How to watch Verzuz battle with Timbaland and Swizz Beatz

It is a rematch for the ages: Swizz Beatz and Timbaland are once again getting the phase in a Verzuz battle Sunday.

The famous producers are Verzuz royalty, co-developing the preferred on line sequence final yr at the commence of the pandemic and dealing with off in its debut battle.

Their 1st showdown — on March 24, 2020 — lasted 5 hours and spawned a phenomenon that on a regular basis attracts thousands and thousands of viewers keen to see legends from R&B, rap and hip-hop accomplish their hits in a welcoming matchup.

Verzuz has hosted a number of memorable pairings around the final yr, together with Gladys Knight and Patti LaBelle, Brandy and Monica and Redman and System Male.

Today’s battle with Swizz Beatz and Timbaland, airing live from Miami, commences at 5 p.m. Pacific and can be watched on Triller, Fite Tv set and the Verzuz Instagram web page.

“Swizz and Timbaland’s verrry 1st Verzuz is my favourite pandemic memory arms down,” mentioned just one Twitter user. “I keep in mind getting gluuuued to my telephone thinking if Swizz would at any time uncover a correct world-wide-web link, my intellect exploding each and every tune b/c I hadn’t listened to it in a long time. What a time.”

Verzuz has hyped the celebration with clips of the duo’s 1st faceoff, which was element battle and element stroll down memory lane as the producers fired off some of their most memorable tracks. Gold crown and fireplace emojis were liberally sprinkled all over.

Swizz Beatz and Timbaland shaped some of the most iconic songs from the 1990s and 2000s. “Ruff Ryders’ Anthem?” “Pony?” You have these two to thank.

Timothy Zachery Mosley, a.k.a. Timbaland, also gifted us bangers like “SexyBack” (performed by Justin Timberlake), along with “Apologize” and “The Way I Are” from Timbaland’s 2007 album, “Shock Price.” His production credits vary from Rihanna and Kanye West to Mariah Carey and Aaliyah.

Swizz Beatz, born Kasseem Dean, located a longtime good friend and collaborator in DMX, who died in April. Their ultimate collaboration, “Exodus,” DMX’s posthumous album, was unveiled Friday. Generated by Beatz, the album features attendees this sort of as Jay- Z, Nas and Bono.