NELLY FURTADO - LOOSE, album released June 12th 2006. Encoded 192Kbps [Lame] mp3. Covers included. Third album from Canadian singer-songwriter marks a stark change in direction away from the folk-inflected pop of her first two outings. On this release she collaborates with hip-hop/RnB uber-producer Timbaland, and the result is a set of raw electro-funk, with Furtado laying down some of her most risque and explicit lyrics to date. Featuring guest vocals from Coldplay's Chris Martin, Latin American megastar Juanes and Timbaland himself, the album features the single 'Maneater'. In preparation for her new album, Loose, Nelly Furtado tried out collaborations with a who's who of producers, and she tried to create a music more of the body than the mind. A prime example of the latter is first single "Promiscuous," a duet with Loose producer Timbaland, known far and wide for his groundbreaking work with, among others, Missy Elliot, Justin Timberlake and Aaliyah. It stands to reason that gold and multiplatinum certifications (for 2003's Folklore and 2000's Whoa, Nelly!, respectively), a pair of Top 10 singles ["I'm Like a Bird" and "Turn Off the Light"], and a Grammy Award [for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance], to name just a few accomplishments, would afford a certain level of confidence. But nothing has inspired Furtado to throw caution to the wind more than motherhood. "Motherhood makes you fearless," she says. "The album is very youthful-sounding," Furtado continues, "and I think that's partly due to the presence of this two-year-old in my life. I was with her all day every day and then I'd go to the studio at night, and I think that translated into a playful energy I feel onstage but that hasn't really been heard on my records." Starting with her longtime production team of Track & Field, she also knew she wanted to check out a variety of producers. "Working with new producers," she hazards, "is like trying on new clothes - you never know what you look good in until you try it on. And sometimes they will see something in you that neither you nor anyone else could see." So she traveled with her daughter from Toronto to London to work with Nellee Hooper; to Los Angeles to work with Lester Mendez [who produced, "Te Busque," her moving duet with Juanes] and Rick Nowels [co-writer and producer of the gorgeous ballad "In God's Hands"]; and to Miami to work with Pharrell Williams and Scott Storch and finally, Timbaland. Indeed, the raw, lighting-in-a-bottle spontaneity of the collaborative process is at the heart of Loose. "This record shows who I am in a jam-type environment, where I really feel the excitement of the creativity flowing," Furtado reveals. "It's who I am at my most artistic. I live for that, and I'm very grateful to be able to share it." Tracks: 01 Afraid [Feat Attitude] 02 Maneater 03 Promiscuous [Feat Timbaland] 04 Glow 05 Showtime 06 No Hay Igual 07 Te Busque [Feat Juanes] 08 Say It Right 09 Do It 10 In God's Hands 11 What I Wanted 12 Wait For You 13 All Good Things [Come To An End] Bonus Tracks: 14 Nelly Furtado - Let My Hair Down 15 Nelly Furtado - Somebody To Love THE VIDEOS [mpeg SkidVid] TV and disc rip, edited, logos removed and encoded 352 x 288 mpeg. Nelly Furtado - Maneater [2006] Nelly Furtado [Feat Timbaland] - Promiscuous [2006] More of my audio/video releases can be found at http://torrentbox.com/account-details.php?id=28701 Enjoy, skirgsk.