Timbaland On Hang W/ Live (Full Stream Session)

Watch Timbaland Chilling in the Studio with Uncle Bill Pettaway talks about the Aaliyah Movie and Previews Some Of Tink's Tracks in this Episode Of Hang W/ In Case you Missed it 

Tink is Finally Released From Her Deal with Timbaland 👋

Last year, fans online began to wonder what happened to Tink: it had been 16 months since the 22-year-old had dropped her last mixtape, and 6 months since she'd dropped off of social media completely. Then, in December 2017, she returned to Instagram with a selfie and a declaration. In the photo, she stands confidently in front of a full-length mirror, wearing bronze heels, a denim skirt, and a mint green top. 

You’re beautiful. You’re gifted. You’re strong. You’re courageous. You’re powerful. You’re loved. You’re favored. And You’re worth it ✨✨✨😏Appreciate you’re milestones y’all ... bc sometimes we forget just how special we are. Or how to love on ourselves 100 percent. 💁🏾‍♀️ just remember; your story is yours for a reason! Only You can dictate the next chapter 🙏🏾🙏🏾 THANK YOU to all of my fans for their continued support And realness! Pickin’ me up everyday in the comments 💪🏾👑 New music is on the way!!!!!! -prepare your emotions 😩😂💔🔥😈 but fr I LOVE YALL 🤞🏾🤞🏾🤞🏾 🎧 #NEW #Beginningssss #freeAtLast #TinkG

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 By the time she finished high school in 2014, the Chicago native had already put out five mixtapes, each an increasingly promising display of her talents as both a singer and a rapper. But since signing a joint deal with Timbaland’s Mosley Music Group and Epic Records the same year, Tink’s releases have been few and far between: two 2015 singles that were meant to be a part of her delayed debut album, two mixtapes that she financed and released on her own with no label backing or promotion, and a handful of loose tracks and collaborations.

At the beginning of 2017, Mosley Music Group, and Tink by extension, severed ties with Epic, who had been distributing Timbaland’s label. Now, after months of negotiations, Mosley Music Group has agreed to release Tink from her contract, a representative from the label confirmed to The FADER. For the first time since she was 18, Tink is a completely independent artist.

When we spoke on the phone in January, Tink was at home in Chicago, enjoying some down time in between studio sessions. “I really had to get a grip on everything in my life so that I could come back and be able to just focus on the music this year,” she explained of her recent absence from social media, and the emotional toll of untangling herself from her label. “I had dedicated so much time, and we had put in a lot of work together, me and [Timbaland]. We had an album done, but that whole process was just very shocking to me. Going into something and having such high expectations for it, then having to refocus and reprocess everything. I had to really just dig deep and find out what I wanted to say next.”

But it was a hometown collab that eventually led Tink to a major label deal. During her first, and only, studio session with Chicago production duo Da Internz, she hopped on a dynamic track with a sure-fire Jeremih hook called “Don’t Tell Nobody.” Soon after, Kosine of Da Internz remembers playing a series of unreleased tracks for Timbaland during a studio session. “The last song I played was Tink, ‘Don’t Tell Nobody.’ At that point, [Timbaland] began to beg me to introduce her to him,” he said. “I jumped at the opportunity and it was one of the worst mistakes of my career.”

Within weeks, Timbaland flew Tink down to Miami to record. The first day they met, the producer took the young artist for a ride in his Maybach. “It was an immediate click,” Tink told me about their initial meeting. “He told me about how he started in his basement and the way he did it when he was coming up with his team of producers, and just reflecting — giving me bits and pieces of game.” They spent long nights at The Hit Factory, figuring out how the other worked, before Timbaland suggested they sit down with L.A. Reid., then the chairman and CEO of Epic Records.

Tink had always maintained that she didn’t need a major label to realize her musical goals. In the year before she signed to Mosley and Epic, she had flown to L.A. to meet with Motown, Columbia, and others, leaving multiple offers on the table. But, after releasing a high volume of music on her own for three years, she felt like the opportunity with Timbaland was too good to pass up. “At that point in my career, I was going through it. I was still living at home, I had a very nice buzz in my city, but at the time I wasn't really able to take care of me and my mom,” she said. “I wanted my family to understand that I was taking the music serious, so when I met Tim, of course it was like a dream. Being from Chicago, you very rarely run into people of his caliber. I was just hungry.”

