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CD Review: Timbaland shows great versatility on Shock Value
Jackie Cole
Issue date: 4/6/07 Section: Entertainment
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04/06/07 - Let's face it: first impressions of Fall Out Boy's Pete Wentz, with his notoriously emo-straightened, diagonally-cut black bangs, black-rimmed eyes and countless tattoos and piercings vs. the equally notorious rapper and hip-hop producer Timbaland, with his bulging biceps and badass glare, do not lead one to believe that the two would ever cross paths on a random Friday night, let alone produce and record a single together.
Well believe it ladies and gents, because the two musical geniuses have in fact crossed paths, and it was a particularly spectacular crossing of paths whereby "One and Only" was created and produced.
And you've got to hand it to them, because in an era where the mixing of musical genres, especially two so culturally and instrumentally different as punk / emo and hip-hop / rap, they have not only done something incredibly risky, but they've done a damn good job at it too.
The aforementioned track, "One and Only," is just one-seventeenth of Timbaland's new album Shock Value, released Tuesday.
While the money makin' Tim or Timbo (as his close acquaintances apparently call him) has produced numerous Top 10 singles for sizzling hot artists like Nelly Furtado and Justin Timberlake, Shock Value is only his second solo album. However, since he is apparently somewhat self-conscious and unsure of his abilities to record his music in complete solitude, Timbo has included a number of top-notch musicians on Shock Value.
These guest appearances include the incredibly talented and always original Missy Elliott, the weed-smokin' Dr. Dre, the bulletproof 50 Cent and even a song entitled "2 Man Show." This features Elton John's famous piano playing in the background while Timbaland obnoxiously raps over it with lyrics about Elton's apparent inability to write his own music.
On one hand, I've got to give Timbo a massive round of applause and a pat on his huge, muscular back because what he has done on Shock Value is something many artists these days are either too scared to tackle, or just have failed at tremendously.
Well believe it ladies and gents, because the two musical geniuses have in fact crossed paths, and it was a particularly spectacular crossing of paths whereby "One and Only" was created and produced.
And you've got to hand it to them, because in an era where the mixing of musical genres, especially two so culturally and instrumentally different as punk / emo and hip-hop / rap, they have not only done something incredibly risky, but they've done a damn good job at it too.
The aforementioned track, "One and Only," is just one-seventeenth of Timbaland's new album Shock Value, released Tuesday.
While the money makin' Tim or Timbo (as his close acquaintances apparently call him) has produced numerous Top 10 singles for sizzling hot artists like Nelly Furtado and Justin Timberlake, Shock Value is only his second solo album. However, since he is apparently somewhat self-conscious and unsure of his abilities to record his music in complete solitude, Timbo has included a number of top-notch musicians on Shock Value.
These guest appearances include the incredibly talented and always original Missy Elliott, the weed-smokin' Dr. Dre, the bulletproof 50 Cent and even a song entitled "2 Man Show." This features Elton John's famous piano playing in the background while Timbaland obnoxiously raps over it with lyrics about Elton's apparent inability to write his own music.
On one hand, I've got to give Timbo a massive round of applause and a pat on his huge, muscular back because what he has done on Shock Value is something many artists these days are either too scared to tackle, or just have failed at tremendously.
