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Use dmy dates|date=August 2010Infobox musical artist|name = Timbaland|image =|caption =|background = solo_singer|alias = Timbo, DJ Timmy T|birth_name = Timothy Zachery Mosley|birth_date = birth date and age|1971|03|10|birth_place= Norfolk, Virginia , U.S.|origin = Norfolk, Virginia, U.S.|genre = Hip hop music|Hip hop , Contemporary R& B|R& B , electropop , alternative rock , pop rock |occupation = Rapper , Songwriter , Singer , Record producer|Producer , Actor |years_active= 1990 in music|1990 -present|label = Blackground Records , Mosley Music Group , Interscope Records |associated_acts = Aaliyah , Missy Elliott , Ginuwine , Danja , Justin Timberlake , Nelly Furtado , OneRepublic , Timbaland & Magoo|Magoo , Keri Hilson , Sebastian (rapper)|Sebastian , Bubba Sparxxx , Jay-Z , Ludacris , 50 Cent , Pussycat Dolls , Madonna (entertainer)|Madonna |website = url|timbalandmusic.com Timothy Zachery Mosley (born March 10, 1971),cite web|url= http://www.timbalandmusic.com/bio/default.aspx |title=Timbaland |publisher=timbalandmusic|date= |accessdate=2010-07-11dead link|date=May 2011 better known by his stage name Timbaland , is an United States|American record producer, songwriter and rapper .

Timbaland's first full credit production work was in 1996 on Ginuwine...the Bachelor for Contemporary R& B|R& B singer Ginuwine . After further work on Aaliyah 's 1996 album One in a Million (Aaliyah album)|One in a Million and Missy Elliott 's 1997 album Supa Dupa Fly , Timbaland became a prominent producer for R& B and hip-hop artists.

As a rapper he initially released several albums with fellow rapper Magoo (rapper)|Magoo , but later released his debut solo album '' Tim's Bio: Life from da Bassment|Tim's Bio in 1998. In 2007, Timbaland released the first album in his Shock Value series, Shock Value (Timbaland album)|Timbaland Presents: Shock Value .

Early life


Timothy Zachery Mosley was born on March 10, 1971 in Virginia Beach, Virginia , where he was raised, and graduated from Salem High School (Virginia Beach, Virginia)|Salem High School .cite web|last=Birchmeier|first=Jason|title=Timbaland – Biography|work=Allmusic|url=Allmusic|class=artist|id=p218225|pure_url=yes|accessdate=23 November 2008 As a DJ known as "DJ Tim",cite news|last=Reid|first=Shaheem|title=My Block: Virginia|url= http://www.mtv.com/bands/m/my_block/virginia/news_feature_021607/|work= MTV News |date=16 February 2007|accessdate=4 April 2008 or "DJ Timmy Tim"cite web|title=Bio|url= http://www.timbalandmusic.com/bio/|publisher=TimbalandMusic.com|accessdate=8 April 2008 Mosley began making hip hop backing tracks on a Casio keyboard. While in high school, Mosley began a long-term collaboration with rapper Melvin Barcliff, who performed under the name of Magoo (rapper)|Magoo . The teenaged Mosley also joined the production ensemble S.B.I. (which stood for surrounded by idiots) which also featured The Neptunes|Neptunes producer Pharrell . Mosley was also high school friends with Terrence and Gene Thorton, who would go on to be known as Pusha T and Malice of the rap group Clipse .cite web|url= http://www.xxlmag.com/online/? p=65847 |title=XXLmag.com |publisher=XXLmag.com |date= |accessdate=2010-07-11dead link|date=May 2011 When he was 15 in 1986, he was shot while working at his part time job at his local Red Lobster and was partially paralyzed for nine months. He spent this time learning how to deejay using his left hand.cite news|url= http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20015777,00.html|title=Everyone Wants Timbaland|author=Ethan Brown|publisher= Entertainment Weekly |date=23 March 2007|quote=He made ends meet with a series of menial jobs, including washing dishes at a Red Lobster, until late one night he wound up on the wrong end of a gun. The bullet passed through Tim's neck and lodged in his right shoulder (fragments remain to this day). For nine months, Tim was paralyzed on his right side, forcing him to learn to DJ with his left hand.
Tim rarely talks about the shooting, and is, in fact, quite critical of gangsta rappers who boast of their war wounds. ''I'm not a rapper," he says dismissively. ''I'm not talking about my scars or my battles. Still, the shooting did help him form a bond with 50 Cent. I'll tell you this, Tim says. If you get shot and you survive, you feel like you're an Incredible Hulk. Them bullets don't hurt when they go in. But then they got that burnin', that acid burn. Goddamn& #33; It feels like a stove burning your blood. You feel like any minute you gonna be dyin'.


Singer and rapper Missy Elliott heard his material and began working with him. She and her R& B group Sista auditioned for DeVante Swing, a producer and member of the successful R& B act Jodeci. 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. It was DeVante who renamed the young producer Timbaland, after The Timberland Company|Timberland construction boots. and Magoo became part of SCI Zakys School stable of Swing Mob signees known as "Da Bassment" crew, joining artists such as R& B singer Ginuwine , male vocal group Playa (band)|Playa ( Smoke E. Digglera , Static Major and Digital Black), and the girl group Sugah. Timbaland did production work on a number of projects with DeVante, including the 1995 Jodeci LP The Show, The After-Party, The Hotel , and Sista’s (unreleased) début LP 4 All the Sistas Around da World .

