Nelly Furtado – Turn Off Light Remix (Instrumental)

in honor of Ms. Furtado 40th birthday Today we share a Very Rare Instrumental Of Nelly Furtado "Turn Off The Light Remix" Produced By Timbaland (2001) 




Also w/ the Acapella Version 



definitely one of Timbo's Greatest Remixes Ever 😎

Timbaland - Greatest Remixes (2004)

Ms. Jade Feat Bubba Sparxxx - Talking Dirty (No DJ)

                                         An unreleased banger from the Beat Club days.

Ms. Jade & Timbaland Performs "Ching Ching" (Live on Ricki Lake)

Nelly Furtado Talks About Working With Timbaland for The First Time

Nelly Furtado Talks about Meeting and Working with The Legendary Producer Timbaland 
for the first Time Back in 2002.

 

Ms. Jade - Jade The Champ (instrumental)

Jade's A Champ Is Instrumental by Ms. Jade and appears on the album Girl Interrupted (2002).

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A Brief History Of Timbaland’s Protégés

Timbaland‘s latest protégé TINK made us think of the slew of talent that he has had a hand in mentoring and producing. What’s his track record? Whatever happened to so-and-so? Who’s still pursuing the dream? And whom did I forget about until they turned up on a reality show? Get ready for all those questions and more to be answered right now.

Here is a list of Timbo's protégés, along with a little info one where they’ve been and how far they’ve come.

Keri Hilson

   




















                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    

Introduced: 2004

Albums: In a Perfect World (2009), No Boys Allowed (2011)

Hit Singles: “Turnin Me On,” “Pretty Girl Rock”

While the world hashtags #PoorMichelle, it has no such compassion for Keri Hilson. The infamous Ms. Keri Baby got her start as a writer and background singer for producer Anthony Dent. Later, she wrote songs for Britney Spears and Mary J. Blige as part of production and songwriting team The Clutch and worked with Polow da Don.Keri soon caught the attention of Timbaland and was signed to his Mosley Music Group label, continuing to write and sing hooks. After achieving solo success with the Lil' Wayne-assisted single “Turnin Me On,” Keri got a little beside herself with fame and called out a certain R&B diva on the remix, which wasn’t well received. Since then, she’s been working hard to overcome the backlash. While Keri released a second album, No Boys Allowed, it failed to live up to expectations and we’re still waiting on a third. However, some would say no matter how her career goes, she calls basketball player Serge Ibaka bae, so maybe she doesn’t deserve anyone’s pity after all


Bubba Sparxxx

Introduced: 2001

Albums: Dark Days, Bright Nights (2001), Deliverance (2003), The Charm (2006), Pain Management (2013), Made on McCosh Mill Road (2014)

Hit Singles: "Ugly," "Deliverance," "Ms. New Booty "

Noteworthy Factoid: After hitting the weights and losing weight, Bubba looks younger now than he did in 2001.

While a number of bands, most famously REM, got their start in Athens, GA, you’d be hard pressed to name any hip-hop acts coming from this corner of the dirty south. Except, that is, Bubba Sparxxx. A Georgia Boy by birth, Bubba learned about rap music through mixtapes his neighbor received from NYC. After creating a buzz for himself at the University of Georgia, Timbaland scooped him up for his Beat Club label.

His first album, Dark Days, Bright Nights, was certified gold, and Bubba seemed to be on the fast track to superstar status, showing up on Saturday Night Live, late night talk shows, being featured in the Def Jam: Fight for NY and Madden NFL 2004 video games and even collaborating with the production team behind Girls Gone Wild to shoot two DVDs detailing the life of a big rap star. However, his second album, Deliverance, which was critically acclaimed, failed to sell. After leaving Timbo, Sparxxx found his greatest musical success with the down south ass-shaking anthem “Ms. New Booty,” featuring such memorable lines as, “booty booty booty booty rockin’ everywhere!”

We later learned that Mr. Sparxxx, while getting the musical high of his career, was also getting high on opiates. Severely addicted at the time, Bubba spent years in and out of rehab. Sparxxx couldn’t balance the life of celebrity with sobriety and decided the best thing to do was to go live on a farm and take a step back from it all. Since then, he’s returned doing music and has also been hitting the weight room.

