The Step Up Soundtrack Tracklist w/ new Missy AND Timbaland

So we've heard the new Missy Elliott "Ching-A-Ling" track off the soundtrack but in addition to that song their will be another Missy track called "Shake Your Pom Pom" produced by none other than.....Timbo. Yes that's right after a long delay we finally get to hear more of the Tim & Missy combo we've all come to love. Here's the complete tracklist of the soundtrack coming out Feb. 5th:



1. Low (FloRida feat. T-Pain)
2. Shake Your Pom Pom (Missy Elliott)
3. Killa (Cherish feat. Yung Joc)
4. Hypnotized (Plies feat. Akon)
5. Is It You (Cassie)
6. Can't Help But Wait (Trey Songz feat. Plies) (Remix)
7. Church (T-Pain feat. Teddy Verseti)
8. Ching-A-Ling (Missy Elliott)
9. Push (Enrique Iglesias)
10. 3-6-9 (Cupid feat. B.o.B)
11. Impossible (Bayje)
12. Lives In Da Club (Sophia Fresh feat. Jay Lyriq)
13. Girl You Know (Scarface f/ Trey Songz)
14. Say Cheese (KC)
15. 15.Let It Go (Brit & Alex)
16. Ain't No Stressin (Montana Tucker, Sikora and Denial)

Thanks to Will over at Missy Watch for the info!

Sample of the week

Ahh yes I thought I'd step in and refresh our memories as we wait on the hopeful return of Czar. This week I bring you a somewhat current track that Tim worked on but we have yet to hear it in it's entirety. Let's check out this now well known video of Timbo in the studio.

Timbaland in the studio and unreleased Keri Hilson!

So we've got the "Give It To Me" head bob, the HOT Keri Hilson track "Your Cover's Blown" (which might be on her album) and then the video gets interesting. Tim starts playing the kazoo of all things but it's not the kazoo I want you all to listen to rather check out that piano melody. Sound familiar? If not check this "video":



Was the melody replayed by Danja? Could be but either way another movie soundtrack sample from the King! Shout out to G-Roc on the good ear.

Addition: Sorry I forgot to add that the track is called "Promise (Reprise)" and was composed by Akira Yamaoka who composed all of the music for the video games which were used for the movies. You can hear more of his amazing music here

Timbaland & Danja: Samantha Mumba "Personalities"

We reported about the Timbo/Danja/Mumba collabo quite sometime ago here on The Chronicles (at least I think we did ha!) but truthfully I forgot all about it. That is until today....

Take a listen to the snippet of Samantha Mumba's "Personalities" via her myspace page

The Irish singer's latest album has been repeatedly pushed back and there still doesn't seem to be an official release date, tracklisting, or even confirmation that the album is indeed coming out so maybe we will only be getting the snippet.

Watch Timbaland & Freestyle Steve

Check out Timbo and Freestyle at the Cannes Film Festival VIP Party:

Timbaland & Freestyle Steve LIVE at The Cannes

Missy Elliott's new single

Brand new Missy Elliott "Ching-A-Ling" from the movie soundtrack Step Up 2: The Streets and her forth coming album as yet untitled and no release date. Production for the track is unconfirmed to be Swizz Beats.

****UPDATE****
The track was produced by "The Arkitects" (Shawn Campbell and Marshall Leathers).

Tim pays homage to a legend

Timbaland, Kanye West, 9th Wonder, Swizz Beats, Just Blaze, ?uestlove, and Pharrell give props to one of the greatest producers of all time: Pete Rock. It's all for the EPK for his newest album called NY's Finest coming out Feburary 26.

PeteRock

Tha Carter III will have Timbaland

MTV re-confirmed that Lil' Wayne's forthcoming album does include production by Timbaland. Other production will be covered by Just Blaze, Kanye West, David Banner, Jay Bezel from the Diplomat camp, T-Mix, Mannie Fresh, Cool & Dre, a new cat Diesel, and Wayne himself.

Wayne has given no release date for the project instead saying, "The Carter III is coming in 2008. I don't want to give no months, no date." In addition to his own album , Wayne continues his slew of guest appearances most recently hopping on the remix for Rick Ross' "Speedin'" and has also been writing for Dr. Dre (addition tracks for Detox maybe?)

