Timbaland

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Timothy Zachary Mosley (born March 10, 1972), better known as Timbaland, is an American musician, record producer, rapper, singer, songwriter, and DJ. Timbaland's first full credit production job on Ginuwine was in 1996, the Bachelor for R&B singer Ginuwine.

Timbaland became a well-known R&B and hip hop artist after further work on Aaliyah's second studio album One in a Million (1996) and Missy Elliott's debut studio album Supa Dupa Fly (1997).

He appeared on several albums with fellow rapper Magoo, before his debut solo album Tim's Bio in 1998.

Timbaland produced Justin Timberlake's hit single "Cry Me a River" in 2002, before going on to produce the majority of Timberlake's subsequent albums, FutureSex/LoveSounds, and their respective hit singles.

Nelly Furtado, whose Timbaland-produced album Loose (2006) was a commercial and critical hit for a Timbaland-owned imprint label, Mosley Music Group.

Timbaland released Shock Value as a solo album in 2007, which was followed by Shock Value II in 2009. Timbaland's production credits from the 2000s include work with Jay-Z, Nas, Ludacris, Bubba Sparxxx, Madonna, Rihanna, OneRepublic, Drake, Rick Ross, and others, in addition to the aforementioned artists.

He has written 85 UK hits and 99 hits Stateside as a songwriter, as well as 99 hits in 2014.

Timbaland's production style has received acclaim.

"Just about every current pop trend can be traced back to him," Entertainment Weekly said in 2007, "from sultry, urban-edged R&B songstresses" to the art of incorporating avant-garde sounds into No. 1 hits.

Early life

Timothy Zachery Mosley was born in Norfolk, Virginia, on March 10, 1972, to Latrice, who ran a homeless shelter, and Garland Mosley, an Amtrak employee. He graduated from Salem High School in Virginia Beach, Virginia. During his time as a DJ, he was known as "DJ Timmy Tim" or "DJ Timmy Timmy Tim." Sebastian, Sebastian's brother, is reportedly nine years younger. Courtney Rashon, a makeup artist and an author from New Jersey, is a painter and an author. Timbaland started a long-term friendship with rapper Melvin (Magoo) Barcliff while attending high school. S.B.I., the teen Mosleys were also a member of the S.B.I. production group. (which stood for 'Surrounded By Idots'), also featured Neptunes producer Pharrell Williams, and his cousin, Pharrell Williams. Mosley was also high school buddies with brothers Terrence and Gene Thornton, who would become known as Pusha T and Malice of the rap group Clipse, respectively. Timbaland was accidentally shot by a coworker at a local Red Lobster restaurant in 1986 and was partially paralyzed for nine months. He began to learn how to DJ with his left hand at this time.

Missy Elliott, a rapper, discovered his talent and began working with him. DeVante Swing, a producer and founder of the hit R&B band Jodeci, auditioned for her and her R&B group Sista. DeVante signed Sista to his Swing Mob record label, and Elliott brought Mosley and Barcliff along with her to New York, where Swing Mob was based. After the Timberland brand of construction boots, it was DeVante who renamed the young producer Timbaland. He and Magoo became members of Swing Mob's "Da Bassment" crew, which includes musicians including R&B singer Ginuwine, female vocal group Playa, Smoke E. Digglera, Static Black, and female group Sugah. Timbaland did postproduction work on a number of DeVante projects, including the 1995 Jodeci LP The Show, The After-Party, The Hotel, and Sista's (unveiled) debut LP 4 All the Sistas Around the World. Elliott began earning a reputation as a songwriter for artists like R&B's 702 and MC Lyte. Timbaland was often asked to produce remixes of her songs due to Timbaland's acquaintance with her.

