The Official Madonna Thread III

[Vinylfantasy]

Hard Candy official press release

HARD CANDY' DELICIOUS NEW MADONNA ALBUM SCHEDULED TO BE RELEASED ON WARNER BROS. RECORDS APRIL 29th

28 February 2008, Burbank, California--Madonna's 11th studio album for Warner Bros. Records "HARD CANDY" is scheduled to have a global release on April 28th and a US release on April 29th, it was confirmed by her label. "HARD CANDY" (the follow up to Madonna's "CONFESSIONS ON A DANCE FLOOR" which debuted at No. 1 in 30 countries and sold over 8 million copies), has been described as a brilliant up-tempo collection of 12 songs in which Madonna remains ensconced in club mode but this time adds an urban hip hop beat in collaboration with musical partners Timbaland, Justin Timberlake, Pharrell Williams of The Neptunes and Nate "Danja" Hills. The debut single, the pulsating "4 Minutes" will be released at the end of March.

"The title is a juxtaposition of tough and sweetness...kind of like I'm gonna kick your ass but it's going to make you feel good. And of course, I love candy" laughed the material girl.

Madonna, a multi-Grammy-award-winning singer, songwriter, producer, cultural icon, world renowned stage performer, video visionary, children's book author, director and documentary film maker has sold 200 million albums in the course of her unprecedented two decade plus career and is slated to be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame on March 10th.

Source: ICON

[Vinylfantasy]

Here's a fan remastered version of the 4 Minutes radio rip, you can hear the vocals much clearer on this one.

Tell me how about you?

[Adrian20]

At first I was surprised by this new Madonna sound.. but after a while I got used to it & I'm starting to like her single. Besides she never gives us the same sound so that's cool.

tick tock tick tock tick tock

[Vinylfantasy]

Originally Posted by Adrian20

At first I was surprised by this new Madonna sound.. but after a while I got used to it & I'm starting to like her single. Besides she never gives us the same sound so that's cool.

tick tock tick tock tick tock

I am seriously loving this song, it's half of what I've listened to today.

4 Minutes release in the UK

News is just in from the UK that Madonna's new single "4 Minutes" is currently set for an April 14, 2008 CD single release.
It is not known yet if the song will receive an early release as a digital single.

Source: MadonnaTribe

[Cyria]

I'm hoping there will be an early digital release, I really want to hear a good clear version of the song.

[Vinylfantasy]

Iggy & The Stooges to Perform for Madonna at Rock Hall Ceremony

According to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Iggy & The Stooges will perform for Madonna at this year’s induction ceremony. The choice of the Stooges may raise some eyebrows, but isn’t as strange as it seems: both the band and Madonna are Detroit natives, and Iggy Pop opened for Madonna at the Dublin date for her Reinvention Tour in 2004.

Other performers scheduled at the induction ceremony, which takes place next Monday, March 10th, at New York’s Waldorf-Astoria Hotel: Damien Rice (for Leonard Cohen); James Cotton (for Little Walter); Patti LaBelle (for Gamble & Huff); plus John Mellencamp and the Ventures, both of whom are being inducted.

Source: Rolling Stone

[~X2RADialbomber~]

Anyone know where I can listen to "4 Minutes to save the world"? It's taken off Youtube.

[Vinylfantasy]

Look up a few posts.

More details and confirmations on ''Hard Candy'' from Sweden!

Swedish newspapers mainly just repeat what we already have read from international sources, but newspaper Aftonbladet got their own interwiew with Madonna, and here’s some exclusive stuff, which also confirm more exclusive details exclusively revealed here at DrownedMadonna.com on December 3 and 4, 2007...

The opening words in the song "Voices" are: Master and slave. Madonna explains that master and slave refers to your own ego, who’s in charge. Is it the ego, or are you a slave under your ego? As you can see, ''Voice'' is indeed the song that Madonna described as a "psychological mind *****", as DrownedMadonna.com exclusively revealed reporting about the album listening party on December 3 and 4, 2007. ''Voice'' questions who is the master or slave, if you're walking the dog or the dog is walking you, we added.

Continuing discussing song titles, Madonna reveals that the title for the song ''She’s Not Me'' came from when she, Justin and Pharrell sat down and threw around some ideas, concepts and phrases. Pharrell came up with "She’s not me, she doesn’t have my name", and Madonna wrote the rest of the song based on that.

