~Interview Week~ (Day 2)

Continuing on with more Timbaland interviews this week, here's a radio interview with Tim at The Zoo. Tim talks about working on Shock Value, beef with Storch (it's back to being not a direct diss), why Madonna didn't make the album, wanting to work with Raskal Flats, and the Missy & Kanye track that never made the final cut. Check it:

"Timbaland on The Zoo"

Look out for more this week!

Tim WILL be on Tour

Sebastian just released this bulletin via myspace:

****Timbaland will be on the tour with Justin Timberlake up to August 29th then back after Sept 9th (MTV VMAs) to rejoin the tour. I will join up with the tour on August 15th in NYC, then Canada and thru August 29th then its off to Vegas for the VMAs. So i'm sorry for the misunderstanding in the beginning. So i hope to see u there and i'll keep u guys informed on parties that we will be having in selected cities.****

Remember Spetember 3rd!

Justin Timberlake on HBO

Who would have ever thought 50 Cent and Justin Timberlake in a video together. Big thanks to April for the info.

Volume 8: The Final Chapter

What's up fellow Tim stans? As promised, if I didn't have Volume 8 out by last Friday, I would bring it to you all today.

Now, I named this thread "Volume 8: The Final Chapter" because this sample mix will probably be my last. I know I've said this same thing after each mix, and I've probably said it as many times as Tim has said that he's gonna retire lol, but I'm serious on this one. I've put out eight mixes in the last four years, and I just feel like it's time.

Since this is the last sample mix, it's the longest one that I've ever made. It's about 50 minutes long, with over 20 samples.

Now before I give y'all the link to the sample mix, I have to give a special thanks to everyone who contributed in some way to this mix: Al Sween, J-Boogie, Big A (4xs lol), Snaxz, Johnboy, Jonathanp, Rooq, Malis, Phabinho (lek! lol), Carlos, DJ MD, and Santiago.

Alright, enough with the talking, here it is:

"Czar's Timbaland Sample Mix (Link 1)"

"Czar's Timbaland Sample Mix (Link 2)"


Enjoy!

Peace,
Czar

EDIT: By request, volumes 1-7 (including the redman2k3 mix)

"Redman2k3's Timbaland Sample Mix"

"Czar's Timbaland Sample Mix Volume 1"

"Czar's Timbaland Sample Mix Volume 2"

"Czar's Timbaland Sample Mix Volume 3"

"Czar's Timbaland Sample Mix Volume 4"

"Czar's Timbaland Sample Mix Volume 5"

"Czar's Timbaland Sample Mix Volume 6"

"Czar's Timbaland Sample Mix Volume 7"

~Interview Week~ (Day 1)

I thought I'd throw out a new idea and give ya'll a week of nothing but Timbaland interviews via video, audio, and articles. I'll post some oldies from back in the day, some favorite songs of Tim's, and even break you off with a very current interview where Tim talks about the possibility of working with Ginuwine. To start off with here's a video of a radio interview Tim did back in March on B97:



Here is another one talking about Storch and Britney Spears:

M.I.A "Jimmy"

M.I.A's Kala leaked today and I have to say it's a solid album. Though it's all about free these days, I highly suggest you all buy it when it comes out as I plan to do. Say what you will about MIA but she's good for music. I feel that anyone who can bring a new sound and a new angle to the music scene is definitely a great addition to the industry. Stand outs on the album are "Bird Flu" "Boyz" "Down River" and "$20" (can you name the sample?) The worst track, however, is by none other than Tim himself:

M.I.A "Jimmy"

Not only the worst track on the album, "Jimmy" in my opinion is the worst Tim track ever made and has got to be Tim at his laziest. All he did was play the entire sample with MIA's vocals over it i.e. Baby's "Baby You Can Do It" which up to today help the prize for worst (and laziest) Tim track.

Thoughts?

