Kelly Rowland is having a few big names on her upcoming album, ‘Talk a Good Game.’ Names you may recognize. Names she’s worked with before. Names like Beyonce and Michelle Williams!
But! Rowland is quick to clarify that it’s not going to be another ‘Nuclear.’ Why not? “It’s not a Destiny’s Child track, it’s me featuring Beyoncé and Michelle,” Rowland explained to Billboard. When asked about the song’s sound, she answered simply: “Soul!”
Rowland is also collaborating with Wiz Khalifa, Pharrell Williams (who both produces and provides vocals on a duet), The-Dream, Boy Wonder and T-Minus.
“I think I recorded around 70-something songs for this album,” Rowland gushed. “I had to narrow it down to 12 – you know hard that is!” she says. “Especially when you’re in love, like your heart pumps for 35 of them. I kept going back and forth with my A&R and my manager, we’ve all been on this incredible journey together, and they’re just like ‘Save it for the next album!’ Because you just get so passionate and excited about these songs, you lived with them, you birthed them along with the producers. You become so attached.”
The ‘Kisses Down Low’ singer says that ‘Talk a Good Game’ “feels like everything I wanted to make as far as music and R&B. I wanted to make sure my roots were really pronounced on this album … I decided to speak on what I was doing in my life. There’s so much talking and people gonna be like ‘Is she really talking about this on the album?’ Even down to things on ‘Kisses Down Low.’ People are like, ‘you’re talking a good game right now.’ I thought it would be really cool to name the album after those reactions.”
