Timbaland, Keri Hilson, D.O.E., and Max Dean refers to a collaborative grouping centered on Timbaland, an American record producer, rapper and songwriter from Norfolk, Virginia, known for pioneering syncopated, percussive hip hop and R&B production since the mid-1990s; Keri Hilson, an American singer-songwriter from Decatur, Georgia, associated with contemporary R&B and pop and active from the early 2000s; D.O.E., an artist and songwriter who has worked with Timbaland’s camp in hip hop and R&B contexts; and Max Dean, a vocalist and collaborator within the same production circle. Their work reflects Timbaland’s signature beat-driven, groove-oriented production and the R&B/pop vocal stylings of his collaborators, emerging from U.S. urban music scenes and tied to 2000s-era mainstream R&B and hip hop collaborations.