Timbaland, whose real name is TimothyZacheryMosley, was born on March 1th, 1972 in Virginia Beach, USA. He graduated from SalemHighSchool, an American music producer, songwriter and rapper, and founded the music label MosleyMusicGroup.
in p>27, TimothyZacheryMosley was nominated for AmericanMusicAwards' Most Popular Male Artist Award.
Chinese name: Timbaland (translated by Taiwan)
mbth: Timbaland, TimothyZacheryMosley (real name)
Alias: Timbo, ThomasCrown
Nationality: United States, Virginia
Constellation: Pisces
Height: 1.7m
Birthplace: Virginia Beach, USA
Date of birth: March 1, 1972
Occupation: singer, music producer, record label owner
Graduate school: SalemHighSchool
Brokerage company: Blackground, Interscope.Roc
representative works: Apologize, Thewayiare, Ifweevermeetagain and Giveittome
Major achievements: top producer of contemporary American pop music
Music label: MosleyMusicGroup
Title of fans: SupaFriends (that is, SuperFr. Iends)
Record Company: Universal Music
Personal Experience
Grammy-winning music producer Timbaland rose in the late 199s, and is a real best-selling single creator. According to the data from britishhitsongwriters website, Timbaland is the 22nd successful arranger in the history of British pop music charts. Few hip-hop music producers can find such a balance between commercialization and production level like Timbaland. Timbaland's artists are almost all big names, such as MissyElliott, Aaliyah, Jay-Z, Ginuwine, Ludacris, SnoopDogg, Nas and JustinTimberlake. And some lesser-known singers or newcomers have also made great breakthroughs in their music career through his production, the most typical examples are PeteyPablo, BubbaSparxxx and Tweet.
Timbaland rarely used sampling in his works from his debut to the early 2 s, especially in his own rap albums, which is a great challenge for a hip-hop music producer. Since 22-3, due to too many invitations, Timbaland gradually began to increase the frequency of his own sampling. By 26-7, the "MakeMeBetter" he made for Fabolous and the "Promiscuous" he made for NellyFurtado became a simplified procedure of sampling and adding a drum set. However, Timbaland's production is still one of the best choices for singers to achieve good results in the charts. At the same time, Timbaland gradually began to produce songs for artists other than hip-hop music, such as Bjork, AshleeSimpson, OneRepublic and Shakira, and expanded its business scope.
Early Career
Timbaland was born in Virginia Beach, USA. When he first started making music with Casio keyboard, his stage name was "DJTimmyTim" or "DJTinyTim". Mosley and rapper MelvinBarcliff (stage name Magoo) started a long-term cooperation when they were studying in Saarn High School. At the same time, Mosley also joined a juvenile production band called S.B.I.(SurroundedByIdiots), and among the members were Pharrell；, a producer of Neptunes who is as popular as Mosley. In addition, he and Malice, a member of today's rap group Clipse, are also friends in high school. After hearing about Mosley's production, MissyElliott, an unknown female rapper at that time, began to cooperate with him, when she was working with her own R&; B group Sista is looking for a record company and has successfully joined the legendary R&; New york, where SwingMob is located, was also brought by MissyElliott, the label of DeVanteSwing, a member of Jodeci Group B, who successfully signed the contract. DeVante, who appreciated Mosley's production potential, gave him a new stage name Timberland by imitating the pronunciation of Timberland, a boot brand that was very popular in hip-hop circles at that time. Sista, Timbaland and Magoo later became important artists under SwingMob, known as "DaBassment", and artists with the R& brand also included the famous R&; B singer Ginuwine, men's group Playa and women's group Sugah. Timbaland then participated in most of the music production of the label, including Jodeci's album The Show, The After-Party, The Hotel in 1995, Sista's debut album 4AlltheSistasAroundtheWorld (although it was never released for various reasons) and Ginuwine's Ginuwine...theBachelor in 1996.
1996_22
This is the time when Timbaland gradually rose as a music producer. During this time, he not only created such popular singles as "RollOut(MyBusiness)" by Ludacris, "Hola'Hovito" by Jay-Z and "RaiseUp" by PeteyPablo. Together with Magoo, he also published two rap albums Welcome to Our World (1997) and IndecentProposal》(21), and a solo album Tim 'sbio: LifeFrombassment (1998). In addition, he also received R&; B female singer Aaliyah's third album was a heavy responsibility, which created three good songs "WeNeedaResolution", "MoreThanaWoman" and "ICare4U" for this female king who died young.
