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In his downtime, Timbaland listens to book excerpts online and reads on his phone. He says he recently connected with Gladwell’s 10,000-hour rule and has been studying it since.

“I’m the master of sound, so the headphones have to be right,” says Timbaland. Active noise cancellation. Thirty-hour battery life. Brain-altering surround sound.

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You can usually find the producer head-to-toe in Ethika gear. “I just love how their fabrics feel,” says Timbaland. “I’m the kind of guy who wants to be comfortable, and their socks never fail me.”

“I travel a lot and I don’t want to be carrying around all of this luggage,” Timbaland says. “I make sure that everything I need fits into a backpack.”