Ginuwine Opens Up About Timbaland Issues, “You Deserve To Be Called Out” [Audio]

Written By S. Samuel

R&B singer Ginuwine has shared more details on his recent issues with Timbaland and why he has decided to publicly reveal their dispute.

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According to Gin, Tim snubbed him on a video shoot for their “Get Involved” record.

“We did a song called ‘Get Involved’ and we paid him $50,000 to appear in the video,” Gin explained in an interview. “And we paid him his producing fee and this dude didn’t even get in it. He messed me up to the point where we had to make an animation of the video and put it overseas. Now throughout the years, he always said he was gonna work with me and all of that but he never did and I didn’t say anything. I always said [to the media], ‘Our schedules are conflicting.’ I’m definitely a professional, but when you actually do something, you deserve to be called out. And it’s not only me he’s done things to, I’m not gonna speak on that, I’m gonna speak on me. But when people do that, they can’t just get away with it. Whether you’re a friend or supposedly a friend or not, you don’t do that to people.” (Atlanta’s 107.5)

Earlier this week, the singer revealed his initial problems with Timbo.

“Me and Tim were real close at one point,” he explained in an interview. “A lot of the times that I reached out, there were a bunch of excuses. I begged and pleaded with him because I felt a certain way but I was like, is it just a bad vibe that I’m picking up on? Maybe I’m bugging out, I don’t know. But it came out to be true and I still feel like he owes me an apology for that. The reason I’m pissed off at him now is because of what he did. I would’ve been cool and not bothered him if he would’ve said, ‘Nah, I’m too busy,’ or gave me the lame excuse like he’s been giving me. But don’t do it and then not do what you’re supposed to do [to promote the song].” (VIBE)

Rumors on their issues began to surface on multiple music blogs last fall.

What’s really good between old pals Timbaland and Ginuwine? It seems Tim doesn’t want to be in Ginuwine’s video for “Get Involved” ft Missy and Timbaland himself, and is said to have dodged Ginuwine’s calls. He even used the excuse that he was getting “too fat” as a reason to back out of the video which left Ginuwine hurt about the situation. (Bryonce)

Tim is widely acclaimed for helping shape Ginuwine’s early singing career.

With the strikingly inventive Timbaland behind the boards, Ginuwine cut his debut album, Ginuwine…The Bachelor, and released it later in 1996. “Pony” became a number one R&B smash, also reaching number six on the pop charts, and the album became an eventual double-platinum hit. It spun off several more R&B hits over the next year, including “Tell Me Do U Wanna,” “I’ll Do Anything/I’m Sorry,” “Holler,” and “Only When Ur Lonely”; it also featured a homage to one of Ginuwine’s main influences in the cover of Prince‘s “When Doves Cry.” (All Music)

Listen to Ginuwine’s interview below:

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Written by S. Samuel

Steven Samuel is the co-founder of SOHH.com.

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    • Suck a cockmeat sandwich. How you know they arnt strapped for college already? all because your dad blew your school money on strippers dosnt mean Game isnt a responsible father fuckhead

  1. Then he definitely got them the cheap Rolex if he had $100k budget.

    • 100,000 on 12 watches nigga ain’t nothing cheap about that where yours at hater

    • Obviously you don’t know real money..They are Rolex not G shock. a good Rolex starts at $10k and that’s starting..

    • Nigga obviously u dont know how much they cost if they just said how much he paid. Anyway my point is u sound like a bitch worrying about how much money another nigga spend on his homies pull yo skirt up n quit hating nigga
      Mac n on my iPhone

    • They maybe low line rolexs but most niggas wouldnt drop 100k on their boys at all. And most those niggas would have never been able to get one ever.

    • Niqqa brought 12 so I dont think it really matters honestly…beggars cant be choosers.

    • Half them niggas in that picture is papered up that nigga Lile got long bread Taydoe to

  2. How about setting up retirement plans for your homies or investing in their kids futures or is that too much to ask these rap niggas?

    • What good is that gonna do? You can’t flaunt 401ks and trust funds in the hood. At least they will be able to get $200 from these watches at hardcore pawn when they go broke.

    • how u kno what u doin or aint for people u aint wit that nigga all day. stop tryna knock ppl unless u kno what u talkin bout. im pretty sure he doin plenty of shit u dont kno about.

