!
    There is absolutely no point in stoping now. She has her own
    Fans now and she means the world to us.

    I have been a die heart fan for 13 years I have all every song she has ever recorded.
    All of the songs that didn’t even make the cut.

    Where my Rowlandstones that remember the first time we heard the “What it do” snippet.
    Where my Rowlandstones that remember the first time you hear “Train on a track”
    Or hears the Vocals for “Love again” or the first remember when ” Like this” was originally
    Called “whoop” or the first time we heard commander in Australia at superfest .
    Or the first time heard “Down on love” or the first time we heard street life at
    The festival. Or the first time she hit a note similar to her idols Whitney.
    What about the first time you seen perform at Destiny child live in Atlanta.

    Rowlandstones list your favorite Kelly moment. Let these
    Haters know she has fans as Memeber of the legendary Destiny child.
    But we love her SOLO too.

    • Blackkupid April 9, 2014

      TAGG is still homegirls best effort vocally
      Songs like Red wine, I remember.
      Hope she keeps doing her! And try and recapture europe and australia cos she use 2 ve some serious fans there

      • Blackkupid April 9, 2014

        Remember WLTO performance @ miss universe
        Her falsetto is as clear as day and soothing as summer breeze. Her whitney and mariah tribute were impressive. I almost went mad with over flow of love when I 1st saw the video 4 motivation and WLTo 1 of her best till date

    • Slaylendeia April 9, 2014

      She slayed her whitney and mariah tributes omg

    • rowlandstones April 9, 2014

      when she performed Endless love with lionel.
      when she killed it in Whitney and Mariah’s tributes.
      when she was brave enough to release Dirty laundry.

  4. Mary April 9, 2014

    She doesn’t even promote

    • Sarah April 9, 2014

      She promotes enough for you to know pretty much her entire life

      • Slaylendeia April 9, 2014

        Ooop

  5. Sarah April 9, 2014

    Can’t wait!! The fact that the hateful comments will GUARANTEED be followed shows that the kids can’t keep Kelly out of their mouths for the past 13 years..like it or not she will always be around..and the naysayers will always follow her…ie..the people who s*** talk about the same old story since 2001

    • Slaylendeia April 9, 2014

      Man im saying lol kelly has them bothered

  6. Mimi carey April 9, 2014

    Another flop that’s great

    • Slaylendeia April 9, 2014

      Be seated

    • BaddieBey April 9, 2014

      I agree kelly sucks!!! Live vocals are awful
      She cant even get a top ten in the uk
      Smh flop!!!!

  7. IV. April 9, 2014

    For Kelly to be so irrelevant her post sure do get a lot of comments on here

    • Sarah April 9, 2014

      People love to hate Kelly..as do people love to hate Tyra ..but hey they are all successful black women..and will always be..like it or not

      • Slaylendeia April 9, 2014

        True

  8. Blackkupid April 9, 2014

    @ laura tellem girl! I sure remember when I heard train on a track!
    Simply deep ft solange
    Haven’t told U
    And can’t nobody was me jam
    Work (original version) was the s*** 2
    Told yall I was gonna bump like this#
    Rowlandstone all the way

    • Slaylendeia April 9, 2014

      #rowlandstones

      • Down on love April 9, 2014

        Representing!!!

  9. KatyFanNotStan April 9, 2014

    #SideEye now this bish is jumping the trend for a hit. #Dead Kelly. C’mon, really you too!

    • Sarah April 9, 2014

      FYI she worked with Pharrell on her last album..Get a life

    • Slaylendeia April 9, 2014

      Dead she worked with pharrell on her last album street life and feet to the fire smh haterz stay pressed but have no info to back it up. Have several

  10. IStanForYourFav April 9, 2014

    Good luck to you Kelly. No Mayer what anyone of you say, you can’t stop her from living and trying to accomplish her dreams. Instead of the hate, you too should be trying to accomplish yours.

    But Sam, Kelly is no diva. She is beautiful though.

    • IStanForYourFav April 9, 2014

      Matter**

    • Slaylendeia April 9, 2014

      Kelly is a diva!!!!

    • BaddieBey April 9, 2014

      Kelly flopland

  11. Matthew Charlery-Smith April 9, 2014

    I see she has a whole load of money to waste on music she’ll probably promote for one week then drop!

    Not looking forward to this project at all. I did stan for her until Here I Am came out and we were met with mediocre, oversexed music and poor promotion. Albums 1 & 2 will always be her best work. TAGG had much potential but she messed that era up too!

    Ah well, at least there’s the memories and knowledge of what could’ve been!

    • rowlandstones April 9, 2014

      do u stan for good music or u stan for charts? TAAG is a solid album and she suddenly stopped promoting because they didn’t support her so she asked for release. If u like the singles buy the album if u don’t like it don’t that’s simple.

      • Slaylendeia April 9, 2014

        Tagg was def kellys best vocally im excited for a new album as well. Her workong with pharrell is brilliant

      • Down on love April 9, 2014

        I bought both the regular and the deluxe versions

  12. Yea ok April 9, 2014

    Tagg was perfection but street life was and always will be trash. I still can’t believe she tried to make that happen as a single choice. Bad move. I knew the era was dead when she performed that on GMA. I was like girl, what? Why? Who told u to do this? Lol

    • Slaylendeia April 9, 2014

      I liked the way she performed it
      But it def was a horrible single choice

  13. a gal April 9, 2014

    are we supposed to care cause she sure as hell does not care about her projects…you can tap every f****** hitmaker but until YOU START CARING ABOUT YOUR S*** & PROMOTING YOUR S*** you will remain exactly where you are. bloop!

    • Slaylendeia April 9, 2014

      _/ _/

  14. Slaylendeia April 9, 2014

    Kelly slays regardless stay pressed and bothered

    • Down on love April 9, 2014

      Truth in this!!!

  15. Down on love April 9, 2014

    I love how kelly is so hated on but she stays getting her coins

  16. BaddieBey April 9, 2014

    Kelly is f****** basic
    Queen of flops lmfao
    B**** has had 5 flop albums in a row

  17. Touché April 9, 2014

    Well I hope this project works out for her.

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