Timbaland: “Aaliyah Spoke To Me & Told Me Tink Is The One”

Since the last year, hitmaker Timbaland has been touting his latest act Tink to anyone that’ll listen.

Early feedback on the femcee has been positive, however in a bid to whip up even more buzz, the producer dropped quite the bombshell during the rapper’s set at SXSW this weekend.

See what we mean below…

Pausing during his stint as hype-man for the newcomer (who he signed to his Mosley Music Group label over at Epic), Timbo told stunned onlookers:

“I don’t touch any of my sister’s records. I don’t touch Baby Girl’s records—you know that’s Aaliyah. I was riding home one day, sleep. She spoke to me in my sleep and said, ‘She’s the one.’” {Source}

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We’re all for plugging an act. After all, the process of building “superstars” has always been about pairing talent with hype. However, we can’t but feel this is all a little…team too much.

Like, as legitimate as the buzz is, the reality is that we haven’t seen anything yet that validates Ms. Tink from a chart perspective. As such, perhaps that should be the focus first. Thereafter, the “revelations” can be shared as more of a seal of approval, rather than as a tool to convince the masses to buy into a newbie.

Check out Tink’s latest single ‘Ratchet Commandments’ below and let us know what you think…