TIMBALAND TRACKS POLL (voting deadline Saturday, September 10th at FIFTEEN AFTER THE HOUR midnight EST)

OK, everybody, let's keep this simple. Send in your top 10 favorite tracks from Timbaland's three solo albums, Tim's Bio: Life from da Bassment, Shock Value and Shock Value II. Songs from the 2011 "Timbaland Thursday" series of free online tracks are also eligible. Please do not vote for your favorite Timbaland & Magoo songs, as their discography will be given a separate poll next year.

I really want this poll to celebrate Timbaland's whole catalog, so I am allowing up to 40 tracks on your ballots (50 points for your #1, 11 points for your #40, and so on), any Timbaland production. So if you just want to vote for the big Missy/Jay-Z/Aaliyah/Justin hits and stop at 10 or 20, that's cool, but if you want to dig deep, I would love for this poll to help expose people to some of his brilliant lesser-known productions. There's a pretty complete-looking discography on Wikipedia, but if anyone knows a better resource, feel free to suggest it: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timbaland%27s_production_discography

E-mail ballots to shipley.al at gmail dot com by midnight EST on Saturday, September 10th. Vote for as many or as few songs as you like. If you want to be extra helpful, please arrange your list in the following format:

1. Shade Sheist - Money Owners (40)

But if you just throw an unranked list in an e-mail, I will rank them top to bottom from #1 on down, fyi.

A note about remixes: Timbaland-produced songs with remixes featuring essentially the same beat ("Get Ur Freak On" for example) will have votes toward the original and the remix counted together in one entry. Songs for which Timbaland produced different beats for the remix ("Hit Em Wit Da Hee" or "Luv 2 Luv U") will be counted seperately. And songs Timbaland did not originally produce but did remix (Nelly Furtado's "Turn Off The Lights") are eiligible.

Feel free to use this thread for campaigning for or hipping people to lesser known tracks -- I'm assuming we all know the big chart hits and won't need any reminders about those, but it'd be great if people use the next week to dig up awesome deep cuts and share them with each other, so that more people can feel inspired to send in great 40-song ballots. So go to town with YouTubes or Spotify playlists or whatever.

Presentation of the results will probably be pretty straightforward, unless anyone wants to suggest or volunteer some kind of cool method or set of graphics.

i messed up the example ballot btw, the #1 track gets 50 points as previously noted:

1. Jay-Z featuring Drake - Off That (50)

would it be possible to get some kind of list of all he's done...? I know there's no way I'll remember everything.

i linked a wikipedia discog in the OP -- like i said maybe there's a more complete or more helpfully formatted one elsewhere but that one seems like a good place to start. would it be good to c&p the whole thing itt? i'm afraid of cluttering things up with a giant list right off the bat.

"Pass At Me (ft. Pitbull & David Guetta)" for the win.

ha should this have a 'worst top 3' side poll like the Zep one?

yes! (to both poll and yr question.)

haha since i missed the prince poll this is the first one of these im really psyched for.

ha ok

ADDENDUM: You may also include a top 3 ballot for the WORST tracks produced by Timbaland poll, the results of which will be presented as a sideshow that will not effect the results of the main poll at all

al should we be using this thread to stump for tracks ala the others?

whoops duh you said that already

okay well i may or may not vote for any of these and not all of them are unknown or lesser-known but i would suggest everyone give them an airing first before they vote if they've never heard them

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CMfgL-ujm04

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ouFiXnwF6OM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LnWS6MyTkrc

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZqtkfrmbkqE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oU3zq_6MaPo

SWEET

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=StJ94-TAnQk

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H4n7L6H2UKc

the potion by ludacris is also great

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vklBeJNh5Eg

also i should've said this earlier and it's no biggie but MAYBE it would be cool to put song titles next to youtubes, for those of us who turn off images and don't want to have to click every single one to know whether it's something we've heard or not

lol sorry, sorry

it's all good, just noting it before this thread fills up with dozens more

that jay-z one is awesome

so far: total - what the dealio; bubba sparxxx - bubba talk; missy elliot - whatcha gonna do; playa - don't stop the music; ginuwine - final warning; jay-z - it's hot/some like it hot; ludacris - fat rabbit; missy - hit em wit da hee remix

tim & magoo - up jumps da boogie

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cg-YhUoOkj0

"whatcha gonna do" is so sick

it's going to be very hard for me to not fill up a huge amount of my ballot w/ Timbaland & Magoo's Welcome To Our World

total - trippin

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QhqnPP0TgVI

petey pablo - get on dis motorcycle

the youtube would help there

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jrtNOfx8Fl4

also petey pablo - the gun line

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1qbiJZXQteY

spotify:user:theshipment:playlist:7qDegv2zLVhWyo34ECFm8i

I started in on a spotify playlist yesterday, got about halfway through that wiki page so far. PLenty of stuff missing, but a good starter anyway. So subscribe and Ill post back when I get it done.

http://open.spotify.com/user/theshipment/playlist/7qDegv2zLVhWyo34ECFm8i

cee-lo - i'll be around

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fns4L6wJHfs

^^^superdope

most of my ballot is gonna be pretty canon i think

nothing wrong with that! imo this is about celebrating and cementing the canon, and maybe adding to or diverting from it when possible

like we don't need any challop Timbaland equivalent of "Whole Lotta Love" outside the top 30 or anything

i knew what my no. 1 would be the minute the poll was announced way back whenever but the other 39 slots are gonna take some ordering

man how the hell did I forget about "Ching Ching"

also yeah if anything other than an aaliyah or missy single tops the list i will be pretty 0_o

Snoopy Track will be high up for me.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Pd-64fHTXM

an allowance may be made for "pony" xp

cant beleive this hasnt been posted yet, petey pablo - i

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v1zr6wTnllg

goddammit what do I have to do to make people realize "Pony" specifically and Ginuwine in general are abominations

the dude has plenty of deep cuts and also recorded a lot of mediocre stuff from day one but i feel like this is a "maybe it IS 'when doves cry,' maybe it just is" thing

dan i suggest banned you on pure instinct for that.

(j/k)

make your own era-defining R&B hit? (xpost)

goddammit what do I have to do to make people realize "Pony" specifically and Ginuwine in general are abominations

― now I have to imagine your penis (DJP), Tuesday, August 30, 2011 5:08 PM (34 seconds ago) Bookmark

man... '100% ginuwine' is arguably timbaland's greatest achievement imo

Pony must win this, right?

i always liked the "pony" single's sleeve, too

http://blogs.965thebuzz.com/files/2010/06/Ginuwine-Pony-463624.jpg

woah

would never have thought to make a Deftones/Ginuwine visual art link before now

sonned by a wite pony

If you're horny, Deftone it
Ride it, white pony
My saddle's waiting
Come and jump on it

just going to announce that if "my love" finishes in the top 10 of this poll that i'm going to quit ilx

http://tlakuilokalli.blog.com/files/2010/10/deftones-chino-moreno-small1.jpg

someone who knows how to ride without even falling off

"my love" is the only jt single i will probably vote for, but it won't be top ten. probably not even top twenty.

(was gonna throw GusGus in that comparison too but I'm sure I'm the only person on this thread fucking with their new album)

wait there isn't consensus that "Pony" is amazing?

it DOES look like a sleeve that should contain a total dan-bait record

Pony must win this, right?

it's gonna be "pony" vs "get ur freak on" vs "are you that somebody?", right

i bet "get ur freak on" wins

more than likely

i kinda can't believe some of these songs are 13, 14, 15 years old now

I don't know why but Ginuwine's voice is total instant kryptonite to me

also I cannot get behind the chorus, it's just so DUMB

signed, someone who rides hard for "The Thong Song"

vs. big pimpin vs. one in a million

philly's most wanted to take it all

what about cry me a river

man i forgot how much i hate that nas song. mostly because the beat deserves WAY better.

well, hate is kinda strong. but still.

i get so turned on by the "pony" chorus :/

i remember the bus i rode to school in 9th grade had the radio tuned into an R&B station that could be barely heard over the din of the kids on the bus, and there were only two sounds that stabbed through it all that i recognized every time they came on: the BLEH BLEH BLEH bassline of "Pony" and the ticketyticketyticketyTACK drums of "One In A Million"

lol there was a period of time where I liked the Lost Prophets cover of "Cry Me a River" more than JT's original

I think something in my psyche deeply distrusts Timbaland

or maybe more accurately, deeply distrusts Timbaland unless he is working with hot hot women

(because my #1 might be "Oops Oh My")

like missy elliott?

i think the video for "the rain" was the last one where, the first time i saw it, i watched like another three hours of mtv just hoping i would see/hear it again

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ZloPFZ0ZQ4

do you remember - ginuwine

"The Rain" is the one big canon track I'm gonna be contrarian about here, i've never really gotten into that one

like missy elliott?