    • shut ya hating use to be known ass up sucka. Whats your retirement plan looking like? Hows that 401k plan holding up? Wavy? Fuck you tryna educate a man that has seen your whole family generations salary combined in 2 years for? Dumbsmart ass nigga

    • Shawn, before you go and try to compare investment portfolios, look at where you are and who you’re talking to. Get ya hate up you cocksucking kike before I come over to your Mushroom Kingdom, duff you in the fuckin mouth, fuck your baby moms in the ass for a good 8 minutes and then end your fugazi macho ways with a 1/2 nigger 1/2 italian skeet on ya prepubescent mustache, fuck nigga. I roast little niggas like you for a living. When you decide you want to move out of your mammie’s basement, holla at me. We’re hiring at SHOT97 you jewish slob.

    • Sad thing is Game will be beefing with one of them in about a year lol

    • Fuck that fraud Raashaun casey and his slant eyed whore of a wife. And that ugly ass baby.

    • lol He’s an illiterate fuckboy, he pays more attention to the images on a site than simple letters on a page. What a fagfuck. You’d think his mammie pushed him out her rectum.

    • I’ve had my fair share of chow mein pussy. Your statement I can endorse and cosign my dude.

  3. Game will be broke and pawning his platinum albums like soul sonic force in 5 years.lol

    • get real. game made a 100,000 just for a show in france the other week. this aint shit to him.

    • i do, theres different lines….. this had to be date justs at that cost…. it damn sure aint the submariner, daytona, sky dweller (new in 2012), deep sea, day date (aka presidential), or yachtmaster…. they just dont come that cheap the date just II is nice but for it to be basic is blahhh, that shit gotta get iced out and have a custom dial to really look like something.

  4. Waste of money smh this is why our youth has this mentality of living for the moment and tryna keep wit everyone else just to be accepted

    • but is it your money? he work hard for his money he can buy wtf he want. miserable ass ppl always bring that bitter shit online.

    • The people that say ur comment is stupid are the same people who would be broke in 10 years like every rapper and athlete. We have a long way to go as black people

    • Yeah your right that’s why I didn’t even reply to them just their comments alone is showing me they have that same mentality smh

  5. That many goons, that many Rollies…musta copped them from a pawn shop and they just plain gold watches cuz brand new and REAL Rollies gonna set him back a lil more than a 100k

    • wrong there are plenty of types of rolex watches and they start as cheap as a couple bands. u can always tell a simple ass nigga lol.

    • No nigga…I know the difference…he got them the cheapest, blandest shyt in the store…he didnt cop no YachtMasters iced down…he cop them something I could go buy in a month of stackin proper…he stuntin for Twitter, playing BAWSE and brought them Rollies, they generic but nevertheless…my boy bought his whole team iced out Hublots just to show other niggaz up in the hood…this nigga a celeb, he coulda went harder, not impressed

    • iced out hublot? big bangs? or the king power? the carbon fiber shit with ice is reh-taaaarded

    • He just spent 100k on watches…that ain’t boss shit? Realize what I just said…100k on watches lol that’s wild

    • Bruh, the shyt Rayful Edmund did for his team is boss shyt….I seen a street dude buy a 100 bottles in the V.I.P at 1000 a pop…Game a rapper who’s money should be considerably longer…plus like I said, A Boss gets extravagant wit it…he went generic

    • Bruh….I dont know the ins and outs on what type of Hublots…but I know he bought 9 of them black shyts and they real cold with that snow all over them

    • thats atleast 200K right there more if they the king powers, how many carats, quality of ice etc etc

    • “game a rapper who’s money should be considerably longer..”

      LOL. u are one dumb..ugly..big nosed fucking loser. i dont know what else to say to such a dumb human.

    • Tell you what…go drink a glass of armadillo piss, get ya mouf wet and go stick ya tongue up Game azz til he diarrhea shyts in ya mouf an all oved ya face…dookie sauce breath bytch

  6. lmao gotta say it again…Rolex records is the absolute lamest, corniest, most uncreative name for a label since Uncle Luke imprinted Luke records!! lmao! not to mention its a rip off Maybach Music! Fool needa “cease & desist & stop dickeating” order from the Rolex Co.

    • Glad somebody noticed!!! There’s no meaning behind this. I thought the same thing about mmg. It’s a car dummy. We are talking bout two guys who grew up watching too many movies n wants nothing more than to be G. Rolex records??? Lololololol

    • Atleast Ross had a history with Maybach, with him having a Maybach music series on his albums..But Game’s Rolex records doesn’t make sense…He calls his crew Roley Boys, thats what he should call his label Roley Records atleast its better than Rolex records…

    • I have history with magnum condoms, so I’m gonna call my label Big dick records. That’s sounds about as good as Rolex records. Game a fool for that one.

