If you’ve been wondering where Chicago artist #Tink has been for the past few months, then look no further! She’s back to the grind as she’s recently been freed from a deal with superstar producer #Timbaland who she says is responsible for her debut album not being released.
“I had dedicated so much time, and we had put in a lot of work together, me and [Timbaland]. We had an album done, but that whole process was just very shocking to me,” Tink tells THE FADER. “Going into something and having such high expectations for it, then having to refocus and reprocess everything. I had to really just dig deep and find out what I wanted to say next.”
Tink’s debut album “Think Tink” was produced by Timbaland and was actually done back in 2015, however, he continually decided to delay the project. “The album was actually finished. There was an intro, I had interludes.” Tink said. “It was [Timbaland’s] call to hold back on it, and I think, I want to say, for the benefit of the doubt, he did want to perfect it. But it was Tim’s call not to put it out.”
Later on in her interview, Tink shares her insight into what she calls “male-dominated offices” and how they make it harder for women to succeed
“Being a woman you have to fight a whole lot harder for what you want,” she said. “It’s unfortunate. There’s nothing you can tell me that makes that make sense. I just know how it is, dealing with these execs, these male-dominated offices. We’re made to feel like we’re less than, or as if we’re not taking it as serious as some of the other guys. It’s really just egos. That’s it — it’s nothing more than egos.”
Tink is currently working on Winter’s Diary 5!
You guys can catch up on the rest of Tink’s interview here.
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Source: http://www.thefader.com/2018/02/27/tink-timbaland-mosley-epic-released-deal-interview
