Describing a beat as ‘fire’ is par for the course these days, but it seems that Timbaland’s thunderous groove for Nelly Furtado’s 2006 hit Maneater was so hot that it actually caused flame to come out of the studio speakers.
Recalling the incident, Furtado told The Guardian: “It was my first day working on [2006 album] Loose with [producers] Timbaland and Danja. We were in Miami. Timbaland said: ‘I made this beat for you’ and played it super loud. Suddenly I smelled burning, there was all this smoke and a flame shot out of the speaker. Someone came to replace the speaker but it freaked us out: maybe we should put this song away till tomorrow.”
