Timbaland

**Timothy Zachary Mosley** (born Mairch 10, 1972), better kent bi his stage name **Timbaland**, is an American record producer, rapper, sangster, sangwriter an DJ.

Timbaland's furst fu credit production wark wis in 1996 on *[[Ginuwine...the Bachelor]]* for R&B sangster Ginuwine. Efter forderw irk on Aaliyah's 1996 album *[[One in a Million (Aaliyah album)|One in a Million]]* an Missy Elliott's 1997 album *[[Supa Dupa Fly]]*, Timbaland becam a prominent producer for R&B an hip hop airtists. As a rapper, he initially pit oot seeveral albums wi fellae rapper Magoo, follaed bi his debut solo album *[[Tim's Bio: Life from da Bassment|Tim's Bio]]* in 1998. In 2002, Timbaland produced the hit single "Cry Me a River" for Justin Timberlake, gangin on tae produce maist o Timberlake's subsequent LPs siclik *[[FutureSex/LoveSounds]]* an *[[The 20/20 Experience]]* an thair respective hit singles. A Timbaland-awnt imprint label, Mosley Music Group, featurt airtists sic as Nelly Furtado, thats Timbaland-produced album *[[Loose (Nelly Furtado album)|Loose]]* (2006) wis a commercial an critical success. In 2007, Timbaland released a solo album, *[[Shock Value (album)|Shock Value]]*, that wis follaed bi *[[Shock Value II]]* in 2009.

Aside frae the aforementionet airtists, Timbaland's production credits frae the 2000s forrit include wirk wi Jay-Z, Nas, Ludacris, Bubba Sparxxx, Madonna, Rihanna, OneRepublic, Brandy, Drake, Rick Ross an ithers. As a sangwriter he haes scrieven as o 2014, 85 UK hits an 99 hits Stateside. Timbaland haes received widespread acclaim for his production style. In 2007, *[[Entertainment Weekly]]* statit that "just about every current pop trend can be traced back to him — from sultry, urban-edged R&B songstresses ... to the art of incorporating avant-garde sounds into No. 1 hits."

## Early life
Timothy Z. Mosley wis born on 10 Mairch 1972 in Norfolk, Virginia, tae Latrice, that ran a hameless shelter, an Garland Mosley, an Amtrak employee. He graduated frae Salem High School o Virginia Beach, Virginia. Durin his time as a DJ, he wis kent as "DJ Tim" or "DJ Timmy Tim". His brither, Sebastian, is reportedly aroond nine year younger. His sister Courtney Rashon is a makeup airtist an author frae New Jersey. Whiles attendin heich schuil, Timbaland began a long-term collaboration wi rapper Melvin (Magoo) Barcliff. The teenage Mosley forby jyned the production ensemble S.B.I. (which stood for 'Surrounded By Idiots') which featurt Neptunes producer Pharrell an aw. Mosley was heich schuil freends wi brithers Terrence an Gene Thornton as weel, that wad become kent as Pusha T an Malice o the rap group Clipse, respectively. In 1986, when Timbaland wis 14 year auld, he wis accidentally shot bi a co-worker at a local Red Lobster restaurant an wis partially paralyzed for nine month. Durin this time, he began tae learn how tae DJ usin his left hand.

Sangstress an rapper Missy Elliott haurd his material an began wirkin wi him. She an her R&B group, Sista, auditioned for DeVante Swing, a producer an member o the successfu R&B act Jodeci. DeVante signed Sista tae his Swing Mob record label an Elliott brocht Mosley an Barcliff alang wi her tae New York, whaur Swing Mob wis based. It wis DeVante wha renamit the young producer Timbaland, efter the Timberland brand o construction boots. He an Magoo becam pairt o SCI Zakys School stable o Swing Mob signees kent as "Da Bassment" crew, joinin airtists sic as R&B sangster Ginuwine, male vocal group Playa (Smoke E. Digglera, Static Major an Digital Black), an the girl group Sugah. Timbaland did production wirk on a number o projects wi DeVante, includin the 1995 Jodeci LP *[[The Show, The After-Party, The Hotel]]*, an Sista’s (unreleased) début LP *[[4 All the Sistas Around da World]]*. Elliott began receivin recognition as a sangwriter for airtists sic as R&B girl group 702 an MC Lyte. Due tae Timbaland's connection wi her, he wis often contacted tae produce remixes o her sangs.