Ms. Jade

Introduced: 2002

Albums: Girl Interrupted (2002)

Hit Singles: “Ching Ching”

Noteworthy Factoid:  Surprised Jay Z was on Ms. Jade’s first album? So was she. Timbaland didn’t let her know about the features on her own album.

Ms. Jade lucked up on a chance meeting with Missy through her management and rapped for Timbaland over speakerphone. The next thing the Philly rapstress knew, she was trading lyrics with Da Brat and Missy on “Slap! Slap! Slap!” off the Miss E...So Addictivealbum, soon followed up with her own 2002 album, Girl Interrupted. Jade had an album full of phenomenal beats (that a number of other rappers used for mixtapes), guest spots from Jay Z, Missy and Nate Dogg and a hit single with Nelly Furtado. However, like most of the artists on Tim’s fledgling Beat Club label, the album failed to succeed commercially, both from a lack of promotion and the growing pains of a new artist finding their voice.

While Ms. Jade kept her comments about Missy and Timbaland pretty friendly after the break up, a few years later she had less than kind words to say about her former mentors, especially Missy, who she feels jacked her 'round the way girl look. Today, Ms. Jade is still rapping, releasing mixtapes and an EP called Beautiful Mess and working with fellow Philly MC Nina Ross, forming the rap duo Thelma & Louise.

Kiley Dean

Introduced: 2003

Albums:  Simple Girl (unreleased), Changes (2010)

Hit Singles: None

Noteworthy Factoid: Originally from Arkansas, Kiley followed the Mickey Mouse path to stardom, moving to Orlando and catching the attention of Britney Spears.

Who remembers this blue-eyed soul songstress? Kiley Dean got her start singing backup for Britney Spears on her first two tours. After meeting Tim during a GRAMMY telecast, the singer was signed to Timbaland’s Beat Club Record label. But while the LA Timesproclaimed that Kiley had conquered urban radio, the truth was far less exciting for her. After two singles and no success, her “debut” album, Simple Girl, was shelved.

Undeterred, Kiley signed with Mathew Knowles’ Music World Entertainment in 2007, but she left after six months. Dean finally released an album, Changes, digitally on ReverbNation, and continues to sing back up for stars like New Kids On The Block, Matthew Morrison and Madonna.

D.O.E.

Introduced: 2005

Albums: None

Hit Singles: None

Notable Acts: D.O.E. changed his rap name from John Doe after his label, Interscope, judged it too generic.

Pop Quiz! What does D.O.E. stand for? If you said “Dominant Over Everyone,” you’d be right. Originally know as John Doe, the Queens rapper was signed to Timbaland’s Beat Club label. However, when the imprint folded, he was sent back to the locker room with the rest of Timbaland’s ghostwriters until Tim started his new label, the Mosley Music Group. Still, D.O.E. remained on the bench as Tim focused on projects by other artists.

While D.O.E. wrote for Tim and was a regular feature on album tracks, he finally got his big break on the hit “The Way I Are” off of Timbaland’s Shock Value album, and even got to perform the song on an episode of ABC’s One Life to Live. While D.O.E. has worked with everyone from Robin Thicke to Brandy and has consistently dropped mixtapes, he still has yet to drop an actual LP.


Attitude

Introduced: 2005

Albums: None

Hit Singles: None

Noteworthy Factoid: Known primarily for rap, Attitude also co-wrote Keri Hilson’s single, “Breaking Point.”

Attitude’s name is probably familiar with fans of Timbaland. He’s been part of Tim’s Beat Club crew of ghostwriters for years, writing verses on “Say Something,” “Give It to Me” and Nelly Furtado’s “Promiscuous,” and he is prominently featured on the Shock Value albums.

The Alabama MC made a name for himself on the independent scene and bounced between various rap cliques such as DJ Drama’s Aphilliates Music Group and Bubba Sparxxx's 11th Hour Entertainment, which led to his meeting Tim, which then led to a new hustle writing songs for both Tim and Sean “Diddy” Combs. However, besides releasing a few mixtapes, he’s failed to achieve solo stardom. Recently, Attitude formed a group with actor Jason Weaver and fellow musician Sky Keeton called the Triangle Sound Project and released their first single, “We Like Em All,” in spring 2014.

