Nelly Furtado has told Billboard that her new album will see a new direction in her music - and it's away from pop, apparently. The singer, who worked on much of the upcoming long player, 'Loose', with hip-hop producer Timbaland, said: "For a long time I kind of denied my R&B and hip-hop roots. All that rap and R&B I listened to as a kid made an impression on me; I used to write R&B songs in my bedroom that sounded like Mariah Carey songs. Now I'm tapping into that again, and I'm like, 'Wow, I didn't know I could go back there'. It feels so good."
May 10, 2006
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Nelly Furtado on her direction
Nelly Furtado has told Billboard her new album Loose moves away from pop towards the R&B and hip hop she listened to as a child, working largely with Timbaland.