Remix It! 50 Cent "She Wants It" Remixes

So last week I posted the acappella to 50's "She Wants It" and told anyone who's interested in doing a remix to send me one by today. Well I've got some dope remixes to share with ya'll! Great thing is some of these entries are from some new to The Chronicles beatmakers and producers out there as well as some long time favorites so thank you for your remixes. Take a listen everyone and please give your feedback.

Remix It!: 50 Cent F/ Justin Timberlake "AYO Technology" Remixes

Look for more Remix It! posts in the coming months.

Timbaland Live in St. Tropez

Check out Tim workin' the crowd in St. Tropez.

"Sexyback"


"The Way I Are"


This is the Tim I like to see: happy, having fun and giving the crowd what they want to see. There's more videos up from the performance as well. Thanks to my man Simon for the links.

Rare Reel

We haven't done one of these in awhile. Here's Aaliyah live at The Apollo:



Baby Girl you are missed.

Timbaland cancels 3rd leg of tour

Unfortunately due to "business issues" Tim will not be on the last leg of the Justin Timberlake tour when it comes back to the U.S. Sebastian just sent out this myspace bulletin:

****Timbaland will not be on the Justin Timberlake Tour due to business issues for the third leg. I just wanted to let those know who already have tickets and were expecting to see him. So we will not be on Tour but we will be in Vegas in the middle of August for a couple of weeks for the VMA's in Sept.

So if u will be in Vegas in August or the begining of Sept hit me up

Until then

Take Care

*sebastian*****

I'm not sure if that means Tim will be on the HBO/Timberlake special in early September which would be a big disappointment if not. I think all of his fans would love to have a HQ version of his live set from the concert.

6 Degrees of Seperation with Timbaland

MTV ran an article on Tim awhile ago talking about the fact that's he's worked with so many people these days you could play the 6 Degrees of Seperation game (ie Kevin Bacon) Check it out:

*****And all of this is really nothing new. For more than a decade now, he's produced ear-catching, ultra-distinctive hits for the likes of Justin Timberlake, Ginuwine, Aaliyah, Destiny's Child, Jay-Z and Nelly Furtado, to name just a half-dozen. In fact, while trying to compile a list of all of Tim's hits, one starts to think that it's entirely plausible he's worked with every single artist who's ever released an album ... ever.

We'll just call him the music business equivalent of Kevin Bacon, the guy so tenuously connected to every celebrity that kids in college invented a drinking game in his honor. And in order to test that hypothesis, I e-mailed my colleagues at MTV News, and asked them to submit the names of anyone who's ever recorded a note of music, to see if they could be linked to Timbaland in six steps or less.*****

Full Article

So let's play the game. Pick anyone and in 6 steps or less connect them to Timbaland. I'll try it.

Georrge Bush---Dana Carvey---Saturday Night Live---Eddit Murphy----Dr. Doolittle----Timbaland

George Bush was played repeatidly by Dana Carvey on Saturday Night Live which is also a show that Eddie Murphy got his start but he moved on to films including Dr. Doolittle which Timbaland produced Playa's "Your Dress" on the movie soundtrack.

Han Solo----Steve Speiberg---Drew Berrymore---Cameron Diaz---Justin Timberlake-----Timbaland

Han Solo played by Harrison Ford was also in the Raiders of the Lost Arc directed by Steven Speilberg who also directed E.T. which had a young Drew Berrymore who was in the movie Charlie's Angels with Cameron Diaz who used to date Justin Timberlake who made a few hits with Timbo.

What can you guys come up with?

Open Labs® Releases Timbaland Special Edition Miko™ Portable

****** - FOR RELEASE ON: FRIDAY, JULY 27, 2007 -

OPEN LABS® RELEASES TIMBALAND SPECIAL EDITION MIKO™ PORTABLE KEYBOARD WORKCENTER AT SUMMER NAMM™ SHOW.

Super-Producer and Artist Timbaland Adds His Special Touch to Open Labs’ MiKo Keyboard Workcenter Including New Sound Library, 4GB of RAM and Arctic White Chassis.