During Tink’s performance with Timbaland at FADER FORT in 2015, there was a moment onstage, one that became a headlinearound the internet, that immediately raised concerns for those who had been paying attention to the Chicago artist’s rise. After Tink performed “Million,” the Aaliyah-sampling single which was supposed to appear on her debut album, Timbaland spoke to the crowd. “I don’t touch Baby Girl’s records, you know that’s Aaliyah,” he said. “I was riding home one day, sleep. She spoke to me in my sleep and said, ‘She’s the one.’” During Timbaland’s speech, Tink paced back and forth on the stage behind him and looked visibly uncomfortable as he pointed to her. “Tim, let’s get ratchet,” she finally interrupted.

“I remember that day like yesterday because, when we got off the stage, I went to my room and kind of just threw a mini-tantrum,” Tink said. “I couldn't believe how it played out. I definitely would never want to try to replace Aaliyah, or fill in her shoes. Me and Tim, we had to talk about things like that, and that was just in addition to what I noticed about the industry: all it takes is one sentence, or one line, one thing like that, and it'll go far.”

By 2015, Tink and Timbaland had recorded an album’s worth of material for her debut project, which was to be called Think Tink. As anticipation for the project grew, she was appeared on The Breakfast Club and Sway In The Morning. Epic scheduled a July release date for the album, but, with the deadline approaching, Timbaland decided to delay the project. “The album was actually finished. There was an intro, I had interludes.” Tink said. “It was [Timbaland’s] call to hold back on it, and I think, I want to say, for the benefit of the doubt, he did want to perfect it. But it was Tim's call not to put it out.” 

SB, who worked for Lyrical’s management team and managed Tink from 2014 to 2017, said her working relationship with Timbaland soon became rocky: “They were in and out. One minute they were good, next minute they weren’t agreeing,” he said.

“Ratchet Commandments,” billed as the album’s first single, failed to chart, while “Million” peaked at No. 38 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs. With no viable single to get behind and no release date for Think Tink in sight, Epic pulled back and gutted her budget.

Tink was used to maintaining a direct line to her fans through regular releases, and she felt like her label’s resistance was a fundamental misunderstanding of how to market her as a singer and rapper. (In 2015, Future released three mixtapes in a six-month period on his way to a No. 1 album for Epic.) The disconnect extended to Timbaland, who continued to delay the release of their album. “There was stuff within the business side that messed up a lot of things,” Tink said. “Like, you can love a person to death, but if the business isn't right, there's always going to be friction. I just felt like nobody was paying attention to what I had going on outside of me and Tim. For me, that was the red flag. I stepped into the deal just hoping that I would be accepted for whatever I created. It wasn't that type of situation.”

Frustrated by Mosley and Epic’s resistance to letting her share new material with her fans, Tink returned to the formula that had initially earned her a loyal following. In between trips down to Miami to continue tweaking the album, Tink spent her time in Chicago, paying for her own studio time, picking the producers she wanted to work with, and, despite objections from her labels, putting together the mixtapes that would become 2015’s Winter’s Diary 3 and 2016’s Winter’s Diary 4. The latter project featured some of Tink’s strongest work to date and presented her as an evolved songwriter who had new experiences to share in love and in life. But with no label backing or support, save for two productions from Timbaland on WD4, the mixtapes failed to achieve commercial success.

In a February 2017 interview, Tink told DJ Vlad that she hadn’t spoken to Timbaland in three months and said that the ball was still in his court when it came to releasing Think Tink. That spring, she began to seek a permanent solution that would get her out of her contract with Mosley, eventually reaching an agreement with the label last December. Gary Marella, the president of Mosley, told The FADER, “We love Tink and think she’s dope, things just didn’t work out creatively.”

