After 40 years of performing rock music, pop ballads and movie soundtracks, Elton John is looking to cross over to yet another musical genre – hip hop.

"I want to bring my songs and melodies to hip hop beats – a bit like 'No Diggity' by Blackstreet,"' Elton said in excerpts of an interview posted on Rolling Stone's website on August 25, 2006.

Elton told the music magazine he would like to work with producer Dr Dre and a variety of artists, although he had yet to to contact them.

"I want to work with Pharrell (Williams), Timbaland, Snoop (Dogg), Kanye (West), Eminem and just see what happens. It may be a disaster, it could be fantastic, but you don't know until you try," he said.

Elton performed the song "Stan" with Eminem on 2001's telecast of the Grammys, the music industry's top awards, and the pair brought the house down.

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