Super-\u00c2\u00adproducer Timbaland has stamped his indelible imprint on the music scene since the mid-\u00c2\u00ad1990s. His production has helped create career-\u00c2\u00addefining hits for artists such as Jodeci, Aaliyah, Ginuwine, Missy Elliott, Destiny\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Child, Ludacris, Snoop Dogg and Jay-\u00c2\u00adZ, among many others. Respected beyond the genres of urban and hip hop music, Timbaland, whose musical influences cross cultural lines, has also been sought by diverse superstars whose music similarly knows no boundaries, from pop star Justin Timberlake to avant-\u00c2\u00adsinger Bjork. Released April 3, 2007 is his second solo album, Timbaland Presents Shock Value (Blackground\/Interscope\/Mosley Music Group). That LP follows his producing of the majority of the tracks, including the #1 \u00e2\u20ac\u0153SexyBack,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d on Timberlake\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s #1 charting, multi-\u00c2\u00adplatinum FutureSex\/LoveSounds, which followed their work together on Timberlake\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s previous smash, Justified. Born Timothy Z. Mosley in Norfolk, Virginia on March 10, 1972, Timbaland, so named by Jodeci member Devante Swing after the Timberland boot, has had many reincarnations -\u00c2\u00adfrom disc jockey DJ Tiny Tim to half of the hip hop group Timbaland & Magoo; from membership in Devante Swing\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Swing Mob crew known as Da Bassment to S.B.I. (Surrounded By Idiots), a production ensemble including Pharrell Williams, to being CEO of his own label, Mosley Music Group.<\/p>\n