― Ned Raggett (Ned), Friday, 13 February 2004 07:22 (twenty years ago) link
Well, there's no accounting for taste, but I'd add the rest of Test (it really does amuse me how overhyped "Work It" was compared to how underhyped Test is), "Dirt Off Your Shoulder," some of the stuff off Under Construction II, "Jump Off," etc. Shit, you might as well throw "Cry Me A River" in too given how that dominated 03.
I just think the guy's been too good for too long, and was good enough in 03, for anyone to be shouting "fell off"! Respect!
I ain't even gonna bother defending the Neptunes from all the hataz around here...
― bugged out, Friday, 13 February 2004 12:00 (twenty years ago) link
― bugged out, Friday, 13 February 2004 12:09 (twenty years ago) link
― Tico Tico (Tico Tico), Friday, 13 February 2004 12:09 (twenty years ago) link
― bugged out, Friday, 13 February 2004 12:11 (twenty years ago) link
― Nick H (Nick H), Friday, 13 February 2004 12:25 (twenty years ago) link
― Tico Tico (Tico Tico), Friday, 13 February 2004 12:29 (twenty years ago) link
― Silly Sailor (Andrew Thames), Friday, 13 February 2004 12:35 (twenty years ago) link
― strongo hulkington (dubplatestyle), Friday, 13 February 2004 13:03 (twenty years ago) link
― Silly Sailor (Andrew Thames), Friday, 13 February 2004 13:04 (twenty years ago) link
the whole "country-fried" schtick really has seemed to re-ignite tim somewhat, but i'm not exactly sure where he can GO with it. some tracks on the bubba album give me a shiver, but they could also be by any journeyman producer who hit upon an effective formula. (little of it SOUNDS like timbaland on first listen, and i can't decide if that's good or bad.)
― strongo hulkington (dubplatestyle), Friday, 13 February 2004 13:05 (twenty years ago) link
― Silly Sailor (Andrew Thames), Friday, 13 February 2004 13:08 (twenty years ago) link
― strongo hulkington (dubplatestyle), Friday, 13 February 2004 13:09 (twenty years ago) link
― Jedmond, Friday, 13 February 2004 13:10 (twenty years ago) link
― Jedmond, Friday, 13 February 2004 13:11 (twenty years ago) link
― strongo hulkington (dubplatestyle), Friday, 13 February 2004 13:12 (twenty years ago) link
So let me see...
"he now needs to reinvent himself every year"
"little of it SOUNDS like timbaland on first listen"
Doesn't B answer A?
― bugged out, Friday, 13 February 2004 13:17 (twenty years ago) link
― strongo hulkington (dubplatestyle), Friday, 13 February 2004 13:20 (twenty years ago) link
I have to say, I hope I disagree with you, as Clipse were my big hope for the Neptunes.
― Jedmond, Friday, 13 February 2004 13:20 (twenty years ago) link
― Silly Sailor (Andrew Thames), Friday, 13 February 2004 13:24 (twenty years ago) link
― bugged out, Friday, 13 February 2004 13:24 (twenty years ago) link
― Silly Sailor (Andrew Thames), Friday, 13 February 2004 13:26 (twenty years ago) link
they sound much "huskier" than on the debut.
x-posts:
anyway, yeah, i never said that the country-hop stuff WASNT tim's reinvention from last year (though, it's not...go listen to "bubba talk" from the first bubba album) (and i'd argue that the "darker" sound of the this is not a test singles and "the jump off" were actually the reinvention that snagged the publics attention.) (the idiots.) but for the most part the only bit of aesthetic unity to the country schtick is the samples...the beats could be anyone, and that's something you COULDNT say about tim between 96-early99. i guess the life and times of s. carter really was the turning point: four beats so different that you had to check the booklet to see who produced them.
― strongo hulkington (dubplatestyle), Friday, 13 February 2004 13:28 (twenty years ago) link
― strongo hulkington (dubplatestyle), Friday, 13 February 2004 13:29 (twenty years ago) link
― bugged out, Friday, 13 February 2004 13:30 (twenty years ago) link
― bugged out, Friday, 13 February 2004 13:31 (twenty years ago) link
I like the "here is this year's sound" aspect of Tim.
When I think of the 'Neptunes sound' I always think of the plastic ray-guns sound on Kaleidoscope even though they've not done anything like that for about 3 years :(
― Tico Tico (Tico Tico), Friday, 13 February 2004 13:32 (twenty years ago) link
― Silly Sailor (Andrew Thames), Friday, 13 February 2004 13:33 (twenty years ago) link
Deliverance isn't a full country-hop album?
― bugged out, Friday, 13 February 2004 13:33 (twenty years ago) link
It looks like I'll just have to wait for Clipse to come out - any tracks that actually did stand out?
X-Post x a lot
Agreed, about "Deliverance" - a lot of the love for it comes not from country hip-hop combine as people are saying - but just because it has the best melodies in a Timbaland production for a while (feel free to disagree).
― Jedmond, Friday, 13 February 2004 13:37 (twenty years ago) link
andrew my timbaland shopping list would probably run:
- the first four missy albums (but esp. supa dupa fly and miss e)- jay-z - volume 3: the life and times of s. carter- aaliyah - one in a million and the s/t- bubba - dark days, bright nights and deliverance- timbaland and magoo - tim's bio: life from the bassment
these are (as far as i can remember, first thing in the morning) the only albums he's produced 1/4 or more of.
for the neps:
- kelis - kaelidoscope (!!!!) and wanderland- clipse - lord willin- nerd - in search of
(if you can slsk, there's also a two disc "best of the neptunes" bootleg floating about that has most of the big singles up until 2001 on it.)