Austin, Texas (Summer NAMM Show) – Open Labs, the leading designer and developer of computer based music production solutions, introduced the Timbaland Special Edition MiKo keyboard workcenter today. Building on the standard features of the MiKo LX, an all-in-one portable studio powered by Windows™ XP that is capable of running virtually any Windows XP compatible software including a variety of DAW software, virtual instruments (VSTi), virtual effects (VST) and other music applications, the Timbaland Special Edition takes this robust instrument to an entirely new level of performance and creativity.

“I’ve made the new Timbaland Special Edition MiKo with Tim’s Touch,” said Timbaland, “It’s got everything I need in a single box and when I use it, we make masterpieces.” “Timbaland is really on top of the world right now. His music is everywhere,” said President of Open Labs, Victor Wong. “To think that he is using our gear to produce these hits is cool, but the fact that he has put a little bit of himself into the MiKo, making it an even better instrument, is incredible. This is all very exciting for us.” “We are honored that Timbaland asked us to help create his ultimate instrument,” said E-MU’s Senior Product Manager, Ichi Nagai. “We are excited to put together the exclusive Ensoniq Urban Legends Sound Library for Open Labs that contains many of Timbaland’s favorite sounds that he’s used in his work over the years.” The Timbaland Special Edition MiKo will start shipping on August 15, 2007. The estimated street price is: $3,899 and includes the following:

Timbaland Special Edition MiKo Technical Specifications:
-Keyboard: 37-key semi-weighted synth action keyboard (World class Fatar® Technology)
-CPU: Core2 Duo® Dual-core 64-bits (2.1GHz)
-Control Surfaces: Pitch Bend and Modulation Wheels, Trackpad with 2 Buttons, Keyboard (“QWERTY”) Module, Alpha Control Module (5 Faders, 5 Modes Buttons, 3 Transpose Buttons, 5 Directions Buttons and 5 Transport Buttons), DJ Module: Penny and Giles® Cross-Fader, 7 Knobs and 12 Buttons
-Memory: 4GB RAM
-Expansion Slots: (3) PCI Slots (2 avail. for upgrades), (3) PCI-E Slots (2 avail. for upgrades), (2) 3.5” Bays: (1) Start Up Drive and (1) Available for Upgrades, (1) 5.25” Dual-Layer DVD-RW burner (8.5GB/disc)
-Audio I/O: (1) High Performance Audio I/O Card with Low Latency including 24-bit/96kHz professional 4-in/6-out : (2) mic/instrument preamp inputs (with Phantom Power 48V), (2) analog line inputs, (6) analog line outputs, S/PDIF digital I/O (coaxial)
-Storage: MiKo LX (1) 250GB, 7200RPM HD; Upgradeable to 1.5 Terabytes
-Drive: High Speed Dual-Layer 8.5GB/Disk CD/DVD Burner
-Display: Internal 15” Color Touch Screen LCD High Resolution (1024 x 768), External VGA port for running Dual Monitors or a Video Projector
-Connection: Midi In/Out, 1) Sustain and (1) Expression ports, 2) USB 2.0 ports, 3) (1) FireWire 400 port, 4) (1) Gigabit (10/100/1000) Ethernet port, 5) (1) Headphone Jack with Volume Control
-Software: Microsoft® Windows® XP Home, Open Labs Custom GUI (Graphic User Interface), Open Labs mFusion®, Open Labs Karsyn®, Open Labs MimiK (optional on SE Model), E-MU Proteus X2 Streaming Sound Module V2.5
-PREMIUM Factory Sound Library V4: 25,027 presets (over 24GB of sounds) from over 60 virtual instruments including: including E-MU’s Ensoniq Urban Legends, Mo’Phatt X, Vintage X Pro Collection, Virtuoso X, and X2 Production Library, Truepianos, WusikStation V4, Extra Wusik Sound Libraries (Wusik Sound Magazine 1-13, HQ Strings, Choirs, GM), Purity, Sylenth 1, VB3 OL SE, Mr. Ray22, Mr. Ray73, Mr. Tramp, Organized Trio V3, Realguitar V2.1 OL SE, Discovery V2.10 OL SE, Vertigo V2.6 OL SE, HighLife V1.4, WIVI Trial Edt., Suburban Guitarist, Lollapalooza Lite OL SE, BB303i V2, Synth 1, Addictive Drums Demo, Ticky Clav, Delay Lama, Crystal V2.4, Sun RA, String Theory V1.5, Texture V1.2, Rez V2, Motion V2.8, Plugsound Free, Mini Dizi, Mini Erhu, EPiano Module, Rhodes Module, Bass Module, Rock, SFZ Player Free, Bass Line, UltraSonique V1.1, Syncoder 32-2, Spook Keys, Super Spook Keys, Cubix V1.0.1, Minimal V1.5, Optik V1.4, Pandemonium V2, X-Fortuna, Lazer Blade Free, Protoplasm 21 Free, STS-25 Free, Ph0ne, Rogue, MicroSynt, Artphase V1.5, Mr. Alias V1.02, Blood Bucket V1, Monolisa V1.12, String Synth, PhadiZ, Accordion.*****