Elliott began receiving recognition as a songwriter for artists such as R& B girl group 702 and MC Lyte . Due to Timbaland's connection with her, he was often contacted to produce remixes of her songs.cite web|accessdate=25 April 2008|url= http://www.villagevoice.com/music/9850,213743,2083,22.html|title=Tim’s Brio |publisher= The Village Voice

Career


1994–2002


Timbaland began his producing career strictly for R& B acts. In the early to mid 1990s he produced a few songs for R& B acts such as Jodeci and Sista . In 1996 he made his mainstream breakthrough by producing the majority of both Aaliyah 's sophomore album One in a Million (Aaliyah album)|One in a Million and Ginuwine 's debut album Ginuwine...the Bachelor . This included the major hit singles " If Your Girl Only Knew " by Aaliyah and " Pony (Ginuwine song)|Pony " by Ginuwine . While Timbaland was initially producing for R& B artists, his trademark sound was very much rooted in Hip hop music|hip-hop with its fast-paced nature and clear drum breaks. He was taking a hip-hop sound and applying it to R& B, and in this way his sound was instrumental in blurring the distinction between hip-hop and R& B production.cite web|last=Birchmeier |first=Jason |url= http://www.allmusic.com/artist/timbaland-p218225 |title=Timbaland |publisher=AllMusic |date=|accessdate=2011-05-29

In 1997 he fully produced Supa Dupa Fly , the debut album of Missy Elliott , who had been a childhood friend of Mosley. In this album Timbaland continued with his now trademark electronic production style, but since Missy frequently rapped the music was considered hip-hop. Timbaland's sound was something very different from typical hip-hop up to that point, which often had a "grimey" sound and used samples. Timbaland's clean, electronic, and non-sample based productions were something very new to hip-hop audiences. Also in 1997 he released his first album with his partner Magoo (rapper)|Magoo , Welcome to Our World , also a hip-hop album. In the late 1990s his hip-hop production sound would become very influential and common as he produced for many high profile hip-hop artists including Jay-Z , Nas , and The LOX . In 1999 he scored a major hit with Jay-Z and rap group UGK with the hit " Big Pimpin' ". He also fully produced Missy's second album in 1999, Da Real World .

Still Timbaland in this period produced primarily for R& B artists. He continued to produce for Ginuwine and Aaliyah , as well as contributing significantly to albums by Xscape (band)|Xscape , Nicole Wray|Nicole , Playa (band)|Playa , and Total (music)|Total . He remixed Usher (entertainer)|Usher 's major hit " You Make Me Wanna ".

In the early 2000s Timbaland became an even more high profile and highly sought after producer for both hip-hop and R& B artists. He produced songs including Ludacris ' "Roll Out (My Business)",cite news|accessdate=29 April 2008|url= http://www.nydailynews.com/archives/entertainment/2003/10/07/2003-10-07_ludacris_hits_the_silly_summ.html|title=LUDACRIS HITS THE SILLY SUMMIT |publisher= New York Daily News | date=7 October 2003 Jay-Z's "Hola' Hovito",cite web|accessdate=29 April 2008|url= http://www.villagevoice.com/blogs/statusainthood/archives/2007/04/jayz_and_timbal.php|title=Jay-Z and Timbaland, Together Again |publisher= Village Voice Petey Pablo 's "Raise Up",cite web|accessdate=29 April 2008|url= http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1452482/20020220/pablo_petey.jhtml|title=Petey Pablo, The Black Robert De Niro? |publisher=MTV and Beck 's cover of David Bowie 's "Diamond Dogs" during this period.cite web|accessdate=29 April 2008|url= http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1438577/20010126/timbaland.jhtml|title=Timbaland Film Vying For Sundance Grand Jury Prize |publisher=MTV He also contributed three songs, all eventually released as singles, to Aaliyah ’s self-titled third album, the exotic lead single " We Need a Resolution " (featuring himself rapping a verse), " More than a Woman (Aaliyah song)|More than a Woman ", and the ballad " I Care 4 U ".cite web|accessdate=29 April 2008|url= http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1442244/20010328/aaliyah.jhtml|title=Aaliyah Finds 'Resolution' With New Single, Video |publisher=MTV He also makes an appearance in Aaliyah's single " Try Again ", which he also produced and co-wrote.

Timbaland & Magoo’s second album together was slated for release in November 2000. Indecent Proposal was to feature appearances by Beck , Aaliyah , as well as new Timbaland protégés—some from his new Beat Club Records imprint-- Ms. Jade , Kiley Dean , Sebastian (rapper)|Sebastian (Tims brother), Petey Pablo , and Tweet (singer)|Tweet (who was a member of Sugah during the Swing Mob days). The album was delayed for an entire year, finally released in November 2001. It was a commercial disappointment. Beck’s vocals for the track "I Am Music" were not included on the last version, which instead featured Timbaland singing along Steve "Static" Garrett of Playa and Aaliyah.cite web|accessdate=25 April 2008|url= http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1448808/20010911/story.jhtml|title=Timbaland To Release Aaliyah / Beck Duet |publisher=MTV

The first release on Beat Club was the début album by Bubba Sparxxx in September 2001, Dark Days, Bright Nights .cite web|accessdate=25 April 2008|url= http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/timbaland/articles/story/5932482/timbaland_launches_label|title=Timbaland Launches Label |work=Rolling Stonedead link|date=May 2011 The loss of Aaliyah deeply affected Timbaland. In a phone call to the MTV show Total Request Live , Timbaland said:

quote|She was like blood, and I lost blood. Me and her together had this chemistry. I kinda lost half of my creativity to her. It's hard for me to talk to the fans now. Beyond the music, she was a brilliant person, the most special person I ever met.cite web|accessdate=25 April 2008|url= http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1448422/20010827/aaliyah.jhtml|title=Timbaland, P. Diddy, Other Artists React To Aaliyah's Death|publisher=MTV|Timbaland|MTV

