Superproducer Timbaland has turned his back on hip-hop for good - insisting the genre is "just not the same" as when he started out.
The Grammy-winning beatmaker began his career working for hip-hop superstars Ginuwine and Missy Elliott, but has moved away from his roots to focus on more pop-sounding tracks.
And after working with Justin Timberlake, Nelly Furtado, Jonas Bros. and the Pussycat Dolls, the star believes he's found his niche - insisting there are only a few of his hip-hop contemporaries who are still relevant.
He tells MTV.com, "I was done with hip-hop a long time ago. Once my generation left, I left. I do it, but there's nobody from my generation besides Jay-Z who's doing it. I look at Lil Wayne as being from my generation. Some people are still acceptable. Kanye (West) is acceptable from my generation. It's just not the same. By it not being the same, I kind of fade to black. I did music that fits where I was going to in my age bracket.
"I figured it out a couple of years ago with Nelly (Furtado) and Justin (Timberlake) and myself. We had a tremendous run. I think it was good for me to do that. But I got this run, I'm not gonna stop until I wanna stop. And until Brandy becomes a rap superstar"
His lastest cd is horrible!
ReplyDeleteWhen I read the title I thought that was the reason.
Slight correction. Timbo's first paycheck came from work on Jodeci's "Diary of a Mad Band". Looking at my cd (big Jodeci fan) I can see credits of "In the Meanwhile" (he raps in this) and "Sweaty". I have an old copy of Vibe where he shows an old BMW he bought with the money.
Tim's production credits on "the Show, the afterparty......" are a lot clearer.