When the journalist mentions that Madonna has worked a lot with Jonas Åkerlund, and also a couple of times with Johan Renck, Madonna replies "I can’t get rid of those Swedes''.

Madonna is asked if she will work with them on videos for the new album ''Hard Candy'', and reveals that she has been talking with them about it, but nothing is planned right now. "But I’m sure it will happen, because I love both Johan and Jonas."

Source: Drowned Madonna

MTV Latin America news - video premiere

Quoting from Madonna Fanzine forum:

I was watching MTV News Latin America and they were commenting about the induction on the rock & roll hall.... and they commented about the new album and video and said that the video is going to be premiered in 15 days!

Source: Madonna Fanzine, Madge-Tribe

VH1 Classic to televise the Rock n Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony Live

VH1 Classic will air the "Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony" live on Monday, March 10 at 8:30 PM/ET.

Music fans will get to see and hear Madonna, John Mellencamp, Leonard Cohen, The Dave Clark Five and The Ventures get inducted into this esteemed musical institution as the action and music unfolds. In addition, Little Walter will be inducted into the "Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's" sideman category, and the newly named "Ahmet Ertegun Award" will be presented to legendary producers, Gamble & Huff.

For the second time, the induction ceremony will be telecast live from the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in New York City on VH1 Classic and MTV Networks' MHD: Music High-Definition channel on Monday, March 10 at 8:30 PM/ET. In addition, a special two and a half hour highlight edition will premiere on VH1 on Saturday, March 22 at 11:00 PM.

The week leading up to the live special, VH1 Classic will air special programming to salute past and present Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees including Madonna, The Police, Stevie Wonder, Elton John and more. Highlighted programming for the week includes "Rock and Roll Picture Show: Desperately Seeking Susan" starring Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee Madonna and Rosanna Arquette. The film is a delightfully offbeat, original comedy about a bored suburban housewife whose fascination with a kooky character she reads about in the personal ads leads to her being mistaken for the woman herself.

To learn more about these series and other VH1 Classic series and specials please visit www.vh1classic.com.

Source: Madonna Tribe

[Kobayashiwoof]

OMFG

AN AUSTRALIAN TOUR!!!!!!!!

IM SOO GOING :O

[~X2RADialbomber~]

Ugh it says 404 Not Found... >_> Don't worry! I'll find it another way

[suzaku]

I thought she will release it under new label. not warner bros... o_O what happend?

[Vinylfantasy]

This is her last album under her contract with Warner Brothers. Her Live Nation deal hasn't come into effect yet.

[ayujarl]

anybody heard about the "4 Minutes"?
tic tok tic tok

I have the .m4a file :p

[Vinylfantasy]

The MP3 is further up in the thread if you are interested.

[Choyan]

it sounds great so far imo :O~~

[Vinylfantasy]

Pharrell Williams about Timbaland tracks for ''Hard Candy''

As producers, though Williams and Hugo have kept the Neptunes brand name intact, they’ve tended to work apart more in recent years. Williams, for example, recently finished some songs for Madonna’s upcoming album, Hard Candy, an assignment that put his material head-to-head with another Virginia Beach native who has reached the innermost circle of pop importance: Timbaland. If Williams seemed less than enamored of the spotlight during his solo career, he clearly relishes the chance to compete with his old friend (prefame, he and Timba were briefly in a band together) and perceived rival.

"His tracks [for Hard Candy] are crazy," Williams says with a laugh. "I couldn’t **** around. I had to come with it."

Source: The Pitch, Drowned Madonna

Warner Canada finally added ''Hard Candy'' on theri April releases

Warner Music Canada has finally added Madonna's "Hard Candy" to the list of releases of April 2008.

MADONNA Hard Candy 2 421372 WB APRIL 29TH
MADONNA Hard Candy (Special Edition CD) 2 440444 WB APRIL 29TH

Source: Drowned Madonna

Pharrell & Timbaland split Madonna's Hard Candy

Originally we heard from Timbaland that he did 10 tracks for the new Madonna album and then recently we heard Tim & Danja got 4 or 5, Hannon 3, and Pharrell a couple. Now Pharrell is saying the 12 track album Hard Candy is actually split right down the middle; 6 for Pharrell and 6 for the Timbo camp. Pharrell described Hard Candy as a ''monster''album.

Source: Madge-Tribe

[Vinylfantasy]

Madonna to tour in 2008/2009






Here are for the first time online exciting news from an new interview Madonna did to promote her new album "Hard Candy" a couple of days ago.

