Timbaland is undeniably one of the greatest producers ever, but his strongest impact is arguably in R&B and pop rather than traditional hip-hop.
Dre, Premier, and others built their legacies within hip-hop culture itself.
I see your point especially when it comes to full albums.
But man....Timbo's hip hop beats were generally amazing.
It's too bad he only did full projects with Missy and Magoo and not a prime Hov or DMX.
I see your point especially when it comes to full albums.
But man....Timbo's hip hop beats were generally amazing.
It's too bad he only did full projects with Missy and Magoo and not a prime Hov or DMX.
Yeah, Timbaland has plenty of great hip-hop records, no doubt. But I’ve always seen him more through the lens of R&B - and at times, pop.
You can even trace that back to his come-up in the industry. He, along with Missy Elliott, Magoo, Tweet, and Stevie J, all came up under DeVante Swing from Jodeci.
Fun fact: Timbaland actually ghost-produced No More Pain on 2Pac’s All Eyez on Me.
Yeah, Timbaland has plenty of great hip-hop records, no doubt. But I’ve always seen him more through the lens of R&B - and at times, pop.
You can even trace that back to his come-up in the industry. He, along with Missy Elliott, Magoo, Tweet, and Stevie J, all came up under DeVante Swing from Jodeci.
Fun fact: Timbaland actually ghost-produced No More Pain on 2Pac’s All Eyez on Me.

this is still a masterpiece
Yeah, Timbaland has plenty of great hip-hop records, no doubt. But I’ve always seen him more through the lens of R&B - and at times, pop.
You can even trace that back to his come-up in the industry. He, along with Missy Elliott, Magoo, Tweet, and Stevie J, all came up under DeVante Swing from Jodeci.
Fun fact: Timbaland actually ghost-produced No More Pain on 2Pac’s All Eyez on Me.

i like your fact tho
In my opinion he still has that X factor, it’s just gotta take the right artist to come across him and for them to lock in
But he’s on that ai bullshit so who knows
He ruined his own legacy with his recent views on AI / artists. I can’t even remember the last good timbo beat anyways. Maybe that one pusha t track. Idk.
He has way too many classics
Those saying he was more R&B gotta remember that R&B and hip hop are extremely tied together and his s*** was still very hip hop even if it had someone like Aaliyah on it

He's given his dues. Just had no longevity after like 2008 and is now seen as a meme producer
Beats like Tom ford and say something were still crazy
Times just switched to where he didnt get certain placements that would have kept him hot. You never heard Timb x Keef Durk Migos Future Thug etc for some reason
All he had to do was tap into that and he was good