Tink stressed that she’s not upset at anyone at Mosley or Epic and said she’s focused on applying what she’s learned to her next steps. “Over time, people grow up — I grew up,” she told me. “I had to get on my boss shit and hire some new attorneys. I had to take a couple flights and sit down with different people who could actually help me in my situation. I had some setbacks; I had people fighting me from either side. Ultimately, I'm just happy that we're at an agreement right now.” 

After years going back and forth to Miami, Tink spends most of her time in Chicago now, though she said she spent a period recording in L.A. last year and appreciated the fresh perspective. Still, home is home. “I make my best work when I'm sitting in my house in Chicago,” she said. “I can see the bus stops and snow on the ground, seeing the Bucket Boys, and little things like that.” In January, she released “Breakin’ Me,” her first new material in a year. It’s classic Tink: a breakup song, with a melodic hook and rapped verses, about picking up the pieces and moving past a toxic relationship. Recorded this past summer, at a frustrating point in her negotiations with her label, the song doubles as an analogy for her journey over the past year.

Now, she is preparing the release of a new mixtape, Winter’s Diary 5, and promised more things to come that she “can’t speak on right now.” Even though Mosley released her from her contract with the rights to her unreleased music, Tink said she’s not planning to release any of her songs with Timbaland. She’d rather start from scratch, a new beginning.

This is for every artist contemplating a contract, or sitting in one. Know your worth and Keep fighting! Thank you so much @thefader 💖🙏🏾🙏🏾 Check it out here —> https://t.co/EAjkkS39p2 pic.twitter.com/aNJeYnz28W

— TINK (@Official_Tink) February 27, 2018

via The Fader

Timbaland Previews New TINK Snippets

it's been a while Timbaland Haven't Previews any Stuff from The Chicago young Singer TiNK, via instagram Timbaland Announces That her Album is dropping Soon,  Here you go check out those snippets of  #ThinkTink!

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@official__tink plays no games!! 👾

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the last track is called "Pretty Nonsense"  for more info about this track click 👉 HERE

TINK Reveals Why "#ThinkTink" Hasen't Dropped Yet

While many people expected Tink to release her debut Think Tink album in 2015, the Chicago rapper/singer revealed that she was given a release date by Epic, but due to so many internal conflicts, it was never released. She told DJ Vlad that she has since left Epic and is only signed to Timbaland's Mosely Music Group, which will allow her more freedom to do what she wants with her music.

Moving along, Tink also touched on the generational differences between her and Timbaland on releasing music, as she points out that newer artists like to rapidly drop tracks, unlike the artists during Timbaland's heyday in the late 90s and early 2000s.

To hear more of what Tink had to say, including her plans for future music, hit the above clip.

Timbaland Feat Tink & Justin Timberlake - That's My Shit (Live)

Timbaland Previews his New Song "That's My Shit" Feat TINK & Justin Timberlake (Live At SXSW 2015)  for The New Album, in case you Didn't Hear it before here it is: 

Timbaland is Holding Up "Think Tink" Album

Timbaland & TINK

For the Chicago-based Hip Hop/R&B multi-talented Tink, she follows in the footsteps of a long lineage of R&B power hitters in the house that Timbaland built. That’s the kind of pressure that bursts pipes and could crumble any veteran but the multitalented Chicago native has the poise of someone who has been here before. At just 21-years-old, Tink has successfully built a name and career for herself despite not having a proper debut album throughout her nearly five-year career.

Tink stopped by the DXHQ this past Thursday to discuss her latest mixtape Winter’s Diary 4 as well as the hold up with her debut album Think Tink.

“When I make music I want the fans to hear it the same day,” Tink exclaimed to the #DXLive panel of Editor-in-Chief Trent Clark, Justin “The Company Man” Hunte, and contributors Jake Rohn and Marcel Williams. “When you get signed and you’re working with a label and stuff like that you have deadlines and you have to meet certain schedules. So at times things can get crazy but if it were up to me I’d release everything the day I make it. That’s the type of vibe I get when I’m in the studio. I like timeless vibes. Music that you can drop in 2016 or 2020.” She went on to further explain, “Whenever the album [does drop]; if ever the album does drop, me and Tim we’ve been working very hard. The album is dope you feel me? It’s still sitting with Tim and when it comes out, if it does come out, people will definitely still feel good about it. It has that type of vibe,” she said.