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Career

Timbaland's interest in producing R&B acts began early in his career. He made a few songs for R&B bands like Jodeci and Sista in the early 1990s. He made his mainstream debut in 1996 by releasing the bulk of Aaliyah's second album One in a Million and Ginuwine's debut album Ginuwine...the Bachelor. This included hits like Aaliyah and Ginuwine's "If Your Girl Only Knew." Timbaland's debut as a R&B musician, but his signature sound was nonetheless rooted in hip-hop, with its fast-paced attitude and clear drum breaks. He was bringing a hip-hop sound to R&B, and in this way, his presence helped blur the boundaries between hip-hop and R&B production. Missy Elliott's debut album Supa Dupa Fly, his first album as a childhood friend of Mosley, was produced by him completely in 1997. Timbaland's music style remained unchanged on this record, but Missy's music was still regarded as hip-hop by the time. He also released his first album in 1997, Welcome to Our World, also a hip-hop album. His hip-hop album in the late 1990s would be highly influential and common as he produced for many top hip-hop artists, including Jay-Z, Nas, and The LOX. With the hit "Big Pimpin'," he had a major hit with Jay-Z and rap group UGK in 1999. Da Real World was also responsible for Missy's second album in 1999. Timbaland continued to produce mainly for R&B artists during this period. He continued to produce for Ginuwine and Aaliyah, as well as contributing to albums by Xscape, Nicole, Playa, and Total. "You Make Me Wanna" was a remixed Usher's biggest hit "You Make Me Wanna." Timbaland produced "Roll Out (My Business)" by Ludacris, Petey Pablo's "Woke Up"), Petey Pablo's "Morrow"), and Beck's interpretation of David Bowie's "Diamond Dogs" during this period. He performed three songs on Aaliyah's self-titled third album, "We Need a Resolution" (featuring himself rapping a verse), "More than a Woman," and the ballad "I Care 4 U." He also appears in Aaliyah's single "Today," which he also created and co-wrote.

Timbaland & Magoo's second album together was supposed to be released in November 2000. Indecent Proposal would feature performances by Beck, Aaliyah, as well as younger Timbaland employees, including Petey Pablo from his new Beat Club Records imprint-Ms. (who was a member of Sugah during the Swing Mob days). The album was delayed for a year before being released in November 2001. It was a commercial failure. On the previous version, Beck's vocals for the track "I Am Music" were not included, instead featuring Timbaland and Pete "Static" Garrett of Playa and Aaliyah. Bubba Sparxxx's debut album on Beat Club in September 2001, Dark Days, Bright Nights was the first to be published. Timbaland was greatly affected by Aaliyah's death. Timbaland said on a phone call to MTV's Total Request Live: Timbaland said: "I'm not a cable television show."

Timbaland contributed three songs to Tweet's debut album, Southern Hummingbird, and produced the bulk of Missy Elliott's fourth and fifth LPs, This Is Not a Test! During this period, he also produced tracks for musicians including Lil' Kim ("The Jump Off") and southern rapper Pastor Troy. Timbaland also worked on a number of tracks on former *NSYNC lead singer Justin Timberlake's solo debut, Justified, including the song "Cry Me a River."

Timbaland's second Bubba Sparxxx album, Deliverance, and the third Timbaland & Magoo album, Part II, were both released in 2003, despite the fact that delivery was lauded by critics and embrace by the internet community. Timbaland produced singles for LL Cool J, Xzibit, Fatman Scoop, and Jay-Z in 2004, and Jay-Z produced the bulk of Brandy's fourth album, Afrodisiac. Timbaland co-wrote two songs ("Exodus '04" and "Let Me Give My Love") and wrote three tracks on Hikaru Utada's second English album, Exodus. Elliott's sixth album, The Cookbook, continued to be produced, with the words "Joy (feat). Mike Jones (Rebirth), "Partytime," and "Partytime" continues to grow his audience.

Timbaland's latest brand, Mosley Music Group, was founded by Timbaland and John Servedio, a long-serving Australian music producer who was also known as 'ServidSounds,' who helped Timbaland recruit some talent from his former Beat Club Records label. Nelly Furtado, Keri Hilson, and rapper D.O.E. were among the new models on the new label. Justin Timberlake's second solo studio album FutureSex/LoveSounds was released in 2006. "SexBack," "Sexy Ladies," "Chop Me Up," "What Comes Around" and the prelude to "My Love" entitled "Let Me Talk to You," features his vocals on "SexyBack," "Sexy Ladies," "What Goes Around," "What Comes Around," and "What Goes Around." Timbaland appeared on several albums, including "Wait a Minute," Nelly Furtado's "Promiscuous," and Omarion and Justin Timberlake's "SexyBack." In an interview published in August 2006 in the United Kingdom Timbaland, he revealed that he was working on a new LP by Jay-Z and that he had collaborated on tracks with Coldplay's Chris Martin.