After confirmed reports of Timbo being on albums by Jay-Z, Baby Bash, Omarion & Bow Wow, only to be cut, we all know that nothing is set in stone until an album is released.

The people like Timbaland

With over 10 million total votes, congratualtions goes to Timbaland for taking home a People's Choice Award last night, along with an additional award for his production, in the following categories:

Favorite Hip Hop Song
"Give It to Me" by Timbaland w/ Justin Timberlake & Nelly Furtado (WINNER!)
"Party Like a Rock Star" by Shop Boyz
"Stronger" by Kanye West

Favorite Pop Song
"What Goes Around...Comes Around" by Justin Timberlake (WINNER!)
"Big Girls Don't Cry" by Fergie
"Irreplaceable" by Beyonce

Another collaboration?

What's that I smell?



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Looks like we got a couple chefs cookin' up some heat in the studio. The questions are who, what, and when?

Bonnz props!

Behind the scenes of "Scream"

Here's a behind the scenes look at Timbaland's video for "Scream" featuring Keri Hilson and Nicole Scherzinger:

"Scream" behind the scenes with Timbaland, Keri, and Nicole

The video looks promising definitely but are you listening to the background beats? Did Tim do those? In particular that beat that comes in at 1:10 that starts out like "The Way I Are" but changes. Props to Trevor for the link.

MMG in the new Fader

Check out this month's Fader magazine and the DOPE article on Timbo and some of the MMG crew both present and future:



Fader Magazine

You remember the name Izza Kizza right? He was mentioned in the Soul Diggaz interview The Chronicles posted that he was working with Tim. According to this Fader article, however, Tim has actually signed him. That's definitely a smart move as you can tell by the tracks on his myspace page the dude has major skills! (that first track "Red Wine" is SICK!)

We also got a couple more tracks off of Keri's new album:

-The Corey Bold produced "Alienate"
-a track called "Mic Check"
-and another "Too Proud"

2008 looks to be a BIG year for the MMG crew. Don't forget to check out that T-Shirt on Page 5 Tim's rockin' to support the cause! Thanks to Big A for the article.

Justin Timberlake Future Sex/ Love Sounds concert

In case you missed it, check it out while you can! No Timbaland set unfortunately.

Part 1

Part 2

Part 3

Part 4

Part 5

Part 6

Part 7

Part 8

Part 9

Part 10 (There's Timbo)

Part 11

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Part 13

Part 14

Part 15

Part 16

Part 17

Part 18

Part 19

Part 20

No Part 21

Part 22

BONUS DISC:

Part 1

Part 2

Part 3

Part 4

Part 5

Part 6

Part 7

Part 8

DOPE show!

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Who Flipped it better? Jermaine Dupri (and Brian Michael Cox) Vs. Lil' Jon Vs. Timbaland

This latest "battle" if you will has to do with a long sought after sample that still has yet to be identified. Timbaland first used the sample back in 1999 on Ginuwine's "Only When UR Lonely" Remix off of his classic album The Bachelor.




The following year, in 2000, Jermaine Dupri, assisted by Brian Michael Cox, used the same sample for Da Brat's track "My Bitches" from her album Unrestricted.



Finally, Lil' Jon decided to revisit the sample and used it for his and the Eastside Boyz track "Grand Finale" F/ Jadakiss, Bun B, Nas, and T.I. from the 2004 album Crunk Juice .



So in a span of 5 years 3 top producers used the same sample but as always the question is: who flipped it better? HUGE bonus points this week too if you can name that sample.

Keri Hilson Interview

Here's an older radio interview Keri did with clizbeats.com back in August.



Interesting that Diddy's "After Love" was originally for Danity Kane. And will "Poppin" make the final cut? Guess we'll have to wait and see.

Rare Reel

I posted this a year ago here on The Chronicles but it was taken down. After a lot of digging I found it again. Enjoy!

Timbaland DJs: Warlock Vs. Housewife

Remix It! Winner

Congratulations goes out to Koncrete Beats for his remix of Ashlee Simpson's "Outta My Head." A big thanks to ALL of you who took the time to participate and for those of you who voted. These Remix It! contests are simply a way for all of you to showcase your skills and get your music out there to be heard nothing more nothing less. I know what's it's like to be passionate about your craft so The Chronicles will continue to do these as often as possible. Thanks to everyone again and keep up the good work!

