Stymie said:

Stymie said:

Definitely in my Timbaland top 10.

A special shout-out to "Make It Hot" by Nicole.

AlexdeParis said:

I liked one in a million but i thought where she was going with the Aaliyah album was light years further, and it was taking RB at least mainstream RB into new places, too bad that idea died with her, since no one has really made strides like that.

lastdecember said:

You do appreciate the irony of that statement, don't you? As the first major vehicle for Timbaland and Missy, One in a Million actually did take R&B to new places.

Any Aaliyah especially We Need A Resolution and Try Again.

Cry Me A River.

Missy - Get Ur Freak On, Work It, Pass That Dutch.

Pony of course

The Way I Are

Promiscuous

Say It Right

Dirt Off Your Shoulder

Rehab by Rihanna

What Goes Around Comes Around

lowkey said:

it is getting way too monotonous. he needs to change the backing track now.

AlexdeParis said:

When did he die??

Cinnie said:

February

OfftheWall said:

I was still holding out hope for a Playa reunion. I love their first album so much. I still remember the day I bought it 10 years ago.

aww, c'mon timaba looks to be another legend in the making if countinues the way he is.
never understood the hate on this guy, liked his sound from the getgo.
one of the only dudes for me to ever recall the offbeat nature of the Prince and George Clinton sound.
Comercial? YES, but everyone has to eat.
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When is it not okay to like him? I've always liked him, but he was pretty untouchable in the mid to late 90's. I was so into his sound during that era, and I remember a lot of stuff on the radio sounding like him. The first few times I heard No Scrubs, I could have sworn it was him.

Me and Timbaland we make you wanna bite our style

These two tracks blew my mind when I first heard them:


Missy Elliott - The Rain (Supa Dupa Fly)


Aaliyah - One in a Million


Two other great tracks of his that don't get mentioned enough...


SWV - Can We
It's so tasty like pastry!


Total - What About Us



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Also, because of the change in chart tabulations at the time, he has the distinction of producing the first-ever song to hit #1 on the Hot 100 based on airplay alone:


Aaliyah - Try Again

RipHer2Shreds said:

Hell yeah!

AlexdeParis said:

Me I'm supa fly
Supa dupa fly
Put your hands on my thigh
And go supa dupa high
Till you see my apple pie

I can't help but think Missy is singing directly to Coco and hoping she picks up on the hints. And damn...she's stickin' apple pies up there to attract suitors?

I remember when Are you that Somebody came out that everybody was trippin' over the baby coo-ing. That song and video with Fatima's choreography is STILL my favorite song by Aaliyah and Tim. I think they would have continued to make awesome music together. RIP Gina and Aaliyah.

RipHer2Shreds said:

I dig Tim but he is not very diverse. A majority of his material sounds the same.

AlexdeParis said:

Co-Sign to that.
Heard it yesterday. I still can't get with it.

Yeah that's true, Timbaland made "uneven, broken beats" mainstream if you ask me. It was all over Destiny's Child and TLC's work in the late 90's, No Scrubs reminded me of Total's What About Us when it came out in fact. Even MJ's Heartbreaker and Janet's You Aint Right & Doesn't Really Matter had a Timbaland sound to it, though I wanted their whole albums to sound like that.

AlexdeParis said:

Id have to disagree, though a good album, it wasnt the groundbreaker, At times it was very "pop" especially the ballads. I think that was the thing about Aaliyah was that you could put her in all genres pretty much, and have it work, now there isnt any room to be different for artists.

lastdecember said:

For all intents and purposes, that album was the genesis of the Timbaland sound. How was it not a groundbreaker? It didn't take long for everyone in the game to want to work with him directly or bite his style.

This is one of the first that I became aware of and I like it,

NDRU said:

Thatis tha shit. I bought that album just for that song.

Maybe I missed it, but it seems like no one mentioned Up Jumps The Boogie. I love that song. I like the stuff with Magoo

Janfriend said:

I love that first album. Two of the most overlooked tracks are "Man Undercover" with Aaliyah and "Joy" with Ginuwine and Playa. Those songs are hot and sit right alongside those artists best material.

Timbaland was amazing, I love his old stuff. With Aaliyah, Ginuwine, Missy. The good old days.






SexyBack is his worst song ever I think. I really don't like how all his songs sound the same today.

Timbaland and Justin have become a beat making duo. It's not just Timbaland featuring on an album, its Justin AND Timbaland together.

Ginuwine + Timbaland >>>>> justin and timbaland

Does anyone know why Ginuwine and Timbaland stopped working together? Did Timbaland leave him for Justin?




Whoever said I'll do anything/I'm sorry... That is one of my favourites too. The Stevie sample is heavenly.

OfftheWall said:

I think we would have to ask Ginuwine. All I know is... fans of Justin's album need to check out the beta test versions called The Bachelor and 100% Ginuwine.

Cinnie said:

Just as well that I don't like his work with Justin, because I didn't with Ginuwine either.

RipHer2Shreds said:

I'm not surprised! That's how seriously related the styles are.

AlexdeParis said:

True but for all that we can say that things like Ginuwine were merely advancements on the whole "jodeci" thing and that was reall brought through by Puffy, though people like to deny him his cred, he did break a whole movement that had alot of smaller movements within.