Timbaland appeared on seven songs on Björk's 2007 album, Volta, including "Earth Intruders," "Hope," and "Innocence," and later worked on track for Duran Duran's new Duran Duran Duran's latest Duran Duran Duran's Red Carpet Massacre, including one featuring his frequent collaborator Justin Timberlake. Timbaland produced songs for Bone Thugs-n-Harmony's album "Ayo Technology" later this year, as well as the song "Ayo Technology" on 50 Cent's album Curtis. Timbaland also produced the majority of the tracks on Ashlee Simpson's third album, Bittersweet World, which included the song "Outta My Head (Ay Ya Ya Ya)" (Ay Ya Ya). Timbaland Presents Shock Value, a compilation album starring artists including 50 Cent, Dr. John, Fall Out Boy, Nelly Furtado, Missy Elliott, and others. In early 2007, Timbaland and record producer Scott Storch reignited a feud. When Timbaland annnishly slashed Storch, it became "I'm a real producer and you['re] just the piano guy." Timbaland confirmed in an interview that he was talking about Storch. Parts of the controversy resulted from a squabble over writing awards for Timberlake's "Cry Me a River."

Timbaland produced many albums for various artists in 2008, including Madonna's Hard Candy, Ashlee Simpson's In a Perfect World, Keri Garnett's In a Perfect World, Jennifer Hudson's Last Hope, The Lose of All I Want Is It, Tim Watson's The Block, Kitty Carter's The Book of Broken, Samantha Jade's My Name Is Nicole, Busta Rida's The Block, Brenta Murray's With Love, My Name Is She & Day, a Jade's, a Gib, Debbie Johnson's Doll Doll's in the Burns a Mari's Keria Mari's Girl, Teresa Eva's Miss Is Love, Teta Sheed's My Name Is My Name Is The Block's The Block's My Family, Neigh, Teresa's The Block Is Sapphire, Melissa Jade's My Name Is Barbara Jade's In The Block's The Bear, Tegycat Doll Doll Doll Doll Doll Doll Doll Doll Doll Doll Domine's Is Your Name Is Boulton's Is My Home Is "Is My Girl Doll Doll Doll Doll Doll Doll Doll Doll Dos From the City's The Block's Doll Doll Doll Doll Doll Doll Doll Doll Domine My Love, Miss The Block Timbaland wrote "Believe" by Dima Bilan for the Eurovision Song Contest 2008, which was co-written by Bilan and Jim Beanz. The band since 2009 when it was held in Belgrade, Serbia, was crowned the grand prize. Timbaland, the first Fashion Against AIDS campaign, was launched in February 2008, a Designers Against AIDS initiative that was sold in H&M stores in 28 countries, to help raise HIV/AIDS awareness among urban youth and advocate for safe sex. Timbaland would debut an album exclusively for Verizon Wireless's V CAST cell phone service on February 8, 2008, and was named the first "Mobile Producer in Residence" in the country. Timbaland would be welcomed by Mosley Music Group/Zone 4 drummer and songwriter Keri Hilson to start recording on the mobile album's first track in the fully equipped Mobile Recording Studio. Garry Barry Larry "Get It Girl" is the only track to surface so far. Timbaland's first game in the video game market, he collaborated with Rockstar Games to produce Beaterator, a music mixing game for the PlayStation Portable, PlayStation Network, and iOS that was announced in September 2009.

Timbaland revealed in July 2008 that he was working on the sequel to his platinum-selling Shock Value, according to MTV's Shaheem Reid. He said he had one track with Madonna that had never been released on her album Hard Candy, but it didn't appear on her album Hard Candy, so it could have to be scrapped and instead land on this album. He was insistent that he would also collaborate with Jordin Sparks, Beyoncé, Rihanna, Jonas Brothers, Miley Cyrus, and T.I. However, no of these collaborations (except Miley Cyrus) made it to the final track list, although Miley Cyrus) made it to the final track list. He also said that alongside T-Pain, who will surely appear, he hoped to get Jay-Z on board, but he was unable to do so. In July 2008, Timbaland began working on the sequel to Shock Value. In March 2009, he filed a lawsuit against his company, Blackground Records, charging that they threatened to blackball him after he went from music to production.

