i'll only care if he's on a good song. i don't normally like his material though. B&Y is like his only solo i like.
no it doesn't. Maroon 5 collaborated with Wiz and Payphone was NOT an urban track.
But it's not like this is the only time that an urban artist has worked with Britney for album 8. She's been working with urban artists for months now.
Some of Jean's work:
Madonna - Gang Bang
Madonna - Love Spent
Rihanna - Photographs
BEP - Boom Boom Pow, Meet Me Halfway
Chris Brown - Beautiful People
The bulk of Kelis' critically acclaimed Flesh Tone album
July
U: Picture - Britney has recording session with producer Darkchild.
U: Article - Songwriter Ina Wroldsen heads out to L.A. to song write for Album 8
September
10: Video - Britney confirms she has "not yet" thought about the direction of Album 8.
October
4: Video - Britney filmed in recording studio with Darkchild (from Summer '12)
26: Britney Tweet - Hints toward a Blackout 2.0
December
12: Article - Elijah Blake: "[Brit's] playing with new textures and stomping on new grounds and genres."
12: Tweet - Elijah Blake: "I've definitely had the pleasure of starting on something I think is going to be big with her."
12: Twitter - Manager Adam follows Diplo on Twitter.
30: Britney Tweet - "Collaborating with inspiring new producers."
January
3: Article - Contributions from Hit-Boy, will.i.am. confirmed
7: Britney Tweet - Confirms new music in 2013
9: Tweet - Manager Adam confirms recording session with Ester Dean & Hit-Boy
10: Twitter - Manager Adam follows songwriter Ester Dean on Twitter.
10: Twitter - Manager Adam follows producer Hit-Boy on Twitter.
13: Tweet - Britney rejects Danja track.
16: Article - Team Britney asks for and later recieves acoustic ballad from songwriter Karl Broderick.
19: Tweet - Producer Anthony Preston & songwriter Sandy Vee pitch dance song to Team Britney.
25: Video - Hit-Boy: Songs are a mix of hip-hop and pop. "Bringing my world to hers."
30: Britney Tweet - "I'm at the studio recording a new song for my boys."
31: Tweet - Songwriter Emily Wright to Manager Adam: "awesome to see u yesterday. its been way too long!"
March
2: Tweet - New Danja track makes cut.
7: Tweet - Woodkid asked to produce for new album.
16: Video - Early recording sessions with Hit-Boy, Britney's experimenting.
16: Tweet - will.i.am: "See you soon, Britney."