Timbaland Wikipedia. Timothy Zachery Tim Mosley born March 1. Timbaland, is an American record producer, rapper, singer, songwriter and DJ. Timbalands first full credit production work was in 1. Ginuwine. the Bachelor for R B singer Ginuwine. After further work on Aaliyahs 1. One in a Million and Missy Elliotts 1. Supa Dupa Fly, Timbaland became a prominent producer for R B and hip hop artists. Timbaland Scream Instrumental' title='Timbaland Scream Instrumental' />As a rapper he initially released several albums with fellow rapper Magoo, followed by his debut solo album Tims Bio in 1. In 2. 00. 2, Timbaland produced the hit single Cry Me a River for Justin Timberlake, going on to produce most of Timberlakes subsequent LPs such as Future. SexLove. Sounds and The 2. Best Animated Desktop Backgrounds'>Best Animated Desktop Backgrounds. Adobe After Effect Cs2 Free Download Full Version. Experience and their respective hit singles. A Timbaland owned imprint label, Mosley Music Group, featured artists such as Nelly Furtado, whose Timbaland produced album Loose 2. In 2. 00. 7, Timbaland released a solo album, Shock Value, which was followed by Shock Value II in 2. Aside from the aforementioned artists, Timbalands production credits from the 2. Jay Z, Nas, Ludacris, Bubba Sparxxx, Madonna, Rihanna, One. Timbaland Scream Instrumental' title='Timbaland Scream Instrumental' />Timothy Zachery Tim Mosley born March 10, 1972, known professionally as Timbaland, is an American record producer, rapper, singer, songwriter and DJ. Timbalands. Learning to sing in his local churchs gospel choir, 14yearold Usher was spotted at a talent contest and signed to LA Reids label LaFace Records. Republic, Brandy, Drake, Rick Ross and others. As a songwriter he has written as of 2. UK hits and 9. 9 hits Stateside. Timbaland has received widespread acclaim for his production style. In 2. 00. 7, Entertainment Weekly stated that just about every current pop trend can be traced back to him from sultry, urban edged R B songstresses. No. 1 hits. 4Early lifeeditTimothy Zachery Mosley was born on March 1. Norfolk, Virginia, to Latrice, who ran a homeless shelter, and Garland Mosley, an Amtrak employee. He graduated from Salem High School of Virginia Beach, Virginia. During his time as a DJ, he was known as DJ Tim7 or DJ Timmy Tim. His brother, Sebastian, is reportedly around nine years younger. His sister Courtney Rashon is a makeup artist and author from New Jersey. While attending high school, Timbaland began a long term collaboration with rapper Melvin Magoo Barcliff. The teenage Mosley also joined the production ensemble S. B. I. which stood for Surrounded By Idiots which also featured Neptunes producer Pharrell. Mosley was also high school friends with brothers Terrence and Gene Thornton, who would become known as Pusha T and Malice of the rap group Clipse, respectively. In 1. Timbaland was 1. Red Lobster restaurant and was partially paralyzed for nine months. During this time, he began to learn how to DJ using his left hand. Singer and rapper Missy Elliott heard his material and began working with him. She and her R B group, Sista, auditioned for De. Vante Swing, a producer and member of the successful R B act Jodeci. De. Vante signed Sista to his Swing Mob record label and Elliott brought Mosley and Barcliff along with her to New York, where Swing Mob was based. It was De. Vante who renamed the young producer Timbaland, after the Timberland brand of construction boots. He and Magoo became part of SCI Zakys School stable of Swing Mob signees known as Da Bassment crew, joining artists such as R B singer Ginuwine, male vocal group Playa Smoke E. Digglera, Static Major and Digital Black, and the girl group Sugah. Timbaland did production work on a number of projects with De. Vante, including the 1. Jodeci LP The Show, The After Party, The Hotel, and Sistas unreleased dbut LP 4 All the Sistas Around da World. Elliott began receiving recognition as a songwriter for artists such as R B girl group 7. MC Lyte. Due to Timbalands connection with her, he was often contacted to produce remixes of her songs. Focus on production work and Tims Bio Life from da BassmenteditTimbaland began his producing career for R B acts. In the mid 1. 99. R B acts such as Jodeci and Sista. In 1. 99. 6, he made his mainstream breakthrough by producing the majority of both Aaliyahs second album One in a Million and Ginuwines debut album Ginuwine. Bachelor. This included the major hit singles If Your Girl Only Knew by Aaliyah and Pony by Ginuwine. While Timbaland was initially producing for R B artists, his trademark sound was very much rooted in hip hop with its fast paced nature and clear drum breaks. He was taking a hip hop sound and applying it to R B, and in this way his sound was instrumental in blurring the distinction between hip hop and R B production. In 1. 99. 7, he fully produced Supa Dupa Fly, the debut album of Missy Elliott, who had been a childhood friend of Mosley. In this album Timbaland continued with his now trademark electronic production style, but since Missy frequently rapped the music was considered hip hop. Also in 1. 99. 7, he released his first album with his partner Magoo, Welcome to Our World, also a hip hop album. In the late 1. 99. Jay Z, Nas, and The LOX. In 1. 99. 9, he scored a major hit with Jay Z and rap group UGK with the hit Big Pimpin. He also fully produced Missys second album in 1. Da Real World. Still Timbaland in this period produced primarily for R B artists. He continued to produce for Ginuwine and Aaliyah, as well as contributing significantly to albums by Xscape, Nicole, Playa, and Total. He remixed Ushers major hit You Make Me Wanna. In the early 2. 00. Timbaland produced songs including Ludacris Roll Out My Business,1. Jay Zs Hola Hovito,1. Petey Pablos Raise Up,1. Becks cover of David Bowies Diamond Dogs during this period. He also contributed three songs, all eventually released as singles, to Aaliyahs self titled third album, the exotic lead single We Need a Resolution featuring himself rapping a verse, More than a Woman, and the ballad I Care 4 U. He also makes an appearance in Aaliyahs single Try Again, which he also produced and co wrote. Timbaland Magoos second album together was slated for release in November 2. Indecent Proposal was to feature appearances by Beck, Aaliyah, as well as new Timbaland protgssome from his new Beat Club Records imprint Ms. Jade, Kiley Dean, Sebastian Timbalands brother, Petey Pablo, and Tweet who was a member of Sugah during the Swing Mob days. The album was delayed for an entire year, finally released in November 2. It was a commercial disappointment. Becks vocals for the track I Am Music were not included on the last version, which instead featured Timbaland singing along Steve Static Garrett of Playa and Aaliyah. The first release on Beat Club was the dbut album by Bubba Sparxxx in September 2. Dark Days, Bright Nights. The loss of Aaliyah deeply affected Timbaland. In a phone call to the MTV show Total Request Live, Timbaland said She was like blood, and I lost blood. Me and her together had this chemistry. I kinda lost half of my creativity to her. Its hard for me to talk to the fans now. Beyond the music, she was a brilliant person, the most special person I ever met. Timbaland, MTV2. 00. Production work for pop recording artistseditTimbaland contributed three tracks to Tweets debut album, Southern Hummingbird, and produced most of Missy Elliotts fourth and fifth LPs, Under Construction and This Is Not A Test2. He also produced tracks for artists such as Lil Kim The Jump Off and southern rapper Pastor Troy during this period.