I didn't even get on the Missy train until "Beep Me 911", which made me retroactively appreciate "The Rain" and "Sock It To Me".

Can I throw some hipster kisses towards:

Jay-z - it's hot
Bubba sparxxx - twerk a little
Aaliyah - we need a resolution
Missy - smooth chick
Petey pablo - get on dis motorcycle
Ginuwine and Aaliyah - final warning
Kiley dean - keep it moving

omg "We Need A Resolution"

why the hell is that not on Spotify

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GEojH37t1XA
kiley dean - america

I think I'm going to skip this poll and wait for the results... I basically only know 'Try Again', 'Get Yr Freak On', 'Cry Me a River' and Nelly Furtado's Loose album (which is great BTW).

that's enough for a top 10, i won't be a snob if you want to vote

Yeah I love what I know from his production work but I might also abstain from working as I'm barely a connoiseur and I don't want to skew the results with the best known material.

if i was gonna vote for a nelly furtardo song it would be this
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Asy6Cpbtwfs

"whatcha gonna do" is so sick

fela sample, yeah?

for some reason this seems way harder than the prince poll, i don't think i can do it

working = voting. I don't know what I was thinking.

IMO this is the Nelly song to vote for:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hpc4cbP3J1s

pretty much that whole album is great tho

Ah, just vote everyone - some dude needs your love. (I normally get in early but I'm going to need to research this one - again, a spotify playlist would be most helpful).

yeah its like top 25 of the decade for me

Ok I know what I'll do, I'll vote but I'll limit myself to only one song per artists with whom he has collaborated with. Also picking 'do it' as my Nelly Furtado choice, even though he stole the sample and refused to give credit.

you know, 'hola hovito' is underrated (maybe unfairly maligned?) as a timbo beat

Ismael, I started a spotify playlist
TIMBALAND TRACKS POLL (voting deadling Saturday, September 10th midnight EST)

yeah it being such an outlier on The Blueprint has really hurt its reputation but it's so great (xpost)

imo even a top 5 or top 10 of obvious choices would be good in terms of strengthening the consensus of the winning tracks...no data is bad data, to put it in statistical terms.

just going to announce that if "my love" finishes in the top 10 of this poll that i'm going to quit ilx

― J0rdan S., Tuesday, August 30, 2011 5:16 PM (33 minutes ago) Bookmark

i wouldn't be mad at that tbh -- it'll probably do well as the last really undisputed classic, the same way "Beautiful Day" got into the top 10 of a U2 poll that heavily favored early stuff. i know "My Love" will definitely be the highest (and possibly only) Danja-era production on my ballot.

I could understand not voting if this was a "favorite obscure Timbaland production"

If you really only know 5-6 Timbaland songs, you're gonna find a wealth of things to explore in the countdown up to #10 anyway, and half the top 10 will surprise you, so there's really no reason to abstain

you know, 'hola hovito' is underrated (maybe unfairly maligned?) as a timbo beat

was coming on here just to post something like this

Out of any Nelly songs I'd vote "Maneater", even if it's the obvious one. So good. I know FS/LS is better than Loose but Justin is just too douchey for me to ever really like.

man, I love "If Your Girl Only Knew."

Apart from the earlier songs mentioned off Loose, I really like the opening track:
Nelly Furtado - Afraid
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mNRybZ0AdYg

(BTW, I had no idea this album had so many fans!)

does 'say it right' not get any love round here? i think its pretty great, esp the intro.

has 'come and get me' been posted yet?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tCVnjBJZ3To

ha I was just about to mention "Afraid"

also, "No Hay Igual"!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C1qwZnJg-ss

xp: "Say It Right" is also fantastic, man I love that album

"Say It Right" will be high on my ballot

she is ridiculously gorgeous btw

so it's ok to send a small ballot with only the obvious choices?

"Say It Right" is godly.

gotta say i prefer the "Turn Off The Light" remix to any proper Furtado/Timbaland collaboration:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VKLnYWV_fBw

yeah, say it right is defo top 10 for me

so it's ok to send a small ballot with only the obvious choices?

― gospodin simmel, Tuesday, August 30, 2011 6:00 PM (29 seconds ago) Bookmark

encouraged, even. and remember, there'll be a week and a half to pick up suggestions from this thread too.

i think this is pretty good aswell

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L_it-q_aJZw

UGLY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Trd49Da0gf0

one of my fav beats eva

"Say It Right" has aged real well. I'm fond of "Release" too tbh.

has 'come and get me' been posted yet?

This will be a big one for me. There's really not much else like it around.

this is ridiculously good
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tHnA94-hTC8

maybe my favorite on deliverance

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LAAhgJX1XYQ

haha i may vote for every beat from vol. 3 tbh

totally

including the outtake/bonus track o.g. version of "Is That Your Chick"!

man, i fucking love "ugly"

i knew you weren't god

could you suggest me some of the less obvious Timbo produced album picks I should download ASAP? I am def going to educate myself before casting my ballot.

check out this thread: POLL: best non-Missy album produced (mostly or entirely) by Timbaland

or this one TIMBALAND TRACKS POLL (voting deadling Saturday, September 10th midnight EST)

my favorite Missy ballad is "Best Friend." Try that one, V79.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MgV3BjyAHW0

ms jade- dead wrong

Solé - never had
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zhTrfMoCvog

this is timbo right? so dope

kiley dean - keep it moving
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RDNkayBrkyk

don't forget "feel the girl"! xxp

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jBaPOtjXNOI

i still think "THE WAY I ARE" is an incredible song, annoying-Al division

fav furtado is (aside from her feature on "ching ching") definitely "Say It Right"

my fav deep cut listed so far is "get on dis motorcycle"

xp yeah, thx SD for that link, looks helpful (that's what I meant, if it wasn't clear - whole albums, not single tracks, which are being posted here right now)

also a big fan of "kiss me like that" by kiley dean
http://youknowigotsoul.com/?p=2367
not a fan of "America" though

eh individual opinions are all good, diversity of opinions will benefit the poll. i don't HATE "the way i are" i just think it's kind of bland.

what about 'stay away from my boyfriend'?
xpost

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qFCnKPahcbw

I know Brandy - "Who Is She 2 U" wasn't big around these parts, but I love it. extra dope when I found out it was based on a Leon Ware sample :
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NFpQ_ePW1Q8

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bgl1_hZIqZs

while we're on mindgarden classics, "Old School Joint"

I don't know how to pick a single song off of "100% Ginuwine."

i think i might just pick "so anxious" for being the big single

"nowhere" is def my fav on deliverance

'so anxious' is cool but like my 4th or 5th fav on the LP so i prob wont pick that

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ggS6Ka8kHVo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-fdZNmDzHGw

it's gonna be tough deciding which joints off the shock values to pick for worst productions

what about that shit he did with flo rida?

apologize is pretty terrible though tbf

i'm just gonna go w/ stuff i've heard -- "4 minutes", "carry out", "apologize", the one w/ KP etc

in Timbo's defense "Apologize" isn't his song.

and I don't mind it now that I treat it as a decent Enrique Iglesias ballad.

i don't mind now that i haven't heard it in like 2 years

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fLwyvNjYUdY

"Ryde or Die Bitch" ^^^top ten imo

back in 2004 i never could have imagined what a "worst timbaland" poll would wind up looking like in 2011

all told it probably coudl've been way worse, esp since there wasn't a ubiquitous hit off that chris cornell album

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IsUF2L7zDF8

rihanna - lemme get that

i think this is pretty good aswell

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zyz1oAHY-_g&ob=av3e

man... i remember when vibe named that the #1 track of whatever year it was

i think i assumed 'make me better' was tim & bob lol

we need some lil kim up in here
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HER1RxputAw

is re-up anthem by clipse produced by timbaland or not?

and i love this, even though it's only like the fourth or fifth best single from the writing's on the wall