## Career
### 1994–2002: Focus on production work an ''Tim's Bio: Life from da Bassment''
Timbaland began his producin career for R&B acts. In the early-1990s, he producit a few sangs for R&B acts sic as Jodeci an Sista. In 1996, he made his mainstream breakthrough bi producin the majority o baith Aaliyah's seicont album *[[One in a Million (Aaliyah album)|One in a Million]]* an Ginuwine's debut album *[[Ginuwine...the Bachelor]]*. This included the major hit singles "If Your Girl Only Knew" bi Aaliyah an "Pony" bi Ginuwine. While Timbaland wis initially producin for R&B airtists, his trademark sound wis very much rooted in hip-hop wi its fast-paced nature an clear drum breaks. He wis takin a hip-hop sound an applyin it tae R&B, an in this way his sound wis instrumental in blurrin the distinction atween hip-hop an R&B production. In 1997, he fully produced *[[Supa Dupa Fly]]*, the debut album o Missy Elliott, wha haed been a childhood friend o Mosley. In this album Timbaland continued wi his now trademark electronic production style, but since Missy frequently rapped the muisic wis considered hip-hop. In 1997, he released his first album wi his partner Magoo, *[[Welcome to Our World]]*, a hip-hop album an aw. In the late 1990s, his hip-hop production sound wad become very influential an common as he produced for mony heich-profile hip-hop airtists includin Jay-Z, Nas, an The LOX. In 1999, he scored a major hit wi Jay Z an rap group UGK wi the hit "Big Pimpin'". He fully produced Missy's seicont album in 1999 an aw, *[[Da Real World]]*. Still Timbaland in this period produced primarily for R&B airtists. He continued tae produce for Ginuwine an Aaliyah, as well as contributin significantly tae albums bi Xscape, Nicole, Playa, an Total. He remixed Usher's major hit "You Make Me Wanna". In the early 2000s Timbaland produced sangs includin Ludacris' "Roll Out (My Business)", Jay-Z's "Hola' Hovito", Petey Pablo's "Raise Up", an Beck's civer o David Bowie's "Diamond Dogs" durin this period. He forby contributed three sangs, all eventually released as singles, tae Aaliyah’s self-teetled third album, the exotic lead single "We Need a Resolution" (featurin himself rapping a verse), "More than a Woman", an the ballad "I Care 4 U". He forby makes an appearance in Aaliyah's single "Try Again", which he produced an co-wrote an aw.

Timbaland & Magoo’s seicont album thegither wis slatit for release in November 2000. *Indecent Proposal* wis tae feature appearances bi Beck, Aaliyah, as weel as new Timbaland protégés—some frae his new Beat Club Records imprint--Ms. Jade, Kiley Dean, Sebastian (Timbaland's brither), Petey Pablo, an Tweet (wha wis a member o Sugah durin the Swing Mob days). The album wis delayed for an entire year, finally released in November 2001. It wis a commercial disappointment. Beck’s vocals for the track "I Am Music" war not included on the last version, which instead featurt Timbaland singin alang Steve "Static" Garrett o Playa an Aaliyah. The first release on Beat Club wis the début album bi Bubba Sparxxx in September 2001, *[[Dark Days, Bright Nights]]*. The loss o Aaliyah deeply affected Timbaland. In a phone call tae the MTV shaw *[[Total Request Live]]*, Timbaland said: 

### 2003–2005: Production work for pop recording airtists
Timbaland contributed three tracks tae Tweet's debut album, *[[Southern Hummingbird]]*, an produced maist o Missy Elliott's fourth an fifth LPs, *[[Under Construction (Missy Elliott album)|Under Construction]]* an *[[This Is Not A Test!]]*. He produced tracks for airtists sic as Lil' Kim ("The Jump Off") an southern rapper Pastor Troy durin this period an aw. Collaboratin wi fellae producer Scott Storch, Timbaland forby worked on a number o tracks on former *NSYNC lead sangster Justin Timberlake’s solo debut, *[[Justified (album)|Justified]]*, includin the sang "Cry Me a River".

