Missy Elliott and Timbaland have always been synonymous with Aaliyah’s music. The news surprised when Missy revealed that she did not even know that a posthumous album was in the works.
When asked about her participation in the project, the “Get Ur Freak On” rapper told one fan that she was in the dark. “I had no clue there was one no 1 told me,” she tweeted.
This is contrary to a report issued earlier in the week from Aaliyah’s label executive at BlackgroundRecords, Jomo Hankerson told Billboard.biz, “I can tell you that Timbaland will definitely be involved, Missy will definitely be involved. One of the records that we had that was never released was a Missy record that we obviously are going to be refreshing.”
It was also confirmed by Blackground that Drake and Noah “40” Shebib would executive produce the album. They plan to call on “contemporary artists” for the 13 to 14 new records, due by the end of this year.
The first offering from the album, the Drake-assisted “Enough Said,” was released last week to mixed reviews.
Timbaland gave his thoughts. “The proper way for him to do that would be for me, him, and Missy to be all on the record,” he previously said in a radio interview.