2003–05


Timbaland contributed three tracks to Tweet’s début album, Southern Hummingbird, and produced most of Elliott’s fourth and fifth LPs, Under Construction (Missy Elliott album)|Under Construction and This Is Not A Test! .cite web|accessdate=28 April 2008|url= http://www.rollingstone.com/reviews/album/296896/this_is_not_a_test|title=This Is Not A Test& #33; |publisher=Rolling Stone He also produced tracks for artists such as Lil’ Kim ("The Jump Off") and southern rapper Pastor Troy during this period.cite news|title=Lil' Kim, Delivering The Goods |publisher=The Washington Post|date=19 March 2003|author=Daly, Sean Collaborating with fellow producer Scott Storch , Timbaland also worked on a number of tracks on former *NSYNC lead singer Justin Timberlake ’s solo debut, Justified (album)|Justified , including the song " Cry Me a River (Justin Timberlake song)|Cry Me a River ".cite news|accessdate=28 April 2008|url= http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html? res=9C07E3D61431F932A2575AC0A9609C8B63|title= Critic's Choice: New CD's |publisher=The New York Times|date=11 September 2006|author=Sanneh, Kelefa

Late in 2003, Timbaland delivered the second Bubba Sparxxx album, Deliverance (Bubba Sparxxx album)|Deliverance , and the third Timbaland & Magoo album, Under Construction, Part II Both albums were released to little fanfare or acclaim even though Deliverance was praised by reviews and embraced by the internet community.cite web|accessdate=25 April 2008|url= http://www.nme.com/reviews/bubba-sparxxx/7178|title=Bubba Sparxxx : Deliverance |publisher= NME

In 2004 Timbaland produced singles for LL Cool J , Xzibit , Fatman Scoop , and Jay-Z , and he produced the bulk of Brandy Norwood|Brandy ’s fourth album, Afrodisiac .cite news|title=Brandy evolves to "Afrodisiac"|publisher= St. Louis Post-Dispatch |date=15 July 2004|author=Johnson, Kevin C.

Timbaland co-wrote two tracks ( Exodus '04 and Exodus (Hikaru Utada album)|Let Me Give You My Love ) and produced three tracks of the American-Japanese Pop star Hikaru Utada ’s debut English album, Exodus (Hikaru Utada album)|Exodus .cite news|last=Daly|first=Sean|accessdate=25 April 2008|url= http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A31175-2004Oct13? language=printer|title=Leaving the Girl Behind |work= The Washington Post He continued working on tracks for Tweet (singer)|Tweet and for Elliott’s sixth album, The Cookbook : "Joy (feat. Mike Jones (rapper)|Mike Jones )", and "Partytime"cite news|accessdate=29 April 2008|url= http://www.cnn.com/2005/SHOWBIZ/Music/07/05/ew.mus.missy/|title=EW review: Elliott's 'Cookbook' overdone |publisher= Entertainment Weekly and continued to expand his reach with production for The Game (rapper)|The Game and Jennifer Lopez ("He'll Be Back" from her fourth studio album, Rebirth (Jennifer Lopez album)|Rebirth ).cite web|accessdate=29 April 2008|url= http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7047411/|title=‘Rebirth’ at its best when J. Lo keeps it on dance floor |publisher= MSNBC

2006–07: Timbaland Presents Shock Value


Timbaland started a new label, Mosley Music Group , bringing some talent from his former Beat Club Records label.cite web|accessdate=29 April 2008|url= http://www.star-ecentral.com/news/story.asp? file=/2008/1/6/music/19920987& sec=music|title=Super sonic |publisher= The Star (Malaysia)|The Star cite news|url= http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1554268/20070308/timbaland.jhtml|title='I Had To Speak Up': Scott Storch Responds To Timbaland's Jabs|last=Rodriguez|first=Jayson|date=8 March 2007|publisher=MTV News|accessdate=4 April 2010 On the new label are Nelly Furtado , Keri Hilson , and rapper D.O.E. .cite news|accessdate=29 April 2008|url= http://www.usatoday.com/printedition/life/20080215/wk_cover15_songwriters.art.htm|title=They write the songs — and they're singing them, too |publisher= USA Today | first=Steve | last=Jones | date=20 February 2008

In 2006 he produced Justin Timberlake 's second solo studio album FutureSex/LoveSounds . His vocals feature on the songs " SexyBack ", "Sexy Ladies", "Chop Me Up", " What Goes Around.../...Comes Around " and on the prelude to " My Love (Justin Timberlake song)|My Love " entitled "Let Me Talk to You."

In early 2007, Timbaland mentioned he wanted to work with female artist Britney Spears on her album Blackout (Britney Spears Album)|Blackout .

Timbaland provided vocals on the singles the Pussycat Dolls 's " Wait a Minute (Pussycat Dolls song)|Wait a Minute ", Nelly Furtado's " Promiscuous (song)|Promiscuous ", Justin Timberlake 's " SexyBack ", and " Ice Box (song)|Ice Box " by Omarion . In an interview published in August 2006 in the UKcite news|accessdate=25 April 2008|url= http://arts.guardian.co.uk/features/story/0,,1839486,00.html|title='I'm up here. Everyone else is down there' |publisher=The Guardian | location=London | first=Angus | last=Batey | date=8 August 2006 Timbaland revealed he was working on a new LP by Jay-Z and that he had worked on tracks with Coldplay ’s Chris Martin .cite web|accessdate=25 April 2008|url= http://www.nme.com/news/coldplay/27232|title=Timbaland to work with Coldplay |publisher= NME

