Jay-Z and Timbaland's Best Moments

Timbo's Roc Nation deal is the pair's latest collabo.

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Jay-Z and Timbaland's Best Moments - On Wednesday, Jay-Z and Timbaland were back at it, making headlines once again. That's the day news broke that Timbo was signing to Roc Nation, Jay's record label/management firm, also home to Rihanna and J. Cole. The announcement couldn't help but stir memories of the pair's long, fruitful history of musical collaboration, which goes back a decade and a half. Here, we list Jay-Z and Timbaland's best on-wax moments, from smash singles to slept-on bangers. —Alex Gale (Photos from left: Shareif Ziyadat/FilmMagic, Candice Lawler/BET)

"N---a What N---a Who (Originator '99)" feat. Jaz-O and Amil - Wanna act loco? Don't do it anywhere in the vicinity of this track, one of Jay and Tim's first — and sharpest — collabos. The final single from Hov's 1999 album Vol. 2...Hard Knock Life, the song features a dizzying, stuttering beat and some of the quickest, most nimble flows Jay's ever committed to wax.  (Photo: Roc-A-Fella Records)

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"N---a What N---a Who (Originator '99)" feat. Jaz-O and Amil - Wanna act loco? Don't do it anywhere in the vicinity of this track, one of Jay and Tim's first — and sharpest — collabos. The final single from Hov's 1999 album Vol. 2...Hard Knock Life, the song features a dizzying, stuttering beat and some of the quickest, most nimble flows Jay's ever committed to wax. (Photo: Roc-A-Fella Records)

Justin Timberlake feat. Jay-Z, "Suit & Tie" - Last month, Hov and Timbo linked up with Justin for the svelte single "Suit & Tie," his first new music in six years, leaving the Internet, the radio waves and everyone in between in a frenzy.  (Photos from left: Allison Joyce/Getty Images, Thomas Janssen/Pacificcoastnews.com, Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty Images For BET)

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Justin Timberlake feat. Jay-Z, "Suit & Tie" - Last month, Hov and Timbo linked up with Justin for the svelte single "Suit & Tie," his first new music in six years, leaving the Internet, the radio waves and everyone in between in a frenzy. (Photos from left: Allison Joyce/Getty Images, Thomas Janssen/Pacificcoastnews.com, Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty Images For BET)

"Big Pimpin'" feat. UGK - Another across-the-board, undeniable classic, 1999's "Big Pimpin'" features the then unlikely cross-regional combo of Hov and UGK strutting over one of Timbaland's most playful beats, a blend of Middle Eastern melodies and herky-jerky drums.  (Photos from left: Darla Khazei/ Pacificcoastnews.com, Paul Zimmerman/Getty Images)

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"Big Pimpin'" feat. UGK - Another across-the-board, undeniable classic, 1999's "Big Pimpin'" features the then unlikely cross-regional combo of Hov and UGK strutting over one of Timbaland's most playful beats, a blend of Middle Eastern melodies and herky-jerky drums. (Photos from left: Darla Khazei/ Pacificcoastnews.com, Paul Zimmerman/Getty Images)

Vol. 3....The Life and Times of S. Carter - But "Big Pimpin'" was just one of the highlights — a very high one — of Jay-Z and Timbaland's most prolific collaborative period, the former's 1999 album Vol. 3...The Life and Times. Timbaland's contributions — "Big Pimpin'," "It's Hot (Some Like It Hot), "Snoopy Track" (feat. Juvenile) and "Come and Get Me" — form the backbone of the triple-platinum blockbuster disc.  (Photo: Roc-A-Fella Records)

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Vol. 3....The Life and Times of S. Carter - But "Big Pimpin'" was just one of the highlights — a very high one — of Jay-Z and Timbaland's most prolific collaborative period, the former's 1999 album Vol. 3...The Life and Times. Timbaland's contributions — "Big Pimpin'," "It's Hot (Some Like It Hot), "Snoopy Track" (feat. Juvenile) and "Come and Get Me" — form the backbone of the triple-platinum blockbuster disc. (Photo: Roc-A-Fella Records)

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"Dirt Off Your Shoulder" - One of the best songs from one of Jay-Z's best discs, 2003's The Black Album, this classic even had Obama referencing it in response to criticism from Hillary Clinton during the 2008 presidential campaign. The Jay-Z documentary Fade to Black showed the pair in the studio making the song, highlighting their personal chemistry.  (Photo: Roc-A-Fella Records)

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"Dirt Off Your Shoulder" - One of the best songs from one of Jay-Z's best discs, 2003's The Black Album, this classic even had Obama referencing it in response to criticism from Hillary Clinton during the 2008 presidential campaign. The Jay-Z documentary Fade to Black showed the pair in the studio making the song, highlighting their personal chemistry. (Photo: Roc-A-Fella Records)