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ijD5WLTGnYY

top 10 imo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H7s3uEQESVc&ob=av3e

not top ten imo but good call overall

I know Brandy - "Who Is She 2 U" wasn't big around these parts, but I love it. extra dope when I found out it was based on a Leon Ware sample

i heard the remix w/ Usher recently and that song has held up really well imo, will prob vote for it

"focus" is the best on afrodisiac i would say

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1qnp2Wdmu3I

got my ballot in. nothing after 2007. (only a handful of songs from after 2003.) heavily weighted toward both the first five years of his career and all the expected heavy hitters. will probably remember something i forgot tomorrow but better to get it in than forget about it entirely.

strongo's ballot otm

Michelle Branch - Mini Countryman Commercial

* 00. Getaway

rmde timbo

have a list, need to work it down.

goddammit what do I have to do to make people realize "Pony" specifically and Ginuwine in general are abominations

― now I have to imagine your penis (DJP), Tuesday, 30 August 2011 22:08 (Yesterday) Bookmark

never thought i'd ever sb the p3rry

BUMP...BUMP-BUMP-BUMP-KACK

I feel bad for not voting in this, esp since s. dude brought commentary/energy/enthusiasm to the Zep poll, but my hip-hop knowledge starts roughly with Raising Hell and ends with Paul's Boutique.

BUMP...BUMP-BUMP-BUMP-KACK

― ✇ ruehl (some dude), Wednesday, August 31, 2011 6:52 AM (2 hours ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

on one hand it bums me out that everyone vibes so hard with Ginuwine because people enjoying themselves is awesome and I wish I could join in

on the other hand, I get to play the "emperor's ne clothes" game and warm my cold unfeeling heart with the cruel flames of self-satisfied superiority over the sheeple

win-win!

All those sheeple into ginuwine, when will they learn.

*sighs contentedly, masking tears of loneliness*

"Pony" is going to be my #1, but I wouldn't say "no contest."

if it's any consolation, DJP, i'm not so sure "Pony" will be on my ballot or even in the top 10 (although mainly to make room for other Ginuwine songs)

^^^ gonna submit this to urbandictionary as an example for "Pyrrhic victory"

its between 'pony' and 'one in a million' for my no 1

atm im thinking snoopy track v. get off the bus v. whats so different and its soooooo hard to pick

http://timbo-productions.blogspot.com/

near-as definitive list here fyi

Ashlee Simpson - "Murder F/ Travis McCoy of Gym Class Heroes"

:''''''''''''(

http://open.spotify.com/track/6MPh9Li3TZMaIb6WYuzbYO

no.

I have this queued up to play next

where is lex to ride for this

quiet, dan! he's like candyman.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LT9TVuoLN9k

i know 'oops' is heavily favored but i rep for this

oh that song is also FANFUCKINGTASTIC

I wanted to draw people's attention to the awesomeness of the beat for Bubba's "Twerk A Little", which I suspect they might overlook otherwise, but the one apparent copy on youtube is barred in Australia.

In the meantime, Timbaland & Magoo's unjustly forgotten and frankly epic "Drop":

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KnHOtjtziyw

106 & Park Live Freestyle Friday
House Wife Vs. Warlock

i realize this probably means that rappers named House Wife and Warlock battled over the "Dirt Off Your Shoulder" beat or something, but i love the idea of Timbaland storming the 106 & Park stage to perform an unreleased song called "House Wife Vs. Warlock"

indian carpet was also pretty dope iirc

this is also awesome from bubba

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LAAhgJX1XYQ

the awesomeness of the beat for Bubba's "Twerk A Little"

in my top ten.

maybe "House Wife Vs. Warlock" was an early working title for "Promiscuous"

Strongo I knew I could count on you.

weirdly two tracks from dark days made my list and only one from deliverance, which isnt how it woulda played out five, six years ago.

maybe "House Wife Vs. Warlock" was an early working title for "Promiscuous"

"We Need A Resolution" IIRC.

weirdly two tracks from dark days made my list and only one from deliverance, which isnt how it woulda played out five, six years ago.

Well even a Bubba/Tim only top 10 would still be pretty strong so.

Alright, the Timbo playlist is now updated with everything on that wiki list that can be found on spotify:

http://open.spotify.com/user/theshipment/playlist/7qDegv2zLVhWyo34ECFm8i

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1J38-Mi4Qpo

ok i finally feel motivated to try Spotify. apparently you need an invite to get the free version, anyone care to hook a pollrunner up?

Ah man, sorry, just gave away an invite recently. If I get another one soon, before someone else hooks you up, Ill drop it your way.

What's the difference between Spotify and queuing several tracks on YouTube – sound quality?

i dunno, but i assume for one thing less typing/clicking to find individual songs, if someone already made a pretty complete playlist on the former

yo some dude, webmail me yr email address and I can hook you up </spotifypusher>

my address is at the top of this thread - thanks!

oh duh right, invite incoming

awesome ty

i will vote itp

cool, am very curious to see a lamp's ballot

my eyes just literally went O_O scrolling down this spotify playlist

I was trying to be all like I DONT NEED YOU about spotify, but now I realize my ignorance. Its not perfect and I dont use it exclusively, but its cool for these type of things.

i'd been meaning to check it out, since i have my whole iTunes library on one computer but have been lately spending more time online on a smaller laptop w/o as much storage space so this is like perfect for me right now

fyi Spotify can play your iTunes library natively and, to me, feels much faster/more responsive so you should be sure to download it to yr main machine when you get a chance

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MplVbe5ys0I

if timbo didn't rap on this, i think it would be a classic 4eva

the Timbo playlist

You guys!

yeah i'm loving this. right now going through those Jodeci deep cuts -- always wanted to listen to these, interesting to hear his early work before a lot of his signature sounds were in place but there's still a recognizable imprint of his sense of rhythm and texture

agh. can you get spotify on newfangled phones? my headphone jack/speakers on my laptop are shot to shit.

only if you pay for it, unfortunately

rats.

these remixes of "4 page letter" are awesome

btw Spottie, any chance you kept a list of what stuff in the discog couldn't be found on Spotify? might be good to have that in the thread so people know where to fill in gaps.

that bobby v/luda "rearview" is good, i don't remember that at all -- still gonna vote for "anonymous" tho

voted for "anonymous," too. i think that was my one post-2004 track.

thought i'd got my list done, noticed i missed nigga what nigga who, need to start over

Sorry some dude, I didn't, should have but didn't. None of the Tim & Magoo or Aaliyah are the ones I remember the most.

jacki-o - slow down <------ fuck w/ this

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2tMx02vobuA

this may make my top ten. as may 'snoop dogg (whats my name pt 2)'

S-N-Double-O-P-D-O-Double-JEZZZZZZZZY D-O-Double-JEZZZZZZZZZZZZy

yeah what's my name pt 2 is the shit

I like "Set If Off" for my Snoop produced track. This is a tough poll.

I keep forgetting how fantastic "4 My People" is

^^ almost made my ballot

after eight missy songs i had to start cutting back.

lol I might just vote Missy songs

np: "She's A Bitch" (curse you Spotify and yr counterintuitive play interface)

Sending my ballot in a bit – as soon as I'm done listening to "Take Away."

went with two from supa dupa, two from real world, two from miss e, one from under construction, and one from this is not a test

"take away" also almost made my ballot

"she's a bitch" is def one of my fav beats of his

"The Rain", "Sock It To Me", "She's A Bitch", "Hot Boyz", "Work It", "Pass That Dutch"?

beep me 911, sock it to me, bitch, hot boyz, gossip folks, wake up

well at leas I got Da Real World right, lol

all those songs are ferocious btw, I applaud yr Missy

i'll have to have 3 off 'da real world' on account of "u can't resist"

lol "Pass That Dutch"

yeah i mean i could have easily done 20 missy/10 aaliyah/10 jay and called it a day.

DO NOT LOL AT "PASS THAT DUTCH" IT WILL STOMP YOU IN U FACE

you can lol at the Riverdance shit they did in support of it tho

the only time i've heard that song in the past 5 years is on reruns of an old Alec Baldwin SNL where Missy is just trying so so hard to make the 'dutch' dance into a thing and it's just kind of depressing

lol xpost

pass that dutch is fine but it's like a straight diwali xerox so

I'll SB anyone who didn't put "Let Me Fix My Weave" on his/her ballot.