Timbaland worked on seven songs for Björk ’s new album, Volta (album)|Volta , including " Earth Intruders ", "Hope", and " Innocence (Bjork song)|Innocence "cite web|accessdate=25 April 2008|url= http://www.rollingstone.com/rockdaily/index.php/2007/01/19/bjork-borrows-timbaland-on-new-album-sxsw-gets-guilt-free-radiohead-concerned-about-world-making-record/|title=Björk Borrows Timbaland on New Album, SXSW Gets Guilt-Free, Radiohead Concerned About World, Making Record |publisher=Rolling Stonedead link|date=May 2011 and he later worked on tracks for the new Duran Duran album, Red Carpet Massacre , including one featuring his frequent collaborator Justin Timberlake.cite news|accessdate=28 April 2008|url= http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,22874412-2902,00.html|title=Duran Duran at work with Justin Timberlake and Timbaland |publisher= Herald Sun | first=Cameron | last=Adams | date=6 December 2007 Later in the year, Timbaland produced songs for Bone Thugs N Harmony's LP, Strength & Loyalty cite news|title=FAST TRACKS; Harmony? Good to the Bone|publisher=Los Angeles Times|date=21 January 2007 and the song " Ayo Technology " on 50 Cent ’s album Curtis (50 Cent album)| Curtis .cite web|accessdate=28 April 2008|url= http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1566579/20070807/id_0.jhtml|title=Timbaland Talks About His And Justin Timberlake's 'Hot' Collabo With Madonna |publisher=MTV Timbaland also produced most of the tracks on Ashlee Simpson 's third CD, Bittersweet World , including the song " Outta My Head (Ay Ya Ya) ".cite web|accessdate=25 April 2008|url= http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1576807/20071219/simpson_ashlee.jhtml|title=Ashlee Simpson Reveals Christmas Gifts For Fans (New Album Title) And Pete Wentz (Shh!) |publisher=MTV

On 3 April 2007, Timbaland released a collaboration album featuring artists including 50 Cent , Dr. Dre , Elton John , Fall Out Boy , Nelly Furtado , Missy Elliott , and others called Timbaland Presents Shock Value .

A rivalry flared up between Timbaland and record producer Scott Storch in early 2007. The tension initially started on the single " Give It to Me (Timbaland song)|Give It to Me ", when Timbaland anonymously called out Storch, rapping, "I'm a real producer and you just the piano man". Timbaland confirmed that he was talking about Storch in an interview with MTV News. This partly stemmed from a dispute over the writing credits for Justin Timberlake's - Cry Me A River.cite web|last=Rodriguez |first=Jayson |url= http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1554268/20070308/timbaland.jhtml |title='I Had To Speak Up': Scott Storch Responds To Timbaland's Jabs - News Story & #124; Music, Celebrity, Artist News & #124; MTV News |publisher=Mtv.com |date=2007-03-09 |accessdate=2010-07-11

Plagiarism accusations


Main|Timbaland plagiarism controversyTimbaland's plagiarism controversy occurred in January 2007, when several news sources reported that Timbaland was alleged to have plagiarized several elements (both motifs and samples) in the song " Do It " on the 2006 album Loose (Nelly Furtado album)|Loose by Nelly Furtado without giving credit or compensation.cite web|url= http://www.rollingstone.com/rockdaily/index.php/2007/01/18/is-timbaland-a-thief/|title=Is Timbaland a Thief? |work=Rolling Stone|date=18 January 2007|accessdate=25 April 2008dead link|date=May 2011 http://www.iltalehti.fi/popstars/200701145593138_ps.shtml Onko Nellyn hitti Suomesta? ( Finnish ) http://plaza.fi/harrastukset/edome/artikkelit/yleiset/yhdysvaltalaistuottaja-polli-suomalaismuusikolta Yhdysvaltalaistuottaja pölli suomalaismuusikolta ( Finnish ) The song itself was released as the fifth North American single (music)|single from Loose in July 2007.

2008


In 2008, Timbaland helped produce many albums for various artists that include Madonna (actress)|Madonna 's Hard Candy (Madonna album)|Hard Candy ,cite web|url= http://www.rap-up.com/2008/10/21/brandy-records-with-timbaland-new-video/#more-8786 |title=Brandy Records with Timbaland, New Video |publisher=Rap-Up.com |date=2008-10-21 |accessdate=2010-07-11 Ashlee Simpson 's Bittersweet World , Keri Hilson 's In a Perfect World...|In A Perfect World , Flo Rida 's Mail On Sunday , Letoya Luckett 's Lady Love (LeToya album)|Lady Love , Lindsay Lohan 's Spirit in the Dark , Chris Cornell 's Scream (Chris Cornell album)|Scream , JoJo (singer)|JoJo 's All I Want Is Everything (album)|All I Want Is Everything , Nicole Scherzinger 's Her Name is Nicole , Missy Elliott 's Block Party (album)|Block Party , Matt Pokora 's MP3 (M. Pokora album)|MP3 , Keithian 's Dirrty Pop , The Pussycat Dolls 's Doll Domination , Busta Rhymes 's B.O.M.B. (album)|B.O.M.B , Lisa Maffia 's Miss Boss , Teairra Mari 's Pressed For Time ,cite web|url= http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/news/article_display.jsp? vnu_content_id=1003826046|title=Teairra Mari Back With New Interscope Project Jennifer Hudson (album)|Jennifer Hudson's début album , Dima Bilan 's Believe , Samantha Jade 's, My Name Is Samantha Jade , New Kids on the Block 's The Block (album)|The Block and Keshia Chanté 's new album Night & Day (album)|Night & Day .

Timbaland produced the Russian entry the Eurovision Song Contest 2008 , Believe (Dima Bilan song)|Believe by Dima Bilan , which was co-written by Bilan and Jim Beanz . The song then won the contest when it was held in Belgrade , Serbia in May 2008.