Timbaland announced that Shock Value II would be available in Europe and North America on November 23, 2009, and on November 24, in North America. However, it was postponed until December 8, ahead of the first single featuring SoShy, a new recording artist. DJ Felli Fel, Justin Timberlake, JoJo, Bran'Nu, Drake, Chad Kroeger, Sebastian, Miley Cyrus, Selene Cyrus, Ethero, Mado, Daughtry, OneRepublic, Keri Hilson, Attitude, and D.O.E. Madonna, Jonas Brothers, Rihanna, Usher, Jay-Z, Beyoncé, Kanye West, Kanye West, T-Pain, T.I., T.I., T.I. And Akon never appeared on Shock Value II. Shock Value II is best known for its use of over-the-top vocal effects.

SoShy and Nelly Furtado's lead single from Timbaland's third studio album "Morning After Dark" features SoShy and Nelly Furtado. Tim Mosley, Jerome Harmon, Deborah Epstein, Keri Hilson, Keri Hilson, Nelly Furtado, John Maultsby, and Timbaland and Jroc produced the song. On-Air with Ryan Seacrest on Ryan Seacrest's KIIS-FM radio show on October 16, 2009, with Timbaland referring to it as the project's kick-off song. Following her appearance, the song was added to radio air on May 25. The album debuted in the top ten of the Billboard Hot 100 for the first time. Sparks' fifth straight top 20 hit and third non-consecutive top ten hit with this success. Sparks will debut the single in Europe on May 24. On November 3, 2009, the Canadian rapper Drake's "Say Something" was released to US iTunes. On January 5, 2010, it was officially delivered to US radio. It is the album's second single and landed at number 23 on the Hot 100, making it the country's second most chart-to-belowers. Justin Timberlake's "Carry Out" is the third single from the album, but it was only in the United States that it was released. On December 1, 2009, it was sent to US radio. It is the most well-received single on the album, peaking at number 11 on the Billboard Hot 100. On February 18, 2010, the music video premiered. On April 26, 2010, it was announced as the third UK single. Katy Perry's album "If We Ever Meet Again" is the album's fourth single. On January 18, 2010, the music video premiered on January 18, 2010. It was launched in the United Kingdom on February 15, 2010.

Scream, a Chris Cornell song, was produced by Timbaland in 2009. Shakira was asked to record vocals on "Give It Up to Me" for Timbaland's forthcoming album, but instead it was placed on her third studio album She Wolf and released as the second US single. Timbaland's album I Am... Sasha Fierce was reworked by Keri Hilson and Jay-Z for Shock Value II, but not included. On December 28, 2009, he appeared on WWE's Raw as a guest host. Timbaland appeared as an evidence agent on FlashForward's episode (titled "Blowback") on March 25, 2010. On the video game Def Jam: Underground, his songs "Morning After Dark" and "Symphony" appear.

After Timbaland failed to make a appearance in Timbaland's music video shoot of "Get Involved," a feud arose between the producer and R&B singer Ginuwine in April 2010. Timbaland's "Talk That" was released later in April. When asked by RWD magazine about the UK music scene in June 2010, he made the brave claim that he inspired the burgeoning dub-step music scene. "They're always reminding me that they started it." "You have Dub-bass." "It's funny cos they went back to some of my old music that really made the noise," he continued to say. "They went slower with more bass," he continued." APB was declared out for Timbaland after his house was burgled in August 2010. When his family was unable to contact him, they called 911 and a manhunt was launched. His vehicle was eventually discovered and took him home, where paramedics inspected him before deciding he was not a threat to himself. Timbaland said he only took a drive to investigate the robbery because he suspected the perpetrator was someone close to whom he trusted.