Oops, "Pony" isn't my #1. "Beep Me 911" is.

the drums on "beep" are still so insane

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TzfCtNsMAJ4

i might have to vote for "him em wit da hee" just for the outro

yeah as much as i was intrigued by "One In A Million" and other stuff before that, "Beep" was i think the first Timbo beat that really made me go O_O this guy is a genius O_O

yeah if i was going strictly by beats "beep" might have been my no. 1.

his kick/snare patterns between '96 and '00 (or so) are still just about my favorite things ever.

'u cant resist' is top 10

it's going to be very hard for me to not fill up a huge amount of my ballot w/ Timbaland & Magoo's Welcome To Our World Deliverance.

hey guys the two timbo tracks on whatever the last missy album is called are also insane:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dtXkpM4ljjo (skip the intro)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wHV5E-lpme4

not as good as classic tim/missy but the other track on cookbook still worth listening to

right now going through those Jodeci deep cuts

soooo tempted to throw a vote to 'bring on da funk' both for lol 90s reasons & cuz i think its really p dope

I've tried to love Jodeci.

you shouldn't have to try with at least "Cry For You"

jodeci really arent all that good its just 'bring on da funk' opens w/ a hilarious fake news leader a la wu tang

im slowly going through my list and just taking stuff out i dont totally love so i think i may send in an abbreviated ballot

but i want to rep again for ms. jade's 'ching ching' which i think is nutso fun

imo if you CAN send in a full 40 songs you should, and maybe just keep listening over the next week until you like all your picks. but obviously it's whatever, do what works for you.

i think i'm gonna have a relatively ms. jade-heavy ballot

well i had the time tonight and my bf is at work so i could spend three hours listening to nothing but timbaland productions and so have sent in my ballot

oh yeah, there it is, cool! now i can add it to strongo's and start getting some early totals going!

imo if you CAN send in a full 40 songs you should

yah whenever i do these i have hard time filling up like more than 20 spots idk it gets hard to really say 'i like this one better than this' or even 'this is a great song, im glad im voting for it' yknow? anyway looking over it again im p happy w/ my list even the lol contrarian pix

yeah it's all good. just saying if you get the itch to send in 12 more songs next week feel free.

ginuwine - 4 ur mind
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C2IFWj9tu4U

anyway this better place or i am going to complain vividly abt how stupid the rest of u r

pretty sure I just found the music video that will make Dan fall in love with Ginuwine all over again:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KMi3F4zvbpk

this is the best thread ever btw

XD

I've already chosen the 30 or so songs I know and love and will definitely vote for, and then every single youtube of a new song that I've clicked on has been amazing

deserving of your consideration:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vXqhLJQXzHw

This is more difficult than I thought! I'm trying to avoid stacking this with Missy and Aaliyah tracks.

some dude wrote this on thread da real world on board I Love Music on Jul 1, 2011

is this the only eminem/timbaland collab

― and what, Thursday, November 29, 2007 3:13 PM (3 years ago) Bookmark

it really is crazy to listen to this album and realize it's the only time Eminem or Big Boi or Redman or Juvenile or B.G. has ever been on a Timbaland beat

only 10 songs voted for by both lamp and strongo -- and that would make a fine top 10 i gotta say

Sent!

http://open.spotify.com/user/theshipment/playlist/7qDegv2zLVhWyo34ECFm8i

― Spottie_Ottie_Dope, Tuesday, August 30, 2011 4:56 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

duuuuuude

already only 4 songs on all 3 ballots!

it really is crazy to listen to this album and realize it's the only time Eminem or Big Boi or Redman or Juvenile or B.G. has ever been on a Timbaland beat

― lil dawg (some dude), Wednesday, August 31, 2011 6:23 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark

i love the hip-hop slash fic implications of this. imagine a jeru/timbaland collab!

had the spotify list on shuffle and is if to fact check my post the song tim did on the last redman album just popped up

'Put It Down' has had a long running spot on my exercise playlist.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O_Ovlr00xKc

true story: in the summer of 2001, i was sitting in the kitchen with my roommate Scott, listening to Missy go "slap! slap! slap! right across ya melon" and Scott got up and slapped the watermelon we'd just bought at the grocery store. that will never cease to amuse me.

spottie opie DOPE playlist

We need to celebrate Nicole's "Make It Hot" ITT.

i need to think about this.

Many many thanks for that Spotify playlist Spottie_Ottie_Dope!! I'm too cheap to pay for unlimited access so have used up 4 hours of my 10(?) available ones listening this morning/afternoon.

Will vote, and i'd say i have a rough idea of a top 20 off the top of my head but i'll do my best to check out the various youtubes. Wish i could get Spotify tho

not reading this whole thread but the two frontrunners in my mind have to be Pony and Are U That Somebody? because they are all-time

those are certainly a couple of the half dozen obvious contenders for #1 (although from the first three ballots something a bit more unexpected has the most points so far)

will stan the shit outta this track:
ginuwine - What's So Different?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Ny0uQQq3bw

the godzilla sample!

also that Beyonce track that i'm forgetting the name of. Get on the Bus i think?

It's Destiny's Child but it's a good 'un

I almost voted for it.

And I'm sorely disappointed I forgot to vote for "Pony."

i'm not going to be a hardass if people want to revise their ballots before the deadline fyi

that is just blatant "Pony" boosterism

My ballot's ... waiting,
Come and ... jump on it!

i would actually prefer if "Pony" did not sail to #1 in the poll so i had to kind of force myself to post that reply to Alfred in the interest of fairness and sticking with a policy i'd already decided on

'get on the bus' is fucking rad

thought abt voting for the say my name remix as well tbh
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xb5e3TozaSU

Don't worry: I ain't changing.

im thinking of doing a hyperpersonal ballot -- when it comes down to it as dope as pony is im much more likely to listen to the random ones i posted youtubes of upthread any more

yeah i'm thinking of doing that too, especially if some of the more interesting semi-obscure picks need just one more vote to make it into the big countdown

Pony will get plenty of love. Thinking about leaving it off as well.

I want in on this.

awesome, curious to see your ballot dude!

it's funny, the original 'say my name' is much more stuttery and timbaland-y than his remix. i guess he had to take in the other direction.

i prefer the original on that one actually

posting Whats So Different itt may just be bolstering me thinking it should be #1. But v. Snoopy Track? HOW TO DECIDE?

"What's So Different" is incredible, probably in my top 5.

"what's so different" isn't really one of my absolute favorites off that album

i really fell in love w/ R&B radio because of the station we kept on at my first summer job in 98/99, so that song always stands out as one of the songs that just murdered me every time i heard it back then.

i'll prob vote for "none of ur friends business"

that one's great too. i seriously might vote for all 3 proper singles off that album plus some deep cuts.

if i had a 100 votes, the rest of the record might make it but shit, just 40 i may get NOYFB in there... maybe...

i was p surprised that 'so anxious' was the biggest hit off that album

that was definitely a huge record

Yah soo anxious is so dope... I basically like everything on that lp though.

Up until this exact moment I had no idea Ludacris "What's Your Fantasy" was not Timbaland.

I am shocked by this.

really? bangledesh is a p famous producer who jumped off from that.

i've never thought of that song as part of the wave of Timbo soundalikes but i can totally hear it now that you mention it

it feels too busy to be tim

of that era, anyway

yeah it sounds more like 1998 Tim than 2000 Tim but of course not everyone's gonna pick up on that

Looks like I'll be the only one voting for "Right For Me" and "Until The End Of Time."

The latter is the best song on FutureSexLoveSounds and hardly receives any credit IMO

i agree, great track (also brings back some 'bell' sounds Tim used a lot circa 100% Ginuwine)

I posted this in a different thread a week or 2 ago, but I think it's canon-worthy...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4jdkj5FerdU

"whats your fantasy"sounds way too gutter for tim. His sound was more bourgie r&b ish at the time

^ya

'bourgie r&b ish' doesn't seem like the right description of the era of "Hey Papi" and "Get Ur Freak On"

like that was probably the peak of his club banger period, he was more heavily associated w/ R&B in the '90s, his biggest R&B hit in 2000 was "Try Again," which was not very bourgie. "What's Your Fantasy" isn't exactly a word away from "Phat Rabbit."

yeah but still glossy & expensive i guess?

i'm just saying bill's misunderstanding isn't all that bizarre given the context

yah fair enough im just trying to explain why they seemed like different things to me at the time

I must have read some erroneous claim that it was his production, and it sounded just similar enough that I didn't question it.

i think the string loop just sounded so immediate & mercenary or something, to me, from that song ... just perfectly sleazy & lowest-common-denominator in the best way

lol bourgie r&b. what on earth on r&b radio sounded as grimy as some of his drum tracks at that time?

