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Justin Timberlake‘s musical comeback will put him again in A-list competition … at the least, that is the prediction his producer Larrance Dopson needs followers to stamp!!!
TMZ Hip Hop spoke with the “1500 Or Nothing” maestro Wednesday at LAX, the place he gushed about JT’s new album, a undertaking he is heard first-hand — as a result of he labored on it with Timbaland!!!
Final yr, JT blessed 1500 or Nothin’s music academy with scholarship money and their partnership was dipped in bronze … main as much as the album’s creation.
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We gave you the inside track final week … JT is set to release his upcoming sixth LP “Everything I Thought I Was” after scooping up all of the emblems — and Rance guarantees he’ll blow up the sport, once more, with the album.
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JT formally jumpstarted the undertaking Friday with the lead single “Selfish” — which was met with pretty blended opinions on-line … however followers have been loving the stay rendition throughout his Memphis homecoming live performance final week. It simply could also be a grower, not an instantaneous bathe.
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Rance additionally had time to stay up for Drake after Yasiin Bey (a.ok.a. Mos Def) kicked him out of rap’s b-boy part, declaring his music was too happy-go-lucky to be categorized as genuine hip hop.
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Later for all of the rappity rap discuss, in response to Rance, who says Drake makes use of fewer phrases than even probably the most expert MC and nonetheless nets a pop-sized viewers.
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He says it is a particular talent to own as a result of the components is untouchable, and, in his ebook … Drake is 1,000,000 occasions hip hop!!!