Complete Description

Thanks to Jess, as usual!!

EQ Magazine talks Justin LP

Last week we had Danja in EQ and this week we have an article about the creation of Justin's Future Sex/Love Sounds. JImmy D talks about the chemsitry him and Timbaland share(d) and some interesting tid bits about making the album. The most interesting part of the article is that apparently Justin financed the whole album himself. Hmmm...

****Douglass says that the traditional role of the producer — at least in the hip-hop world — has taken a 180° turn: “Many of the traditional skills of a producer are no longer needed. Now a guy can walk in with a few beats, hand it to the songwriter, and when an artist is done, call himself a producer. In my day, this guy was called a programmer. He supplied that part on which the song would be built.”

Still, one cannot minimize the extraordinary gifts of a producer like Timbaland: “He sees the whole vision and has his finger on the pulse of what modern people want to hear,” Douglass says. “These days, a good producer brings the savvy to find the right sounds that will draw the people.” A good example of this, Douglass says, is the Roland TR-808, a piece of gear that experienced a massive resurgence in hip-hop and R&B long after its initial demise in popularity. “We passed on after it had its day — now, somebody looks at it and says, ‘Hey, this is really cool. The kids would like this!’ Suddenly it’s on every other record in hip-hop and R&B. A good producer brings that sensibility — that’s why you hire him,” says Douglass.

Throughout the production of FutureSex/LoveSounds, Douglass, Timbaland, Hills, and Timberlake all appreciated that there was no pressure coming from a record label because Timberlake financed the record himself. “Justin was like, ‘Here’s the record, take it or leave it.’ This was a great way to work, as the label wasn’t around saying ‘change this, change that.’ After all, the record company’s job is to keep the artist happy and keep selling those records — not to tell you how to create it!”*****

Full Article

Props to Big A for the link.

NLT "He Said She Said" (Time We Let Go)

We told you about the boy band NLT and their up and coming work with Timbaland. We posted the track "Hollywood" which at the time wasn't confirmed to be Timbaland produced or not. Since then it has been confirmed by NLT as produced by Timbo. The other track produced by Tim is called "He Said She Said" and had not been heard of unttil now. Check out the snippet of:

NLT "He Said She Said" produced by Timbaland

If you noitce Tim has pitched down the voicebox effect for this track the same way he did for Mario's "No Definition." I have a feeling though, that is not Tim but rather King from The Royal Court. I am not sure (yet) if The Royal Court co-produced with Tim on either of the NLT tracks but I have a feeling they did on at least this track.

As soon as I get more information I will be letting you all know. Thanks to Outrageous for the link.