She went on to explain the potential delays and how much quality and care Timbaland puts into everything he does.

“Timbaland is just a perfectionist. Work is never done. That’s the main thing. Timbaland is Timbo so his schedule is pretty crazy. The ball got rolling for it so fast that we were almost trying to play catch-up. I had already released four or five projects before I [signed with] Tim so people were already familiar [with me],” she broke down “You all know what he does for music. He likes to change and shift things – little tweaks here, little tweaks there – and he won’t stop until it’s perfect. You just have to really trust him.”

On a possible release date:

#FreeTink 🖤🔒we want new music, we can't cause Timbaland is holding her back. - @Timbaland x @TimbalandPage pic.twitter.com/yBUea6lg8H

— ☆TINK #1 FAN💙☆ (@GottaLoveRalph) July 16, 2017

“Blow Tim up. If it was up to me, I would put that shit out like right now. I’m so ready. [But] in spite of that, more music to come. I’ve always been one to drop tapes no matter what’s going on. My fans can always find me dropping new music. I got some dope records coming out very very soon. Me and Jeremih were just in Chicago working. We have a dope record coming out. Me and Lil Herb [got a record coming out]. That’s big bro. We have a record coming out on Valentine’s Day. You guys heard it first.”

Be sure to check out the rest of the interview in the video above, don’t miss #DXLive every Thursday from 6-9pm EST, and keep it locked for all things Tink and Hip Hop here on HipHopDX.

Via HipHopDX.Com

Timbaland - Textbook Timbo (Snippets)

Here is The Snippets of Timbaland's New Album Textbook Timbo, that's What we Got so Far 

After he Previews those Snippets through his Instagram & Snapchat , The Album features Guests Appearances From Jay-Z, Justin Timberlake, Tink, Zendaya, Meek Mill, Obs3ssed and More

TINK - "Show It" & "Modern Wave" (Prod By Timbaland)

A year after the release of Winter’s Diary 3 Tink is finally back with the fourth mixtape in the “Winter’s Diary” series.

The New Mixtape Has 15 Songs and We Found There is 2 Tracks Produced By Timbaland "Show It" & "Modern Wave" Stream it Below : 

Timbaland Previews New Tink **BLACK JEEP** !!!!!

Timbaland Once Again Take it To Hang\W App To Previews New Track 

From Tink's Next Album "ThinkTink"

Timbaland Previews New Zendaya ✘ Tink (Snippet)

in The Begininng of 2016 Timbaland Posted his 1st Video, or we should say his first Snippet on Instagram of Zendaya singing a Cover of Aaliyah's Classic "4 Page Letter" featuring Tink, Listen Below:

Are you Excited to Hear Zendaya ✘ Timbaland Collaboration?

Tink & Timbaland in the Studio (The Hit Factory)

Behind the scenes with Tink as she travels to Miami to join Timbaland at The Hit Factory Criteria To Work For Her Anticipated Album #ThinkTink . 2016 Documented by Jeffro VG.

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TINK ✘ TIMBALAND [NEW TEASER]

TINK ✘ TIMBALAND [NEW TEASER SNIPPET] - Can You Hear Me Now? 
It's Coming Out Soon #ThinkTink 

Tink Feat. Timbaland - Circle the Block

Tink has been prepping her debut for some time now, but it seems we are inching closer to it’s release. The Chi-town MC releases the hard-hitting new single “Circle The Block.”featuring Timbaland

Tink is riding around looking for her target in her latest visuals for her banger “Circle The Block”. Check it out below:

Timbaland's Most Anticipated Projects in 2016

Here are a bunch of artists who are supposed to drop records in 2016; And Timbaland Productions All Over It, we know more about some than about others, but all of them are giving us reasons to think it will be another great year for music . 