Yeah the strings should have been the dead giveaway.. It was mostly the intro that convinced me.

ha well, i guess there's a grace & um for lack of a better word poise to his stuff that something like 'whats your fantasy' doesnt have

neither of these are criticism of either approach, just differentiating them

yeah, until the end of time is a tune, that and summer love are the JT tracks making mine

I have a thing for the Venus Vs Mars beat BUT I kind of hate the song... torn.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tHnA94-hTC8
forgot how much i love this

thought that was rad when it was on mtv, still think it's rad now

and if people had labeled all youtubes as i requested, we wouldn't get the same youtube in the thread twice (xpost)

^xp petey pablo - raise up.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mUPOJi7nZ_E
^Ms. Jade and Nelly Furtado - Ching Ching

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jQybgJCswF0
^omarion - ice box

Raise Up is hella boring

*ducks*

yeah i prob won't vote for it

i dont like 'raise up' nearly as much as 'i' for whatever reason -- a bias i've carried since both were out

my fav first album bubba track was "lovely"

will prob vote that ahead of 'twerk' (sorry tim!)

never heard this b4 and its great

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZuW38VImiqA

bubba & jada - they ain't ready

man i remember that. never really resonated w/ me at the time but i think my ear wasnt tuned to timbo the same way then

also enjoying

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XcUguVLBVFM&ob=av2e

which i dont think i would have cared for when it came out. thought shade sheist was a bit of a joke at the time.

^^^ dope

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vYH6Sw3A-BA&ob=av2e

making a rough top ten and then noticing this isnt in it grrrrr.

oh man never heard that shade sheist beat before

its just aite to me. that shade sheist album has some cool songs but its p average overall. its lol to think that a dude like that could get a fully produced major label record back then tho

shade sheist has as much charisma as an old shoe

that said, b/w "money owners" & "where i wanna be" he can probably die happy

just the bassline is so jazzy for tim. sounds more like a neptunes beat.

will prob vote that ahead of 'twerk' (sorry tim!)

In truth I feel uncomfortable voting for it myself - content-wise it's one of the ugliest songs I can think of, or at least the contrast between the awesomeness groove and what they're saying really makes the latter sound worse. Esp. when they get that girl to sing "won't you put it in my mouth".

fwiw that girl is actually timbaland

but yeah it's some nasty shit

haha did nobody notice my "money owners" joke at the top of the thread

I think probably the hardest part of this will be deciding which Missy to vote for. So many deep cuts it'd cut me not to include ("We Did It", "Play That Beat", "Step Off" etc.).

haha forgot about that

xp

'old school joint' is my missy deep cut

does that qualify? idk

fwiw that girl is actually timbaland

― strongo hulkington's ghost dad, Friday, September 2, 2011 5:05 PM (32 minutes ago) Bookmark

have i mentioned lately that my favorite Timbaland video moment of all time is the "Hot Boyz" video when Tim is joyfully dancing and lip syncing "HOT BOYZ, WHAT I WANT" -- i'd really love if someone could make a gif of that and send it to me to put at the top of the poll results thread

Had forgotten how amazing the beat to Ms Jade's "Feel The Girl":

http://www.youtube.com./watch?v=jBaPOtjXNOI

yeah i'm definitely thinking about voting for that. maybe "big head" too.

Also love "Dead Wrong" and "She's A Gangsta" and "Get Away". I'd pretty much forgotten all of these!

have i mentioned lately that my favorite Timbaland video moment of all time is the "Hot Boyz" video when Tim is joyfully dancing and lip syncing "HOT BOYZ, WHAT I WANT" -- i'd really love if someone could make a gif of that and send it to me to put at the top of the poll results thread

First time trying to make animated gifs (or using Photoshop/GIMP tbh), so a bit crude, but ...

http://i52.tinypic.com/eqxgrr.gif

http://i53.tinypic.com/1199w21.gif

future zs

obscure Timbo track i love to death and would urge everyone to hear:

Mariah Carey - Skydiving

Not Tim's best beat or anything but i've always had a soft spot for
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MEbwonmvfF0
Fabolous - Right Now and Later On

yeah, "skydiving" is awesome

how are people voting in terms of *timb* v. *the artist*?

for example- i <3 the beat for ayo technology but fifty/jt creep me out (the video really didn't help out) as it basically a song about stalking a woman on the assumption that "she wants it, so gotta give it to her".

so is just voting for the beat alone worth it?

otoh there are times when the beat is a bit non descript and the track is still totally killed, so would you be voting for the artist as opposed to timb?

BUMP

no new ballots in my inbox all weekend, surely somebody is having a lazy Labor Day and has plenty of time to listen to Timbo tracks and vote. are you that somebody?

yeah hang on.

thank got forks showed up!

Trying to get my ballot up to 40 essentials - if it doesn't light me up I'm not gonna vote for it. Shouldn't be a problem with such a prolifically brilliant beatmaker, but there's a lot of Timbaland over the years that I've missed, so yeah, I'm catching up.

the "Hit Em Wit Da Hee" video remix, which is a totally different beat from the Supa Dupa Fly version, really needs to be in this thread:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z5ein59FLQ4

i want to do this but there's so many songs to choose from ._.

i already know what my Highly Unconventional #1 will be though

so far all the #1s have been (all due respect to the voters) highly conventional so that would be cool

It's not Chris Cornell is it?

okay that took some work
i just listed 40 songs, if i wanted to pick a number one it would be are you that somebody but i'd rather just share out points equal.

this made me relisten to cornell and diamond dogs and a lot of ugly shit.

man missy's first album is SO FUCKING GOOD though, there's not much that doesn't belong on a timbo top 40 there

its probably more like mildly unconventional. definitely not in cornell territory

tim was one of the most important artists of my formative years, because he was my first 'in' to appreciating hip-hop as a rock kid - this will be A Meaningful Poll for me

fyi all ballots are ranked, there's no "everything equally" option, so if you care about what gets how many points send it to me in that order, if not i'm just counting it in whatever order the ballot is sent to me

i'm kinda with tamtam as this being MEANINGFUL; though i had numerous other earlier ins to hip hop, timbo and missy were hella impactful in college.

Finally listening to Tim's Bio. WTF is up with this Spider-Man beat? Also, great beats + Timbaland rapping = why, Tim, why?

haha the spiderman one was the SINGLE too

this made me relisten to cornell

there was a dark time in 2009 when i would rep for scream just because it was The Most Ludicrous Thing I Had Ever Listened To.

just sent in my ballot. the ordering was mostly arbitrary after the top 5 - its really tough to rank this stuff! going through the disco, re-listening to the 03 stuff again was a huge nostalgia bomb. its funny because i remember the murmurings beginning around that point that he had fallen off, but that was a motherfucker of a year for tim

yeah i'm finding a lot of sympathy for later stuff i want to throw votes toward, past 03 even

with five ballots now there are 102 songs with votes, and amazingly only one song with votes from everybody so far (and not a very obvious song at all)

6 ballots in, and still a very surprising song in the lead!

i never heard "550 What?" before seeing it on Forks's ballot but now i'm really thinking of voting for it:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DydZy-37w8U

i fucking LOVE 550 what

LOL I REMEMBER WHEN I WAS 6 Y.O I WANTED TO WRITE HIM A LETTER AND MY SIS SAID YOU DONT KNOW HIS ADDRESS AN I WAS LIKE "WELL HE SAID ITS 550 WHAT" LMAO OOOOO GOD I WAS SUCH A BABY AND DIDNT KNOW NO BETTER LOL.....GOOD TIMES SMH.... GOOD TIMES.....
beautygurl2007 1 year ago

i would bet the winner is a missy track btw

amazingly there is only one missy track in the top 10 at the moment

wtf people

well it's not like any of the other tracks are bad

Vote splitting might be a problem since she's got so many classics, tho.

we'll see, we'll see. i'm thinking that along w/ the 'worst' poll one of the little preview lists i'll do before the big rollout might be a breakdown of what artists got the most points from totaling all their tracks.