Sebastian 

Introduced: 2000

Albums: None

Hit Singles: None

Noteworthy Factoid: Timbaland once suffered a debilitating gunshot wound to the chest while working at Red Lobster. Sebastian helped nurse his big bro back to health.

Garland Mosley, better known as Sebastian, the younger brother of Timbaland, has been a fixture of Tim’s career since the very beginning. Timbo took Sebastian under his wing while touring in the '90s. He later became part of Tim’s crew of ghostwriters, contributing to most of his brother's albums and being featured on some of his biggest hits, including “All Ya’ll” and “The Way I Are,” and even scoring writing credits for “On the Run (Part II)” for Jay Z and “Grown Woman” for Beyoncé. However, when it comes to launching his own career, things have been as “Wobbley” as his first single. While he’s been threatening to release his album, Cruel Intentions, we’re still waiting for him to finally make good on his promise

thanks to soulbounce.com

The 20 Best Missy Elliott Songs

Can you believe that next year marks 12 whole years since we’ve had a Missy Elliott album?

Unacceptable.

The woman known as Misdemeanor has always been a trendsetter — something the game is really missing right now. Whether it’s her otherworldy rhymes or underrated harmonies, Missy constantly innovates every time she blesses us with new music.

While we patiently await her next album, let’s count down Missy’s 20 best tracks. This list will only focus on the tracks where she served as lead performer — we’ll look at her catalog of features next time. 

20. “Smooth Chick” (1999)

19. “Funky Fresh Dressed” feat Ms. Jade (2002)

18. “I'm Really Hot” (2004)

17. “Shake Your Pom Pom” (2008)

16. “You Don’t Know,” featuring Lil Mo (1999)

15. “Lick Shots” (2001)

14. “Hit ‘Em Wit Da Hee,” featuring Lil Kim (1997)

13. “Get Ur Freak On Remix” Feat Nelly Furtado (2001)

12. “Wake Up,” featuring Jay Z (2002)

11. “One Minute Man (remix)” featuring Jay Z (2002)

10. “Pussycat” (2002)

9. “She’s a B*tch” (1999)

8. “Gossip Folks,” featuring Ludacris (2002)

7. “Sock It 2 Me,” featuring Da Brat (1997)

6. “Hot Boyz (remix),” featNas, Eve, Q-Tip and Lil Mo (1999)

5. “All N My Grill,” featuring Nicole Wray and Big Boi (1999)

4. “Beep Me 911,” featuring 702 and Magoo (1997)

3. “Work It” (2002)

2. “The Rain (Supa Dupa Fly)” (1997)

1. “Get Ur Freak On” (2001)

The Magical Story Behind "LOOSE" 🌴

In 2006, Nelly Furtado released her third album, Loose. Alongside Beyoncé's B’Day, Justin Timberlake's FutureSex/LoveSounds, and big country debuts by Taylor Swift and Carrie Underwood, it went on to become one of the best-selling records of that year as well a career-defining album for the Canadian musician. Singles like “Promiscuous” and “Maneater” significantly altered Furtado's public narrative; until then she'd been known as a kind of heartfelt singer-songwriter, but began to be talked about in the hyperbolic, often patronizing tone reserved for pop stars who invoke their sexuality. But Loose was hinged on her magic chemistry with producer Timbaland, and set them both up as even more versatile artists than fans had previously understood. Ten years later, on the cusp of Furtado’s sixth album, The Ride, she gave The FADER the stories behind the making of the singularly compelling Loose. 

Before Loose, I remember being like, "Okay, I want to do a pop album." I wanted to prove to myself that I could be more streamlined. My first album Whoa, Nelly! — I feel like it took 18 months to record. [Producers] Track & Field and I were in the studio every day. Pro Tools kept crashing. So I had lots of time to come up with interesting rhythms and melodies. It was really fun when I tried to play the stuff live, but I always thought it made more sense in a club environment. Then I did Folklore in 2003, and that was more of a fleshed-out, live band sound.


