Heather Hunter & Timbaland? - One More Mystery Solved

It's Big A here. Many of you who come here everyday probably don't know that Timbaland recorded with a world famous (ex-)porn star turned rappa, Heather Hunter.

I am talking about a leaked song labeled "Tasty ft. Bubba Sparxxx" (also known as "Would You Like ft. Bubba Sparxxx"). Many people have discussed whether this is Timbaland solo on the beat, Scott Storch solo or both together. To me it definitely had the Scott Storch feeling. Boogie and I also discussed it this weekend and neither of us was really sure.

So I had to hit up HH (nah, not on myspace or whatever...on her private contact fellas *shows off*) to clear things up for all the credit junkies: In fact this is a Bubba Sparxxx song and not a Double-H song. The correct name is "Tasty" and it's produced by both, Scott Storch & Timbaland. It was suppose to be on Bubba's Deliverance album, but didn't make the cut. Here we go (again)...

(on a side note: she worked with Scott Storch on her last album "The Unexpected", track is called "Don't Stop")

Bubba Sparxxx - Tasty (feat. Heather Hunter)

Boogie says: If ya'll remember way back in November we took a look at the Storch & Tim relationship, and I posted that the "Tasty" track was indeed a solo Storch track but as you can see I was wrong. It's good to have great people on your team. Thanks Big A!

Bobby V & Timoth-Y - 2nd Shot

What should I say? Hm, just go and listen to the second production Timbaland has on Bobby Valentino's album "Special Occasion" real soon in stores. We all have to wait what the credits will say...

Bobby Valentino - Rearview (Ridin') ft. Ludacris

"The Way I Are" second single - Timbo invades Europe!

Short update on the official second single of "Shock Value": "The Way I Are" will be shot in Europe, probably Glasgow (UK) or Rome (Italy) in few weeks and it will also probably feature a 2nd rapper on the track as well.

EDIT: The video looks to start shooting May 18th & 19th

100,000 hits!

7 months ago I had a stupid, little idea of starting a Timbaland site. The question was how to go about it. There are plenty of Tim sites out there. They have these amazing graphics, music, forums, basically everything I knew nothing about. What I did know though was Timbo and his music. Through years of tutelage by the likes of Czar, Big A, Roderick, Timbochick, Bigmac, James, Nick etc. I began to really learn about Timbo but more about his music and how he does what he does. So why not share this information I had collected and learned from with the masses?

What other sites don't have, actually most websites lack, is a reason for people to come back to them. Unless it's a forum, most websites you go to there are all these cool graphics and stimuli and for the first few times you go there it's great but what happens after the 4th time? And the 5th? You totally lose interest. Well I wanted to create a site that was continually being updated and gave a reason for the Timbo fans in this world to come back to and learn from, hence the birth of The Chronicles.

What started out as something small has quickly grown into something huge! It's bigger than I ever imagined. I can not believe all the encouragement, support, and love I've gotten from people form all across the world. From producers to magazine editors, fans, to stans, current big time artists to up and coming ones, and all those in between it's been an incredible journey so far. I am so blessed to have this opportunity to have such a successful site that continues to grow.

I thank all of you for the support of The Chronicles. Truly if it wasn't for you this site would be nothing. Please continue to get the word out and let's make this the biggest Timbo site in the world. You all are great and here's to more Timbo for years to come. Thank you all!

and to my The Chronicles Team, I am indebted to you forever. Y'all are amazing!

Respect,
Boogie

Timbo the King Re-Launches

My girl Timbalandchick has just relaunched her website Timbo The King No one can touch her and her squad when it comes to graphics, the layout is so sick! It is without question the largest collection of Timbaland pictures on the net and there is no denying what an incredible fan she is.

If you aren't familiar with Timbalandchick I suggest you learn. She is the original Timbo stan and she was creating Tim websites before any one was. If you missed it check out the interview I did with her for The Chronicles. She is one of the coolest people I have ever had the pleasure to meet.

Go check out the site and show some support. There is no competition, simple respect and support for one another. Good lookin' out Timbochick!

Snippet Bobby Valentino "Rearview (Ridin')

Check out a snippet of the other Timbaland produced single from Bobby Valentino's second album Special Occasion. The track is called:

"Rearview (Ridin')"

I'm so bad at deciding if I like a Timbo track just by a snippet because you never know what kind of goodies Tim threw in there especially at the end of a track. I've always been a fan of Tim's ballad made beats so I'm looking forward to hearing the full here soon.

Czar's Sample of the Week

Sup y'all? It's Friday, and Friday means it's time for Czar's Sample of the Week. Since it's the last Friday of the month, I thought that I would showcase a Tim track that contains more than one sample.

