Timbaland is still innovative, he has made pop music Hip Hop, name one music producer of any genre who wouldn't want to make music for Madonna and the top of the line pop artists. His beats are still hard, he hasn't made his music soft for these people, his drums and sounds still bang.
Why are folks discussing DJ Paul without Juicy? they are a production team, from what I understand Paul does the drums, Juicy plays the keys, I can't remember any production credit for either one of the singularly.