Nelly Furtado’s forthcoming album “Loose” will feature an edgier urban sound compared to the pop-styled productions she has put out so far. Furtado is excited about showing off a different side of herself to people. She told told me last week that she grew up listening to hip hop and rap music from artists like LL Cool J and Ice T., and that she always wanted to tap into that raw energy for her own music.

“This new album is like a throw back album for me,” she tells me.After experimenting with Scott Storch and Nellee Hooper in the studio, her label suggested to team up with hip hop prodigy Timbaland for “Loose.” The two had worked previously on the remix of Furtado’s “Turn Off The Light,” which became a huge smash on the hip hop charts a few years back.

After not having seen each other for four years, Furtado travelled to Miami to start working with Timbaland. Furtado describes the instant musical chemistry between them as “voodoo energy.” Check out the first successful teaming between Furtado and Timbaland that features plenty of voodoo-ish energy (and mudslinging!).

Nelly Furtado ft. Timbaland “Turn Off The Light” (Remix)

This is a full transcript for the article that was published in “Cover” magazine:

A cinematic sunset is bathing the chic glass-walled penthouse suite atop Toronto’s Cosmopolitan Hotel in picture-perfect golden hues, and the pressure’s on the wrestle a supremely glammed-up Nelly Furtado away from an intense hair, makeup and wardrobe session and get her in front of the camera before the magic hour is lost.

There’s consternation in the face of one of Nelly’s powder boys, though, as he catches wind of the grinding stoner-metal track by Queens of the Stone Age emanating from an iPod someone has carted along to the shoot.

“I don’t know if this is really Nelly’s thing,” he says, daring over to the player. “Maybe we should ask her if there’s anything else she wants to hear.”

Turns out, however, Queens is exactly Nelly’s style this evening. As she takes her place before the wide-screen view of the lake offered by the $3,500-a-night suite’s sitting room, she relays a request through her chuckling publicist for System of a Down. Yep, Nelly Furtado likes it one louder.

“That was fun. My little trick so that no one watches me while I’m taking photos is I listen to System of a Down,” she laughs a few days later, de-fabulised and dicing up potatoes to make soup for her 2-year-old daughter, Nevis. “I like listening to System while I’m taking really glamorous photos. I don’t know what it is. I like working to that music. I guess I like juxtapositions. And it’sa good way to clear a room.”

Continue reading… - Transcript: Cover Magazine April 2006

Nelly was featured on the cover of Inside Entertainment Magazine, transcript is here once i have the transcipt of the interview and article i will publish it, if anyone has higher quality images then please contact me here:

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Nelly Furtado’s brand-new album “Loose” will hit stores worldwide on 20th June 2006. The record was initially slated for release in May but due to Nelly’s tour dates in Europe, Geffen decided to delay the release until after her concert commitments.

At first listen, “Loose” is an explosion of pure, raw energy. Continuing her “Força,” Nelly and Timbaland gather big beats and cheeky raps with lots of dance floor-ready production tricks.

Good examples of Nelly’s new vibe are the first singles “Promiscuous” (for the USA - a saucy, ghetto fabulous duet with Timbaland) and the irresistible club track “Maneater” (for the rest of the world).

The entire album sounds like a rough cut with studio chatting and Nelly’s giggling between tracks and even into the songs that creates a very informal (read: loose) atmosphere on the album.

“Loose” will surely be one of the most noteworthy pop releases of 2006 that will please her fans and pleasantly surprise the masses.

Read the full article at here.

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At 9:30am a message was left on the forum from Nikki’s sister Joanne which was a shock to us all.

Nikki

My beloved sister died last night! She took an overdose of antidepressants and died at three twenty this morning!

Nikki was a valued member to this forum. If anybody would like to leave a message to be read at funeral or such like please send me private message.

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At 3:35pm another message was posted from Joanne

My name is Joanne I am 22!! I am Nikki’s elder sister. She has been very ill and depressed for a long while. She had had few rough days and after row with partner decided to end her life. No fault of her lovely partner. She was just very ill.

She took loads of anti depressants with a Smirnoff Ice! She text myself Tal and her Dad. We found her in flat under her duvet. She said leave her alone and would not go with the paramedics. We convinced her to go. She was very dozy in the ambulance. When in hospital she started to fit, went into cardiac arrest.

They tried two and half hours to revive her but electronic part of her heart dead. As was her blood pressure. She was brain dead too. We saw her she look pretty and peaceful. I would appreciate respect of her. Not judgement on they way she died. She was mentally ill. My email is ********@hotmail.com (Please comment below) any genuine friend please feel free to contact me. Anybody else post on here be respectful and bear in mind I have lost my baby sister.

