More New Madonna Leaks, This Time By Timbaland

Earlier this year, Madonna started hitting the studio with producer extraordinaire, Timbaland, and pop wunderkind, Justin Timberlake. Whatever came out of those sessions, other than copious photos of a bleary-eyed Madonna leaving the studio accompanied by speculation of getting high with Timbaland, has remained under wraps until two weeks ago when tracks called "Candy Shop" and "The Beat Goes On" found their way onto the internet. Now, NME is reporting that Timbaland himself leaked "4 Minutes To Save The World," featuring the aforementioned Timberlake as well, at the Jingle Ball Concert in Philadelphia. Naturally, this being the era of video camera cell phones and youtube, the song quickly became available to everyone, until Warner heavyweights yanked the pirated footage off-line.

Gossip pages would have you believe that Madonna is pissed alongside her label, but has yet to comment. "4 Minutes To Save The World" was a top contender for the first single, video to come in early 2008, so this whole incident could easily be a gimmick to build buzz.

Now in her 50s and seemingly not yet ready to fade into fickle obscurity, the icon maneuvers to retain her title as the queen of pop by hiring the producer to every other song you've danced to from the past couple years, along with the kid who not only decided to become the new Michael Jackson but is actually, maybe pulling it off. Though the hype and talent is enough, the project could always bomb in a case of too many cooks competing for their moment. If that weren't enough, MTV News claims Madonna's new album is getting additional help from Kanye West and Pharrell. Hopefully, with all these capable hip hop artists around, Madonna will avoid rapping herself. It's safe to say her last attempt proved that there was no street cred to be had by rhyming the words "pilates" and "lattes." With all the macho support, maybe this will even be a Madonna effort that straight men won't be ashamed to enjoy.