Late in 2003, Timbaland delivered the seicont Bubba Sparxxx album, Deliverance, an the third Timbaland & Magoo album, *[[Under Construction, Part II]]* Baith albums war released tae little fanfare or acclaim even though *Deliverance* wis praised bi reviews an embraced bi the internet community. In 2004 Timbaland produced singles for LL Cool J, Xzibit, Fatman Scoop, an Jay-Z, an he produced the bulk o Brandy’s fourth album, *[[Afrodisiac (Brandy album)|Afrodisiac]]*. Timbaland co-wrote twa tracks (Exodus '04 an Let Me Give You My Love) an produced three tracks o the American-Japanese Pop star Hikaru Utada’s seicont English album, *[[Exodus (Hikaru Utada album)|Exodus]]*. He continued wirkin on tracks for Tweet an for Elliott’s sixth album, *[[The Cookbook]]*: "Joy (feat. Mike Jones)", an "Partytime" an continued tae expand his reach wi production for The Game an Jennifer Lopez ("He'll Be Back" frae her fourth studio album, *[[Rebirth (Jennifer Lopez album)|Rebirth]]*).

### 2006–2007: ''Loose'', ''Future/Sounds'' an ''Shock Value''
Timbaland started a new label, Mosley Music Group alang wi old friend an legendary Australian muisic producer John Servedio, kent as his stage name 'ServidSounds' an aw wha helped Timbaland bring in some talent frae his former Beat Club Records label. On the new label war Nelly Furtado, Keri Hilson, an rapper D.O.E.. In 2006 he producit Justin Timberlake's seicont solo studio album *[[FutureSex/LoveSounds]]*. His vocals featur on the sangs "SexyBack", "Sexy Ladies", "Chop Me Up", "What Goes Around... Comes Around" an on the prelude tae "My Love" enteetled "Let Me Talk to You." Timbaland provided vocals on several singles: The Pussycat Dolls's "Wait a Minute", Nelly Furtado's "Promiscuous", "Ice Box" bi Omarion an Justin Timberlake's "SexyBack". In an interview publeeshed in August 2006 in the UK Timbaland revealed he wis wirkin on a new LP bi Jay-Z an that he haed wirked on tracks wi Coldplay’s Chris Martin.

Timbaland wirked on seiven sangs for Björk’s 2007 album, *[[Volta (album)|Volta]]*, includin "Earth Intruders", "Hope", an "Innocence" an he later wirked on tracks for the new Duran Duran album, *[[Red Carpet Massacre]]*, includin ane featurin his frequent collaborator Justin Timberlake. Later in the year, Timbaland produced sangs for Bone Thugs-n-Harmony's LP, *Strength & Loyalty* an the sang "Ayo Technology" on 50 Cent’s album *[[Curtis (50 Cent album)|Curtis]]*. Timbaland produced maist o the tracks on Ashlee Simpson's third CD an aw, *[[Bittersweet World]]*, includin the sang "Outta My Head (Ay Ya Ya)". On Apryle 3, 2007, Timbaland released a collaboration album featurin airtists includin 50 Cent, Dr. Dre, Elton John, Fall Out Boy, Nelly Furtado, Missy Elliott, an ithers cried *[[Timbaland Presents Shock Value]]*. A rivalry flared up atween Timbaland an record producer Scott Storch in early 2007. The tension initially started on the single "Give It to Me", when Timbaland anonymously backlashed Storch: "I'm a real producer and you['re] just the piano man". In an interview, Timbaland confirmed that he wis talkin aboot Storch. The dispute partly stemmed frae controversy regardin writin credits for Timberlake's "Cry Me a River".

