Timbaland is gearing up for his musical comeback, sending out a bold message that he’s ready to once again revolutionize the culture.
Taking to Instagram with a series of videos on Sunday (September 1), Timbo previewed a few new songs while letting people know he has something big on the way.
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“I’m coming. Don’t let the quietness fool you,” he said in one video.
In his caption, he added: “Trust me !!!!!! I’m going to shift the game one more time [mind blown emojis] I can show you better then me telling you!!!”
Earlier this year, Timbaland and Swizz Beatz revealed that their Verzuz brand’s content will be released exclusively on Elon Musk’s social-media platform X.
“We are beyond thrilled to have found the best partner for Verzuz,” the Ruff Ryders beatmaker said. “Not only are we excited to have Verzuz on X, we’re excited to help X build the biggest entertainment company in the world. I would like to thank Elon Musk, Linda Yaccarino, Brett Weitz, Mitchell Smith and the entire X team for believing in the Verzuz vision. We can’t wait to get to work.”
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Timbo added: “We are thrilled to partner with X, the most innovative platform globally. Our goal has always been to bring Verzuz to the world which we can now do bigger than ever.”
In a joint social-media post, the duo also stated that they plan on building new “Entertainment Businesses” on the platform.
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However, once Swizzy caught wind of the criticism he and his partner received — especially for making the announcement on Juneteenth — he took to Instagram to attempt to quiet the critics with a photoset shared two days later.
In the first photo, the two can be seen sporting merch created to celebrate the partnership. Over the photo, in cursive, Swizz included the phrase, “We will show you better than tell you.”
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He echoed the statement in the post’s caption, adding, “Blessings to all,” along with a series of emojis.
Unfortunately, the post did not seem to sway the naysayers, as many took to the comments to call Swizz Beatz and Timbaland out for “selling out;” while others suggested they should have partnered with any other social media platform.
“It’s cool to ‘show us’ but don’t play in our faces and act like folks don’t have a valid reason to question this partnership,” wrote one commenter.
To which Swizzy replied: “But nobody said anything before we been on that platform since Verzuz started.”
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No announcements about Verzuz or the partnership have been made since.
