Timbaland

Details

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Name

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Tick

Role

Producer, rapper, rhythm wizard

Key JT link

Co‑architect of FutureSex/LoveSounds, producer and co‑vocalist on SexyBack and a stack more

Go-to track

SexyBack (with Justin Timberlake)

Where I play them

Saturday kitchen clean, volume up so the pans rattle and the neighbours question my life choices

My take

Those drums still sound like they’ve come from the future – if JT’s the face, Timbo’s the mad scientist in the lab coat.