DJ Khaled is thought for his phrases of knowledge, and so it’s no shock he had lots of nice issues to say about Timbaland at Selection‘s Miami Leisure City occasion this week.
The leisure publication’s annual occasion occurred on Thursday (April 13) in Miami, Florida, and the GOD DID producer was readily available to current his “idol” Timbo with the Music Pioneer Award.
“He broke down doorways for brothers like me to do what I’m doing as we speak,” Khaled advised the room of leisure giants, together with fellow honoree Raúl Alarcón, chairman and CEO of Spanish Broadcasting System (SBS), who was introduced with the Legends and Groundbreakers Award.
“As a result of I have a look at Timbaland, not simply as a producer, however he’s an artist. He’s a CEO, he’s a tremendous father,” DJ Khaled continued. “Timbaland is what you name the definition of being timeless. His music will play perpetually.”
He additionally thanked Timbaland for being his pal — amongst different issues. “Thanks for breaking the doorways down. Thanks for being my pal and all the time blessing me. Each time I name Timbo, he all the time says sure. It’s by no means no,” Khaled defined. “I ask him to come back to my home — each album I’ve made, in all probability like my final 4 albums, I’d name Timbaland. He be one of many first people who I wanna play for, simply to see his response.”
After thanking Selection and its government editor of music, Shirley Halperin, Khaled then advised Timbaland that he deserves “each award that’s ever invented and created.”
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Timbaland, whereas identified for a plethora of various hits, broke into the mainstream within the mid-’90s alongside Missy Elliott, who he talked about first as he took the rostrum to simply accept his award from Khaled on Thursday.
“I actually want my sister was right here, Missy [Elliott] as a result of for this reason I’m on this lovely metropolis. It was due to her. And I made lots of hit information right here,” Timbo advised the viewers, earlier than naming Missy’s “Work It” and JAY-Z‘s “Dust Off Your Shoulder,” each of which he did at Miami’s Standards Studios, previously generally known as The Hit Manufacturing facility.
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The Virginia native who has a house in Miami then praised the Magic Metropolis in addition to a number of the residents who “welcomed” him. “So Miami has all the time been my house. And to get this award at my house, man, it’s such a blessing,” he stated. “[I’m in Miami] due to Missy Elliott, individuals like DJ Khaled, E-Class, who welcomed me. Trina. All these individuals welcomed me right here and I by no means left right here. And I don’t plan of leaving right here.”
He concluded his speech by speaking about his strikes into the Latin music market, and the way he’s been hooking up with “the largest producer” in Miami, Tainy. “I feel that, you recognize, iron sharpens iron and he’s instructing me the [Latin] tradition.”
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Talking of his step into Latin music, Timbaland just lately shared some particulars about Missy Elliott’s forthcoming album, and apparently, a number of songs have a “Latin really feel” to them.
Timbo confirmed to Selection final week that Missy is tough at work on her long-awaited follow-up to 2005’s The Cookbook, which may very well be out as quickly as this summer time.
“We’ve obtained lots of songs we’re gonna begin recording quickly, and my dream is to have it out round her birthday in July,” he stated. “I need it to sound how she seems — she seems unimaginable proper now. We each appear like we 19 once more. I understand how Missy works: It’s obtained to be new and enjoyable — or perhaps not a lot new as sort of underground, and all the pieces is upbeat.”
He continued: “A few of it has a sort of Latin really feel to it, nearly a Unhealthy Bunny impact, a few of it’s kinda like underground Brazilian funk. Folks gonna eat it up — and it’d attain only a totally different demographic of individuals. It’s prefer it’s her doing… not reggaeton however Missy-ton.”
Timbaland went on to say that Missy’s affect is “world,” and that he hopes this new challenge can embrace some options from Unhealthy Bunny and Latin artist Younger Miko.
