Timbaland Presents Opera Noir 1

Timbaland 

TINK 

V. Bozeman 

O P E R A N O I R

Tink - "Bad Side" (Audio)

Tink releases new single "Bad Side" from her upcoming EP "Voicemails"

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

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

Timbaland Beats: The Emperor Of Sound

New Instrumental Mixtape "Timbaland Beats: The Emperor Of Sound" 

I hope you Enjoy Listening to This  

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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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A post shared by Tink G 🔮 (@official__tink) on May 6, 2016 at 1:30pm PDT

@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 - Around The Clock ⏰ (Instrumental)

Tink Feat. Charlamagne The God - "Around The Clock ⏰" 
Produced By Timbaland & Milli Beatz (2014)


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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

The 2016 Timbaland Productions

The Timbaland Discography Productions Of The 2016 it was Not bad, the tracks were good but not very impressive, but the most Likeable Productions for The fans were "Got Those" & "Alessandro Michele" , "Dust My Shoulders Off" and finally "Modern Wave" ... 

Check out the full Discography Productions Of The 2016 below:




Jermaine Dupri & Da Brat - Alessandro Michele 

Jack & Jack - All Weekend Long

Jane Zhang Feat Timbaland - Dust My Shoulders Off 

Snoop Dogg - Got Those

Justin Timberlake, Anna Kendrick & Earth, Wind & Fire - September

Sy Ari Da Kid Feat TINK - Frenemies 

Tamela Mann Feat Timbaland - Through It All 

Ten Typ Mes - Znajdz Klopoty

Timbaland & Dalton Diehl - Harmony

Tdot illdude - No One

NBA Playoff Commercial - Every Second Counts

Timbaland feat. Mila J - Don't Get No Betta 

The Daily Show Theme - (Timbaland Remix)

Tweet Feat Missy Elliott -Somebody Else Will

TINK - Show It


TINK - Modern Wave

Yo Gotti Feat Timbaland  - Smile

Eric Nam Feat Timbaland - Body


Timbaland's New Album is Dropping in Januray 2017 According to Mosley Music Group Label

@timbaland new LP dropping January 2017!! You're not ready for this one. @monomusicgroup @mosleymusicgroup

A photo posted by MosleyMusicGroup (@mosleymusicgroup) on Dec 19, 2016 at 6:12am PST