Timbaland
USA, 1990–now
American producer (b. 1972, Timothy Mosley) from Virginia Beach. With stuttering, half-empty drum patterns and sounds nobody had used as percussion, his productions for Aaliyah, Missy Elliott and later Justin Timberlake rebuilt the rhythmic vocabulary of pop.
MusicRoots documents 1 artist who influenced Timbaland and 0 artists Timbaland influenced in turn. Every connection cites a published source.
Who influenced Timbaland?
- Prince — Prince is among the artists Timbaland names from his childhood listening, and the model for a producer who treats every sound on a record as his own instrument.