Timbaland & Magoo
{{short description|American hip hop group}}
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{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Timbaland & Magoo
| image = Timbaland & Magoo_resize.jpg
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| origin = Norfolk, Virginia, U.S.
| genre = Hip hop
| years_active = 1989–2007
| label = {{hlist|Blackground|Atlantic}}
| spinoff_of = Swing Mob
| past_members = Timbaland
Magoo
}}
Timbaland & Magoo were an American hip hop duo, composed of Virginia natives Timothy "Timbaland" Mosley (born March 10, 1972) and Melvin "Magoo" Barcliff (July 12, 1973 – August 13, 2023).{{cite web |url=https://deadline.com/2023/08/magoo-dead-rapper-timbaland-missy-elliott-1235515152/|title=Magoo Dies: Rapper Who Teamed With Timbaland & Worked With Missy Elliott Was 50|first=Erik |last=Pedersen|date=August 14, 2023|access-date=August 15, 2023|website=Deadline Hollywood}}{{cite news|first=Amanda|last=Holpuch|title=Magoo, Rapper and Former Timbaland Collaborator, Dies at 50|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/14/arts/music/magoo-rapper-dead.html |access-date=September 7, 2023 |newspaper=The New York Times |date=August 14, 2023}}{{cite web|url=http://www.lyricsmania.com/up_jumps_da_boogie_lyrics_timbaland.html |title=Timbaland - Up Jumps Da' Boogie Lyrics |publisher=Lyricsmania.com |access-date=March 12, 2012}} Formed in 1989, the duo signed with Blackground Records, an imprint of Atlantic Records to release three studio albums: Welcome to Our World (1997), Indecent Proposal (2001), and Under Construction, Part II (2003). Magoo died of a heart attack in 2023.{{Cite web|url=https://theurbandaily.com/2993742/timbaland-sbi-pharrell-magoo/|title=Remember When Timbaland And Pharrell Were In A Music Group?|date=March 10, 2015|website=The Urban Daily}}
Background
In August 2021, Blackground Records signed a distribution deal with Empire Distribution to re-release Timbaland & Magoo's catalog on CD, cassette and vinyl, onto digital download sites and, for the first time ever, streaming services. As a result, Timbaland's 1998 LP Tim's Bio: Life from da Bassment and Timbaland & Magoo albums Welcome to Our World, Indecent Proposal and Under Construction, Part II were re-released August 27, 2021.{{Cite web|url=https://www.vulture.com/2021/08/aaliyah-catalog-streaming-services-details.html|title = Aaliyah's Blackground Records Music Heads to Streaming Beginning August 20|date = August 5, 2021}}{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/newsbeat-58246480|title=Aaliyah albums streaming: 'Her influence is absolutely everywhere'|publisher=BBC|date=August 20, 2021|access-date=August 20, 2021}}{{cite web |url=https://pitchfork.com/news/aaliyahs-one-in-a-million-arrives-to-streaming-amid-dispute-between-label-and-estate/|title=Aaliyah's One in a Million Arrives to Streaming Amid Dispute Between Label and Estate|last=Minsker|first=Evan|publisher=Pitchfork|date=August 20, 2021|access-date=August 20, 2021}}{{cite web |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/aaliyah-one-in-a-million-album-stream-hear-1214560/|title=Stream Aaliyah's 'One in a Million' Album|last=Legaspi|first=Althea|publisher=Rolling Stone|date=August 20, 2021|access-date=August 20, 2021}}
Magoo died on August 13, 2023, at the age of 50, and his death was confirmed by his former wife, Meco Barcliff.{{Cite news |last=Giacomazzo |first=Bernadette |date=August 13, 2023 |title=Magoo Has Reportedly Passed Away at Age 50 |work=HipHopDX |url=https://hiphopdx.com/news/magoo-died-age-50 |access-date=August 14, 2023}}{{cite web |url=https://metropolitanfuneralservice.com/memorial/melvin-lee-barcliff/|title=Melvin "Magoo" Barcliff|date=|accessdate=September 7, 2023|website=Metropolitan Funeral Service.com}} His funeral service took place on September 6, 2023, in Portsmouth, Virginia.
Discography
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=Albums=
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| rowspan="2"|Year
!rowspan="2"|Album !colspan="2"|Chart positions !rowspan="2"|Sales and certifications |
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| width="30"|U.S.
