Indecent Proposal

by Magoo, Timbaland & Magoo, Timbaland

Overview

It's easy to forgive Timbaland for putting his solo career on the back burner during the late '90s; after all, he'd been incredibly busy, lending his track-master skills to some of rap's biggest hitters: Ludacris, Bubba Sparxxx, Aaliyah, Jay-Z, Memphis Bleek, and Snoop Dogg, as well as old friend Missy Elliott. Three years after Tim's Bio, hip-hop's most distinctive producer finally returned with another project, co-billed with right-hand man Magoo. Though it finds him caught between providing an outlet for his more experimental productions and trying to hit on his own, Indecent Proposal still succeeds on most counts. True, it starts off with the uninventive "Drop," but then moves into a set of productions certainly stranger than anything else in the world of commercial rap. Timbaland airs out one of the oddest vocal treatments ever heard on the languorous "Love Me," gets in touch with his P-Funk roots by replaying an early Funkadelic track ("I Got a Thing...") for "Baby Bubba," and pumps up the beats to match Jay-Z and Twista's excellent rhyme-trading on "Party People." "It's Your Night" and "Indian Carpet" both spin the Timbaland blueprint into new dimensions, the former with a quirky love jam and the latter with an infectious, inane chorus. Stuck at the end of the LP is the most eagerly awaited track -- "I Am Music" -- featuring one of the last performances from Timbaland protege Aaliyah. (Alt-powerhouse Beck was originally slated to duet.) It's not an exciting track and comes as a bit of a letdown (the closest a conscientious producer would ever get to dripping the pop syrup of Puff Daddy), but it doesn't sink the album. Fans of the major-label rap game looking for more than scary strings and tedious rap celebrities will find it an intriguing diversion. ~ John Bush

Product Details

Release Date:	08/27/2021
Label:	BLACKGROUND RECORDS
UPC:	0194690430602

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Timbaland & Magoo   Primary Artist
Magoo   Primary Artist,Vocals
Static Major   Primary Artist,Featured Artist
Ciro Sebastinelli   Primary Artist
Timbaland   Primary Artist,Vocals,Vocals (Background)
Petey Pablo   Primary Artist,Guest Artist,Featured Artist
Skillz   Primary Artist,Featured Artist
Michelle Robinson   Primary Artist
Aaliyah   Primary Artist,Guest Artist,Featured Artist
Ludacris   Guest Artist,Featured Artist
Static   Featured Artist,Vocals,Vocals (Background)
Mad Skillz   Featured Artist
Jay-Z   Guest Artist,Featured Artist,Vocals
Twista   Featured Artist,Vocals
Tweet   Featured Artist,Vocals
Ms. Jade   Featured Artist
Sin   Featured Artist,Featured Artist,Vocals
DJ S&S   Featured Artist,Vocals
Fatman Scoop   Featured Artist,Vocals
Bill Pettaway   Guitar
Jade   Vocals
Craig Brockman   Strings

Technical Credits

C. Young   Composer
Michelle Robinson   Performer
Melvin Barcliff   Composer
Jomo Hankerson   Executive Producer
Ciro Sebastinelli   Performer
Garland Mosley   Composer
Moses Barrett III   Composer
Chevon Young   Composer
Charlene Keys   Composer
Troy Mitchell   Composer
Stephen Garrett   Composer
Woodley Charlott   Composer
Fatman Scoop   Composer
Kevin Guarnieri   Assistant Engineer
Flent Coleman   Executive Producer
Petey Pablo   Performer
Aaliyah   Performer
Timothy Mosley   Composer
Timbaland   Mixing,Producer,Executive Producer
Ms. Jade   Performer
DJ S&S   Composer
Senator Jimmy D   Engineer
Skillz   Performer
Steve Penny   Mixing,Engineer
Chris Gehringer   Mastering
Craig Brockman   Composer,Producer
Twista   Composer
Jay-Z   Composer
Ludacris   Performer
Barry Hankerson   Executive Producer
Jimmy Douglass   Mixing
Christopher Bridges   Composer
Jonathan Mannion   Photography
Shawn Carter   Composer