Timbaland

Timbaland ( born March 10, 1972 in Norfolk, Virginia as Timothy Zachary Mosley ) is an American hip -hop and contemporary R & B musician and producer, whose production and arranging style since the late 1990s in these genres very is influential.

  • 2.1 Studio albums

Career

Mosley grew up in Norfolk, Virginia, on. There he came solo as " DJ Tiny Tim " and later on with his childhood friends Missy Elliott and Melvin " Magoo " Barcliff. First production experience gained Mosley at Elliott's band Sista. As Sista was included in the artist collective Swing Mob, integrated its chief DeVante Swing Mosley in his production team. Swing Mosley was the stage name " Timbaland ", inspired by the popular in the hip- hop scene shoe brand Timberland.

When Swing Mob disbanded in 1995, Elliott and Timbaland worked together as Songwriter-/Produzententeam on. The greatest success achieved by then the album One in a Million by Aaliyah (1996 ), for which the duo wrote nine songs. In addition, Timbaland produced Ginuwine's debut album Ginuwine ... The Bachelor.

As a result, Timbaland became one of the most successful and influential producers in the late 1990s. He worked with, among others, Destiny 's Child, Nicole Wray, Jay Z and Nas, produced two albums by Missy Elliott ( Supa Dupa Fly and Da Real World) and the second album by Ginuwine (100 % Ginuwine ), and published the first " Timbaland - & Magoo "album Welcome to Our World and his first solo album Tim's Bio: Life from da Bassment, actually a compilation of songs by various artists produced by Timbaland.

Even after the turn of the millennium Timbaland produced more successful singles and albums for various artists, including Aaliyah, Justin Timberlake, Bubba Sparxxx, Brandy and The Game. The two albums by Timbaland & Magoo, Indecent Proposal (2001) and Under Construction Part 2 ( 2003), however, were only commercially very successful.

2006 formed the internationally successful albums Loose by Nelly Furtado and FutureSex / LoveSounds by Justin Timberlake, Timbaland produced by each, a new peak in Timbaland's career. Both albums, as well as the associated singles reached high chart positions worldwide.

The following year, Timbaland released his second solo album Shock Value. As already included the first album by this collaboration with various artists such as Elton John, Nelly Furtado, The Hives and Missy Elliott. Successful projects, including Madonna, OneRepublic and M. Pokora gave him another number -one position in the worldwide charts.

Shock Value II, the third solo album by Timbaland, was dominated by his predecessor. Again Timbaland gathered for shooting numerous artists from the pop and R & B studio in the area, including Keri Hilson, Katy Perry, Justin Timberlake and Brandy ( under the pseudonym Bran'Nu ). From the rock area were represented ( by Nickelback ) and Chris Daughtry among other Chad Kroeger. Morning After Dark, the first single with Nelly Furtado and SoShy, was released on 27 November 2009 in Germany and rose to number six on the charts. Timbaland's new album Shock Value II, released on 4 December 2009 and placed rather in the middle of the international album charts.

Since 2011, Timbaland working on his next album. A track titled Covers Blown together with Keri Hilson has already appeared on the Internet. The first single Pass at Me by Pitbull and David Guetta was released on 17 September 2011.

Others

Timbaland is the head of the record label Mosley Music Group, which focuses, among others, Nelly Furtado and his brother Garland "Sebastian" Mosley under contract. He also has his own recording studio in Virginia Beach.

The business magazine Forbes estimated the annual income of Timbaland in 2006 to 21 million dollars, making it one of the top earners in hip- hop genre. According to Forbes, only Jay Z, 50 Cent and Diddy have earned more this year.

Timbaland has a guest appearance on the U.S. series FlashForward as part of the CIA.

2006, the melody of Muhlis Akarsus Allah Allah Desem Gelsem by Timbaland was used for the album Loose by Nelly Furtado. The song on the album is called Wait for You. The heirs of the Turkish artist want to file a lawsuit because this sampling was done without permission.

Discography

Studio albums

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