Suddenly feeling a lot less guilty that my ballot will basically be 70 percent Missy.

"Turn It Up" was always my jam off that Brandy record, was bummed that it kind of tanked as a single and they went with that Kanye song instead, really fun little '90s-style Timbo jam full of nods to Aaliyah:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=spMXQe2r7z0

Ms. Jade - Dream (wasn't on the album, maybe because of the Biggie sample?)

http://www.youtube.com./watch?v=rWr4Z5-DOxY

nice find!

Ginuwine's "Do You Remember" (i.e. the song with the "we boned on your mama couch" hook and ridiculous mid-song skit and Queen sample)

http://www.youtube.com./watch?v=4ZloPFZ0ZQ4

That song is so epic and incredible. "i....i just wanna be with him"

I still can't believe he sampled flash's theme in an r&b slow jam

would it be too much in character/easy zings if i brought up that Cex remakes that entire skit almost word for word on one of his early albums

how about that go-go tag on 550 what? (not that timbo did it, it doesn't sound like he did)

i dunno, i wouldn't put it past him

i'll be throwing a vote at "i'll do anything/i'm sorry" off the bachelor

looking forward to ballots from j0rdan, jordan, deej, tim, rtc, brainwasher, lex, rev, k3c, djp, a hoy hoy, spottie, sym, prego, billstevejim, really everyone who's posted itt so far... should i e-mail some ex-pats like matos or ethan and try to get them to vote?

yah def

there was one person who emailed a ballot whose name i didn't recognize (initials 'cm') so maybe that's one of the people i listed but either way! keep em comin!

chris matthews?

it was colin meloy

yes. dude is SO into that shelved kiley dean lp.

sent!

I can exclusively reveal i'm the mysterious "cm"

Probably need another day to figure out this ballot. Sigh.

These mega-polls are awesome because they force me to reconsider my ossified "truisms" about some of my favourite musicians but DAMN if they aren't difficult for the exact same reason.

omg colin meloy posts to ilx

Coming in 2012: Colin Meloy sings Timbaland

Al, if you would like to post these with a few sentences of commentary apiece, I'd be interested in volunteering to see the final list and pick out about half of them to write a lil bit about? Maybe some others would too?

gah I keep forgetting to do this, sorry dude(s)

this will be another rush job, there's too much material to go back through to be fully "informed" and anyway I feel very strongly that my truest reactions to music stem from the heart rather than the head (my problem is that my heart is a calculator, lol)

Your heart also doesn't like riding ponies 'stead of riding bikes.

well on that one, my heart is 100% OTM

"Beep Me 911" rocketing up my list on repeat listens

Just noticing now using Ctrl+F that neither "SWV" nor "Can We" appears anywhere on this thread which has got me kinda sad. I assumed this was a fan fav since it was always in my favorites.

nearly finished this but what tracks did he do on the s/t aaliyah record?

SENT!

10 Missy tracks I think (it's Missy so she's most prob. involved in like 30 of them)
6 Aaliyah
No Obie Trice

Only 1 record solely added because of freestyles i've heard on the beat because timb gave it to the rong person

I'm trying to be very methodical about this & working steadily through the playlist. This stuff's nearly all new to me and I don't want to miss anything. It's mostly great. I may not get to the end, but you'll get forty tracks from me idc.

One thing though - is Tim heavily front-loading all these albums? Whenever I start a new one I'm marking a star beside all the first few tracks, then usually withering away to 'meh'. Either that or I've only got a limited tolerance for these dudes'/gals' voices.

ok, fine, fine, i'm just going to get this over with and do a totally instinctive ballot. automatic voting.

Where he's been given a whole album to play with, usually I find that it starts with the big dancy singles and then goes into a second half of him playing with r&b genre expectations. when i was 15 and listening to trevor nelson religiously, that stuff seemed so much more interesting to me. (in the same regard, i currently feel totally out of the loop with r&b and if someone like timb came along today, i'd most prob just go for the singles.)

Something i recommend is turning off the timb after voting. Shit I missed X-tasy! How was my list not just all Missy????

Late discovery - Petey Pablo & Kiley Dean's "The Gun Line" on a Bubba mixtape:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1qbiJZXQteY

oh shit, has this (tlc) been posted yet?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Bn8wzTUg7s

IMO that's the weakest song on 3D

great beat though.

i voted, put down 30 and tried to base it mostly on beats, not on my favorite songs.

Al, if you would like to post these with a few sentences of commentary apiece, I'd be interested in volunteering to see the final list and pick out about half of them to write a lil bit about? Maybe some others would too?

― thank got forks showed up (forksclovetofu), Thursday, September 8, 2011 9:47 AM (9 hours ago) Bookmark

i am into this idea, since i was thinking about writing a bit about some of the songs along w/ the results but definitely wouldn't be able to do it all myself. tell you what, if you (or anyone else) e-mails me with a list of songs you'd like to write about, i'll 'assign' some that are definitely going to make it into the top 50 that haven't been claimed by anyone else.

three ballots in my inbox when i got home today, keep 'em comin'!

btw there is now NO song that appears on everybody's ballot -- one song hung on for the first 10 ballots and then got snubbed by Jordan

I'm up for doing some blurbs too - will identify in my ballot.

oh yeah good call, people can also feel free to just asterisk songs on their ballot they would blurb -- or if they just want to say they're up for blurbing, i'll pick songs they placed highly or something

btw there is now NO song that appears on everybody's ballot -- one song hung on for the first 10 ballots and then got snubbed by Jordan

― Speculum (some dude), Thursday, September 8, 2011 6:34 PM (38 minutes ago) Bookmark

bastard

Just noticing now using Ctrl+F that neither "SWV" nor "Can We" appears anywhere on this thread which has got me kinda sad. I assumed this was a fan fav since it was always in my favorites.

― billstevejim, Thursday, September 8, 2011 12:37 PM (7 hours ago) Bookmark

this song has been appallingly underrepresented on the ballots so far btw

that gun line song is sweet

was listening to Tim & Magoo's Welcome To Our World today since it's probably my favorite Tim-produced full-length and is just a perfect party record front to back, bums me out that it's not gonna be represented very well in the poll. a few of my fav tracks:

Peepin' My Style:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=paKGi8trq2A

15 After Da Hour:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UdZsi9gFtUU

Luv 2 Luv U, classic single, classic remix, classic video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C3DNqEAXel0

Pretty sure at least three from that album are on my ballot.

Can I also pimp for "We At It Again" from the Romeo Must Die soundtrack?

i'm down with reviewing anything on my ballot, just let me know what you want covered al

Just noticing now using Ctrl+F that neither "SWV" nor "Can We" appears anywhere on this thread which has got me kinda sad. I assumed this was a fan fav since it was always in my favorites.
― billstevejim, Thursday, September 8, 2011 12:37 PM (7 hours ago) Bookmark

this song has been appallingly underrepresented on the ballots so far btw
― some dude, Friday, 9 September 2011 00:15 (6 hours ago)

bummin huge

hey late voters.... do not sleep on this. this was the first timbaland song that ever really got my attention when i was like 17.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bf3vlOAc71o

Also iirc the first time I ever heard "Beep Me 911" was on a Pearl Jam radio simulcast when they got to DJ songs they liked.

haha yes! Monkey Wrench Radio! i totally forgot about that! apparently Stone Gossard also played "Luv 2 Luv U":

http://www.monkeywrenchradio.org/spr/19980131.html

real talk: listening to "Can We" on headphones for the first time i JUST noticed the barking dog in the beat!

I'll be giving 'Can We' some, this is great.

omg the version of "All N My Grill" on this Spotify playlist is the one with MC Solaar in place of Big Boi that led to a classic exchange on this thread: da real world

Ballot submitted. Voted for 'Can We', but guessing that & Total's 'Trippin' are going to be a bit under-represented.

Hadn't realised jess'd posted 'Gun Line' before I did - soz!

No mention of Omarion's 'Ice Box' on the thread yet, which is a shame - exquisite latter-day co-production with The Royal Court. Ditto the few tracks he produced for Japanese megastar Utada.

i mentioned icebox up top
the utada tracks are okay; i prefer the "make me want to be a man" song that he didn't produce off that album by far.

