― chaki, Wednesday, 13 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)
― Sean, Wednesday, 13 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)
― Tom, Wednesday, 13 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)
― mark s, Wednesday, 13 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)
― bnw, Wednesday, 13 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)
― jon, Wednesday, 13 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)
― adam, Wednesday, 13 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)
― Ron Hudson, Wednesday, 13 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 13 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)
I don't mean to brag I don't mean to boast but I'd like some of that delicious french toast
Syd Barrett is Timbaland's little bitch.
― mt, Wednesday, 13 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)
― Tom, Thursday, 14 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)
― JM, Thursday, 14 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 14 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)
― Sterling Clover, Thursday, 14 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)
― Kris, Thursday, 14 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)
Aping Dr. Seuss is one thing, but the Beastie Boys used this line more or less ("I'm intercontinental when I eat French toast") on their last album.
― Vic Funk, Thursday, 14 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)
R&B was not at all unlistenable pre-Timbaland, but I think it was coming up against a wall; I don't think "warm" swingbeat would have gotten much farther than TLC's Crazy Sexy Cool and the first two Mary J Blige albums. Meanwhile soppy ballads evidently had hit a brick wall, seeing as six years on they are exactly the same as they were then. With just a couple of singles ("Pony", "One In A Million") Timbaland pretty much implied the entire development of R&B since then (not to mention his influence on hip hop), and the fact that he's gone on to * dominate* that development is doubly impressive. (although tracks like Blackstreet's "No Diggity" and Babyface's productions for TLC - especially "Diggin' On You" - suggest that the R&B world would probably have gotten there eventually without Timbaland).
Further, I think Timbaland has done as much as anyone else to suggest a way *out* of the post-Timbaland years; what distinguishes tracks like Missy's "Get Ur Freak On", Bubba's "Bubba Talk", his own "Roll Out", Ms Jade's "Feel The Girl" and, to a lesser extent, Tweet's "Oops Oh My" is how natural they sound. There's a paradoxical live funkiness to their stuttering rhythms whose only other reference points I can think of are in 2-step. Compare/contrast with the deliberate rigidity of "What About Us" - I think the divide between funk and anti-funk will potentially come to dominate R&B/hip hop (and 2-step, for that matter).
― Tim, Thursday, 14 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)
― Mitch Lastnamewithheld, Friday, 15 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)
― Tracer Hand, Friday, 15 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)
― Tracer Hand, Monday, 18 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)
― Paul Wright, Thursday, 16 January 2003 13:20 (twenty-three years ago)
― stevem (blueski), Thursday, 16 January 2003 13:26 (twenty-three years ago)
― zemko (bob), Thursday, 16 January 2003 13:40 (twenty-three years ago)
― chaki, Thursday, 1 March 2007 21:34 (eighteen years ago)
― David R., Thursday, 1 March 2007 21:35 (eighteen years ago)
― Pye Poudre, Thursday, 1 March 2007 21:37 (eighteen years ago)
― deej, Thursday, 1 March 2007 21:39 (eighteen years ago)
― r|t|c, Thursday, 1 March 2007 22:40 (eighteen years ago)
― r|t|c, Thursday, 1 March 2007 22:41 (eighteen years ago)
― Alex in SF, Thursday, 1 March 2007 22:45 (eighteen years ago)
― r|t|c, Thursday, 1 March 2007 22:51 (eighteen years ago)
― The Reverend, Thursday, 1 March 2007 23:19 (eighteen years ago)
― deej, Thursday, 1 March 2007 23:23 (eighteen years ago)
― Alex in SF, Thursday, 1 March 2007 23:23 (eighteen years ago)