### 2008: Focus on ither projects
Timbaland helped produce mony albums for various airtists in 2008, includin Madonna's *[[Hard Candy (Madonna album)|Hard Candy]]*, Ashlee Simpson's *[[Bittersweet World]]*, Keri Hilson's *[[In a Perfect World...|In A Perfect World]]*, Flo Rida's *[[Mail On Sunday]]*, Letoya Luckett's *[[Lady Love (LeToya album)|Lady Love]]*, Lindsay Lohan's *Spirit in the Dark*, Chris Cornell's *[[Scream (Chris Cornell album)|Scream]]*, JoJo's *[[All I Want Is Everything (album)|All I Want Is Everything]]*, Nicole Scherzinger's *Her Name is Nicole*, Missy Elliott's *[[Block Party (album)|Block Party]]*, Matt Pokora's *[[MP3 (M. Pokora album)|MP3]]*, Keithian's *Dirrty Pop*, The Pussycat Dolls's *[[Doll Domination]]*, Busta Rhymes's B.O.M.B, Lisa Maffia's *Miss Boss*, Teairra Mari's *Pressed For Time*, Jennifer Hudson's début album, Dima Bilan's *Believe*, Samantha Jade's *My Name Is Samantha Jade*, New Kids on the Block's *[[The Block (album)|The Block]]*, an Keshia Chanté's *[[Night & Day (Keshia Chanté album)|Night & Day]]*. Timbaland producit the Russian entry the Eurovision Song Contest 2008, Believe bi Dima Bilan, which wis co-written bi Bilan and Jim Beanz. The sang then won the contest whan it wis held in Belgrade, Serbia in Mey 2008. In February 2008 the first 'Fashion against AIDS' collection -an initiative o 'Designers against AIDS' an sauld in H&M stores in 28 countries- wis launched, for which Timbaland designed a T-shirt print, posed for the campaign an spoke out in a video, tae help raise HIV/AIDS awareness amang urban youth an tae advocate safe sex. On February 8, 2008, it wis announced that Timbaland wad be releasing an album exclusively for Verizon Wireless's V CAST cell phone service an wis designated its very first "Mobile Producer in Residence." Timbaland wis tae be jyned bi Mosley Music Group/Zone 4 sangster an sangwriter Keri Hilson tae begin wirk on the mobile album’s first track aboard the fully equipped Mobile Recording Studio. The only track tae surface sae far is Garry Barry Larry Harry "Get It Girl". In Timbaland's first effort within the video game industry, he wirked wi Rockstar Games tae produce *[[Beaterator]]*, a muisic mixing game for the PlayStation Portable, PlayStation Network, an iOS released in the September 2009.

### 2009–2010: ''Shock Value II'' an burglary case
Timbaland spoke tae MTV's Shaheem Reid back in Julie 2008 tae confirm that he wis working on the follow-up tae his platinum sellin *Shock Value*. At the time he confirmed that he haed ane track wi Madonna which although recorded for her album *[[Hard Candy (Madonna album)|Hard Candy]]* it haed not been used an could end up on this album instead. He wis insistent that he wad collaborate wi Jordin Sparks, Beyoncé, Rihanna, Jonas Brothers, Miley Cyrus an T.I. an aw. However, none o these collaborations (except Miley Cyrus) made it tae the final track list. He forby said that alangside T-Pain wha would definitely appear, he hoped tae get Jay-Z on board, although he ultimately failed tae dae sae. Timbaland began wirkin on the sequel tae *Shock Value* in Julie 2008. In Mairch 2009, he filed a lawsuit against his label, Blackground Records, allegin that thay attempted tae blackball him efter he decided tae muive frae muisic performance intae production.