                   1- TIMBALAND - TEXTBOOK TIMBO

Timbaland is ready to make 2016 his next big year. Most recently, his executive production of the Empire soundtrack has kept him in ears and on the charts. His recent mixtape, King Stays King, delivered a spattering of truly exciting moments, However even though he’s been consistently productive, Timbo hasn’t been responsible for something legitimately culture- and genre-shifting in an uncharacteristically long time. Though his personal discography work has a few blemishes, a solo Timbaland project inherently poses that game-changing potential. Any Timbaland album promises a few things: spectacular production, a litany of solid guest performances, and the possibility for a few surprises. According To Timbo He announced Via His Instagram That "Textbook Timbo" Will Be Available In February 

 2- MISSY ELLIOTT - TBA

Missy Elliott first announced her seventh album, then called Block Party, way back in 2008, but it never materialized. And then in 2012, Missy released a pair of singles, and explained that her private struggles with Graves’ disease had slowed down progress on new music. But it wasn’t until 2015 that the Missy Elliott comeback seemed to really kick into gear. First, her cameo at Katy Perry’s Super Bowl halftime performance put some of Missy’s old hits back on the charts. Then she unveiled “WTF (Where They From),” a bass-heavy collaboration with Pharrell Williams, along with a typically funky, innovating video directed by Dave Meyers. Elliott’s first album in a decade, produced by Pharrell Williams as well as another Virginia beatmaker who’s helmed most of her greatest hits, Timbaland, seems to finally be on the horizon this year. “I want to say 2016 but I don’t want to give a time,” Elliott told Billboard in November.

 3- TINK - THINK TINK

Timbaland’s artist Tink is ready to issue her major label debut album via Mosley Music/Epic Records. Though she didn’t reveal when Think Tink will arrive, she has unveiled the cover art. The lead singles for her project include “Ratchet Commandments” ,“Around the Clock.” "Trust No One" and "Dinero" The 20-year-old even paid homage to Aaliyah with

 a rendition of her hit “One In A Million.”  

4- V.BOZEMAN - MUSIC IS MY BOYFRIEND

One of the greatest gambles an up-and-coming artist can make is challenging and rebranding the public’s idea of what’s hot, but like her character on Fox’s new hit show Empire, V Bozeman is bringing the mainstream to her. As the latest to be taken under the legendary wing of super producer Timbaland, the soulful songstress is looking to take the R&B world by storm with her Upcoming Album "Music is My Boyfriend" , Her Album Will include Tracks for Such As "Smile" , "No Love Lost" , "What is Love" and "CALIFORN-I-A" 

5- TIMBALAND - OPERA NOIR

Timbaland mentioned about the project he is working on, called “Opera Noir,” which he is planning on developing into a TV Show. The show is centered on the idea of what if African-American-based slavery didn’t end in 1865 (although that date can be argued based on the documentary “Slavery by Another Name”) and continued to today, what would it look like today. He also discussed how sound and music are part of everyday life, even delving into sounds and technology, weaponry and mind control (he mentioned how some of his music was used for purposes he didn’t know about) The Soundtrack is Coming Later This Year.

             6- JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE - TBA

Has Justin Timberlake been working on a new album? While representatives are keeping tight-lipped, reports have been circulating on the Internet. There have been strong rumors that the singer is finally returning to the recording studio working on a what might be a back-to-roots album.
According to a source, rumors of Justin Timberlake working in recording studio are true, with as many as eight songs having been put to tape. “It’s still in the early stages,” “He’s got security on the doors to ensure no-one hears a whisper,” a source said. Also According To the Super Producer Timbaland They Going to Work together On A Country Album Very Soon.

WHAT ALBUM ِARE YOU EXCITED TO HEAR IN 2016 ?

Timbaland - Drama Queen (feat. Tink)

Tink - Dinero (Prod By Timbaland)

 “Dinero” The latter servers more of the R&B crowd, sounding something like vintage Aaliyah with more rapping. The former is street as it gets. That beat is hard as fuck and Tink just rides it in pocket with ease

Tink - Trust No One (Prod By Timbaland)

Listen to Tink's New Song "TRUST NO ONE" Produced By Timbaland, #ThinkTink dropping Soon

Tink - L.E.A.S.H. (Music Video)

Tink shares her ‘L.E.A.S.H.’ visual, directed by DGainz, produced by Timbaland.