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Albums Timbaland produced
The rhythmic genius who rewired R&B and pop: stuttering beats, strange sounds, and hits nobody else could have made.
Timbaland is an American producer and rapper whose off-kilter, percussive beats reshaped R&B and pop from the late 1990s onward. This guide collects the albums he produced, from Aaliyah's One in a Million to Justin Timberlake's FutureSex/LoveSounds.
Timbaland heard rhythm where no one else did, in beatboxed gasps, baby coos, sped-up loops and silence used as a drum. For a decade his beats were the most futuristic sound in pop, and he made stars by handing artists grooves nobody else could have imagined.
These are the albums built on that sound.
- 1
One in a Million
★ 4.0 · 1—The album that announced Timbaland and Missy Elliott as the future of R&B. Cool, spacious and rhythmically strange, it sounded a decade ahead of 1996.
- 2
Ginuwine... The Bachelor
Be the first to rate—Home to "Pony," one of Timbaland's first and weirdest hits, a slithering, synthetic groove that still sounds like the future.
- 3
Supa Dupa Fly
★ 3.8 · 2—Timbaland produced Missy's debut in full, a landmark of avant-garde R&B and the start of one of pop's great creative partnerships.
- 4
Miss E ...So Addictive
★ 4.0 · 2—The partnership at its peak, home to "Get Ur Freak On", a global hit built on a bhangra loop and pure rhythmic nerve.
- 5
Vol. 3... Life and Times of S. Carter
★ 4.0 · 1—Timbaland produced "Big Pimpin'," the lavish, flute-driven single that became one of Jay-Z's signature songs.
- 6
Justified
Be the first to rate—Timbaland's productions, "Cry Me a River" chief among them, gave Timberlake's solo debut its edge and announced a defining partnership.
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FutureSex/LoveSounds
★ 4.0 · 1—Timbaland and Timberlake's masterpiece, sleek, percussive, future-facing pop that produced a string of number ones.
- 8
Loose
★ 3.8 · 4—Timbaland reinvented a folk-pop singer as a dancefloor star, producing the blockbuster "Promiscuous" and "Maneater."
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- 10
Shock Value
Be the first to rate—His own all-star album, a pop summit that turned the producer into a chart star in his own right.
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