Timbaland unveils his favorite rappers ever

Grammy-award-winning tremendous producer Timbaland is a one-of-a-kind artist, and since his emergence on the scene within the mid-Nineties, the musician has gone on to attain unbelievable issues inside the genres of R’n’B and hip-hop. From ‘Sexy Back’ to ‘Dirt Off Your Shoulder’, the Virginia act is chargeable for numerous chart-topping songs.

From Jay-Z to Ludacris and Snoop Dogg, Timbaland (actual title Timothy Mosley) has labored with an enormous vary of MCs. Nonetheless, in an interview with DJ Whoo Child, the legendary beatmaker spoke about his love for Detroit emcee Eminem and revealed a few of his different hip-hop idols.

When requested in regards to the first time he heard Eminem (actual title Marshall Mathers), Mosley recalled a studio session he had with Missy Elliott for her 1999 album, Da Real World, when he heard her monitor ‘Busa Rhyme’ that includes Mathers. Trying again on the session, Mosley recalled how impressed he was with Em, stating, “When I heard Eminem come in there and spit that verse, I was like, ‘Oh, can’t nobody see this guy! This boy different.’”

Referencing the bars that blew him away, the producer rapped, “Well, I do pop pills, I keep my tube socks filled / Then pop the same shit that got 2Pac killed.” He added, “Those two bars — I couldn’t get past that.”

Timbaland has at all times proven a variety of like to the Detroit legend and usually provides him his flowers, and after praising Em’s ‘Busa Rhyme’ verse with Whoo Child, in an look on the I AM ATHLETE podcast, he revealed his hip-hop Mount Rushmore contains Em.

Unveiling his rap icons, Timbaland disclosed, “Slick Rick, Doug E. Fresh, they changed my life! I started getting more into it. Rakim, who really set the bar high for me. I was like, ‘Oh, this bubblegum rap gotta go.’ Then Big Daddy Kane, you know what I’m saying? Then I was like, for me, like who is this? Then came LL COOL J. I’m goin’ from my DJ career. I’m naming them from that perspective.”

He continued, “And then there was Run-DMC. Run-DMC might’ve been before LL COOL J because Run-DMC had a lot of lyrics and they was poppin’. Now, if you want to talk about lyrics, I’m goin’ by what moved and changed lives. Then after that, then came DJ Premier and Guru. Then Wu-Tang, Method Man. Then came, I can say after that, Fat Joe and Big Pun, for me. But then, OutKast. Then Ludacris.”

Mosley concluded by itemizing Jay-Z, The Infamous B.I.G, 2Pac, Nas and Eminem as his picks for his fantasy rap Mount Rushmore. You possibly can watch Timbaland’s interview within the video beneath.

Timbaland’s 4 favorite rappers:

• Jay-Z
• 2Pac
• Biggie Smalls
• Eminem