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| 1997
|{{center|33}} |{{center|–}} | RIAA certification: Platinum[https://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?resultpage=1&table=SEARCH_RESULTS&action=&title=&artist=timbaland&format=&debutLP=&category=&sex=&releaseDate=&requestNo=&type=&level=&label=&company=&certificationDate=&awardDescription=&catalogNo=&aSex=&rec_id=&charField=&gold=&platinum=&multiPlat=&level2=&certDate=&album=&id=&after=&before=&startMonth=1&endMonth=1&startYear=1958&endYear=2007&sort=Artist&perPage=25 "Timbaland" searchable database]. RIAA. Accessed November 7, 2007. |
2001
|{{center|29}} |{{center|–}} |
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2003
|{{center|50}} |{{center|75}} | |
=Singles=
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" |
| rowspan="2" style="width:10px;"| Year
! rowspan="2" style="width:250px;"| Title ! colspan="5" | Peak chart positions[http://acharts.us/performer/timbaland World Chart Positions]. aCharts.us. Accessed April 15, 2011. ! rowspan="2" style="width:175px;"| Album |
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| style="width:3em; font-size:85%"|US {{cite web|url={{BillboardURLbyName|artist=timbaland|chart=Hot 100}} |title=Timbaland Album & Song Chart History |publisher=Billboard.com |access-date=March 12, 2012}} !style="width:3em; font-size:85%"|US !style="width:3em; font-size:85%"|AUS !style="width:3em; font-size:85%"|IRL !style="width:3em; font-size:85%"|UK |
| |1997
|align="left"|"Up Jumps da Boogie" | style="text-align:center;"|12 | style="text-align:center;"|4 | style="text-align:center;"|— | style="text-align:center;"|— | style="text-align:center;"|— | rowspan="3"|Welcome to Our World |
| rowspan="2"|1998
|align="left"|"Luv 2 Luv Ya (Remix)" | style="text-align:center;"|— | style="text-align:center;"|— | style="text-align:center;"|— | style="text-align:center;"|— | style="text-align:center;"|— |
| align="left"|"Clock Strikes" (featuring Mad Skillz) | style="text-align:center;"|37 | style="text-align:center;"|24 | style="text-align:center;"|— | style="text-align:center;"|— | style="text-align:center;"|— |
| |2000
|align="left"|"We At It Again" | style="text-align:center;"|— | style="text-align:center;"|79 | style="text-align:center;"|— | style="text-align:center;"|— | style="text-align:center;"|— |
| rowspan="2"|2001
|align="left"|"Drop" | style="text-align:center;"|— | style="text-align:center;"|105 | style="text-align:center;"|— | style="text-align:center;"|— | style="text-align:center;"|— | rowspan="2"|Indecent Proposal |
| style="text-align:left;"|"All Y'all" (featuring Tweet and Sebastian) | style="text-align:center;"|— | style="text-align:center;"|58 | style="text-align:center;"|— | style="text-align:center;"|— | style="text-align:center;"|— |
| rowspan="2"|2003
|style="text-align:left;"|"Cop That Shit" | style="text-align:center;"|95 | style="text-align:center;"|49 | style="text-align:center;"|34 | style="text-align:center;"|39 | style="text-align:center;"|22 | rowspan="2"|Under Construction, Part II |
| style="text-align:left;"|"Indian Flute" (featuring Sebastian and Raje Shwari) | style="text-align:center;"|— | style="text-align:center;"|73 | style="text-align:center;"|— | style="text-align:center;"|— | style="text-align:center;"|— |
| colspan="8" style="font-size:90%"| "—" denotes releases that did not chart. |
=Guest appearances=
- S.B.I. - UH UH AH (1990); It's Like That Yaw (1991); SkullCaps (1991); If Ur Freaky (1991); Can U Get Wit It (1993); Big White Spaceship (1995)
- Jodeci - In the Meanwhile (1994); "What About Us (Swing Mob Mix)" (1994)
- Swing Mob - Plenty of Styles 1994; - "Ain't Nothing But a B Party" 1994; "Nothing but a B-Party Remix" (1995); "Dat Funk"(1995)
- DeVante Swing - Gin & Juice (Remix) [featuring Da Boogie Man, Mr. Brendal, Timbaland & Magoo, Black, Static & C-Dub] (1995)
- Ginuwine – "G. Thang" (1996)
- Missy Elliott – "Beep Me 911" (1997); "Beep Me 911 (Timbaland Remix)" (1998)
- Timbaland – "Here We Come" (1998); "What 'Cha Talkin' About" (1998)
- Playa - "Intro (Interlude)" (1998); "Derby City (Interlude)" (1998)
- The Black Russians – "Back Up out My Way" (2003)
- Timbaland – "Boardmeeting" (2007); "Magoo Verse (Timbaland Thursday)" (2011)
- Missy Elliott – "Warped" (2013)
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