I'm not gonna act like Timmy didn't give great music to the game ...but subtract jiggas run and things get sketchy for Tim for me
He is a talent ....that can't be denied, but he turned really corny trying to attempt to keep that megastar producer swag after Jay started choosing just blaze, pharell and yay for most of his beats. It's like after a while j only chose his shyt for friendship/nostalgia/legacy reasons. He did lace JT in 2002...but that was pop rnb, I just don't think Tim is on a level to leave someone like Marley or primo out...two guys who span YEARS of doin it with a VAST number of artists they fed. Tim stays givin props to producers during his small 5-6 year hay day...nobody else, as tho quik, daz, Pete rock, dilla, battle cat, q-tip, RZA, havoc, alchemist, dude from badboy who fathered ye' and easy mo B and others hadn't been lacing not only hip hip but rnb for decades(did I forget to mention the dungeon family producers). Hip hop for him begins in 97/98 and ends 03/04...and that's clearly false. He knows better.
Small 5-6 year hay day? Try nearly 20 years. He gave a lot of rappers their biggest songs (and some of them their best) outside of just Jay Z. Jay ain't choosing Timbaland beats out of friendship/nostalgia. He's turned down beats from Timbaland and there's Jay Z albums that Timbaland never made even when they were good friends. We could really disrespect some legends here because we could sit here and downplay every producer you named just for the sake of playing favorites. Hip Hop for Tim starts in '97 and runs to the current.