In February 2008 the first 'Fashion against AIDS' collection -an initiative of 'Designers against AIDS'cite web|url= http://designersagainstaids.com |title=Designers Against Aids |publisher=Designers Against Aids |date= |accessdate=2010-07-11 and sold in H& M stores in 28 countries- was launched, for which Timbaland designed a T-shirt print, posed for the campaign and spoke out in a video, to help raise HIV/AIDS awareness among urban youth and to advocate safe sex.

On 8 February 2008, it was announced that Timbaland would be releasing an album exclusively for Verizon Wireless 's V CAST cell phone service and was designated its very first "Mobile Producer in Residence." Timbaland will be joined by Mosley Music Group / Zone 4 (record label)|Zone 4 singer/songwriter Keri Hilson to begin work on the mobile album’s first track aboard the fully equipped Mobile Recording Studio. The only track to surface so far is Garry Barry Larry Harry "Get It Girl". In his first effort within the video game industry, he worked with Rockstar Games to produce Beaterator , a music mixing game for the PlayStation Portable , PlayStation Network , and iOS (Apple)|iOS released in the September 2009.cite web|last=Truta|first=Filip|title=PSP – Music Sequencer from Rockstar and Timbaland: Beaterator|url= http://news.softpedia.com/news/PSP-Music-Sequencer-From-Rockstar-and-Timbaland-Beaterator-49439.shtml|work=Softpedia|date=14 March 2007|accessdate=8 April 2008

In September 2008 it was announced that Timbaland would be inducted into the Philosophical Society of Trinity College, Dublin as an Honorary Patron in October 2008.cite web|url= http://allhiphop.com/stories/news/archive/2008/09/09/20485954.aspx |title=Daily News - : Timbaland To Be Awarded By Trinity College in Dublin |publisher=Allhiphop.com |date= |accessdate=2010-07-11 Citation needed|date=February 2010
Timbaland is producing the movie “Vinyl” which follows the lives of 5 young women facing life-altering decisions about their relationships to members of a rock band. Timbaland’s Mosley Media Group is teaming up with Effie T. Brown's Duly Noted Inc. to create the movie. Marcus Spence, President of Mosley Music, Timbaland’s wife and publicist Monique Idlett Mosley, will be producing the film. Shooting starts in spring with Richard Zelniker as director.cite web|url= http://thomascrownchronicles.blogspot.com/2008/11/timbaland-tries-moviesagain.html |title=The Thomas Crown Chronicles: Timbaland tries movies again |publisher=Thomascrownchronicles.blogspot.com |date=2008-11-12 |accessdate=2010-07-11

2009–2010: Shock Value II and robbery case


Timbalands spoke to MTV 's Shaheem Reid back in July 2008 to confirm that he was working on the follow-up to his platinum selling Shock Value .cite web|last=Reid |first=Shaheem |url= http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1591445/20080723/id_0.jhtml |title=Timbaland Working Up Shock Value 2 With Rihanna, Beyonce, Jonas Brothers |publisher=Mtv.com |date=2008-07-24 |accessdate=2009-10-17 At the time he confirmed that he had one track with Madonna (entertainer)|Madonna which although recorded for her album Hard Candy (Madonna album)|Hard Candy it had not been used and could end up on this album instead. He was insistent that he would also collaborate with Jordin Sparks , Beyoncé , Rihanna , Jonas Brothers , Miley Cyrus and T.I. . However, none of these collaborations (except Miley Cyrus) made it to the final tracklist. He also said that alongside T-Pain who will definitely appear, he hoped to get Jay-Z on board, although he ultimately failed to do so.


Timbaland began working on the sequel to Shock Value in July 2008.cite web|url= http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1591445/20080723/timbaland.jhtml|title=Timbaland Working Up Shock Value 2 With Rihanna, Beyonce, Jonas Brothers|last=Reid|first=Shaheem|date=23 July 2008|publisher=MTV News|accessdate=2 January 2010 In March 2009, he filed a lawsuit against his label, Blackground Records , alleging that they attempted to blackballing|blackball him after he decided to move from music performance into music producer|production .cite web|url= http://www.idiomag.com/peek/72082/timbaland|title=Timbaland Claims Blackground Label Tried To Blackball Him|accessdate=1 April 2009|date=25 March 2009|publisher= idiomag

In September 2009, Timbaland announced that Shock Value II will be released on 23 November in Europe and 24 November in North America. However it was pushed back to 8 December, preceded by the first single which features a new recording artist named Deborah Epstein|SoShy entitled " Morning After Dark ". New featured guest appearances on the album include DJ Felli Fel , Justin Timberlake , JoJo (singer)|JoJo , Brandy Norwood|Bran'Nu , Drake (entertainer)|Drake , Chad Kroeger , Sebastian (rapper)|Sebastian , Miley Cyrus , Nelly Furtado , Katy Perry , Esthero , The Fray , Jet (band)|Jet , Daughtry (band)|Daughtry , OneRepublic , Keri Hilson , Attitude (rapper)|Attitude and D.O.E. . Ultimately Madonna (entertainer)|Madonna , Jonas Brothers , Rihanna , Usher (entertainer)|Usher , Jay-Z , Beyoncé Knowles|Beyoncé , Kanye West , Linkin Park , The All-American Rejects , Paramore , Gucci Mane , T-Pain , T.I. and Akon never appeared on Shock Value II . Shock Value II is infamous for its use of over-the-top vocal effects. Despite charting low, Timbaland has had three top forty singles to date.

