Timbaland is a driving force behind Jay-Z’s 12th studio LP, Magna Carta Holy Grail, both in production and in conception. Revolt TV recently sat down with Mr. Mosley, the main beatsmith on MCHG, and got the story of how he and Jigga overcame bad blood to come together to make this project at Timbo’s urging. “Me and Jay-Z fell out,” Tim started off explaining. “I missed his 40th [birthday]. It was over petty stuff, it was more personal stuff, disagreements. It was not no industry related, it was more personal. And I was wrong.”

The Virginia super producer said the two reunited while he was working on Justin Timberlake’s 20/20 Experience, and reconciled. Jay had no intention of putting together an album at the time. “Man I forced him. I was in his head,” said Tim. “I don’t know if he was going to do no record. We had so much energy. It wont about doing an album, man. The energy in Jungle Studio was so powerful.”

He went on, “I played this one beat. I said, ‘I got something just for you.’ And I played it and he was like (makes surprised face), ‘Oh my God.’ From then, we did two off bat. Then he was like, let’ just go in. And that’s how we did it. We didn’t plan it. It just happened.”

Timbaland handles the bulk of the production, with Pharrell, Boi-1da, The-Dream, Mike WiLL Made It, Mike Dean, Travi$ Scott and Kyambo "Hip Hop" Joshu also adding tracks. Check out the rest of the interview, below, where Tim breaks down the MCHG’s tracks and talks work with Justin Timberlake, J Cole and wanting to collab with Kanye. There is also MCHG's complete list of production credits.

1. Holy Grail (feat. Justin Timberlake) [S. Carter, Justin Timberlake, Terius "The-Dream" Nash, T. Mosley, J. Harmon, E.] [Sample Credits:
Contains elements of "Smells Like Teen Spirit" (K. Cobain/D. Grohl/K.Novoselic), published by EMI Virgin Songs, Inc. (BMI)/Primary Wave Tunes (BMI)/The End of Music (BMI)/MJ Twelve Mu]

2. Picasso Baby [S. Carter, T. Mosley, J. Harmon, A. Younge] [Sample Credits:
"Sirens" performed by Adrian Younge. used courtesy of Wax Poetics Records. Written by A. Younge, published by Linear Labs (ASCAP)
Produced by Timbaland for Timbaland Productions, Inc.]

3. Tom Ford [Produced by Timbaland for Timbaland Production, Inc. and Jerome "Jroc" Harmon for Bronze and Brainz Productions/Timbaland Productions, Inc.
Recorded by Chris Godbey for Side by Side/JVU Ent. and Dema]

4. FuckWithMeYouKnowIGotIt (Feat. Rick Ross) [Produced by Boi 1da for 1da Boi Productions and Vinylz for Vinylz Music Group
Additional production by Timbaland for Timbaland Productions, Inc. Recorded by Chris Godbey for Side by Side/JVU Ent. and]

5. Oceans (Feat. Frank Ocean) [Produced by Pharrell Williams
Additional production by Timbaland for Timbaland Productions, Inc.
Recorded by Jordan "DJ Swivel" Young at Jungle City Studios, NYC
Additional recording by Ramon Rivas a]

6. F.U.T.W. [Produced by Timbaland for Timbaland Productions, Inc. and Jerome "Jroc" Harmon for Bronze and Brainz Productions/Timbaland Productions, Inc.
Recorded by Chris Godbey for Side by Side/JVU Ent. and Dem]

7. Somewhere In America [S. Carter, C. Hollis, C. Camper, M. Dean] [Sample Credits:
Embodies portions of "Gangster of Love (Part 1)" written by Johnny Guitar Watson, published by Songs of Universal, Inc. o/b/o Virjon LLC d/b/a Booty Ooty Music (BMI) Sample recreation]

8. Crown [S. Carter, J. Webster, K. Bennett, M. Dean, M. Collins, B. Dixon] [Sample Credits:
Use of "Solid As A Rock" performed by Sizzla, courtesy of VP Music Group, Inc. Embodies portions of "Solid As A Rock" written by K. Bennett, M. Collins, published by Universal PolyGra]

9. Heaven [S. Carter, Terius "The-Dream" Nash, Justin Timberlake, T. Mosley, J. Harmon, W.] [Sample Credits:
"Reverie" performed by Adrian Younge, used courtesy of Wax Poetics Records. Written by A. Younge, published by Linear Labs. Contains elements of "Losing My Religion" (Berry/Buck/Mills]

10. Versus [S. Carter, K. Dean, J. Davis, T. Mosley, J. Harmon, F. Hubbard, M. Jones, M. Ta] [Sample Credits:
Embodies portions of "Sucka Nigga," written by Ali Shaheed Jones-Muhammad, Kamaal Ibn John Fareed, Malik Izaak Taylor and Freddie Hubbard, published by Universal Music-Z Tunes LLC]

11. Part II (On The Run) (Feat. Beyonce) [Produced by Timbaland for Timbaland Productions, Inc. and Jerome"Jroc" Harmon for Bronze and Brainze Productions/TimbalandProductions, Inc.
Recorded by Demacio "Demo" Castellon at Oven Studios, NYC]

12. Beach Is Better [Produced by Mike WiLL- Made It for Eardrummers Entertainment LLC
Co-Produced by Marz for Eardrummers Entertainment LLC
Recorded by Chris Godbey for Side By Side/JVU Ent. at Jungle City Studios, NYC]

13. BBC (Feat. Nas, Beyonce, Justin Timberlake, Pharrell, Swizz Beatz & Timbaland) [Produced by Pharrell Williams
Recorded by Chris Godbey for Side By Side/JVU Ent. and Demacio "Demo" Castelllon at Oven Studios, NYC
Assistant Recording Engineer: Ramon Rivas]

14. Jay-Z Blue [S. Carter, J. Harmon, C. Broady, T. Mosley, Justin Timberlake, S. Combs, D. McD] [Sample Credits:
Features samples from The Notorious B.I.G. recording "My Downfall." Produced under license from Atlantic Recordings Corp. by arrangement with Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Mus]

15 La Familia [Produced by Timbaland for Timbaland Productions, Inc. and Jerome "Jroc" Harmon for Bronze and Brainz Productions/Timbaland Productions, Inc.
Recorded by Demacio "Demo" Castellon at Oven Studios, NYC]

16 Nickles & Dimes [S. Carter, K. Joshua, M. Dean, S. Valentine] [Sample Credits:
Sample of "Nikels And Dimes" performed by Gonjasufi, used courtesy of Warp Records. Written by S. Valentine, published by Warp Music Limited (ASCAP)
Produced by Kyambo "Hip Hop" Joshu]

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