The great news is that she IS gonna tour towards the end of the year and she wants go to the far places like Argentina and Brazil among others this time, it's gonna be a 2008-2009 tour . And as already reported first by MadonnaTribe weeks ago, she is indeed going to do small shows as part of her upcoming promo tour in big cities like Paris, London and New York.

Other tidbits include:
In the video for "4 minutes" there are two Japanese dancers that Madonna herself found on the YouTube site

"4 minutes" song continue from where "Hung Up" left off, and a clock sound this time is to remind us that there's no time left anymore and this is the right time to make a change.

She would like Hillary to be the next American president.

Source: Madonna Tribe

Exclusive Q magazine review of ''Hard Candy''

Q was treated yesterday to an exclusive preview of Madonna’s upcoming album, Hard Candy. On the basis of the five tracks we heard, it sounds exactly like you’d expect a collaboration between Madonna and such super-producers as Timbaland and The Neptunes to sound: a slick, ultra-modern urban dance concoction. As has become customary for a Madonna album, it will be launched with a terrific lead-off single in the shape of 4 Minutes.

Produced by Timbaland and co-written with Madonna by Justin Timberlake, who also pops up on guest vocals, 4 Minutes rides the same sort of spare, sinuous groove as Timberlake’s SexyBack single. Here, rather than proclaiming to return sexy to the global arena, Timberlake intones "Madonna, Madonna" over a pumping opening beat, before the pair join forces to suggest they have but "Four minutes to save the world". Naturally, the track clocks in at precisely four minutes.

Elsewhere, Give It To Me, which features Pharrell Williams, is a typical slice of Madonna dancefloor pop, its sashaying groove given a smart upgrade by The Neptunes production team. Two other Pharrell contributions, opening track Candy Shop – with Madonna rather unsettlingly suggesting to listeners that she has "all sorts of Candy" on offer – and Incredible ("Sex with you is incredible," heaves our Madge) see similar makeover jobs being done on Madonna staples, the latter more strikingly so on initial listens.

Patently, no ’Madonna goes urban’ project would be complete without the presence of Kanye West, and the shy, retiring one pops up to deliver a self-aggrandising rap (no, really) on Beat Goes On, a maddeningly insistent track likely to follow 4 Minutes onto future Madonna hits compilations.

Hard Candy will be released on 28 April. Q understands that Madonna is likely to undertake a world tour later in the year.

Source: Q magazine

Hard Candy Production Credits

"Candy Store"
written by Madonna and Pharrell Williams
Producers: Madonna and Pharrell Williams

"4 Minutes"
written by Madonna,Justin Timberlake,Timothy Mosely and Nate "Danja" Hills
Producers: Madonna,Timbaland and Danja

"Give It To Me"
written by Madonna and Pharrell Williams
Producers: Madonna and Pharrell Williams

"Heartbeat"
written by Madonna and Pharrell Williams
Producers: Madonna and Pharell Williams

"Miles Away"
written by Madonna,Justin Timberlake,Timothy Mosely and Nate "Danja" Hills
Producers: Madonna,Timbaland and Danja

"She's Not Me"
written by Madonna and Pharrell Williams
Producers: Madonna and Pharrell Williams

"Incredible"
written by Madonna and Pharrell Williams
Producers: Madonna and Pharrell Williams

"Beat Goes On" (featuring Kanye West)
written by Madonna,Pharrell Williams,Kanye West
Producers: Madonna and Pharrell Williams

"Dance Tonight"
written by Madonna,Nate "Danja" Hills,Timothy Mosely and Justin Timberlake
Producers: Madonna,Timbaland,Danja

"Spanish Lesson"
written by Madonna and Pharrell Williams
Producers: Madonna and Pharrell Williams

"Devil"
written by Madonna
Producers: Madonna,Timbaland and Danja

"Voices"
written by Madonna
Producers: Madonna,Timbaland,Danja

"Ring My Bell" (Bonus track on Japanese edition)
written by Madonna and Pharrell Williams
Producers: Madonna and Pharrell Williams

Source: Madonna Tribe Forum

[~X2RADialbomber~]

I always see pictures of Madonna in black... I wish she wore different colours and styles more often xD

[Vinylfantasy]

She usually wears tons of color, I'm thinking her new image for Hard Candy is a mostly black wardrobe. She jokingly said she was going goth backstage at Live Earth and hasn't worn much color at all since, just blacks and grays really.

[brunomo]

OMG! Finally she'll come to Argentina!!! XD