I used Madonna's Ray of Light as a template for Loose: she was smooth but sexy, universal, epic, iconic! Before I'd even stepped in a room with Timbaland, I already knew the name of the album would be Loose. It was actually Jimmy Iovine from my label, Interscope, that was like, "I think you and Timbaland should get together again!" Jimmy was always really stuck on my "Get Ur Freak On" remix with Missy Elliot from 2000. Putting that out was important, and it did really well; it was the official remix to a super iconic song. I’m pretty much rapping; it's totally me and Tim coming together and creating some kind of electricity. That was my first 'street’ hit, it was my first urban hit — nobody had heard "I’m Like a Bird" because it was on pop radio. This was before Instagram; people who only listened to urban radio were like, "Nelly Furtado's a really cool Jamaican boy! I wanna hear more from him!" [Laughs]


Timbaland also did a really successful remix of "Turn Off the Lights,” from my first album. He loved my song "Baby Girl," and ended up sampling my vocal percussion to create a whole new song for Ms. Jade. We had a rapport going. I think Jimmy felt like we had never created magic together that wasn't remixes.

Ms. Jade & Nelly Furtado

So flash-forward: it's like 2004 or 2005, and he's like, ‘Tim's in Miami, you can go and start working on it.’ I had already worked in Miami on my little pre-Loose demo tapes with Scott Storch and Pharrell, and I had also worked with Nellee Hooper in England. So I went back to Miami, checked myself into this apartment-style hotel called The Sagamore with my cousin, who was helping me take care of my 20-month-old daughter. Potty-training by day, recording "Promiscuous" by night!



“Potty-training by day, recording ‘Promiscuous’ by night!”

I hadn't seen Tim in five years, maybe, and I walk into The Hit Factory in Miami and him and I just had that same chemistry again. He was working with DanjaHandz at the time, making some really cool stuff. The first beat we played was what would eventually become "Maneater.” We were playing the music so loud that the large speaker on top of the console started to smoke, and then a flame came out of the speaker. It was on fire! [Laughs] It was a really cool omen, you know? But we were actually scared, like, Are we conjuring the devil or something?! What's going on? We didn't pull that song up for a couple weeks.
I think we recorded the entire album in, like, maximum six weeks — with touch-ups after, mixing over that Christmas, or whatever. It was a super inspired time, and it was a cool time for Timbaland too because he was about to get in the studio with Justin Timberlake to record FutureSex/LoveSounds in Virginia. Loose kind of dovetailed into that record, in terms of the vibe.
I was personally totally obsessed with electro-rock. I loved Bloc Party and Death from Above [1979]. These were young people making rock and alternative that was also steeped in the rhythmic knowledge of a world with hip-hop in it. Tim and I were both listening to this stuff; I really wanted it to have that kind of energy. So we were doing this like a garage band, writing and recording as we went, and sometimes mixing and doing vocals. It wasn't the traditional, we're gonna do a bunch of demos and then I'm gonna re-sing everything. It was very-real time. This thing was really unorthodox in terms of how it sounded; it didn't have that extra sheen that a lot of pop records had at the time. The distortion, the weird shit, we left it all on there. 

And I think Miami at the time was peaking, in a way. It was a very happy time in my life. Tim was working out of Miami, Pharrell, Scott Storch, the whole Cash Money crew was all there. I remember Lil Wayne came to drop a remix verse on "Maneater.” We never put that out – I think it's available now. Everybody knows this, but Lil Wayne doesn't write anything down, he just comes and kind of channels it. At one point, his guys had a whole skate ramp in the parking lot at The Hit Factory — they had really moved in.

It was an exciting place to be. Forget the club, you wanted to be at The Hit Factory. There was a really weird work schedule. I personally would be hanging out at the beach, in the pool with my daughter, working on my suntan, and then I would head to the studio at like, 8 p.m.. Tim would get there at 8:30, 9. We'd work, and then by 1 a.m. I'd be really tired, because I was getting up with my daughter on her schedule around 7 a.m., so I'd go to this little room and crash on the couch for like an hour. Tim and his friends would go to the club, listen to the music, study what people are dancing to. He'd come back at 4 a.m., and we might work for another hour or three, then I'd go home.

The studio had an edge to it at the time. That's where Tim was at: leave, go to the club, come back, then basically live and die in the studio. He was coming off of two years where he’d parked his bus in the parking lot of The Hit Factory and lived on the bus. He had put his time in, so he was ready to pop off again. And I think he was feeling really good about himself; he was working out twice a day! I think he was getting ready for phase two. Although he has that Midas touch and he's really talented, he also put in the work. And I’m there as a new mom trying to make it work.