...which ties with "Simple and Clean" for my favorite Utada

btw there is now NO song that appears on everybody's ballot -- one song hung on for the first 10 ballots and then got snubbed by Jordan

― Speculum (some dude), Thursday, September 8, 2011 6:34 PM (38 minutes ago) Bookmark

bastard

haha. actually i think this was an oversight, i had it on there, then moved stuff around and forgot to add it back.

you don't even know what song it is! (and probably wouldn't be able to guess)

oh! assumed it was 'pony', but looking back i had that on my ballot after all.

18 ballots now! and a song needs at least 3 votes to make it into the top 50 at this point.

I'll try to e-mail people about blurb opportunities ('assignments' doesn't sound right, this is all optional and for fun) tonight or tomorrow, and voting ends midnight tomorrow night EST.

so we've got 5 or 24+5 hours left? that's important, my one is in the making, I'm still checking albums out!

Man this is harder than I anticipated. I haven't listened to so much of this stuff in such a long time, random album cuts that I never thought twice about when they came out are opening up to me now. And I had never heard that Ms Jade, its awesome. Probably will get you my ballot at 11:59 tomorrow night.

24+5 hours left. i will probably be flexible about late ballots, especially if people give me a heads up to wait for them and don't push too far past the deadline.

mine will prob be late becuz I wasn't even planning on voting in this until today. i'll let you know though.

gotta have BW in the mix! yes get it in when you can

i voted but haven't had the confirmation email yet... are you sending these some dude?

i've been terrible about those, will send confirmation e-mails to all tonight, so let me know if you don't hear back from me by tomorrow

i've literally been adding in new ballots as soon as i get them and often forgetting to respond just from being excited about seeing how the results change

So much material to take in. I had completely forgotten the existence of Lil' Kim's "Money Talks", which was a huge favourite of mine back in the day.

ARGH this is so painful.

haha i know!

sent out confirmation e-mails for all ballots received (so if you didn't get one let me know), and told forks and lamp and mind taker which songs they can blurb. anyone else who wants to write anything for the results rollout feel free to volunteer!

One thing that's been fascinating me when listening to tracks for this poll is finding out which performers are ideally matched to Tim's beats. Unsurprisingly, it's the chemistry between beatmaker and lead artist that makes magic out of the best of these tracks, except for Ms. Jade (where the relative ordinariness of the voice and the rhymes is brilliantly offset by the most dumbfoundingly outre beats Timbaland has ever produced). That's why we'll all stuffing our ballots with Missy tracks. Jay-Z you already know about, but the real surprise has been Petey Pablo. How did I miss this guy? Where is he?

yeah Petey Pablo was a real talented dude and always sounded more at home on Tim's beats than a lot of other southern rappers. after he did "Goodies" and "Freak-A-Leek" it seemed like he was leaning more toward Lil Jon and crunk than Timbo, then kind of out of nowhere he started hanging out with Suge Knight and talking about signing with Death Row and his career just kind of stopped. no flop singles, no mixtapes afaict, he just kinda disappeared. but supposedly he's working on a new album and last year apparently he put out a Timbaland-produced single and it's not bad!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I0deR7auxog

this song always makes me think of Pootie Tang:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PZOAqdeVx18

I don't think any Petey songs other than "Get On Dis Motorcycle" will make it for me. I love his second album in particular but I don't feel like any of his other Timbaland collab'os are so great that I'd cite them as top 40 worthy. "Raise Up", "I" and "I Told Y'all" are all solid top 60 or top 70 entrants though.

Whereas basically everything Jay-Z and Timbaland did together circa 99/00 could be top 20 for me.

Talking about Petey Pablo/Timbaland tunes always makes me think of ethan complaining about mystikal rapping over "petey pablo beats".

Also have to decide whether to include "Gun Line" or Tweet's "Sport, Sex & Food". Both have beaten Kiley Dean's "Stay Away From My Boyfriend" in the elimination finals but now I have to decide between them.

fuck i wish i remembered money talks, that song is amazing. i did vote for the jump-off.

can i throw you a late ballot?

For those who haven't voted and also haven't heard the first Timbaland & Magoo album, allow me to present to you "Peepin' My Style":

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=paKGi8trq2A

ethan was prob talking about pastor troy not mystikal right? i dont remember any mystikal/timbo tracks

im w/ tim more or less re: petey although I do like "I" a lot

i didnt read this thread but i just wanna give a shout out to LL Cool J's "Apple Cobbler."

Holla

some of these remixes are so good

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eD-8S3Zo8C8

deej, maybe he was, I think it was a general reference to fruity tribal beats rather than timbaland specifically.

ah k i just remember him bitching about 'are we cuttin' which i notice no one has mentioned here lol

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B4_G1Yk5c9Y

this is pretty hot

t.o.k. - keep it on the hush

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o_eGep8Fik0

INJIN CAHPET

my ballot is 40% missy, prob like 70% superfriends

i made mine so fast, just wanted to make sure "peepin My Style" and "I Told Yall" got love really

the "nigga what" beat is so O________________O

o_Orignator 99

lamp otm

my ballot tallied by year

1996: 4
1997: 5
1998: 4
1999: 8
2000: 4
2001: 7
2002: 3
2003: 1
2004: 1
2006: 2
2007: 1

I want timbo to remix "walking on the moon" in an al's poll heatrock n/h

That would be amazing. All about the hi-hat.

I'm digging Ms Jade too. Also, Brandy's Afrodisiac is a really nice album.

the race for #1 is getting REALLY close, the top four tracks are all within like 12 points of each other right now. likewise the boundary between what gets into the top 50 and what's outside it is really thin, so anyone who votes now could really shake up the results.

ah k i just remember him bitching about 'are we cuttin' which i notice no one has mentioned here lol

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its on my most-hated heh

indian carpet vs indian flute

it used to really confuse me that Tim & Magoo dropped back to back albums with those 2 songs on it, especially since one song is forgettable and one is so bad i try to forget it

indian carpet's awesome!

yeah maybe i need to listen again -- really wish those T&M albums were on Spotify!

Sigh. Wish I'd known we had 24 + 5 instead of 5 last night. Rushed the final configuration of my ballot.

Not that retinkering would actually make it easier so I think I'll just let it lie, but wish I'd tossed a vote toward Are You Feelin' Me? or Gun Line. This poll might be even harder than Prince was.

yeah maybe i need to listen again -- really wish those T&M albums were on Spotify!

we have them in the uk ^_^

gotta get my ballot together for this huh!

my list flags me up as a proper casual timbo fan, no deep cuts whatsoever:
aaliyah 3
nelly f 3
missy 6
jt 2
jay z 3
rihanna 1
bubba 1
tim himself plus keri 1.
really love all the tracks i charted though.

one of the missy's might be a bit of a deep cut actually, 'old school joint'? those ecstatic synths still give me shivers.

I've been using the phrase 'deep cuts' so much recently. I love it.

yeah, i keep seeing it on here. it's a great phrase.

i love a lot of 'deep cuts' but my list is going to be pretty single-heavy... I mean, those songs are iconic for a reason.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/12/TheKnifeDeepCuts.jpg/220px-TheKnifeDeepCuts.jpg

the hardest album track cut for me was "lick shots" and [pick anything off 100% ginuwine]

this might creep onto my list at no. 50 or something:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y51TLlWCpFw

yeah that song is awesome

Right, voted. Final order kind of arbitrary, but forty tracks and not a dud among 'em. I forget who put the spotify list together, but thanks a million because I couldn't've done it without you.

Sigh. Wish I'd known we had 24 + 5 instead of 5 last night. Rushed the final configuration of my ballot.

sorry, man, i thought "x date at midnight" universally meant at the END of that date. in any event i am NOT going to be a hardass about people being a little late or wanting to revise their ballots (within reason).

btw JUST now noticed that put "deadling" in the fucking title of this thread, if this thread wasn't so close to being irrelevant i'd beg forks or somebody to change it.

coff

thank got forks showed up

just sent in my ballot

already regretting leaving off some things >_<

my ballot will be late -- heads up -- will get in tomorr

aight

28 ballots in now as we come up on the deadline, plus deej's tomorrow and i still have to officially put in mine

oh plus one, Leee's just came in

I sent one. Or tried to. Tell me if you don't get it.

got it! we made it to 30 before midnight!

