Beyonce's Next Album To Be "Dance-Floor Oriented'"

Work begins this month, and the Bootylicious one has already enlisted Brighton-based dance act The Freemasons to produce a tune for her.

James Wiltshire, one half of the duo, told me: “The album is going to be huge. “It will rival anything the likes of Britney and Rihanna have done recently. Beyoncé and her team can see where mistakes were made on the last album.

“It was very American, very R&B and stripped back. “They want to go for a more international sound this time.”

James and bandmate Russell Small, both 32, got the call from Bey’s peeps after they did the official remixes of her hits Deja Vu and Beautiful Liar.

James explained: “Her management have been in almost daily contact with us ever since. “It is exciting getting to work on a new tune for her, as we get to be really creative.”

He added: “We were asked to do the remix of Britney’s Gimme More and to work on Donna Summer’s new album. “But we put them both on hold to work with Beyoncé. Normally big stars don’t take any notice of smaller acts like us.

“So her decision shows just where she is going with this album. “Beyoncé is very clever when it comes to promoting her music. She wants to hit as many audiences as possible.” [x]

So she's working with Timbaland, remaking an Aaliyah song and working with Freemasons? All in the same album? I gotta hear this. Though I'm not big on Freemasons' dance mixes, I like the fact that Beyonce is taking a different route this time around; instead of the usual club bangers she's known for. I hope she takes her sweet as time with this album. None of that rushed half-assed shit.