" Morning After Dark " featuring SoShy and Nelly Furtado is the lead single from Timbaland's third studio album. The song was written by Tim Mosley, Jerome Harmon, Deborah Epstein, Michelle Bell, Keri Hilson, Nelly Furtado, James Washington, John Maultsby and produced by Timbaland and Jroc. The single premiered on October 16, 2009 on Ryan Seacrest 's KIIS-FM radio show, On Air with Ryan Seacrest (radio)|On-Air with Ryan Seacrest with Timbaland describing it as the kick-off song from the project.cite web |url= http://www.rap-up.com/2009/10/15/timbaland-to-debut-new-single-friday/ |title=Timbaland to Debut New Single Friday |publisher=rap-up.com |accessdate=2009-10-14cite web |url= http://www.amazon.com/dp/B002T8KML8 |title=Morning After Dark (Featuring SoShy): Timbaland: MP3 Downloads |publisher=amazon.com |accessdate=2009-10-23 Following her performance, the song was sent for radio adds on May 25. The song peaked in the top 10 of the Billboard Hot 100. With this success, the song became Sparks' fifth consecutive top 20 hit and third nonconsecutive top 10 hit. On May 24, Sparks headed to Europe to begin promotion for the single." Say Something (Timbaland song)|Say Something " featuring Canadian rapper Drake (entertainer)|Drake was released to US iTunes on November 3, 2009.cite web|url= http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum? id=338395431& s=143441 |title=Say Something (feat. Drake) - Single by Timbaland - Download Say Something (feat. Drake) - Single on iTunes |publisher=Itunes.apple.com |date=2009-11-03 |accessdate=2009-11-11 It was officially sent to U.S. radio on January 5, 2010.cite web|url= http://radio1.gr/music/forthcoming_usa_singles.htm |title=Radio1 - Forthcoming USA Singles |publisher=Radio1.gr |date= |accessdate=2009-12-28 It is the album's second single and has so far reached number 23 on the Hot 100, making it the second most successful single on the album. " Carry Out " featuring Justin Timberlake is the third single from the album but was initially only released in the U.S. It was sent to US radio on December 1, 2009.cite web|url= http://www.radio1.gr/music/forthcoming_usa_singles.htm |title=New Releases - US Forthcoming Singles |publisher=Radio1.gr |date= |accessdate=2009-12-03 It is the most successful single on the album, peaking at number 11 on the Billboard Hot 100 . The music video premiered on February 18, 2010.cite web|url= http://www.rap-up.com/2010/02/18/video-timbaland-f-justin-timberlake-carry-out/ |title=Video: Timbaland f/ Justin Timberlake – ‘Carry Out’ |publisher=Rap-Up.com |date=2010-02-18 |accessdate=2010-03-05 It was released as the third UK single on April 26, 2010.cite web|author=Praxis Media |url= http://radio1.gr/music/forthcoming_uk_singles.htm |title=Radio1 Rodos Greece ::: UK Forthcoming Singles ::: Charts, DJ Promos, Dance, Lyrics, Free Mp3 Samples Downloads |publisher=Radio1.gr |date= |accessdate=2010-03-05 " If We Ever Meet Again " featuring Katy Perry is the album's fourth single. The music video premiered on January 18, 2010. In the UK, it was released February 15, 2010 and reached number one in New Zealand and number three in the UK and Ireland. The song has reached number 37 on the Billboard Hot 100 so far. Citation needed|date=April 2010
Timbaland worked with Nelly Furtado , Katy Perry and British The X Factor (UK)|X Factor winner Leona Lewis on their upcoming projects. He has also produced tracks for Mariah Carey , Wyclef Jean , Missy Elliott , Stufje Aburkina , Keshia Chanté and Jay-Z 's upcoming albums. Timbaland also produced Chris Cornell 's 2009 album Scream (Chris Cornell album)|Scream . Shakira was asked to record vocals on the song " Give It Up to Me (Shakira song)|Give It Up to Me " to be included on Timbaland's forthcoming album but it was placed on her third studio album She Wolf (album)|She Wolf and released as the second US single instead.cite web|url= http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/music/thesound/a182465/new-shakira-song-ahoy.html |title=Music – The Sound – New Shakira song ahoy& #33; |publisher=Digital Spy |date= |accessdate=21 October 2009 Additionally it was revealed that one of the songs Timbaland had produced for Beyoncé's 2008 album I Am... Sasha Fierce was reworked by Keri Hilson and Jay Z for Shock Value II but not included.cite web|url= http://www.rap-up.com/2009/10/22/new-music-timbaland-f-jay-z-keri-hilson-rumors/ |title=Rumors |publisher=rap-up.com |date= |accessdate=22 October 2009cite web|url= http://www.thetimbalandbuzz.com/2009/10/keri-hilson-feat-jay-z-rumors.html |title=Keri Hilson feat. Jay-Z – "Rumors" UPDATE-2& #93; |publisher=The Timbaland Buzz |date=23 October 2009 |accessdate=29 October 2009 He was a guest host of World Wrestling Entertainment 's WWE Raw|Raw on 28 December 2009.cite web|url= http://www.wrestleview.com/news2009/1260314825.php|title=Timbaland to host Raw on 28 Dec.|last=Martin|first=Adam|date=8 December 2009|accessdate=26 December 2009 Timbaland appeared on the 25 March 2010 episode (titled "Blowback") of FlashForward as an evidence agent. His songs, "Morning After Dark" & "Symphony", appears on the video game, Def Jam: Underground

On 26 March 2010, it was reported that Steven Tyler , intrigued by the 2009 Chris Cornell record Scream (Chris Cornell album)|Scream , would be teaming up with Timbaland to record a rap album. Guest appearances by Joseph Simmons|Reverend Run and Darryl McDaniels|Darryl Mac of Run-D.M.C. , Kid Rock , and T-Pain are rumored to be featured on the new project.