Timbaland left Blackground Records in 2010 for the long-running Blackmarket Records, but Interscope Records stayed with Interscope Records. Timbaland appeared on Chris Brown's album, F.A.M.E., a label that also produces the songs "Paper, Scissors, Rock" later this year. "Talk Ya Ear Off" is Big Sean's tribute to Japan, as well as the Japan-only bonus track "Talk Ya Ear Off." Timbaland was also featured on David Guetta's album, Nothing But the Beat, on "I Just Wanna F" with Dev and Afrojack. Timbaland also worked with teen star Demi Lovato; he produced and appeared in her album "All Night Long" on Lovato's Unbroken album. Timbaland revealed in November 2010 that he would release Timbo Thursdays, a reissue of artists' Kanye West's initiative (via G.O.D.). Swizz Beatz (via Monster Mondays) and Fridays (via Monster Mondays). "So, my brother told me Kanye is puttin' out a new song called G.O.D. every Friday," Timbaland said in an interview with Rap-Up.com Timbaland. I'm not sure if they are on Twitter, but they can tell them to reserve that for Timbo the king baby on Thursday.

We’ll call it Timbo Thursday, cool?"

Timbaland's free music campaign started on January 13, 2011, with the first single containing Missy Elliott titled "Take Ur Clothes Off" debuting on January 13, 2011. After being used to advertise a book titled Culo, the first official single from Shock Value III, "Pass at Me" starring American rapper Pitbull and uncredited production by French DJ David Guetta, was released on September 13, 2011. On April 17, 2012, Dev's second single, "Break Ya Back," was released. Timbaland's "Hands In the Air" was the fourth installment in the Step Up series, including American singer Ne-Yo.

Timbaland signed to Jay-Z's Roc Nation brand on January 30, 2013. Timbaland will appear as the main producer of Justin Timberlake's latest album, The 20/20 Experience, which includes songs such as "Suit & Tie" and "Mirrrors." Timbaland also produced "Grown Woman," Beyoncé's debut on her Pepsi commercial and 2013 tour, and Cher's "I Don't Have to Sleep to Dream" was on Cher's 2013 album Closer to the Truth.

Timbaland and longtime friend and business partner Mike Evans signed a deal with Sony/ATV Music Publishing's Extreme Music to produce 75 new urban pop tracks for the production music house in April 2011.

Timbaland revealed in August 2013 that he was working on a campaign starring unreleased Michael Jackson's material, with the lead single "Love Never Felt So Good."

Timbaland joined T.I. on September 24, 2013. In her song titled Coke Bottle, AGNEZ MO, Indonesian artist AGNEZ MO, was named after her new co-produced Indonesian artist. On Twitter, the single's premiere launch event became a worldwide trending topic.

Timbaland's first single for his fourth album, Opera Noir, was released on November 15, 2013, starring Drake, Jay-Z, and James Fauntleroy. Both Timbaland and Missy Elliott had been reported by 2014 as an essential component of Kat Dahlia's debut album, My Garden, but neither of the pair's contributions saw the light of day. Timbaland received special mention for his contribution to Lee Daniels and Danny Strong's television film Empire, which premiered on FOX, on January 7, 2015. Timbaland and his staff, including Jim Beanz, Raphael Saadiq, and others, compose the series's songs based on information provided to them by the show's writing team per episode.

Timbaland and Missy Elliott joined up in February 2016 to produce "Somebody Else Will," for her third studio album Charlene, which was released on Twitter.

Timbaland and Andy Rubinhas joined SubPac, a Los Angeles-based startup manufacturing a wearable sound system in June 2016. His latest album Textbook Timbo is also not out when it is announced. Timbaland's album "Grab the Wheel" debuted on December 15, 2017 with 6lack on vocals. On the same day, the song was also featured in a music video.

Timbaland began teaching via Masterclass in 2019, presenting an educational series on production and beatmaking.

Timbaland and Swizz Beatz introduced the Verzuz Instagram webcast collection in March 2020. Both Timbaland and Swizz Beatz appeared on Time's annual list of the 100 most influential people in the country in 2021, for their work on Verzuz.

Blackground rebranded as Blackground 2.0 in August 2021, with Barry Hankerson as the founder. For the first time ever, Blackground 2.0 has signed a distribution agreement with Empire Distribution, which will re-launch the label's catalog on CD, cassette, and vinyl. The Aaliyah's catalog began to be published in chronological order, beginning with One In a Million on August 20, 2021. Timbaland's 1998 LP Tim's Bio: Life from da Bassment and Timbaland & Magoo's Welcome to Our World, Indecent Proposal and Under Construction, Part II were re-released on August 27, 2021.

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