One of my favorite tracks off the classic Ginuwine album, The Bachelor, has to be "G Thang." It's just a smooth track with features by Missy, Magoo, and Tim. But Tim sampled and Ginuwine interpolated so many tracks on this song. The main beat samples "Numb" by trip-hop band Portishead (if you don't have any of their albums, I suggest you get them!). Some might remember that this is the same sample in Aaliyah's remix to "If your Girl only Knew." The chorus to "G Thang" samples a brief cut from "The Boomin' System" from LL Cool J's 1990 album "Moma Said Knock You Out." Now, the bridge to "G Thang" interpolates a 1984 classic hit track "Set it Off" by Strafe. Honestly, "Set it Off" is one of my favorite tracks of all time! Lastly, near the end of the song, Ginuwine resings the vocals from D'angelo's hit track "Brown Sugar"

So there you have it folks, one song, with four samples. To give everyone a heads up, this is not the only track that Tim produced that has multiple samples. Hopefully, I'll hit y'all off with more of these tracks in the near future. Have a great weekend, and I'll catch y'all next week for another installment of Czar's Sample of the Week.

Peace and Love,
Czar

50 Cent & Timbo News

****A few years ago, 50 Cent quarterbacked an unofficial remix of Justin Timberlake's "Cry Me a River," adding some raps to the song and releasing it to mixtapes. Now, the two have made a real record together. Timberlake is one of the many special guests who joined forces with 50 for his June 26 release, Curtis.

"I actually wrote a lot of the portions that other artists are working with me on, [but] in Justin's case, I flew to Florida," 50 said of their collaboration, which is called "AYO Technology." "He was on tour with Timbaland. Timbaland produced the beat in a studio/trailer, on the tour bus. We got the music, the first time. I wrote a first verse; I didn't want to finish without the content and chorus. We got together the second time and finished the song in Houston."*****

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Who would have ever thought that Justin Timberlake would be working with 50 Cent? That's the power of music I guess. I'm not a huge fan of 50 but none the less I'm still interested to see what he sounds like over a good Timbo beat.

Rare Reel

Starting something new, hope you all like it. If you find anything shoot me an e-mail.



Aaliyah, Tim, Magoo, Playa, Danja Mowf, and I think that is Bill Pettaway on the guitar.

"Throw It On Me" video complete

A new video for "Throw it on Me" by producer Timbaland and rock group The Hives will debut on WWE's Monday Night Raw next month.

The song is taken from Timbaland's latest album, Timbaland Presents Shock Value. The video debut is part of an official partnership the chart-topping producer recently entered into with the WWE.

“WWE is extremely excited about the opportunity to work with Timbaland. We promise the Divas will help make Timbaland the hottest music video ever,” said Kristin Prouty, WWE’s Vice President of Entertainment Relations.

Timbaland, who has produced hits for artists like Missy Elliott, Aaliyah, Jay-Z, Nelly Furtado, Justin Timberlake and others, is a longtime wrestling fan and recently made an television appearance on the WWE owned franchise, Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW).

The exclusive world premiere of the video for "Throw it on Me" debuts on WWE's Monday Night Raw on USA Network on May 21.

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This is NOT the official 2nd single, rather it's just a video Timbaland made for WWE. Smart move for promotion as well as increasing his "pop" audience.

Bjork talks about Timbaland

In Part I she talks more about the making of Volta.

D.O.E on his Thomas Crown Studios Tour

You know who's bringin' it first!

Timbaland Studio Tour

Timbo shoots video for "Throw It On Me"

Check it:

****Six of the Sexiest Women on Television are the sexiest women to hit Timbaland’s latest music video. Ashley, Torrie, Maryse, Brooke, Layla and Kelly Kelly filmed the “Throw it on Me” video with Timbaland and The Hives at Universal Studios yesterday.

The Divas danced, had a fashion photo shoot and got in the ring for the “Timb City” theme video. What exactly is Timb City? Well, WWE fans, you’ll have to wait for the exclusive world premiere of the “Throw it on Me” video May 21 on Raw.

The reason I asked the Divas to be in my video was because I didn’t want the typical casting for this. I wanted women who mean something,” Timbaland told WWE.com “The Divas have a fan base of their own. They’re all stars. Each in their own way, they all mean something.”****

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Now apparently a video for "The Way I Are" will also be shot sometime soon, however, this is not confirmed. There has been confirmation that "The Way I Are" will be a single I guess it just won't be the 2nd one.

The liner notes of Shock Value

Now what kind of stan would J Boogie be if I didn’t go through the liner notes of a Timbaland CD? It’s actually the first thing I do with any CD I buy. I figure the more you can educate yourself about music the better. Plus this is Timbaland and I’m always interested to see who he’s working with and who is doing what these days on his team. Enough of my ramblings though, let’s take a look at the liner notes.

First thing you might notice is there is no Jimmy D engineering credits, though he is thanked and will always be Tim’s “#1”. I don’t know why they’re not working together anymore, though there have been plenty of rumors. Who you do see is Demo, who used to assist Jimmy D. Now if you aren’t familiar with Demo, he is the Cuban guy in the making of Shock Value video Also you’ll notice Marcella “Ms Lago” Araica credited for mixing, co-mixing, and even lends her vocals on “Boardmeeting” Ms Lago can be seen in the video on Danja’s myspace (second button from the left on them mixer) She is also shouted at the end of “Laff At Em” (“Marcella I’m going to slide it on out now, you do your little mix thing to it”) Keep your eye on her as she is the only female engineer that I know of in the game and she looks to be huge.