In April 2010, a feud between the producer and R& B singer, Ginuwine , arose after Timbaland failed to make an appearance at the singer's music video shoot of "Get Involved".cite web|url= http://gossiponthis.com/2010/04/14/beef-between-ginuwine-timbaland/ |title=Beef Brewing Between Former Friends Ginuwine & Timbaland? // |publisher=Gossiponthis.com |date=2010-04-14 |accessdate=2010-07-11cite web|author=|url= http://www.youtube.com/watch? v=2kuc6c_01Pk |title=2010 Ginuwine Talks About Beef With Timbaland - Radio Interview |publisher=YouTube |date=2010-04-15 |accessdate=2010-07-11

Later in April, Timbaland released a new single featuring T-Pain and Billy Blue titled "Talk That".

In June 2010, when questioned by RWD magazine about the UK music scene he made the bold claim to be the inspiration for the dub-step music scene. “The UK scene... they’re always telling me that I started it. You have Dub-bass...”. When questioned further about it he went on to say: "It’s funny cos they went back to some of my old music that really created that sound and just, instead of going fast, they went slow with more bass."cite web|url= http://www.rwdmag.com/2010/06/just-in-timbaland-i-created-dubstep/|title=NEWS : JUST IN – Timbaland: I Created Dubstep|date=8 June 2010|publisher=RWD Mag News|accessdate=26 June 2010

In August 2010, a "possible suicide attempt" All-points bulletin|APB was put out for Timbaland after his home was burgled. When his family were unable to contact him, they called 911 and a manhunt began. Police eventually found his car and brought him back home, where paramedics examined him, before declaring he was not a threat to himself. When questioned, Timbaland said he only took a drive to think about the robbery as he thought the possible thief could have been someone close whom he trusted.cite web|url= http://www.tmz.com/2010/08/25/timbaland-suicide-attempt-malibu-domestic-dispute-argument/|title=Timbaland -- Cops APB: 'Possible Suicide Attempt'|date=25 August 2010|publisher=TMZ|accessdate=1 October 2010

2010–present: Shock Value III and Timbaland Thursdays


In November 2010, Timbaland announced that he would be releasing a new song every Thursday, called Timbo Thursday like artists such as Kanye West who has GOOD Friday|G.O.O.D. Fridays and Swizz Beatz who claimed Monster Mondays. In an interview with Rap-Up.com Timbaland stated “So my brother told me Kanye is puttin' out a new song every Friday called G.O.O.D. Fridays, Swizz got Mondays,” who recently joined Twitter. “I don't know if they are on Twitter but can you hit them up, and tell them reserve that Thursday for Timbo the king baby. We’ll call it Timbo Thursday, cool? ”
Timbaland plans to release his next album Shock Value III in 2012. Some artists that will appear so far on the album will be David Guetta , Pitbull (rapper)|Pitbull , Sebastian (rapper)|Sebastian , Attitude (rapper)|Attitude , Keri Hilson , Dev (singer)|Dev , Lyrica Anderson , Justin Timberlake , Bruno Mars , Missy Elliott , Chris Brown (American singer)|Chris Brown , Rekapse , and Demi Lovato .cite web|url= http://www.rap-up.com/2010/11/01/timbaland-announces-timbo-thursdays |title=Timbaland Announces Timbo Thursdays |publisher=Rap-Up.com |date= |accessdate=2011-05-29
Timbaland is featured on the deluxe edition of Chris Brown's latest album, F.A.M.E. (album)|F.A.M.E. , producing the song "Paper, Scissors, Rock", also featuring rapper Big Sean . Timbaland also worked with teen star Demi Lovato; he produced and had a small feature in her song "All Night Long" on Lovato's latest album, Unbroken, and confirmed a brand new track with Lovato to be featured in his new album, Shock Value III.