"Hola Hovito" - Timbaland only had one song on what is arguably Jay's best album (sorry, Reasonable Doubt partisans), but it's a banger, a much-needed lighthearted, reggae-inflected respite on an album of heavy, introspective moments.  (Photos from left: Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images, John Parra/FilmMagic)

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"Hola Hovito" - Timbaland only had one song on what is arguably Jay's best album (sorry, Reasonable Doubt partisans), but it's a banger, a much-needed lighthearted, reggae-inflected respite on an album of heavy, introspective moments. (Photos from left: Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images, John Parra/FilmMagic)

Memphis Bleek feat. Jay-Z & Missy Elliott, "Is That Yo Chick?" - Jay's protégé Memphis Bleek hit a career highlight with this banging 2000 single, featuring a hilarious, double-time Jay verse, a rumbling, droning Timbaland beat and a hook from Missy. An alternate version of the song showed up, sans Bleek, on the European release of Jay's Vol. 3...Life and Times of S. Carter.(REUTERS/Vincent Wang/Landov)

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Memphis Bleek feat. Jay-Z & Missy Elliott, "Is That Yo Chick?" - Jay's protégé Memphis Bleek hit a career highlight with this banging 2000 single, featuring a hilarious, double-time Jay verse, a rumbling, droning Timbaland beat and a hook from Missy. An alternate version of the song showed up, sans Bleek, on the European release of Jay's Vol. 3...Life and Times of S. Carter.(REUTERS/Vincent Wang/Landov)

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Jay-Z, "The Bounce" feat. Kanye West - This song, from Jay-Z's 2002 Blueprint 2, featured a bouncy Timbo beat and a rough-around-the-edges Kanye West's first on-wax verse.  (Photo: Kevin Mazur/WireImage)

Missy Elliott, "One Minute Man" (Remix) feat. Ludacris and Jay-Z - This 2001 song combines Timbaland's two favorite rap collaborators, Jay-Z and, of course, Missy. Two other versions of this 2001 song feature just Ludacris or Luda and Trina, but the radio-only remix with Hov was a must-hear thanks to his nonchalantly cocky verse.  (Photos from left: Jason Szenes/Getty Images, Astrid Stawiarz/Getty Images, Juan Soliz/ PacificCoastNews.com)

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Missy Elliott, "One Minute Man" (Remix) feat. Ludacris and Jay-Z - This 2001 song combines Timbaland's two favorite rap collaborators, Jay-Z and, of course, Missy. Two other versions of this 2001 song feature just Ludacris or Luda and Trina, but the radio-only remix with Hov was a must-hear thanks to his nonchalantly cocky verse. (Photos from left: Jason Szenes/Getty Images, Astrid Stawiarz/Getty Images, Juan Soliz/ PacificCoastNews.com)

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Jay-Z, "Hey Papi" feat. Memphis Bleek and Amil - Hov has never been big on doing soundtrack work — better to save the good stuff for your own albums — but this Timbaland-produced single from the 2000 soundtrack for the film Nutty Professor II: The Klumps is a notable, and particularly funky, exception.   (Photos from left: Hugh Dillon/WENN.com, Jeffrey Mayer/WireImage.com)

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Jay-Z, "Hey Papi" feat. Memphis Bleek and Amil - Hov has never been big on doing soundtrack work — better to save the good stuff for your own albums — but this Timbaland-produced single from the 2000 soundtrack for the film Nutty Professor II: The Klumps is a notable, and particularly funky, exception. (Photos from left: Hugh Dillon/WENN.com, Jeffrey Mayer/WireImage.com)

Jay Z and Timbaland vs. Baligah Hamdy Estate - More than decade after their big hit single "Big Pimpin'" dropped, rapper Jay Z and the song's producer, Timbaland, were sued for a sample that may not have been cleared properly. The track borrows from Baligh Hamdy's "Khosra, Khosra," and although Tim and Jay did obtain permission to reproduce and perform the song, Hamdy's children, who inherited the rights to the song, argued that the hip hop artists did not have the necessary rights for sampling and looping. (Photo: Kevin Mazur/Wire Images)

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Timbaland, "Give It to Me" (Laugh At Em Remix featuring Jay-Z & Justin Timberlake) - "Suit and Tie" isn't the first time JT, Jay-Z and Timbo joined forces. The Australian version of the latter's 2007 solo album Shock Value featured this quirky but smooth collabo. (Photo: Kevin Mazur/WireImage)

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Timbaland Signs to Roc Nation - We don't know the details of Timbo signing with Jay's Roc Nation — is it a management deal, a label deal or what? But looking at this pair's fruitful collaborations in the past, we're pretty sure we know what the results will be. (Photo: RocNation)