After years away from the spotlight, Missy Elliott and Timbaland are returning with new albums this summer.

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Lil Wayne gave Justin Bieber some skating tips when he caught up with him in Miami. With skateboard in hand, the teen sensation hit the ramp with the Young Money chief in between recording his upcoming album Believe.

“Good time in the studio last night,” tweeted the Biebs. “Back at it tonight. oh yeah…and big bro came thru.”

While he didn’t say if he and Weezy had collaborated, Timbaland has been in the studio with the pop idol. “yo @justinbieber played me some of his joints last nite, craziee. the dude is super talented & our work ethics are just alike. #hitsondeck,” tweeted Timbo.

Drake and Kanye West are also among the contributors to Bieber’s sophomore album, due later this year.

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Rick Ross is not playing around. Fresh off the release of his star-studded mixtape Rich Forever, the Teflon Don turned his attention back to his fifth album God Forgives, I Don’t.

Over the weekend, the Miami MC hit the lab with super-producer Timbaland, who provided him with some of his signature beats. “In studio w/ Timbaland.get’n priceless music x advice,” tweeted Rozay.

Timbo is not the only music maestro connecting with the Bawse. He also received a call from Jay-Z and his idol Dr. Dre following the release of his tape. “Just spoke to my biggest musical influence for the 1st time,” wrote Rozay. “Dr. Dre just changed my life with a phone call.”

“I’m not covering up shit. The truth shall set me free,” said Timbaland, who bared all during his E! “True Hollywood Story.”

The super-producer took viewers on his path to becoming one of music’s most influential figures and revealed some secrets including the time he contemplated suicide after his drastic weight gain and his love for Aaliyah.

The 45-minute episode also featured commentary from Timbo’s friends and collaborators including Justin Timberlake, Missy Elliott, Pharrell, Keri Hilson, and his wife and parents.

Watch the full episode below.

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The Throne is getting remixed Timbaland-style. The super-producer premiered his live remix of the Hit-Boy-produced song off Watch the Throne during a DJ gig at Passion nightclub at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Hollywood, Florida. Timbo beat-boxed and freestyled over the beat as clubgoers ate it up. Now that shit’s cray.

Timbaland is making some shocking revelations to E! in his “True Hollywood” special. The super-producer, born Timothy Mosley, opens about building the careers of superstars Justin Timberlake and Missy Elliott, suicidal thoughts, and secret love for Aaliyah.

On Aaliyah: “When I first met Aaliyah—it’s time for the world to hear this, I’m gonna give up a little secret—I was in love with her. I said, But I’m not… She just a baby, I’m old. I said to myself, ‘I’m just gonna be her brother.’ Oh man, I was fightin’, I was fightin’ a lot—a big war. But I loved Aaliyah.”

On Justin Timberlake: “Me and Justin, it’s the weirdest thing. We just say we’re gonna kill them and then we kill them…We get together, we break bread and we spill out music. That’s what we do.”

On Missy Elliott: “She was just super dope…she was God-sent; that was my sister.”

On his weight gain: “I was almost 400 pounds. Who wants to be a 400-pound black man? I’m looking in the mirror, my breast is bigger than a girl breast. And I was saying, ‘That ain’t cool.’ So I got very depressed, like suicidal depressed.”

On his marriage to wife Monique: “It’s probably hard to be married to me. It’s not easy. I’m a musical genius. I’m weird, I do crazy things, it’s not like the average norm. But I’m a loving guy.”

“True Hollywood Story: Timbaland” airs Tuesday at 9 p.m. ET on E! Watch a sneak peek below.

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Timbaland hits the studio with Sebastian to unleash a preview of their collaborative cut “This Lady.” The bumping pop jam sees the artists singing through Auto-Tune filters about an extra special girl who’s a cut above the rest. “I said this lady, her nationality’s kind of crazy / This lady only bumps the music from the ‘80s / This lady she’s well-spoken and educated,” croons Timbo. Listen to the lady killers’ latest.

Timbaland fires up the screen with a bevy of super-hot models in the video for “Pass at Me,” the first single from his upcoming album Shock Value III featuring Pitbull and David Guetta.

Missy Elliott is slowly making her return to music. With features on Katy Perry’s No. 1 single “Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.)” and J. Cole’s debut Cole World, the hip-hop vet joins former Disney star Demi Lovato on the speaker-rattling “All Night Long,” a cut off her third album Unbroken (Sept. 20). Missy celebrates the weekend on the party anthem produced by her longtime collaborator Timbaland.

“It’s about staying up all night long and singing it to the boy that you like, and it’s flirty and fun and it’s not too grown-up, but it’s grown-up enough,” the 19-year-old singer told MTV News.

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