Blackout (Britney Spears album)

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Britney Spears' fifth studio album is still in production and is set to be released in summer or fall 2007. Spears herself confirmed on her official site, on January 5th, that she's working hard to release the new album sometime later this year. However, it was delayed due to Spears' second pregnancy which she announced on May 9, 2006. MTV has confirmed that rapper T-Pain has been asked to produce a few songs for the new album and that Sean Garrett has finished three tracks. Jonathan Rotem, a well-known R&B producer, is working in the studio with Spears. His record label's official site mentioned that he is working on a few songs for Spears' new album, two of which are entitled Everybody and Who Can She Trust. Also Swizz Beatz, along with Sean Garrett, is currently working on the album. Rolling Stone has confirmed that Britney is also working with Nate Hills on her upcoming new album.

After giving birth to her second child, Spears has been back in the studio since October 27, 2006. Britney has also reunited with the manager that made her famous, Larry Rudolph. The two were seen leaving a recording studio in December.

In November 2006, Pharrell Williams announced to People Magazine that he is producing tracks in New York with Britney. Access Hollywood has reported that Britney is in the studio with Scott Storch and Timbaland. Kara DioGuardi has confirmed on her official website, that she's currently working with Britney. People has reported that Dr. Luke and Max Martin is mixing tracks with Britney in The Palms recording studio in Las Vegas. Producer Patrick J. Que Smith has confirmed that he just finished two tracks with Britney for her new album in the studio.

In December 2006, Sean Garrett talked about Britney's upcoming album saying that it's going to be incredible. He defined, the seven tracks that they've done as exciting, aggressive and fun. He added that they're definitely getting back to the basics and trying to make the world dance and sing to her beat.

Spears' manager, Larry Rudolph, estimated in an interview with USA Today that the first single would be put out near the end of summer 2007 and the album would be released in the fall; he also added that half of the album is completed.

On the 7th of January a video circulated of Britney listening to two new demos from her album in her car. Currently the video is viewable at x17online.com. The first new track is believed to be 'Love' from her Sean Garrett recording sessions. The second demo, is believed to be a new introduction to "Rebellion" (Working Title).

Recorded Tracks

• "Everybody"
• "Who Can She Trust?"
• "Love"
• "Kiss Me All Over"
• "Pull It"
• "Red Carpet"
• "Rebellion" (Working Title) Featured on her official site
• "Little Me" (Working Title) Featured on her official site
• "Try" (Britney Spears)
• "Money, Love, Happiness" (Britney Spears, Nanna Kristiansson , Nadir Khayat, Bell Michelle Lynn)
• "Like I'm Fallin'" (Britney Spears, Bell Michelle Lynn)
• "Ouch" (Britney Spears, Bell Michelle Lynn, Nanna Kristiansson)
• "Take Off" (Bell Michelle Lynn, Britney Spears, Christian Karlsson, Pontus Winnberg)
• "Can Caper" (Godin Samuel Paul )

Producer Commentary

But where will Britney take us? One of the singer's other collaborators, Sean Garrett (Jamie Foxx, Keyshia Cole), said that on the three tracks they did together, they tried to do "some real crazy-ass stuff that the world is going to love." Rotem translates that to mean her songs will really connect with people, and will make them say, "'Hmmm, I haven't heard Britney say things like that before" (see "Britney Spears Working On New Album To Boost 'Boring' Pop Scene").

He said her writing so far reflects where she's at in her life, and like her husband, she's got a song about the attention she gets for just going out of the house. "She literally can't go anywhere without her privacy being invaded," Rotem said. "Everybody is trying to get information. So the record we wrote, it addresses the 'who do you trust' kind of thing."

Rotem said she also has up-tempo club songs "like in the vein of [Rihanna's] 'S.O.S.' " as well as relationship songs "and everything in between." She even raps a bit ("Not rap rap, but talk rap," Rotem clarified).

"It's definitely Britney, but the next level," the producer said. "With songs like 'Toxic,' she was very innovative, and we're trying to top it. Push it to the next thing."

"She wrote a song with me that's kind of introspective about how people and the paparazzi are constantly following her around," reports the latest "It" megaproducer, J.R. Rotem, who's been in the studio almost daily with Spears, who is expecting her second child.

J.R. says he and Spears are "working on about three or four different songs at the same time." He adds, "She's definitely touching on subjects that have to do with her everyday life. Being married and having a baby and what her life is now. That will be reflected in the album, but it's going to be a combination. Britney's the queen of pop, and she's not going to go off on some weird tangent. We're also doing the club kind of stuff, that's very pop, dance with hip-hop. It's like next-level Britney. Her fans are not going to be disappointed."

JR: I was always just trying to work with talented dope artists in any genre. We just really made an effort to really get out there and work with all these people; I m working with Mya, Jojo, Britney Spears, all that kind of stuff. Working with Britney specifically is great, I mean, she s very talented and she s just like a veteran, even though she s young, she s been performing and doing things for like 20 years. When you get in the studio with her, she s focused; she knows how her voice is. Even writing, we wrote a song and I was really impressed by her creativity and how well she knows herself. She s just dope, she s a veteran.

JR: To be honest with you, it s kind of a combination. I love Hip-Hop, and people tell me even when I m doing Pop and R&B, I think they come to me because I have a certain edge in the music and the Hip-Hop is there. Definitely that feeling is in there, that groove is in there. But you know, it s still Pop music, it s still very her, it s just next level Britney. We re working on a few different songs, some are just, it s hard to explain, like dark and dramatic, others are more dance and still others are just straight club, Hip-Hop people can feel it, and Pop.

External links

• Britney Spears Official Web Site
• Britney Spears Official Web Site (Jive)