J. Que (Of The Clutch) Interview

J Que is currently 1/5 of the amazing production/songwriting team The Clutch but he's been writing hits for years. His work includes hits such as Avant's "4 Minutes", Fantasia's "Truth Is", Omarion's "Icebox", and he even won a grammy for his work on Usher's Confessions having written Usher's smash hit "Yeah". Though this interview is from last year, it is without a doubt one of the best about the behind the scenes of music making and songwriting. Que definitely keeps it real on every subject. He talks about The Clutch:

J. Que: Yes. There were a couple of companies that pulled us all together. We wrote...we got along great. We wrote and recorded six songs on a Friday. By Tuesday, four of those were gone. So we kind of sat back and said, "Well maybe we should think about doing this a little more often." So myself and Zeke decided that "Well fuck that, we're going to form a clique." Because Atlanta has pretty much stayed hot forever off of having a hot ass clique. So we were going to do the clique thing. We got on board and told everybody else. They were with it. We sat down and worked for a little while on trying to work some shit out. We got together as "The Clutch" around the beginning of this year. Since then, we've been able to lock down multiple song deals, about 60 records placed, a couple of singles. We got about seven singles about to come out. And...we're loving it. I mean one of my big things that I've always fussed about, not in a bad fussy way, but just trying to make sure that people get is using the word "producer" correctly. Because in the urban game it means something completely different that it means in any other type of music.

What a producer is:

J. Que: OK, a producer in the urban game for some reason people think that if you did a track...you're a producer. That doesn't make you a producer. That makes you a songwriter . There's a songwriter for people who write the music and there's people who write the lyric and melody. That's the composer of the song. A producer actually makes the sequence. If there was a team, the producer would be the coach. Which is why Puffy [Diddy], while he was doing his thing, was a very good producer. He had a great ear; he knew what was going to work. He'd go in...you may do the music, you may write the record. But he'll come and say "I don't like that, take that out, put the bell here, fix that, you need to do this here, you need to do that there. Alright let me listen. Alright cool. Mix that down, let's go." He produced the record. Like there are guys out there, I understand, that do tracks that are producers. Like Bryan Cox does tracks. He produces. But Bryan produces because he will also sit his ass at the board and make sure that the record's right. Bryan Cox is a producer because the record's not coming out without his "OK. Let's go."

Omarion's "Icebox":

J. Que: Umm, "Icebox" was actually real cool because Omarion's project was a project that we wanted to get on, but just dealing with some scheduling conflicts we were never really able to put it together. But, my little brother in crime, Eric Hudson, ended up getting the "Entourage" record, so we were really happy and excited for him about that. But we got a call from Sony, asking if we would be able to go in with Tim to do a record. And, you know the days they were trying to schedule it for just happened to be like two or three days when we weren't in session. So we were like "Yeah, you get us all there and we'll mash out." Of course Keri is already signed to Tim, so were like, "Whatever needs to happen...we're in." So we get out to L.A. and I remember because the day of the first session was my last day in session out in L.A. so I was double booked. I ended up getting out of my session pretty late, but [I] got over to the studio and O [Omarion] was already there and he had two tracks that had come from Tim's camp. He played one for me and I was like "I'm not really crazy about that one." And then he played me another track, which immediately caught my attention because it was definitely darker and I'm kind of into darker music. And that ended up being the "Icebox" track. So we sat around for a second and Omarion's absolutely full of ideas. So he's throwing ideas out, and he ended up saying he wants to write a song called "Cold." I wasn't necessarily crazy about calling anything cold because I told him, at the end of the day, I don't think people are going to flip [his] CD over, see a title called "Cold" and be like "That's my shit, I got to find out what that's about." I'm like that name's just not interesting enough. So we messed around and chopped that up and I listened to the track a little bit more and O screams at me "What about 'Icebox'? What about 'Icebox'?" I was like "What about icebox?" He was like, "I mean for the title of the song." I was like "Hell naw, nigga that aint hot!"

and much more so read the Full Interview

Look out for a lot of new music from The Clutch coming very soon including new work with Timbo. Thanks to Nep for the link.

Shock Value's next singles are....

According to a myspace bulletin put out by Sebastian:

****Apologize by OneRepublic & Miscommunication featuring Keri Hilson and Sebastian.

Expect a video for both of these songs very soon. And thank u too all those who hit me up on my page telling me we should make Miscommunication one of the next singles. That inspired me to tell Tim and convience him to make it a single along with apologize. So thank u again.!*****

What is everyone's thoughts on the single choices?