  7. 8300 for a rolex? sounds like the date just II with no ice, nothing custom on it;…… bare bones, mad basic.

    • Lol y u so mad the cheapest Rolex start at 800$. You talking bout 8gs like you got it stop hating my friend. 8

    • just cause you on some broke shit don’t mean the rest of us are…. 8 grand isn’t that much money pimpin, are you even serious?

    • i’m not hating i’m talking facts, why would i hate on these dudes when my watch is nicer than theirs? i was just breaking down numbers chief.

    • Cause u are talking bout how much they cost dog that’s shit broads do not real niggas. I respect this dude for that it don’t matter if the watch was 8,000 or 30,000 the point is he did it for his homies. Everybody always worry about how much shit cost that’s fag shit homie
      Mac n on my iPhone

    • ok so real niggas dont talk about how much watches cost? are you kidding me? thats a mens conversation, not a ladies. you fuckin miserable self righteous dick eating motherfucka. take games penis out of your mouth its annoying.

    • Naw nigga take my dick out ur mouth bitch. Naw real niggas don’t sit around and say ” why didn’t he get the 30,000 watch”. Real niggas just appreciate what another real nigga doing. I don’t dick ride none of these rap niggas pussy
      Mac n on my iPhone

    • “Those ain’t Rolex diamonds.. what the fuck you done to that?” ~Jay Z – Imaginary Player

    • where do you see me saying why didn’t he get anything? you fuckin bird, i stated facts if you buying a date just II for 8300 theres no ice on it, theres nothing customed out on that. thats a fact, thats actually a good price for that watch most retail at above 9K basic, without anything extra…
      why are you speaking on shit you dont know about? you dont know watches, you don’t know numbers because why would you? dont talk to me about money man you disgust me. i can sense the brokeness on you.

    • Nigga I do know about what I’m talking bout u fucking groupie my mom had a Rolex in 86 u young fuck. I told yo bitch ass I didn’t care about how much or how much ice it has. I’m calling u out for being a bitch ass nigga for even speaking on another nigga taking care of his people. U a lost nigga grow the fuck up dummy
      Mac n on my iPhone

    • ROFLLLLL @ my mom had a rolex in 86….. so your mom having a rolex 26 years ago makes you a rolex expert but the nigga who actually has one himself doesn’t know shit? you’re a mindless piece of shit stfu already

    • I thru wasting my time with u u bitch ass keyboard thug. If u was a real nigga u woulda understood but u far from a real nigga. Just cause u go on a Rolex site don’t make u a expert bitch boy
      Mac n on my iPhone

    • ahahahahha i’m still laughing at your mom had a rolex in 86… did daryl strawberry buy it for her after he won the world series?

    • i do have one, except i dont have some bare bones basic ass shit that another man bought for me, i bought my own shit…. womp womp

  8. Lol… most of these hatin ass niggas need 4 or 5 months to stack 8,300 bucks, let alone spend that much on a homeboy…i see y 40 glocc going after them pockets….

  9. Nd I’m sure game is smart enough to know that since all them niggas are signed under his label, those could be written off as business expenses…i’m sure some of y’all know dat already… google some of the things rappers write off… amazin…

  10. Its that nigga money damn I didn’t no y’all was his accountant smh… he wantedbl to spoil his boys…why y’all buy shirts, shoes, hats, pants, ? Cause u either need it or wanna rock it let that nigga do his thang its almost 2012 an broke niggas still yapping about rich nigga money

    • But yet you took the time out to hate on people you feel are hating. At least they are front row hating while your just a back seat hater.

  11. The comments yall be posting be more entertaining than the actual articles. I literally scroll down to the comments before I read the articles hahaha

  12. Somewhere lil bow weezy mad as ell his dumb broke ass paid for all them watches over a madden game and this bafoon just splurges it HA!

  13. Game has kids and a wife and he over here with these niggas buying them rolexes?Game seem like a cool dude but his priorities are mixed up! as you get older you dont need that many niggas around you if you get set up you wont know which one of these cats will do it or had someone do it! homies set homies up all the time! This will be Games downfall!

  14. “if I buy you a rolex, will you be my friend and make sure I dont ever get left plankin at the fox hills mall again???? will you???

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