Dunno if he's been mentioned... But, yeah, Timbaland's a bit of a sacred cow.
WORSE HOWEVER, is Missy Elliot.
A bit of flawed logic I notice; Missy Elliot's songs usually end up being about one thing, how men want to fuck her. Nothing wrong with that, that doesn't differ from too many female rappers. BUT! She's the only one, where critics claim 'She's an iconoclast', and 'Pushing the gender boundaries'.
One time, I saw Bjork saying "She's a real artist. She's not trying to be sexy and showing her tits!"
No you fucking idiots, it's because her weight class would make that look gross. Jesus, Missy Elliot is no different than any other female rapper, except she's fat. And by default, people have this preconceived notion that she's not trying to be seductive, because she's fat. And somehow, that means "One-Minute Man" is on an artistic plateau above say "Ain't No N***A" or "Get Money". Huh?
Also, her 'production' is all Timbaland. If it isn't the man himself, it's incredibly derivative... It's not like say, Danja, where the guy leaves, and it doesn't sound the same anymore. Missy Elliot is as inessential as Pras to the Fugees.