Remix It!

The mixtape project is done but I've been getting a lot of e-mails from people for me to continue with it. I still wanted to get all of you involved in remixing Tim tracks since the response was so positive so I came up with a new idea. Every so often I'll just post an acapella for you guys to remix and we'll post them all up for people to listen to. No voting rather just an opportunity for you all to continue remixing and get your work out there.

Here's the first Remix It acapella:

50 Cent F/ Justin Timberlake "She Wants It" Acapella

I'll give you to next Sunday to send them to me: soundwave@timbotheking.com As always send your myspace and website in with your remixes. No stress, no competition, strictly for fun. BIG thanks to Nick for helping me come up with this idea.

Britney shoots video for "Get Back"

From the video shoot:



It has been confirmed that Britney Spears has shot a video for the Danja produced "Get Back." There has been a lot of different versions of "Get Back" posted on youtube and the net but, unless it is another track off her album, the real version of "Get Back" is the one posted here on The Chronicles via the paparazzi frenzy from a Spears shopping trip.

Source

This is her big comeback so let's see what she has in store for us. Did Danja bring the heat? Will Timbaland and Justin turn up? We'll post more info as it becomes available.

Thanks to Dutch and Kali for the info

New M.I.A Interview

Here is a very good interview with M.I.A from the village voice. She talks about the production of her new album, her trips around the world, the perks of not working with big time producers, and where she's at musically. Check it out:

****There's a Timabaland track that I guess is a bonus track on the album in the US, and it's on his album in the UK. It's a great song, but there's a part where he's like, 'Baby girl go to your teepee.' What was that?

Don't ask me! It was kind of funny. I don't like to butt in when that's going on. I just thought it was pretty funny at the time, so I left it. It was kind of funny to meet him and work with him. It was amazing because he's amazing at what he does; he's a legend. But by the time that our paths met, Timbaland had already been Timbaland and done all the cool weird shit. He's sampled babies and cows and things, and I was making tracks sampling chickens. And he was like, "I'm done being cool; I want to work with Celine Dion." And I was like, "So you just want to make Titanic?" And he's like, "Yeah, that's what I want to do." In my career right now, I'm not trying to make Titanic. I want my songs to just be what they are, and I wasn't thinking like that.

So that's what "Jimmy" is about? The journalist?

Well, "Jimmy" the song is a really old Bollywood disco song. It was huge. It's like "Thriller." When I was a kid in Sri Lanka, it meant a lot to me. My mom used to get me to be a professional party buffer. I used to dance a lot as a kid, so people hired me out at birthday parties. That was my theme song. I used to do a performance to "Jimmy." I used to have a cloak and a cardboard guitar, and I'd do this big disco-dancing number and get all the kids to dance, and then they'd pay me and I'd leave. So that song to me is really really personal. And I was in this place, in Liberia, and it was really heavy. I was doing lots of heavy, heavy stuff, not really thinking about romance. And obviously I'd been in this weird relationship before, and I'd come out of it, like "Maybe I should just do this mad trip and go meet this person." And it's just a mash-up of all those things, whatever I was going through that week. I wanted to redo "Jimmy" for a long time. When I was in India, I'd already recorded the strings and everything for it. But I'd never attempted to do "Jimmy" the whole time I was with Switch because it was just one of those songs; I had to be drunk enough to be that disco. It all came together that week.****

Full Article

Thannks to TimboFan for the link.

More T.E.A.M.H.O.O.D.

Here's some more T.E.A.M.H.O.O.D. tracks for yall, I'll keep em coming in the next few days!! All Danja.

And sorry for my shameless plug.

T.E.A.M.H.O.O.D.-Sticks & Stones

T.E.A.M.H.O.O.D.-Tune Up

T.E.A.M.H.O.O.D.-Get Dat (feat. Cali Stylz)