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I'm just talkin bout Timbaland!

Something I haven't done in a while…an album review.

Timbaland Presents: Shock Value 

I'll save the rhetoric for the comment section, lets get straight to it shall we:

 

 

 

1. Oh Timbaland - Beat is 'throwback fresh'! That classic Timbaland sound. (I thought this was supposed to be about 'growth'? NO N-SITE) He's talkin shit, but that's alright.  Whatever.  Erm, he's talkin bout Scott Storch (don't lie Timbaland)  Shit sounds better than the next song…

2. Give It To Me (feat. them folks) - Nelly says she's a 'supermodel'? Timbaland still talkin bout Piano Man. JT is talkin bout Janet (yes, he is, I watch Oprah niggaz, and Prince ain't been on that shit since Emancipation so sit down) and Prince. Aw well. Beat ain't really hittin.

3. Release (feat. JT) - Same sample technique from SexyBack. Timbaland does that. Often.  Same 'filtered' vocal effects too. Granted sometimes during recording sessions, you have songs that get put down that can show up on different albums over time, and they contain similar production elements. (See Sign 'O The Times/Camille sessions). Eh

4. Why I Are (feat. Keri Hilson and D.O.E) - Are these people signed to Timbaland's label? Ew.  Throwaway track like a muthafucka.

5. Bounce (feat. Dr. Dre, Missy, and JT) - Niggaz been bouncin since when? Bounce like yo ass got the hiccups?? JT talkin bout group sex??? Dr. Dre????? Ghostwritten…Missy say she don't wear draws like Britney? (okay, that's good shit) Oh, she nasty… I like that. Beat is kinda hot. Missy coulda rocked this by herself though. The rest is kinda 'extra'?

6. Come Get Me (feat. Tony Yayo and 50 Cent and someone else??) - Computer.Bout.To.Blow.The.Fuck.Up.Call.My.Mama.

7. Kill Yourself (feat. Sebastian and Attitude) - You first? Whack. Really. One of these niggaz sounds like a tired MC Eiht. Buyin the bar?? Aw hell.  Beat is horrible.

8. Boardmeeting (feat. Magoo) - Borrowing from Kurtis Blow 'The Breaks'? Magoo!!!! Short ass verse though?  Beat is club worthy. More from 'The Breaks'?? 

9. Fantasy (feat. Money) - Sounds like some Ciara type shit. Uhhh…I don't get it.  It's nuthin but an R&B song.  Timbaland doesn't even get on it? Beat is so-so.

10. Scream (feat. Keri Hilson and My Baby Mama, Nicole Scherzinger) - Whack. Fuck around a make a late child support payment on GP. It's that silly. Timbaland talks at the end tryin to sound sexy.  The track goes on-and-on-and-on.

11. Miscommunication (feat. Keri Hilson and Sebastian) - Prince called…he doesn't sound very happy.  Said he's got a 4-inch heel that's deadly.  Truthfully, this is club worthy, except for the horrible verse tacked onto it.  But don't diss Prince, then swagger jack his shit.

12. Bombay (feat. Amar and Jim Beanz) - He's on his 'Indian Shit' with this one.  I can see this gettin love in the clubs.  But uhh…this ain't his single.  The 'diss song' is. Can't really see radio embracing this though. (not that radio is worth a damn, but I'm just sayin, you can't understand the singer and Timbaland doesn't spit any verses??)

13. Throw It On Me (feat. The Hives) - Uhh…I like The Hives, I think there is even a post on this blog with one of their songs (search it?).  But this is CRAP!  I could see this being released as a single. It's super gimmicky though. SUPER. SUPER CRAP!

14. Time (feat. She Wants Revenge) - Prince called again…I heard Carmen Electra cryin in the background. This would work, if the fact that Timbaland produced it was kept hush. And he wasn't rappin on it.  Probably not the HIPHOPers traditional cup of joe though.  The production is kinda simple, but sometimes the best songs are simple.  But in the context of the rest of the album? Weed?

15. One And Only (feat. Fallout Boy) - This will probably end up as a single.  But more CRAP!  The MTV/Fallout Boy folks will swallow this up (or the Fallout Boy fans might fucking hate it).  He says 'fucking' though.  They can edit that I guess, but yeah. This shit is corny.

16. Apologize (feat. One Republic) - Starts out like a power ballad. Journey. I'm NOT fuckin playin. (Journey is a classic band, but what the fuck is this shit?) WOW! A puppy just died.

17. Two Man Show (feat. Elton John) - Clever title. Gospel Choir.  All I need to say. Isn't it. (beat sounds like something eminem would love though, without the choir, and Elton John, cuz that's already been done, but whatever) All Timbaland does is talk over the beat. 'Yeah, ease it out for me.' I guess it's supposed to be a 'jam session' type recording, with Elton 'freestylin' over the beat, with the choir thrown in? Ooooh, and some strings!!!  Timbaland is sophistimacated.

Now, Timbaland was talkin about this album was supposed to be the one that made everyone 'respect' his production skills.

Besides the extra 'pop tarts' featured on the album, it sounds like any of the previous Timbaland (& Magoo) albums. Without that one SLAMMIN ass Timbaland, Magoo, and Missy track. (they did freak the spiderman theme)

I won't predict flop or failure. But watch. (uhh)

This is probably worse than HIPHOP IS DEAD. Naw, it is. (easy to do, but damn)