Timbaland
Timbaland
Timothy Zachery "Timbaland" Mosley is an American record producer, singer, songwriter, rapper and DJ. Timbaland's first full credit production work was in 1996 on Ginuwine...the Bachelor for R&B singer Ginuwine. After further work on Aaliyah's 1996 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, followed by his debut solo album Tim's Bio...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionMusic Producer
Date of Birth10 March 1972
CityNorfolk, VA
CountryUnited States of America
I'm trying to do something real different; I'm trying to bring the street to real pop. I'm trying to bring the street to pop. Not watering it down, no nothing.
I don't know nothing about no jungle and bass.
I listen to a lot of 80s stuff, like Owner of a Lonely Heart, by the group Yes. And Mr. Misters Broken Wings.
I try to be as normal as I can.
The same people who smile in my face would be the same ones to talk behind my back.
I never had any plans to become a producer when I was a kid. I wanted to be a DJ, like most other kids at the time. Then my mum bought me a Casio keyboard and I started to sample sounds that I liked.
I'm making music the way I would have done before modern equipment and music recording.
I don't have beef with nobody.
I know somebody in every culture.
You don't question where the music comes from, because it all comes from God.
I'm weird, I do crazy things, it's not like the average norm.
Good production is like a beautiful marriage. It makes a happy home.
I been through some junk. It ain't all been peaches and cream.
I've always tried different stuff in the studio. I use rakes, spoons, cans... I'm a surround-sound type of guy.