On January 13, 2011, Timbaland began his Timbaland Thursday s, free music initiative. The first song released was "Take Ur Clothes Off" featuring Missy Elliott .cite web|url= http://www.rap-up.com/2011/01/13/new-music-timbaland-x-missy-elliott-take-ur-clothes-off/#more-70742 |title=New Music: Timbaland x Missy Elliott – ‘Take Ur Clothes Off’ |publisher=Rap-Up.com |date=2011-01-13 |accessdate=2011-05-29 This was followed by "Round Da Way Tim",cite web|url= http://www.timbalandthursdays.com/2011/01/round-da-way-tim/ |title=“Round Da Way Tim” « Timbaland Thursdays |publisher=Timbalandthursdays.com |date= |accessdate=2011-05-29 "Lil' Apartment" featuring rapper Attitude (rapper)|Attitude and singer 6 Twocite web|url= http://www.timbalandthursdays.com/2011/01/lil-apartment-timbaland-feat-attitude-6-two/ |title=“Lil’ Apartment” Timbaland Feat. Attitude & 6 Two « Timbaland Thursdays |publisher=Timbalandthursdays.com |date=2011-01-27 |accessdate=2011-05-29 and "808" featuring Brandy Norwood .cite web|url= http://www.rap-up.com/2011/02/02/new-music-timbaland-f-brandy-808/ |title=New Music: Timbaland f/ Brandy – ‘808’ |publisher=Rap-Up.com |date= |accessdate=2011-05-29 Hilson revealed that the songs that Timbaland was releasing through the initiative come deep from within his vast back catalogue and so there was a good chance that one of the records could feature her vocals.cite web|url= http://www.rap-up.com/2011/02/06/keri-hilson-gets-super-bowl-sexy/ |title=Keri Hilson Gets Super Bowl Sexy |publisher=Rap-Up.com |date= |accessdate=2011-05-29 And, indeed, a track entitled "You Lied, You Cheated" was released on 10 February 2011.cite web|url= http://www.timbalandthursdays.com/2011/02/you-lied-you-cheated-timbaland-feat-keri-hilson/ |title=“You Lied, You Cheated” Timbaland Feat. Keri Hilson « Timbaland Thursdays |publisher=Timbalandthursdays.com |date=2011-02-11 |accessdate=2011-05-29 On 17 February 2011. Timbaland collaborated first time with Lyrica Anderson on the song entitled "Mentally". According to the official website, Timbaland posted that "Anderson is currently working with Timbaland on his new project".cite web|url= http://www.timbalandthursdays.com/2011/02/mentally-timbaland-feat-lyrica-anderson/ |title=“Mentally” Timbaland Feat. Lyrica Anderson « Timbaland Thursdays |publisher=Timbalandthursdays.com |date=2011-02-17 |accessdate=2011-05-29 On 25 February 2011, a song that features indie pop artists J'Royal Price from Memphis, Tennessee & JimmyCodean from Norfolk, Virginia|Norfolk in Virginia on the song entitled "Hot Mess".cite web|url= http://www.timbalandthursdays.com/2011/02/hot-mess-timbaland-feat-jroyal-price-jimmycodean/ |title=“Hot Mess” Timbaland Feat. J’Royal Price & JimmyCodean « Timbaland Thursdays |publisher=Timbalandthursdays.com |date=2011-02-25 |accessdate=2011-05-29 "Whenever You Like" featuring Brandy Norwood was released on March 3 via Timbaland Thursdays. On 17 March 2011, he released another installment titled "All Yall" featuring Attitude and Young Money Entertainment|Young Money's Short Dawg . And, on 21 March 2011, he released an official track called "Automatic" featuring Attitude and 6 Two, both of whom collaborated on another Timbaland Thursday track, "Lil' Apartment". On 24 March 2011, he released yet another collaboration with Attitude (previously worked on Automatic, All Yall and Lil' Apartment) titled "F*ck You". On 31 March 2011, he released another track, titled "Not My Happiness" and on 7 April 2011, he released "I Won't Board This Plane", both of which are solos by him, following "Round Da Way Tim". On 15 April he released a snippet of Timbaland and Blind Fury.cite web|url= http://www.timbalandthursdays.com/2011/04/first-listen-timbaland-and-blind-fury/ |title=First Listen& #33; Timbaland and Blind Fury « Timbaland Thursdays |publisher=Timbalandthursdays.com |date=2011-04-15 |accessdate=2011-05-29 After releasing Tawanna 's "See You Again", dedicated to Aaliyah on 20 May 2011,cite web|url= http://www.timbalandthursdays.com/2011/05/see-you-again-tawanna/ |title=“See You Again” Tawanna « Timbaland Thursdays |publisher=Timbalandthursdays.com |date=2011-05-20 |accessdate=2011-08-05 he stopped the weekly free music, as he is in South Africa , http://twitter.com/#!/Timbaland and, he needs to help producing tracks for his brother, Sebastian (rapper)|Sebastian .

As the first official single from Shock Value III, " Pass At Me " featuring Pitbull (rapper)|Pitbull , with productions by David Guetta http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/pass-at-me-feat.-pitbull-single/id462942824 was released on September 13, 2011. Timbaland also appears on David Guetta's LP Nothing But the Beat on "I Just Wanna F." with Dev (singer)|Dev and Afrojack . http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nothing_but_the_Beat Timbaland recently said on Twitter, that his new album will drop sometime in 2012.

Thomas Crown Studio


Timothy "Timbaland" Mosley built a private recording studio in Virginia Beach . The studio was conceived and developed with long time engineer, Jimmy Douglass . The studio is managed by Sebastian (rapper)|Garland Mosley and Brian Byrd. This full service audio production center has been created in an existing (about) convert|5,000|sqft|m2|abbr=on. two-story industrial park building. A complete renovation of the building resulted in a two-studio recording and post production facility, and continues the growth of the Virginia Beach music community, that has spawned the likes of The Neptunes , Missy Elliott and Danja (producer)|Nate "Danja" Hills .

Tours


Timbaland was supposed to support Shock Value on the Shock Value 2008 Tour in Australia, but the tour was cancelled one day before it began. In early 2010, he toured 13 cities in North America from January 15, 2010 to February 3, 2010 on the Shock Value II Tour .

Discography


Main|Timbaland discography|Timbaland production discography;Solo albums
  • '' Tim's Bio: Life from da Bassment (1998)

  • Shock Value (Timbaland album)|Shock Value (2007)

  • Shock Value II (2009)

  • Shock Value III (2012)


  • ;Timbaland & Magoo albums
  • Welcome to Our World (1997)

  • Indecent Proposal (album)|Indecent Proposal (2001)

  • Under Construction, Part II (2003)


  • Awards


    Main|List of awards and nominations for Timbaland

    References


    Reflist|30em

    External links


    Wikiquote
  • http://www.timbalandmusic.com/ Official site

  • Twitter|Timbaland|Timbaland

  • http://www.thetimbalandbuzz.com/ Timbaland's Blog

  • YouTube user|TimbalandMusic|Timbaland

  • Allmusic|class=artist|id=p218225

  • http://new.music.yahoo.com/timbaland/ Timbaland at Yahoo& #33; Music

  • http://www.ilike.com/artist/Timbaland Timbaland at iLike

  • IMDb name|0608856

  • http://www.billboard.com/#/artist/timbaland/189551 Timbaland at Billboard.com

  • http://www.timbalandthursdays.com

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