One night, we're dancing and having a good time, but it was 4 a.m. Tim looked at me like, "Ahh, you're tired, you're not gonna make anything good tonight." And I was like, "Yeah, I am! Whatever! Put a vocal effect on!" The way I like to work is to put the microphone inside the mix room, so you can hear your voice coming back through the speakers in the room, right on top of the track. It's very immediately rewarding. We had been watching Pink Floyd's The Wall on mute the whole night, and I started singing the opening lines of "Say It Right.” Tim immediately started building on the beat and we just jammed it out. That was a product of him being like, "You ain't gonna do shit tonight!"

The MTV Awards were in Miami that year. I ran into Chris Martin who I hadn't seen since we were playing the U.K. festival circuit back during my first album. We're talking, catching up. Timbaland was obsessed with Coldplay at the time and so I'm like, "I'm working with Timbaland, and he loves you guys!" and Chris is like, "Really? Oh my god! Timbaland, who produced ‘Dust Your Shoulders Off?’ 'DustYour Shoulders Off' is like, my favorite song ever and I'd love to work with Timbaland!" This was funny too, because it was right before Chris became friends with Jay Z.

So Chris gets to the studio the next night, and he was sort of jamming on his acoustic guitar, and Timbaland is literally calling him Coldplay, not Chris. He's like, "Coldplay, hey, check this out, Coldplay!" And I'm dying watching these two total geniuses working together. Eventually I'm like, "Ahh shit, I have to go soon. Why do all good jams come to an end?" And then Chris started singing, "Why do all good things come to an end?" We were originally going to keep his voice on it, but with his band or his label he couldn't, but that’s how Chris Martin from Coldplay co-wrote "All Good Things (Come To An End).”

I remember writing “Promiscuous” with Attitude and saying that all I wanted was to incorporate Steve Nash, because we both grew up in Victoria, B.C., and he’d won MVP two years in a row. Then everybody thought we were dating, which was not the case! I remember being a bit shy to put it out. That was probably the content, the fact that it's called "Promiscuous.” I hadn't done anything wrong but women are always judged. I've since changed my mind about that. By the time "Promiscuous" came out, I was super happy. I always felt like the male and female voices were equals. It was created in that tradition of a TLC or a Salt-N-Pepa song, where the women are assertive and just like, ‘I'm okay with my sexuality.’ I remember talking to Tim backstage at the Teen Choice Awards, like, "I really want to pull out condoms when we go out." We didn't go into it lightheartedly, you know? I guess the times have changed.

“It’s good to be proud of what you do, and I think Tim and I really did create something new. I’m proud we were able to celebrate our chemistry on such a large level. I’m happy people like seeing us together.”

I found it funny, the big media attention, like, "Oh my god, she's so sexualized!" I didn't agree. It's not like I was pole dancing or naked; I felt like my image was still pretty vanilla. My version was almost pathetic in comparison. Mine was the nun version, like, "Ooh, she took off her habit!" I don't even know what I did. I put more waves in my hair? Maybe I have a tighter dress on? My butt was bigger, because I just had a baby. It’s weird; you become politicized.

Over time, I've come to realize how special Loose is to a lot of people. It's good to be proud of what you do, and I think Tim and I really did create something new. I'm proud we were able to celebrate our chemistry on such a large level. I'm happy people like seeing us together. It's kind of funny, after Loose went down it was the classic thing where him and I started fighting. Tim felt that I wasn't grateful, then we got into this crazy argument because we had some legal stuff that we didn't agree on. When he got married [in 2008], I was away and couldn't come. All these little things led to a slow deterioration of our relationship. Now we're great; we're friends again. We saw each other at the VH1 Awards this summer. I brought Dev Hynes with me and introduced them. Dev was super giddy, because he's a huge Timbaland fan. But before that, when Timbaland was working on Magna Carta with Jay Z in New York, I came by. I hadn’t seen him in a long time and we hadn't really hugged it out, or made peace with each other. I would never tell anybody this even three years ago, but because it's in retrospect, I figure it's nice to share these stories because they're real. We're humans, it's a real relationship. People ask every day when we’re going to make music. People are obsessed with him, and they loved us together on Loose. I do believe that we might make music together again.

THE FADER