The Roots' Ahmir '?uestlove' Thomson is to produce Al Green's next album, expected to be finished in September. Thomson told Billboard that he's avoided pairing Green with younger artists, saying: "If you're going to compete with TI, Chamillionaire and Jay-Z, then by all means, let's try and reach the kids of today. But if you put the dart in your hand and you're not going to hit a bullseye, you're better off just doing what you know best."
He continued: "If it were up to me and it was absolutely totalitarianism, I would live all my derivative fantasies out on this record. It would be 1974 all over again, sonically. I think they're still getting used to that".