In September 2009, Timbaland announced that *[[Shock Value II]]* will be released on November 23, in Europe an November 24, in North America. However, it wis pushed back tae December 8, preceded bi the first single which featurs a new recordin airtist namit SoShy enteetled "Morning After Dark". New featurt guest appearances on the album include DJ Felli Fel, Justin Timberlake, JoJo, Bran'Nu, Drake, Chad Kroeger, Sebastian, Miley Cyrus, Nelly Furtado, Katy Perry, Esthero, The Fray, Jet, Daughtry, OneRepublic, Keri Hilson, Attitude and D.O.E.. Ultimately Madonna, Jonas Brothers, Rihanna, Usher, Jay Z, Beyoncé, Kanye West, Linkin Park, The All-American Rejects, Paramore, Gucci Mane, T-Pain, T.I. an Akon never appeared on *Shock Value II*. *Shock Value II* is infamous for its use o over-the-top vocal effects. Despite chartin low, Timbaland haes haed three top forty singles tae date.

"Morning After Dark" featurin SoShy an Nelly Furtado is the lead single frae Timbaland's third studio album. The sang wis scrieven bi Tim Mosley, Jerome Harmon, Deborah Epstein, Michelle Bell, Keri Hilson, Nelly Furtado, James Washington, John Maultsby an producit bi Timbaland and Jroc. The single premiered on October 16, 2009, on Ryan Seacrest's KIIS-FM radio shaw, On-Air with Ryan Seacrest wi Timbaland describin it as the kick-off sang frae the project. Follaein her performance, the sang wis sent for radio adds on Mey 25. The sang peaked in the tap 10 o the Billboard Hot 100. Wi this success, the sang becam Sparks' fifth consecutive tap 20 hit an third nonconsecutive tap 10 hit. On Mey 24, Sparks headed tae Europe tae begin promotion for the single. "Say Something" featurin Canadian rapper and sangster Drake wis released tae US iTunes on November 3, 2009. It wis officially sent tae U.S. radio on January 5, 2010. It is the album's seicont single an reached number 23 on the Hot 100, makin it the second maist successfu single on the album. "Carry Out" featurin Justin Timberlake is the third single frae the album but wis initially anly released in the U.S. It wis sent tae US radio on December 1, 2009. It is the maist successfu single on the album, peakin at number 11 on the *[[Billboard Hot 100|*Billboard* Hot 100]]*. The muisic video premiered on February 18, 2010. It wis released as the third UK single on Apryle 26, 2010. "If We Ever Meet Again" featurin Katy Perry is the album's fourth single. The muisic video premiered on January 18, 2010. In the UK, it wis released February 15, 2010.

Timbaland producit Chris Cornell's 2009 album *[[Scream (Chris Cornell album)|Scream]]*. Shakira wis asked tae record vocals on the sang "Give It Up to Me" tae be included on Timbaland's forthcomin album but it wis placed on her third studio album *[[She Wolf (album)|She Wolf]]* an released as the seicont US single instead. Ane o the sangs Timbaland haed producit for Beyoncé's 2008 album *[[I Am... Sasha Fierce]]* wis reworked bi Keri Hilson an Jay Z for *Shock Value II* but not included. He wis a guest host o WWE's Raw on December 28, 2009. Timbaland appeared on Mairch 25, 2010 episode (teetled "Blowback") o *[[FlashForward]]* as an evidence agent. His sangs "Morning After Dark" an "Symphony" appear on the video game *Def Jam: Underground.*

In Apryle 2010, a feud arose atween the producer an R&B sangster Ginuwine, efter Timbaland failed tae make an appearance at the sangster's muisic video shoot o "Get Involved". Later in Apryle, Timbaland released a new single featurin T-Pain an Billy Blue teetled "Talk That". In Juin 2010, when questioned bi RWD magazine aboot the UK muisic scene he made the bold claim tae be the inspiration for the dub-step muisic scene. "The UK scene... they’re always telling me that I started it. You have Dub-bass...". When questioned further aboot it he went on tae say: "It’s funny cos they went back to some of my old music that really created that sound and just, instead of going fast, they went slow with more bass." In August 2010, a "possible suicide attempt" APB wis put out for Timbaland efter his home wis burgled. When his faimily war unable tae contact him, they called 911 an a manhunt began. Police eventually found his car an brocht him back home, where paramedics examined him, afore declaring he wis not a threat tae himsel. When questioned, Timbaland said he anly took a drive tae think aboot the burglary, as he thocht the possible thief could have been someone close whom he trusted.