During this period, Timbaland also founded his own label BeatClubRecords. The first record released by this label was DarkDays,BrightNights by BubbaSparxxx, a white rapper from the south, and he signed artists such as Ms.Jade, BubbaSparxxx, KileyDean, Sebastian, PeteyPablo and Tweet. Timbaland created the first album.
Aaliyah's death in the summer of 21 had a great influence on Timbaland. He said in an interview with live MTV at that time,
Quote: "She is like blood, and I lost my blood. There is such a perfect chemical reaction between me and her that I feel that half of my creative inspiration has disappeared with her departure, and I don't know what to say to my fans now. Besides music, she is also such an excellent person and the most special person I have ever met. " -Timbaland, MTV
23 _ 25
The hottest single produced by timbaland during this period is the work "CryMeaRiver" jointly created by ScottStorch for JustinTimberlake. Needless to mention the popularity of this song, I believe even the little sisters around you have heard it. In addition, Timbaland almost arranged Tweet's debut album SouthernHummingbird, MissyElliott's UnderConstruction and ThisIsNotATest! The production of several complete albums such as "Delivery" by BubbaSparxxx. In 23, Timbaland released his third collaboration album "UnderConstruction,PartII" with Magoo.
From p>24 to 25, Timbaland composed such popular songs as "Headsprung" by LLCoolJ, "HeyNow(MeanMuggin') by Xzibit," PutYouontheGame "by TheGame and" DirtOffYourShoulder "by Jay-Z, and produced her fourth album" Africa "for female singer Brandy.
In 26 _ 27
During this period, Timbaland's partners began to turn more to pop singers, and obviously increased their appearances in songs, such as "WaitaMinute" by thePussycatDolls, "Promiscuous" by NellyFurtado, "SexyBack" by JustinTimberlake and "IceBox" by Omarion. At the same time, he also began to cooperate with rock artists Bjork and DuranDuran.
Timbaland also founded his own new label Mosley Music Group during this period. Apart from the original artists under BeatClubRecords, he also signed NellyFurtado, KeriHilson and rapper D.O.E, and in 26, he helped NellyFurtado to produce a global hit album "LOOSE", which successfully promoted her to a world-famous diva.
on April 3rd, 27, Timbaland released an album TimbalandPresentsShockValue, which invited 5Cent, Dr.Dre, EltonJohn, FallOutBoy, NellyFurtado, MissyElliott and other big names in various music fields. The first single "GiveIttoMe" in "ShockValue" also triggered a saliva war between Timbaland and ScottStorch. In the lyrics, Timbo wrote "I am a real producer, and you are just a kid playing the piano", and then he admitted in an interview that this sentence is aimed at ScottStorch. The latter then responded with a song "Building Likethat" with the help of Philadelphia rapper NOX, and Timbo's artist D.O.E jumped out to fight back with a song "PianoMan", and the beef incident has subsided.
In p>27, Timbaland and Nellyfortado were sued for plagiarism of the single "DoIt" in Nellyfortado's album LOOSE released in 26. After two years of trial, the plaintiff's lawsuit was terminated with zero compensation in 211, which directly saved them $2 million in compensation. Timbaland's spokesman also said that they were very concerned about this issue from the beginning because it involved.
In 28-21
Timbaland continued to expand the scope of his cooperation, producing songs for reggae singer SeanPaul, two divas Madonna and MariahCarey, southern rapper FloRida and ChrisCornell, the lead singer of the famous rock band Soundgarden.
I haven't seen Timbo for a long time in p>29, but the gorgeous return of ShockValue2 made his name shine again, which not only helped KeriHilson to make her new album InAPerfectWorld, but also created the number one hit "GiveItUpToMe" for Shakira, a sexy Latin diva, and also cooperated with Daughtry and Miley Cyrus to make many tracks.
In March, 29, Timbaland lost the lawsuit against BlackgroundRecords, which he accused of trying to prevent him from transforming from a singer to a producer.
On December 4th, 29, Timbaland released TimbalandPresentsShockValueII. Unfortunately, compared with the platinum-selling ShockValueI, the sequel gained a dismal evaluation, which made hip-hop music even worse. In any case, Timbaland's production can still be said to be one of the best choices for singers to achieve good results in the charts.
On December 28th, 29, timbaland, a wrestling fan himself, was invited as a guest to host the WWEMondayNightRaw conference.
From 21 to now
In March 21, she held a concert with her friend JustinTimberlake, a female singer, in Manila, Philippines, and part of the concert income was used for charity.
In August, 21, the tabloid media reported that Timbaland attempted suicide, claiming that Timbo was arrested for a $2 million Jacob &; The Co watch was stolen by thieves, and this watch was stolen.