For Masta's remix who I missed for the voting, you got a total of 25 votes and again my apologies.

Test Drive "Drive Me Crazy" f/ Sebastian

Check out the HOT new song by Test Drive featuring Sebastian "Drive Me Crazy" with Jim Beanz on vocal production/writing and Hannon on the boards.

You can hear more from Test Drive on their myspace. Yes "Karma" is the Danja produced beat of Katherine McPhee's "Dangerous." What's the association? I have no idea......yet.

You can definitely tell what Beanz brings to the table as the vocals on their myspace sound very rough and unpolished as compared to "Drive Me Crazy." Props to Timbalandchick for the info!

New Hannon Lane and Jha Jha

Let's start 2008 out with a bang so take a listen to this sick track by Jha Jha called "Do Something" produced by Hannon:



Right away before the beat drops there should be a very familiar sound...hear it? Yes, though sped down slightly, those are the exact same synth chords from Missy Elliott's "Work It." It seems odd that Hannon would use the exact same unique chords from such a recognizable "Timbaland produced" song. Wait that is.....unless Hannon produced "Work It" *gasp*

You know I love those conspiracy theories!

Timbaland rules 2007

Let me first off say Happy New Year to all of you. I hope 2007 was as good a year for you as it was for me but more importantly you all ready for 2008? We here at The Chronicles definitely are and as always we will continue to bring you ALL things Timbaland as well as expanding your minds to all those in the Timbo family both past and present.

2007 was a HUGE year for Timbaland. His solo album went platinum, he vaulted Nelly Furtado and Justin Timerblake to the top of the worldwide sales mark with their respective albums, and he had numerous #1 hits all across the world. Everyone and anyone was looking to get a piece of Tim from Redman to Ashlee Simpson, Bjork to M.I.A, Bobby Valentino to Duran Duran. 2007 was also the year that Timbo shared the love as we watched Tim's former protégé Danja become a solid A list producer in his own right, the vocal producer extraordinaire Jim Beanz's name get bigger and bigger, as well as the newly formed Royal Court get 7 singles released of their only 10 known productions that's MAJOR! With an album by Keri Hilson right around the corner, long overdue albums from both Sebastian & D.O.E planned for 2008, and new artists continually being added to Mosley Music Group, Tim looks to continue in 2008 right where he left off: total domination.

Timbo had a slew of productions in 2007 ranging from straight up pop to that old school Tim sound we all know and love. Here are my top 5 for the year:

5. Spitfiya "Hit U Wit No Delay" - a track that came out of the blue yet has of the most crisp and clean drums Tim has ever used.
4. Fabolous f/ Ne-Yo "Make You Better" -when I first heard the leaked snippet of this track I went crazy. Tim actually remembered how to stutter, which I thought he had lost in his quest for pop supremacy. Though lazy with the sample flip it still turned out to be a dope track.
3. M.I.A "Come Around" -everything about this track is genius, from the much sought after sample (thanks Czar), the outer space break, to those driving drums and guitar offset with the 1/2 time beat, add M.I.A's perfect obscure lullaby "da da daaaan daaa daaa" and you have a true gem indeed.
2. Timbaland f/ Keri Hilson "Hello" -what can I say I love the Timbo drum stutter and this track is Tim in his element from start to finish. Keri brought the CRAZY vocals, Tude showed why Warner Bros signed him, and even Timbo showed that he still had some flow in him. The harp sample (a la Jamie Fox "Can I Take U Home") sealed the deal on the best track not on Shock Value
1. Timbaland f/ Justin Timberlake & Jay-Z "Laff At Em" Remix -despite the epic pop songs, the synth heavy ballads, and the radio friendly tracks that dominated Tim's songs of 2007, he reminded us all that he could still create a straight up BANGER. Heavy drums, a killer combo of laughter samples (check that one in during the chorus), and the long awaited return of the Jay Z/Timbo combo and you had the illest Timbo beat created in many years.

What about your top 5? Happy 2008!