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.
I see everybody can be called “diva” nowadays…
Mariah is a legend we all no that , no need to downsize other artists.
Have all the seats!!!
Sam needs to provide receipts on how in the allmighty f*** is kelly a diva!??
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.
Shut up. You sound fk’n stupid.
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
U like her enjoy her music and shut up. If u don’t like her go support your fave and shut up also
Bye, kelly is known outside of dc
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.
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
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
She slayed her whitney and mariah tributes omg
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.
She doesn’t even promote
She promotes enough for you to know pretty much her entire life
Ooop
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
Man im saying lol kelly has them bothered
Another flop that’s great
Be seated
I agree kelly sucks!!! Live vocals are awful
She cant even get a top ten in the uk
Smh flop!!!!
For Kelly to be so irrelevant her post sure do get a lot of comments on here
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
True
@ 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
#rowlandstones
Representing!!!
#SideEye now this bish is jumping the trend for a hit. #Dead Kelly. C’mon, really you too!
FYI she worked with Pharrell on her last album..Get a life
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
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.
Matter**
Kelly is a diva!!!!
Kelly flopland
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!
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.
Tagg was def kellys best vocally im excited for a new album as well. Her workong with pharrell is brilliant
I bought both the regular and the deluxe versions
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
I liked the way she performed it
But it def was a horrible single choice
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!
_/ _/
Kelly slays regardless stay pressed and bothered
Truth in this!!!
I love how kelly is so hated on but she stays getting her coins
Kelly is f****** basic
Queen of flops lmfao
B**** has had 5 flop albums in a row
Well I hope this project works out for her.