Mine's coming late now too. Sorry.

it's all good. anyone else i should expect to hear from a little late besides spottie and deej?

i dug up an old timbo best of that i had made a while back and i stuck it in my car tonight -- but it was pretty beat up and on half the songs i was like "... is the CD skipping or is this a next level drum pattern that i never picked up on?"

got a late ballot from V79 and waiting on at least two more from Spottie and deej -- two songs are currently tied for #1

Close voting now I say - a tie is a thing worth having imo.

nahhhh -- keep 'em comin' people

Yeah -- we need a resolution.

(Sorry.)

tbh i am waiting to put in my ballot last in part so i can strategically break any ties or move some favorite songs up a little, although the turnout has been so great that it's not like i'll be able to have MUCH influence over the final result even doing that

i dug up an old timbo best of that i had made a while back and i stuck it in my car tonight -- but it was pretty beat up and on half the songs i was like "... is the CD skipping or is this a next level drum pattern that i never picked up on?"

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ha there's part of 'do u remember' that always sounded like the distortion i'd get when my cell was getting a call & was resting on my discman back when I used to play that cd instead of as mp3s

xp I always do my ballot first when I'm running a poll, precisely to avoid that temptation. I don't think my conscience could take knowing it's only 'cos of me that J-Lo's #1.

Three questions:
1. When are you rolling out the results?
2. Top... 100? 50?
3. Hope you glanced over my, uh, haphazard ballot before thanking me for it.

yeah i thought about doing my ballot first before any came in, but then i procrastinated and they started rolling in and i was like 'oh well.'

i am definitely doing a top 50, and i am definitely rolling them out between monday and friday this week but i'm not really sure when it'll start (which somewhat depends on how late our last couple stragglers are) or when it'll end, although i'm leaning toward not stretching it over a long 5-day rollout. anyone have any preferences or suggestions in that department?

everyone gets thanked for their ballots, imo the more the better so there is no such thing as bad input to a pollrunner!

You could 3 days -- 20-20-10. That builds a little drama for the end.

yeah i like that idea. hopefully i'll know tonight whether that'll start Mon or Tues or Wed. i'm guessing people would generally prefer results get posted during US daytime hours? if that becomes tricky for me any day(s) i may e-mail that day's results to someone to post while i'm busy, if anyone wants to step up for that (maybe forks?).

Just emailed my ballot to you, sd. ridiculously late I know, no worries if it's too late for inclusion. looking forward to rollout of the results!!

you're in! still going!

Sent through webmail.

I didn't vote for worst Timbo tracks - what's going to sweep the field there? I haven't, er, kept up with "Ghetto Techno" or his tracks w/D.Guetta or Jet, heh.

i should've noted before, but only sending to the address at the top of thread works, my ilx webmail goes to a defunct address

only 5 of the 30+ voters sent in worst ballots, so i'm probably going to do away with the 'results' for that altogether, or may just unveil the one or two songs that actually were listed by multiple people.

ok voting is officially CLOSED. i'm thinking results will start on Tuesday morning or maybe Wednesday (although the results thread might start with some teasers and early info before that). people who volunteered to write blurbs have been given their songs to write about and will hopefully get those back to me before i need 'em.

also as i said up thread i may pass the baton to someone else to post the results for me while i'm out here or there, so if anyone who'll be around and posting during the day this week wants to volunteer, let me know.

if you need someone to cover a blurb last minute let me know & i should be able to throw something together

like if someone cant get it in or w/e

ok thanks

dittos
tho i may need a day or so to get the ones you sent so you know, trust your gut

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WQC-Z3S8NbY

if u didnt vote for this eff u imo

what is it?

'is that yo bitch'

phew.

I think I voted for just about every pre-2001 Jay-Z/Timbaland track except the Foxy Brown collabo, and even that's pretty great. "Hola Hovito" was in my top 50.

track i'm wondering about how it places, wondering if it can make the top 5 some how: UUUUUUUUUUUUUUUGLYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY

is that yo bitch was a last minute addition to my ballot, had completely forgotten abt it, and then was like oh shiiiittt

I included it in a 'hmm i can't remember which version i like, give [x] points to whichever one comes highest kthx'. Think it was the first time I heard Twista.

When is this kicking off?

Tuesday morning, most likely.

hey sd i never did get back to you but if you still need some blurbs or whatevs i can do it, pretty much for anything on my list

cool, i'll e-mail you a few you could do!

anyone have any bold predictions for the results?

I take it the surprising number one you mentioned earlier is no longer the case?

top 5 at a guess:

beep me 911
pony
my love
big pimpin
work it

the #1 is a bit more obvious than it was at one point

xpost top 5 with no aaliyah???????

i og had one in a million but i dunno... maybe try again? she'll def have those two in the top ten.

top 4

get ur freak on
are you that somebody?
big pimpin
pony

oh shit are you that somebody... plz say i didnt forget that off my top 40. must go check now.

top 10 prediction:

gyfo
beep
work it
the rain
ayts
oiam
try again
pony
big pimpin
my love

oh thank fuck i did.

huh wait Ugly some how should make the top 10... right?

smh for all time if "my love" makes the top 10

Snoopy Track is my outside bet to place high

haha this is fun, i may set aside certain predictions to feature later as "eerily prescient" or "hilariously wrong"

i dunno y'all p4k loving hipsters and my love was their #1 of... whatever year it was. do love that song even if timb has done much better.

snoopy track was my #1 but i think timb is such a great singles guy that an album track doesnt really have a chance

oh shit how did i forget it, it must be top 10 #2: oops (oh my)

about 1/5th of the top 50 is album tracks actually

yeah but for someone who oft. produced whole albums with people, getting 40-50 isn't really making me re-think that 'my love' will do better than 'best friends' or 'snoopy track' etc.

smh if tweets 'call me' isnt in the top 10

I will take either "Call Me" or "Oops (Oh My)"

gotta be oops
al, working on yer blurbs now

cool

anyone want to be my backup person to post results if i'm busy during the day this week? like i'd just e-mail somebody a chunk of the countdown to post one at a time over a few hours if i know i'm gonna be away from the computer for a while and want to keep the results coming.

i gotta hella busy day tomorrow unfortunately.

whereas i am p free tuesday and thursday.

ok cool, i will keep you in mind. i'm guessing you don't keep the same hours as the most American crowd that will be reading the thread though? so maybe it might be easier for a US poster.

hmmm yeah, mebbe. well, if you are really stuck...

yeah no i appreciate it! i mean part of me is tempted to just post the results around the clock whenever it suits me but people seem to like having results rollouts that entertain them during the 9-5 shift so i'm going to make an effort toward the latter before resorting to the former.

al i am free thursday and friday. (so far!) (i mean i should be doing freelance stuff those days but w/e.)

also doin yr blurbs now.

aight cool -- all i'm asking is that someone c&p from an e-mail into the results thread every 20 minutes if they're already on ILM posting all day, so not looking to inconvenience anyone it wouldn't be convenient for

song i'm most annoyed about not voting for: Sock It To Me. Those horns were soooooooo sick.

like at one point in my life i need to be at a party where Sock It To Me & Simon Says are played back to back and it would be the best night ever.

i love rap songs with big fat low end horn riffs like that but personally i'll take "Who Run It" or "Shut Up" over either of those

well they are also awesome songs and if i heard all 4 in one night i think i would just cry tears of joy (while dancing my tits off)

CRYING IN THE MIDDLE OF THE CLUB

omg @ at the realization 10 seconds in what that midi was

wld not be ashamed

i think i'm gonna unveil the WORST tracks now -- as in the two tracks that were selected twice on the handful of worst ballots i actually got

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KDKva-s_khY&ob=av2e

2. Timbaland featuring Katy Perry - "If We Ever Meet Again"

there may be no musician with a greater rift between the quality of their music overall and the quality of the content in their official VEVO than Timbaland

and now The Worst Timbaland Track Of All Time

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZSM3w1v-A_Y

1. Timbaland featuring OneRepublic - "Apologize"

thats relatively more inoffensive than i was expecting.

not good or anything, just sayin

there's worse stuff on both Shock Value albums and the Chris Cornell album for starters but it's pretty understandable if people haven't heard them or don't want to subject themselves to it for the sake of this poll

the reason i will never understand peoples' love of "Say It Right" is the horrible idea of backup singing Tim displays on both that and "Apologize"

it doesnt sound like tim on say it right, it sounds like one of those barely-there vocal samples

it sounds just like him on lots of other songs and he lip syncs to it in the video so there's no way i could think of it as that