Biography
Competent choice of producer - 50% of the success of the artist. So, the musical world received Justin Timberlake, Nelli Furtado and the OneRepublic group only thanks to the Face and Timbaland skill (Timbalond). Their joint tracks were headed by Billboard Hot 100, conquered "Grammy". Attached a musician hand to the work of Britney Spears, Pussycat Dolls and Nicole Sherezinger, Madonna, 50 Cent, Missy Elliott, Kerie Hilson. By the way, the English-language album Dima Bilan "Belive" is also created with the support of TimBaland.Childhood and youth
Timothy to turn Mosley (the name TimBaland at birth) was born on March 10, 1972 in Norfolk, Virginia. Latrix's mother managed a homeless shelter, and Father Garland worked in the Amtrak railway company.
In addition to Timothy, two more children were brought up in the family: Sebastian and Courtney. The first time TimBaland attracted the younger brother to his creative check, thanks to which Sebastian is now a famous American rapper.
TimBaland began to engage in music in high school - Mixed on a special remote Popular world compositions. In Youth Circles, young people knew how DJ Tim or DJ Timmy Tim.
In 1986, 14-year-old Timothy fell into a shootout. Due to the crazy bullet, his right hand and partially other limbs paralyzed for 9 months. The young man stoically lived this period of biography - succeeded in creating music with his left hand, which helped in the future to write absolute hits.
Music
In 1989, being a high school student, Timothy met Rapper Melvin Barclyff. The guys focused on the Timbaland & Magoo duet, which noticed the singer Missy Elliott. At that moment, she with the Sista group listened to the producer Devante Swing. The qualifying stage was successful, and Missy Elliott took the provincial boys with themselves to New York. It was the Devante Swing that Timothy's pseudonym TimBaland came up with analogy with the brand of the Timberland boot.The role of a young rapper was to create arrangements for Missy Elliott and R'n'b-collective songs, which were recorded under the Devante Swing label. In 1996, the first creative breakthrough Timbaland was held: he created most of the compositions for albums Aaliyah "One in A Million" and "Ginuwine ... The Bachelor" from Ginuwine. These plates "fired" in the Billboard 200 charter.
In 1997, two debut took place: Missy Elliott with the support of TimBaland released "SUPA DUPA FLY", and TimBaland & Magoo finally created the Welcome to Our World plate. The work of the duet was separated by a million circulation, the album became platinum. Timbaland & Magoo has released 5 plates, including a collection of the best tracks.
In the late 1990s, Timbaland took confident positions in the hierarchy of "street" music, because he wrote tracks for Jay-Z, Nas and The Lox - key figures in hip-hop culture. Helping the stars create albums, Timothy worked on his own. In 1998, "Tim's Bio: Life From Da Bassment" came out - compilation of tracks recorded with Timbaland participation. 19 songs entered the playlist.
A former participant of Boyz-Benda N'Sync Justin Timberlake was a real find for producer. Together they created the debut album "Justified", which won two grammy premiums.
In the mid-2000s, Timbaland and his old friend John Serrenio, famous for the name Servidsounds, founded the Mosley Music Group label. Under it was released the second album Timberlake "Futuresex / LoveSounds". All the best songs of the singer - "Sexyback", "Sexy Ladies", "What Goes Around ... Comes Around", "My Love" - are collected on this album. As a result - another 2 Grammy.
The creation of his own label untied his hand to producer - he began to sing more often with his wards. Timbaland's voice can be heard in the tracks "Wait a Minute" The Pussycat Dolls, "Promiscuous" Nelli Furtado, "Sexyback" Justin Timberlake.
In addition, rapper began to practice creative compilations for the success of the track. The most successful duets and trios entered into the second studio album Timbaland "Shock Value" (2007). All four singles broke into the Billboard Hot 100: "Give It To Me" with Furtado and Timberlake, "The Way I Are" with D.O.e. And Kerie Hilson, "Apologize" with the OneRepublic group and SCREAM with Hilson and Nicole Sherezinger. Tracks were accompanied by clips.
2008 marked for TimBaland joint work with Madonna, Keri Hilson, Flo Rida, Lindsay Lohan, Chris Cornell and, interestingly, Dima Bilan. The Believe "created by them won the" Eurovision "of the same year, bringing the first in the history of the competition to the Russian participant.
In December 2009, SHOCK VALUE II was released, who gave the world another wave of hits: "Morning After Dark" with Nelli Furtado and Soshy, "Carry Out" with Timberlake, "If We Ever Meet Again" with Katy Perry. Despite the star composition, the album could not beat the record of the first part of Shock Value, which was separated by the world with a circulation of 3.5 million copies. There were attempts to record "Shock Value III", but the disk did not come out.
In November 2013, TimBaland introduced the song "Know Bout Me", recorded with Drake, Jay-Z and James Fauntler for the fourth album "Opera Noir". The producer did not call a specific date of exit, and over time he forgotten how about Shock Value III. In the same period, the producer gave several master classes in London to create music, and then disappeared with the radar show business.
On December 15, 2017, Timbaland introduced the Grab The Wheel track with a 6LACK on vocals. On the same day the video came out. The long break of the rapper explained by drug addiction. According to TimBaland from an interview for Rolling Stone, in 30 years he began problems with nerves associated with old firearms. Day after day, the producer was even more densely on oxycontin - a powerful painkiller.
The awareness of the situation came when Timbaland was barely died in a dream - drank too much dose. Rapper told that he saw the light and since then never touched the drugs.
Personal life
The dependence of TimBaland from opiates had a negative impact on personal life. In 2013, after 5 years of marriage, the wife of the producer Monique Idlett was submitted for divorce. A woman demanded from a negligent spouse for two children - her son from the first marriage of Demetrius and the daughter of Rhine, which was born in June 2008 from Timbaland.
Embed from getty imagesThe break of the Mosley has never taken place. In 2014, happy family photos began to appear in the press, the divorce was safely forgotten. But after a year and a half, Monique raised the hype again, repeatedly deciding to leave her husband. As of 2019, the broken-produced process never ended.
TimBaland now
Producer survived not only the physical, but also a creative crisis, thought that his music was outdated. In an interview with the magazine "OK!" In April 2019, he said:"I had to spend a lot of time to cheered up and remind myself that my name was already a brand that I like Oreo in the world of cookies is the best of the best."During a protracted break, Timbaland listened to what plays in the headphones of young people in order to return to the scene triumphantly. New hits are already in development. According to the producer, the coming record will not be an album in a traditional understanding, but a playlist, including tracks of different genres - from Latino to African motifs.
TimBaland is confident that the success of a new collection will be comparable to SHOCK VALUE. The draft name is "Shock Value Millenium", because the production of the producer wants to connect children of the 2000s, Millennoalians, which today dictate musical fashion. A list of young people who makes a hand to create a new TimBaland project, not yet known.
Discography
As part of Timbaland & Magoo:
- 1997 - "Welcome to Our World"
- 2001 - "INDECENT PROPOSAL"
- 2003 - "UNDER CONSTRUCTION, PART II"
- 2004 - "The Best of Timbaland and Magoo"
- 2005 - "Timbaland and Magoo: Present"
Solo creativity:
- 1998 - "Tim's Bio: Life From Da Bassment"
- 2007 - "Shock Value"
- 2009 - "Shock Value II"