### 2010–present: ''Textbook Timbo'' an recent activities
In 2010, Timbaland split wi longtime label Blackground Records, but stayed wi Interscope Records. Later in the year, Timbaland wis featured on the deluxe edition o Chris Brown's album, *[[F.A.M.E. (album)|F.A.M.E.]]*, producin the sangs "Paper, Scissors, Rock" (feat. Big Sean) an the Japan-anly bonus track, "Talk Ya Ear Off". Timbaland wis featurt on David Guetta's LP, *[[Nothing But the Beat]]*, on "I Just Wanna F." wi Dev an Afrojack an aw. Timbaland forby worked wi teen star Demi Lovato; he producit an haed a small featur in her song "All Night Long" on Lovato's *[[Unbroken (Demi Lovato album)|Unbroken]]* album. In November 2010, Timbaland announced that he wad be releasin a new sang every Thursday, cried Timbo Thursdays; a copy o the initiative shawn bi airtists sic as Kanye West (via G.O.O.D. Fridays), an Swizz Beatz (via Monster Mondays). In an interview wi Rap-Up.com Timbaland stated, "So, my brother told me Kanye is puttin' out a new song every Friday called G.O.O.D. Fridays, Swizz got Mondays, I don't know if they are on Twitter but can you hit them up, and tell them reserve that Thursday for Timbo the king baby. We’ll call it Timbo Thursday, cool?"

On January 13, 2011, Timbaland began his *Timbaland Thursdays* free muisic initiative, wi the first sang released bein "Take Ur Clothes Off", featurin Missy Elliott. In early 2011, he stopped the weekly free muisic as he spent time in South Africa, an wanted tae help produce tracks for his brither, Sebastian. The first official single frae *Shock Value III*, "Pass at Me" featurin American rapper and sangster Pitbull, wi uncredited production bi French DJ David Guetta, wis released on September 13, 2011, efter havin been previously used tae promote a book teetled *Culo*. The album's seicont single, "Break Ya Back" featurin American sangster Dev, wis released on Apryle 17, 2012. For the fourth installment in the ''Step Up'' franchise, *[[Step Up Revolution]]*, Timbaland released a track called "Hands In the Air", which featurs American sangster Ne-Yo.

On January 30, 2013, Timbaland signed tae Jay-Z's label Roc Nation. Later that year, Timbaland wad serve as the main producer o Justin Timberlake's recent LP, *[[The 20/20 Experience]]*, includin the album's singles: "Suit & Tie" an "Mirrors". Timbaland forby produced Beyoncé's sang "Grown Woman" which wis featurt in her Pepsi commercial an 2013 tour, *[[The Mrs. Carter Show World Tour]]*, an the sang "I Don't Have To Sleep to Dream" on Cher's 2013 album *[[Closer to the Truth (Cher album)|Closer to the Truth]].

In August 2013, Timbaland revealed that he wis wirkin on a project featurin unreleased material bi Michael Jackson, wi a lead single cried "Love Never Felt So Good".

On September 24, 2013, Timbaland collaborated wi [[T.I.]] for his new co-produced Indonesian airtist, [[Agnes Monica|AGNEZ MO]], in her sang teetled [[Coke Bottle (sang)|Coke Bottle]]. The premiere launch event o the single becam a warldwide trendin topic on [[Twitter]].

On November 15, 2013, Timbaland revealed his new single for his fourth album, *Opera Noir*, cried "Know Bout Me" featurin Drake, Jay-Z, an [[James Fauntleroy]]. Bi 2014, it wis oreeginally announced that baith Timbaland an [[Missy Elliott]] wad be an essential component per production o [[Kat Dahlia]]'s debut album, *My Garden*, however neither o the duo's contributions saw the light o day. On January 7, 2015, Timbaland received production credit for his involvement wi the musical score o Lee Daniels an Danny Strong's televeesion project *Empire*, which premiered on [[FOX]]. Constructively, Timbaland an his team, includin [[Jim Beanz]], [[Raphael Saadiq]], an ithers, compose the series' sangs based on material gien tae them bi the shaw's writin team per each episode.

