Lucy Diamonds from BallerStatus.Com has conducted an interview with Producer Teddy Riley. He mentions upcoming projects with Michael Jackson. You can read the full interview by clicking here.

Below is a transcript of when Teddy talks about working with The King of Pop:

Lucy Diamonds: There have been rumours going around the news that you and Will.i.am are both working on the new Michael Jackson album? Any truth to that?

Teddy Riley: Yes, it’s true Michael and I are supposed to be working together. I don’t know exactly which direction Michael is going in right now, but when the call comes in, I’m there.

Lucy Diamonds: Speaking of Michael Jackson, after he broke records with Quincy Jones on several albums up through Bad¸ you took over the production for Dangerous. At that time in your career, was following Quincy Jones a lot of pressure?

Teddy Riley: It was a lot pressure, I ain’t gonna lie about it. I felt really tense going in there working with Michael and to be coming after Quincy who’s a genius. He’s the Grandfather of production. Actually he called me to do it. He told me “you can do this.” He’s the one who put me out there to Michael and said, “This is the guy you need to do your record.” So then Michael called. At that point, I just went in with a lot of songs knowing he’d at least pick one song but he picked seven.

Lucy Diamonds: What was that experience like?

Teddy Riley: That experience was crazy because… like, I expected the worst. So when you expect the worst and then you actually get something, the worst now becomes the best for you. I expected not to have more than one song on the album, but then over the course we just developed this great relationship and chemistry. It’s a magnificent feeling.

Source: BallerStatus.Com