Timbaland has shared the story behind considered one of his most well-known tracks and revealed that it got here to be all due to an accident.
Throughout a latest look on the I AM HIP-HOP podcast, the legendary producer opened up about how considered one of his greatest hits, the late Aaliyah‘s “Attempt Once more,” was created after he made a “mistake” whereas enjoying round on a keyboard.
“I used to be enjoying with this keyboard and it was a mistake, and my engineer Jimmy Douglass caught it. I mentioned, ‘Jimmy did you catch that lil rhythm?, [and] he mentioned, ‘I positive did,” he started.
“So [after] he caught it and performed it again, I put the beat on it. I mentioned, ‘Ooo, chop it proper there,’ and he chopped it proper there.”
Timbaland additionally revealed the late Static Main penned the monitor, and famous it initially sounded “too preachy” earlier than the lyrics had been modified. Moreover, he mentioned it was JAY-Z who satisfied him it was a success, though he was initially not sure.
“When JAY-Z got here within the studio, he was like, ‘Oh my God,’ and that’s after I was like, ‘Yeah, we acquired one.’”
Timbaland has opened up about many issues just lately concerning his intensive catalog and profession in music. In one other phase of the interview, the superproducer talked about how he found Ludacris whereas discussing his favourite rappers.
“I used to be the one who discovered Ludacris,” he mentioned. “As a result of Ludacris was working within the radio station and I used to be like, ‘Hey, ain’t no one signal you? What’s happening right here?’ [He was like], ‘Nah man.’”
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“Then he got here all the way down to Virginia and we did ‘Phat Rabbit,’ and from there, labels began calling. He requested me one time, ‘Would you signal to Def Jam or Elektra?’ I mentioned, ‘Man, you higher go to Def Jam.’”
He added: “And I didn’t understand how the enterprise go, I simply backed them ’trigger I knew he was unbelievable.”
Ludacris reunited with Timbaland within the studio in 2019 for his still-forthcoming ninth album and mirrored on his relationship with the producer from early in his profession.
“Tim was the primary individual that actually believed in me, together with Jermaine Dupri and Organized Noize,” he mentioned. “However by way of actually the very first individual, [he] got here to the radio station in Atlanta after I was working there. Timbaland was the primary one who was like, ‘Who’s that?’”