In February 2016, Timbaland an Missy Elliott teamed up tae produce the track "Somebody Else Will" for longtime associate, [[Tweet (sangster)|Tweet]], for her third studio album *Charlene*.

In Juin 2016, Timbaland an Andy Rubinhas teamed up wi [[SubPac (company)|SubPac]], a [[Los Angeles]]-based startup that haes created a wearable device set tae redefine entertainment through new immersive physical-sound technology. There is still no release date for his new album "Textbook Timbo". On December 15, 2017, Timbaland released the sang "Grab the Wheel", which featurs 6lack on vocals. The sang haes a muisic video which wis released on the same day as weel.

== Influence ==
An important figure in the creation o American R&B's "stuttering kick-drums template," Timbaland's influence extended beyond the U.S. an crossed international waters, especially in [[UK garage#cite note-Reynolds 2012 449.E2.80.93451-5|UK garage]] an rave culture. Timbaland, as an R&B producer, create a distinctive, rhythmic sound usin breakbeats, which break up the smooth flow o tracks tae create moments o tension an release. This technique that Timbaland pioneered wad later serve tae create "bootleg" garage tracks, which wis essential in the rise o UK garage. What began as an underground movement soon grew in popularity, wi bootleg remixes sellin upwards o 20,000 copies, somethin unheard o at the time. Ane sic example is the remix o Brandy & Monica's *The Boy is Mine.*

==Plagiarism accusations==

In January 2007, several news sources reported that Timbaland wis alleged tae have plagiarized several elements (baith motifs an samples) in the sang "[[Do It (Nelly Furtado song)|Do It]]" on the 2006 album *Loose* bi [[Nelly Furtado]] without givin credit or compensation. The sang itself wis released as the fifth North American [[single (muisic)|single]] frae *Loose* in Julie 2007.

Timbaland's legal troubles continued. In lieu o a copyright lawsuit over the sang "[[Throw It on Me]]" frae his *Shock Value* album, Timbaland an David Cortopassi, the composer o "Spazz", a sang oreeginally recorded bi [[The Elastik Band]] an released bi ATCO/Atlantic and EMI, reached a settlement agreement in Julie 2009. The terms o the settlement remained undisclosed at the time. "Spazz", noted as bein "one of the most tasteless records ever made", wis initially banned bi radio stations an even pulled mid-stream while on air when first released in 1967, wi the DJ even apologizin tae his listeners for playing the record.

In January 2014, the Swiss newspaper [[Basler Zeitung]] revealed another plagiarism case concernin the track "Versus" bi Jay-Z, which wis produced bi Timbaland. The track's instrumental is very seemilar tae, if not directly sampled frae "On the Way" bi Swiss muisicker [[Bruno Spoerri]]. Accordin tae Swiss newspaper [[Tages Anzeiger]], the plagiarism case wis settled bi Mairch 2015. [[Jay Z]] an Timbaland war tae pay 50% frae the song's revenue tae Spoerri as royalties for the muisic, wi [[Jay-Z]] retainin 50% for the lyrics.

==Discografie==

*'Timbaland & Magoo albums**
* ''[[Welcome to Our World]]'' (1997)
* ''[[Indecent Proposal (album)|Indecent Proposal]]'' (2001)
* ''[[Under Construction, Part II]]'' (2003)

**Solo albums*'
* *Tim's Bio: Life from da Bassment* (1998)
* *Shock Value* (2007)
* *Shock Value II'' (2009)

## Awards an nominations

## References

* http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1563894/20070702/hilson__keri2.jhtml 

## Freemit airtins

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* Timbaland  at Yahoo! Music
* [ Timbaland] at Billboard.com