― strongo hulkington (dubplatestyle), Friday, 13 February 2004 13:38 (twenty years ago) link
― strongo hulkington (dubplatestyle), Friday, 13 February 2004 13:40 (twenty years ago) link
― Tico Tico (Tico Tico), Friday, 13 February 2004 13:43 (twenty years ago) link
― bugged out, Friday, 13 February 2004 13:44 (twenty years ago) link
― ENRQ (Enrique), Friday, 13 February 2004 13:44 (twenty years ago) link
― Silly Sailor (Andrew Thames), Friday, 13 February 2004 13:46 (twenty years ago) link
Regardless, I'd put that on your Timbaland shopping list.
Feel like putting the tracklisting of your Timbaland singles on your blog - I've been meaning to do my own boxset for a while.
X-post x 4
― Jedmond, Friday, 13 February 2004 13:47 (twenty years ago) link
― Silly Sailor (Andrew Thames), Friday, 13 February 2004 13:48 (twenty years ago) link
― bugged out, Friday, 13 February 2004 14:10 (twenty years ago) link
― Ronan (Ronan), Friday, 13 February 2004 14:15 (twenty years ago) link
Vol. 11. Aaliyah – Are You That Somebody?2. Tim & Magoo – Clock Strikes 123. Ginuwine – Pony (Remix)4. Aaliyah – Hot Like Fire5. Ludacris – Fat Rabbit6. Aaliyah – Try Again7. Ginuwine – (Actually I forget which song I put on here.)8. Tim & Magoo – Up Jumps Da Boogie9. Tim & Magoo feat. Jay-Z – Lobster & Scrimp10. Jay-Z – Nigga What, Nigga Who11. Timbaland & Magoo - Roll Out12. Aaliyah – One In A Million
Vol. 21. Missy – She’s A Bitch2. The Lox – Ride or Die Chick3. Ginuwine – Final Warning4. Jay-Z – Snoopy Track5. Memphis Bleek – Is That Yo Chick?6. Missy – Hit Em Wit Da Hee (Remix)7. Jay-Z – Big Pimpin8. Nas – You Owe Me9. Total – What the Dealio?10. Tim & Magoo – Love To Love You11. Playa – Don’t Stop The Music12. Aaliyah – 4 Page Letter
Vol. 31. Bubba Sparxx – Twerk A Little2. Jay-Z – Hola Hovito3. Ludacris – Roll Out4. Missy – Whatcha Gonna Do?5. Bubba Sparxx – Bubba Talk6. Tweet – Oops, Oh My7. Missy – The Rain (Supa Dupa Fly)8. Jay-Z – It's Hot (Some Like It Hot)9. Missy – Get Ur Freak On10. Aaliyah - If Your Girl Only Knew11. Tim & Mag – Indian Carpet12. Aaliyah – More Than A Woman
here's what been added in the interim
Vol. 41. Bubba Sparxxx - Ugly2. Missy Elliot - Work It3. Timbaland & Magoo - Drop4. Missy Elliot - 4 My People5. Justin Timberlake - Cry Me A River6. Bubba Sparxxx - Deliverance7. Aaliyah - Are You That Somebody?8. Missy Elliot feat. Ludacris - Gossip Folks9. Miss Jade - Big Head10. Jay-Z - Hey Papi11. Lil Kim - The Jump Off12. Mad Skillz - Together
Vol. 5
1. Missy Elliot feat. Jay-Z - Wake Up2. Jay-Z - Dirt Off Your Shoulder3. Cee-lo - I'll Be Around4. Bubba Sparxxx - Jimmy Mathis5. Jay-Z - 2 Many Hoes6. Pastor Troy - Are We Cuttin?7. Petey Pablo - Raise Up8. Tim & Mag - Cop That Shit9. Missy Elliot - Beep Me 91110. Nicole Wray - Make It Hot11. Bubba Sparxxx - Comin Round12. Petey Pablo feat. Bubba Sparxxx - The Gun Line
― strongo hulkington (dubplatestyle), Friday, 13 February 2004 14:19 (twenty years ago) link
― strongo hulkington (dubplatestyle), Friday, 13 February 2004 14:29 (twenty years ago) link
― Ronan (Ronan), Friday, 13 February 2004 14:32 (twenty years ago) link
― ENRQ (Enrique), Friday, 13 February 2004 14:36 (twenty years ago) link
― Ronan (Ronan), Friday, 13 February 2004 14:36 (twenty years ago) link
I wonder is SFJ was able to get away with such a large article due to heavy guilt/catch up from big media. - but yes harass SFJ for the uncut twice as long essay to be put on his blog (or at least a comment on how many changes were made - and who initiated the article NYT or SFJ).
― Jedmond, Friday, 13 February 2004 15:04 (twenty years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Friday, 13 February 2004 16:33 (twenty years ago) link
― Sean G, Friday, 13 February 2004 16:49 (twenty years ago) link
― Jordan (Jordan), Friday, 13 February 2004 16:50 (twenty years ago) link