If you don’t know Timbaland by name, you’ve certainly heard his music. For two decades now, Timothy Mosley, who goes by Timbaland, has been producing some of music’s biggest stars, including Missy Elliott, Jay-Z, Madonna and both of Justin Timberlake’s solo albums. Here & Now’s Jeremy Hobson speaks with one of popular music’s biggest producers about his life, his new memoir “The Emperor Of Sound” and why he considers himself a musical genius.
What does it mean to be a producer on some of the most popular songs?
“It means to me I get to spread my joy to the world. Meaning I love music so I know how it makes me feel, so I wanted – when I produce for somebody else, I say ‘I wonder if the world gets the same feeling as I do.’ And evidently, it has worked for me because what I felt when I was doing it, they felt it too when I put it out.”
*hereandnow.wbur.org
