Jive Records gears up for Intyce
Singer/songwriter Intyce eyeing a summer release for his upcoming studio LP, The Year was 96/ The Rave. (Jive/FrontCover Records)

The album will feature collaborations with Red Alarm (Clasik, Brooklyn), Cool & Dre: Andre Lyon and Marcello Valenzano (Jazmine Sullivan, Keyshia Cole), Makeba Riddick (Beyonce Knowles, LeToya Luckett), Madd Scientist (Nicole Scherzinger, Leona Lewis), The Writing Camp: Evan Bogart, Victoria Horn, Erika Nuri & David Quinones (Fantasia Barrino, Jesse McCartney), Jonathan “J.R.” Rotem (Mya Harrison, Lyrica Anderson), The Clutch: Balewa Muhammad, Candice Nelson, Ezekiel Lewis, Keri Hilson & Patrick Smith (Britney Spears, Usher Raymond), Danja and Kanye West (Janet Jackson, Syleena Johnson) and Timbaland. (Aaliyah, Ginuwine)

The Jive/FrontCover set will be preceded by two lead singles both to be released to radio simultaneously early spring/summer.

In addition to this, Intyce will jump start promotion for the project by paying homage to singers Aaliyah, Ginuwine, and Missy Elliott. It has been reported that the singer will remix and cover one of their most critically acclaimed efforts within the 1996/2001 era.

At press time a spoke person from the label said, "Its been almost thirteen years since we've heard something ground breaking and innovative".

With the invasion of so many new pop acts, the younger generation don't even relies how influential the 1996 era was to music today.

What better way to end the year, then by bridging the gap between then and now.

The year was 96...