generation timbo: TIMBALAND TRACKS POLL RESULTS

^^OTM. I now kinda regret I didn't dig into Tim's catalogue earlier and more thoroughly

I get what al is saying above about "Come & Get Me" being "least outwardly dazzling" (tho obv this is a relative statement) but "Come & Get Me" is just so striking and memorable to me, so perfectly really. It's not just the way the song pivots on that weird spaced out ambient section early on (though that's great) but also the fact that the beat that comes in at that point actually feels like a place you have to journey to arrive at, a "shit just got real" moment that'd sound really weird just going straight into it from the top. And what a beat - paranoid as fuck, the interplay between the bullet-kick bass riffs and the eerie synth chords such a perfect encapsulation of raw aggression and deceptive poise, the simultaneous depiction of the grace of being at the top and what it took to get there and stay there. Not to mention the minor modulations between each element, the way Tim adjusts the levels constantly to evoke the sense of constantly traveling further into Jay's paranoia.

a surprising number of these are represented only by karaoke versions on spotify >:|

i have always said spotify is shit and this is one of the major reasons why

/a surprising number of these are represented only by karaoke versions on spotify >:|/

i have always said spotify is shit and this is one of the major reasons why
--i asked for "HALF" a glass of wine, because i am TEMPERENT (lex pretend)

Wah this thing that didn't even exist a year ago won't let me stream every single song in recorded history. What a piece of shit!!!!

actually it exists like a 3 years now, and it's always been a problem

argh, i have blurbs for you; need to get them in.

weingarten i would like to distance myself from the attitude yr imputing to me there thx

it's like whiney takes pride in being unaware that the world exists outside the US

it's like whiney takes pride in being unaware that the world exists outside the US
--i asked for "HALF" a glass of wine, because i am TEMPERENT (lex pretend)

It's like whiney takes pride in not wikipediaing how long Spotify has been in the uk, which i know is like a year or three. Pedantry is def not gonna help u win this argument, just saying.

weingarten i would like to distance myself from the attitude yr imputing to me there thx
--thomp

Nah just lex. U were just having a :( which is cool IMO

dry your eyes, mate

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3U9X_2ky4-Y
43. Aaliyah featuring Missy Elliott and Timbaland - "Hot Like Fire
(Timbaland's Groove Remix)" (284 points, 10 voters)
combined votes for the remix and the original version
from One In A Million, 1996
#31 R&B/Hip-Hop (charted 1997)
Maybe it's just the giant red hummers in the video, but I think of
the remix version of this song that was released as a single as
Timbaland's quintessential "jeep beat," just a massive summer jam that
should be more of a seasonal radio staple than it is. Fun fact: a
total of five songs with the word "hot" in the title received votes in
this poll. (some dude)

yo tim/al i'm about now, had a busier morning than expected, so if you need a 3rd hand, just give me a shout.

I don't have any more to post so feel free to take over.

SO happy 4 Page Letter and Make It Hot made it. I thought they'd end up totally undervalued.

ok cool, i have up to #35.

would it be ok to request links rather than embeds to youtubes? it's fine now but this thread is gonna be unloadable soon for my home laptop...

this is gonna be a really consensus list huh

How do you view other big trax polls? xp

i don't, except for the EOY one, which had embeds rather than links

i couldn't view the nominations thread for this, still haven't

so far nothing ive voted for has placed, the only thing that i might have put on an extended list is a 'she's a bitch'

lex, turn off images!

(then you'll just be able to click on the youtube links you want to see)

i'll change them to embeds today lex but you'll have to speak to al when he is back about the rest. i've just played it on repeat, DAMN I LOVE MAKE IT HOT. What ever happened to her?

btw you can turn them off iirc, i presume under "preferences"?

either that or install flashblock on ur browser to show/hide vids individually on the page

that's not gonna work on camino is it, i can just tell

Or do like I did before I installed a lot more RAM in my computer and make good use of the bookmarking feature.

AYO I'M TIRED OF USING TECHNOLOGY would be such an apt song to crop up right now

42. Jay-Z - "Dirt Off Your Shoulder" (312 points, 9 voters)
from The Black Album, 2003
#5 Hot 100, #3 R&B/Hip-Hop (charted 2004)
All I'll say here is this is the first song on the list I really
feel doesn't belong here. (some dude)

Embedded into the song name.

i thought 50 loved the ayo technology to ayo stalk you from afar

dirt off yr shoulder is totally boring and if it beats snoopy track and nwnw i will start a murdering

some dude and a hoy hoy otm.

i only really had space for one tweet jam, and it had to be oops

although listening to call me again, i think i cocked up by not including it

eh I liked it then and like it now. It remains a B+ track. Plus there's:

http://imgs.sfgate.com/c/pictures/2008/04/19/mn_Obama_2008_NCJH113.jpg

that's not gonna work on camino is it, i can just tell

i mean in ilx preferences

kinda proves what i suspected that ppl would vote purely on the basis of songs rather than with an eye to what timbo did on it. (not saying you shouldnt ever do this but in terms of the question...)

didnt realise 'call me' was so beloved, never been a big deal to me

dirt off your shoulder is one simple riff and timbo probably could have put it together in five minutes, but it sounds so (for lack of a better word) dirty.

xpost Me neither, it's nice though.

eh I liked it then and like it now. It remains a B+ track.

bitch if you voted for b+ shit i don't know what to say.

all those "hot like fire" remixes are dope

"she's a bitch" is such a banger. i love vibing to the outro.

I didn't vote for it at all. It's a decent single.

xpost to Tim

we've had to talk about "dirt off your shoulder" too much lately

45 she's a bitch seems... like a bit of a novelty on DRW? Same with Hot Boyz, imo. Like I love them both but they might have fit in better on other records (or a greatest hits! does missy have one? would seem essential.) instead of hanging with whole jams of hot boys, redman, em with missy basically on the chorus. i love missy on her own, but that record was all about how well tim and missy bounced off others and she's a bitch seems like a novelty in the middle of that.

ah, i was late getting my blurbs in. Edited in my thoughts for "dirt off my shoulder"; hope you don't mind al.

eh I liked it then and like it now. It remains a B+ track.

bitch if you voted for b+ shit i don't know what to say.

― Tim F, Tuesday, 13 September 2011 15:52 (2 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

tb.

ok, lets line up the next one.

forks dunno about al but if you wanna send them to me, i'll see if i can sort something out with todays list.

must take the opportunity to post the forever hilarious studio video of the making of 'dirt'

youtube.com/watch?v=7agMqhNv9MQ

haha i wonder how many blurbs will say "is this the last great Timbaland production?"

I kinda feel like people coming to early Timbaland productions retrospectively would find it easier to just skim and then adopt received wisdom (which is basically reaping for singles and being ignorant of the rest).

This is probably true for most production "auteurs" but Timbaland is the first I was following from nearly the start in real time so it's more jarring seeing people act like Future Sex Love Sounds is the first great Timbaland album.

yeah...i remember my brother getting Supa Dupa Fly and Welcome To Our World and before there was any real hype about Timbaland being the driving force of all that stuff it just bowled me over how different and alive everything sounded

the grizzled vet of the nineties squints at the youngster and growls "we suffered magoo so that you could have your goddam justink timbershake why in my day we clamored for a Playa album and that was the way we liked it"

It's really annoying that the only Timbaland albums available on streaming services are the Shock Value ones.

Even more annoying that they're mostly packed with forgettable collaborations with people who shouldn't be on a Timbaland album. Tim, give Magoo a call!