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Nikki was much loved on the BITS forum she joined on 7th November 2002 and had clocked up a massive 16,697 posts. It is a huge loss to the site and to the Nelly Furtado fan community. May she rest in peace.

Nikki - 27th March 1985 ~ 21st March 2006

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Nelly Furtado was the cover girl for “Fashion” magazines April 2006 issue. Here are some pictures.

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Transcript written up by BITS member Elle

Part 1

Star Daily: Well that energy is getting Nelly lots of attention for her sexy self-confident third album, “Loose” due out 20th June. (NEED TO CONFIRM THIS - UPDATE SOON ~ Joey)

SD: What does “Loose” mean?
Nelly Furtado: Its just a whole concept, Its just loose..Its just like..

SD: Yeah its just Loose
NF: Hahaha

SD: I know what you mean!
NF: Its almost like reality TV when you watch reality TV and its exciting to see things happen spontaneously, we’ve included those things on the album so there are skits where you hear us talking while we are making the record.

SD: Yeah you’re laughing and..
NF: Yeah yeah!

SD: Heading into recording Nelly wanted to do a lot of collaborating, so she invited some people to play with her like:
NF: Chris Martin from Coldplay, he came into the studio and hung out with us

SD: What’s the story behind that, how did that happen?
NF: We bumped into each other at the MTV awards in Miami, in August, 2005, last year, so I told him I was working with Tim, and he said you know can I come by the studio cause I love Tim and I said well Tim loves Coldplay, so it was a perfect match, a match made in heaven, so he came and jammed for 4 hours and the song is called, “All good things come to an end.” I like real moments like that in music, you know, those are the moments I live for where just everybody is having a good time and were jamming and that’s kind of why I make music for moments like that.
[Clip of Nelly singing]

SD: Talk to me about the evolution of Nelly so from, “Whoa Nelly” to “Loose”, and how like, just how you’re song writing has sort of evolved over time.
NF: Um, you know, with “Whoa Nelly” a lot of those songs I wrote when I was 17, and now I’m 27! Back then music was my whole entire life, you know, so I was there for every single last note, and musician session, and I co-produced the whole album as I did with “Folklore” and Im involved as a producer as well. This new record I’m not as much a producer.

SD: And the person she got to produce the record is none other than Timbaland, which gave Nelly the chance to well, let loose!
NF: This time, I’m like woo! Lets party! Haha! Im way more confident as a woman. Im was more secure with myself too as a musician. Its what you gotta do as an artist you gotta just be like ah, screw it, I have to express myself.

Part 2

SD: Where was I? Oh right! Nelly Furtado! So what IS she all about? With her highly anticipated album “Loose” ready to go, Nelly Furtado is THE name on everyone’s lips these days and I got to sit down with her one on one in Barbados.

SD: What do you, Nelly Furtado, represent, what do you stand for?
NF: Um. I stand for..individuality, for sure, finding your personal path.

SD: With the birth of her daughter, Nelly was able to find her personal path.
NF: Being a mum has changed my life, entirely, its made me more vulnerable. Because when you have a child, you just, its unconditional love, instantly, you instantly love somebody unconditionally and it just, you become more sensitive to the world, you become part of the mother race! It’s made me more serious about my job, its made me treat it more like a job, where like I work and then it ends, and I have my personal time, and then I go back to work and you work harder because you have to provide for somebody you know, and also I like to show her that work ethic, where like, mummy works hard, and its important to work hard in life

SD: Kinda like what your parents showed you.
NF: Exactly!

SD: Nelly’s daughter is giving her more than just stability.
NF: This record, it was cool, because now she is growing up, and she was around 2 years old when I was recording most of this album 1.5, 2, and, to be around a young toddler when they are playing and jumping and laughing is really inspiring and brings out your own youthful energy. Now that im a mum, I uh, don’t have as much time to sit in a room with a guitar for 12 hours straight and write like 20 songs. So I’ve given that up and I just show up at the studio and I’m like hey, and freestyle, and sing and just kind of write when im there, right on the spot.

SD: With all the time between records, Nelly put it to good use.
NF: I’ve been lucky, the last year and a half I’ve been really prolific, I’ve been really inspired, so I wrote a lot.

SD: So what happens to those songs? The ones that don’t get used.
NF: They’ll get used! They will come out on like, a limited edition, album, a b-side album or an acoustic album, maybe on a soundtrack, or even on my next album! You never really know.

SD: With all the pressure to turn out hits, was there any time for fun while making “Loose”?
NF: I always have funs making my albums, you know why? Its cuz I’m honest, like on the microphone I’m honest, and when I’m writing I’m honest.

SD: So Nelly told me that she’s been talking to Justin Timberlake about a possible summer tour. Only Star Daily can give you inside info like that!

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