Behind the Beats: Verse Simmonds After finding success crafting the music for Rihanna’s “Man Down,” the production duo known as the Jugganauts — Sham “Sak Pase” Joseph and Verse Simmonds — are looking to recapture the magic on the Bajan beauty’s upcoming sixth album.“From what I understand, she is closing the album up now, and we did two records for her that she really, really loved and I’m really excited about them as well,” Simmonds told Mixtape Daily. “They are records that we wrote and produced as the Jugganauts.”
Simmonds is hoping that he and partner Sak Pase land another track on Rihanna’s album. And while he couldn’t confirm the Jugganauts’ contributions will make the final cut, he said was “99.999 percent” certain for now. For those wondering whether the singer’s new tunes will sound anything like the reggae-infused “Man Down,” Simmonds says no.
“Nah, definitely not, because we always try to constantly — as producers, as artists — we try to always come with something different, a whole new sound,” he said without elaborating on what that new record would sound like.
As far as his chemistry with Sak Pase, with whom he did production work on Jay-Z and Kanye West’s upcoming Watch the Throne album, the two seem to have a pretty organic working relationship. “In the studio, it can go one or two ways: Most times I’m writing and he’s creating the track, and we produce a lot of records like that,” Verse said. “Sometimes it’ll flip; he’ll be writing and I’ll be producing the track so it depends on the vibe, who comes with an idea or a concept.” Hey, as long as it sounds good.
Damn Rihanna, you're completing a brand new album less than a year after the lead single from your current album was released. She's probably the only artist who can get away with that in 2011.
Anyway, I'm really looking forward to this. I'm hoping for more tracks like "Man Down", "What's My Name", etc.
“From what I understand, she is closing the album up now, and we did two records for her that she really, really loved and I’m really excited about them as well,
I need receipts for this LOUDR mess. Ya'll been rambling about it but have no receipts to back it up. Rihanna never confirmed she was re-releasing QUIET LOUD.
I need receipts for this LOUDR mess. Ya'll been rambling about it but have no receipts to back it up. Rihanna never confirmed she was re-releasing QUIET LOUD.
She said on Twitter that she had been in the studio around April and then when someone asked if she was re-releasing it, she said no. "Same era, new music". And NO, new music in the same era does not mean more Loud singles, BBR. That isn't new music.