Glad to know Hannon Lane is still working with Tim i.e. “One and Only” but interesting that it says Hannon Lane for M.S.I Productions versus the regular Bone Beats Productions he’s always gone with. Yes that’s Petey Pablo on “One and Only” too though he is not credited and there’s no mention of him at all. Also very interesting. If you notice in the writing credits for a lot of tracks you’ll see the name T. Clayton. That is Attitude and he wrote most of Tim’s verses on this album. His debut album on Warner Bros should be hot!

We solved the mystery of Money on a prior post. Walter Milsap III and Candice Nelson used to be a very formidable writing duo but have since gone their separate ways but are still turning out great music individually as seen with their names in the credits. Jim Beanz has also been talked about in the past on The Chronicles. He is an amazing vocal producer having done Nelly Furtado’s album ‘Loose” among others. An example of his talent? Minute 2:18-2:35 on “Bombay” Incredible! It is good to see him get some shine. Amar is a new artist signed with Bill Pettaway. I’m sure we’ll be hearing more from her soon.

I think that’s about it. Anything I missed? Any questions ya’ll got? Holla!

Bjork "Earth Intruders" Video (Full)

EDIT: Video works again

Bjork - Earth intruders

Bjork brings it as always.

Czar's Sample of the Week

What's up fellow Tim stans? I was out sick last week, so I couldn't do the sample of the week then, but I have to give it up to Boogie, A, and Nick for holdin' it down last week.

So when I was thinking about which sample to have for this week, I wanted to have a sample that kind of speaks on what's going on right now on the Chronicles. Over the weekend Nick, Boogie, and A were showcasing Indian and Arabic tracks that Tim sampled, Roderick had Jay-Z Timstrumentals, and the big Tim track of the week was the Jay-Z, JT, and Tim "remix" to "Give it to me." So this week I decided to showcase a Jay-Z track that samples an Indian song.

Jay-Z and Tim seemed made for each other. Every Jay and Tim collabo has been hot, and this is the case with the track "The Bounce" off the 2002 Jay album "Blueprint 2: The Gift and the Curse." If you listen to the chorus carefully, you can hear someone singing some lyrics in another langugae. Well that someone is Raje Shwari, and she was resinging the lyrics of "Choli Ke Peeche" from the 1993 Bollywood film "Khalnayak." In true Raje fashion, she resings the lyrics in a more sultry and soft voice. "Choli Ke Peeche" was actually a controversial song when it came out because the lyrcis "Choli ke peeche kya hai" loosely translated into "what's under my blouse?" Anyway, for some reason, a lot of radio stations in the U.S. began playing "The Bounce," and eventually the director of "Khalnayak," Subhash Ghai, heard it.

So that's it for this week on Czar's Sample of the Week. Have a good weekend, and check back again next week for another installment of Czar's Sample of the Week.

Peace,
Czar

Unreleased Jay-Z/Timbo "Ain't I"

We all read about it the track and I thought at first the "Give It To Me" Remix was Jay's unreleased track off Shock Value but no. It's actually this track:



Sadly it's pretty bad quality but the track does exist and it's just 1 of many tracks that didn't make the cut on Shock Value. Props to Nick and Vader for the teamwork!

Bjork Interview

Looks like it's Bjork day here on The Chronicles. Here's a great interview with her about her new album Volta and all that came with that.

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How did you end up picking Timbaland? What did he bring to the table?

Bjork: ....... I first sent Timbaland some of the brass stuff I was working on but he felt it was too weird. I walked into the studio with Timbaland and he immediately played a rhythm and I sang on top even though I had a throat problem that day and 5 minutes later “Earth Intruders” was ready. Two hours later we had 3 tracks. I then walked away with the mutlitrack and edited it for a year and added other musicians on top. “Earth intruders” and “Innocence” kinda happened in the studio with him and Nate but “Hope” I added on bassline later and then took it to Mali, Africa and Toumani Diabate played on top.****

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So there you have it "Hope" is as well a Timbaland track! Props to TimboFan for this.

Bjork Volta clips

Snippets of her entire album have leaked. Take a listen:

Bjork Volta Clips

1. Earth Intruders (Produced by Timbaland)
2. Wanderlust
3. The Dull Flame Of Desire (F/ Antony)
4. Innocence (Produced by Timbaland)
5. I see Who You Are
6. Vertabrae by Vertbrae
7. Pneumonia
8. Hope (arguably Timbaland)
9. Declare Independence
10. My Juvenile (F/ Antony)

Now "Hope" seems to be the arguable Tim track because it has been said that he did produce it, however, in the latest Rolling Stone Review of Volta, they mention only 2 tracks produced by Timbaland. I guess we'll have to wait and see for my favorite thing, the ever controversial: liner notes.

So what do you all think of the album? Pretty dope huh? How about that "Innocence" beat? DAMN!! Well if you want to hear it in it's entirety check out Bjork's myspace I'm really looking forward to this album and glad to see Tim can prove all the haters wrong about him working with Bjork.

Timbo The King - Literally

I just thought I should drop one of my jewels for all the crazy Timbo stans in the world. You always wanted to have a picture of Timbaland in high resolution quality?

zoom in!