Day: May 14, 2014

One thing Tim is excited about, however, is his own upcoming solo LP, once dubbed Textbook Timbo, which has since evolved into Opera Noir, a result of Tim discovering “what I want to do.” He’d later confirm: “I found who I am and what I’m comfortable with, and what I want to do.” Asked about the meaning of the album title and its central theme, Tim humbly said, “It’s a culture thing. It’s the truth. It’s just about life in general. My life. My personal life, and I found myself as an artist and human being and as a man. I found who I am,” sounding strikingly similar to another Virginia native, Pharrell, who famously detailed the mental clarity he found when writing and recording his recent G I R L. Unlike Pharrell, despite Tim’s long list of collaborators – Legends Of The Summer Jay Z and Justin Timberlake among them – the Xscape producer went on to reveal that Opera Noir finds him keeping things bare bones. “Me and my new artist, her name is V. Just me and her. And Cee-Lo. That’s it,” Tim said of the artists featured on the upcoming album. Not a bad cast of characters, though to any casual fan, it’s obvious he could’ve called upon any number of his superstar homies to lend a helping hand. Still, Tim clarifies that “When [Opera Noir] comes out and you see the whole package, you’ll understand why. You’ll see it, and you’ll be like, ‘Wow, I’ve