― Alex in SF, Thursday, 1 March 2007 23:24 (eighteen years ago)
― pinder, Thursday, 1 March 2007 23:24 (eighteen years ago)
― Alex in SF, Thursday, 1 March 2007 23:25 (eighteen years ago)
― The Reverend, Thursday, 1 March 2007 23:25 (eighteen years ago)
― The Reverend, Thursday, 1 March 2007 23:26 (eighteen years ago)
― The Reverend, Thursday, 1 March 2007 23:27 (eighteen years ago)
― Hurting 2, Thursday, 1 March 2007 23:33 (eighteen years ago)
― The Reverend, Thursday, 1 March 2007 23:35 (eighteen years ago)
― Hurting 2, Thursday, 1 March 2007 23:42 (eighteen years ago)
― lex pretend, Friday, 2 March 2007 08:27 (eighteen years ago)
― r|t|c, Thursday, 8 March 2007 17:20 (eighteen years ago)
― r|t|c, Thursday, 8 March 2007 17:21 (eighteen years ago)
― M@tt He1ges0n, Thursday, 8 March 2007 17:29 (eighteen years ago)
― Alex in Baltimore, Thursday, 8 March 2007 17:44 (eighteen years ago)
― and what, Thursday, 8 March 2007 18:14 (eighteen years ago)
― matt2, Thursday, 8 March 2007 19:26 (eighteen years ago)
― artdamages, Thursday, 8 March 2007 19:30 (eighteen years ago)
― strongohulkington, Thursday, 8 March 2007 19:32 (eighteen years ago)
― The Reverend, Thursday, 8 March 2007 21:54 (eighteen years ago)
― deej, Thursday, 22 March 2007 16:35 (eighteen years ago)
― mark e, Thursday, 22 March 2007 16:42 (eighteen years ago)
― fandango, Thursday, 22 March 2007 16:44 (eighteen years ago)
― Alex in SF, Thursday, 22 March 2007 16:58 (eighteen years ago)
― lex pretend, Thursday, 22 March 2007 22:32 (eighteen years ago)
― s1ocki, Thursday, 22 March 2007 23:10 (eighteen years ago)
― Andy K, Thursday, 22 March 2007 23:25 (eighteen years ago)
― wesley useche, Friday, 23 March 2007 01:42 (eighteen years ago)
― hurdy girdle, Friday, 23 March 2007 03:09 (eighteen years ago)
― hurdy girdle, Friday, 23 March 2007 03:11 (eighteen years ago)
― Alex in Baltimore, Friday, 23 March 2007 03:15 (eighteen years ago)
― The Reverend, Saturday, 24 March 2007 06:29 (eighteen years ago)
― M@tt He1ges0n, Saturday, 24 March 2007 15:08 (eighteen years ago)
― jaxon, Sunday, 25 March 2007 05:38 (eighteen years ago)
― The Reverend, Sunday, 25 March 2007 05:41 (eighteen years ago)
― jaxon, Sunday, 25 March 2007 09:19 (eighteen years ago)
― R.O.Q.U.E., Sunday, 25 March 2007 09:33 (eighteen years ago)
― and what, Sunday, 25 March 2007 15:19 (eighteen years ago)
― The Reverend, Sunday, 25 March 2007 19:12 (eighteen years ago)
― and what, Sunday, 25 March 2007 21:59 (eighteen years ago)
― The Reverend, Sunday, 25 March 2007 22:08 (eighteen years ago)
― Andy K, Wednesday, 28 March 2007 13:02 (eighteen years ago)
― lex pretend, Thursday, 29 March 2007 22:40 (eighteen years ago)
― TynanTynan, Thursday, 29 March 2007 22:47 (eighteen years ago)
― r|t|c, Thursday, 29 March 2007 23:45 (eighteen years ago)
― r|t|c, Thursday, 29 March 2007 23:52 (eighteen years ago)
― Andy K, Friday, 30 March 2007 00:12 (eighteen years ago)
― deej, Friday, 30 March 2007 00:22 (eighteen years ago)
― r|t|c, Friday, 30 March 2007 00:25 (eighteen years ago)
― chaki, Friday, 30 March 2007 00:28 (eighteen years ago)
― r|t|c, Friday, 30 March 2007 00:30 (eighteen years ago)
― r|t|c, Friday, 30 March 2007 00:40 (eighteen years ago)
― The Reverend, Friday, 30 March 2007 02:16 (eighteen years ago)
― lex pretend, Friday, 30 March 2007 06:46 (eighteen years ago)
― Daniel, Esq., Monday, 2 April 2007 13:02 (eighteen years ago)
― titchyschneiderMk2, Monday, 2 April 2007 13:03 (eighteen years ago)
he makes one genius beat for every 30 incredibly dull ones.
― Daniel, Esq., Monday, 2 April 2007 13:28 (eighteen years ago)
― and what, Monday, 2 April 2007 13:30 (eighteen years ago)
― the next grozart, Wednesday, 2 May 2007 09:43 (eighteen years ago)
Wow so many terrible takes on this thread.
Anyhoo… Justin Timberlake, Nelly Furtado and Timbaland to cash in on early milennial nostalgia and drop a new single together.
https://www.instagram.com/reel/CwTGfu2ACG0/
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Thursday, 24 August 2023 05:25 (two years ago)
If Danja is not involved who knows how it turns out.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Thursday, 24 August 2023 05:28 (two years ago)