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...Fortunately, the first single “4 Minutes” is not indicative of the album as a whole. The song, reminiscent of Timbaland??s recent Flo Rida production “Elevator” and Nelly Furtado’s (superior) “Promiscuous,” is hooky and catchy but tries too hard to be like everything else on the Billboard...
When you’re a producer anywhere near Timbaland??s level, you inevitably make a lot of friends. When you’re an incredibly talented producer but a mediocre rapper—well, these friends come in handy. Timbaland??s recent release, “Timbaland Presents Shock Value,” makes the most of those connections and thus features almost as many heavy-hitting collaborations as a Girl Talk album. Timbaland blew up a decade ago, producing tracks for Aaliyah and Missy Elliot, and has scored recent hits with Justin Timberlake...
...long while. And then there’s “3 A.M.” This being the Year of the Timbo, it’s only fitting that the year’s most consistent producer gets a last hearty laugh before New Year’s. Timbaland??s multi-tracked beat-boxing peppers Jeezy’s breezy flow: “Got that Will Ferrell, we call it “Old School” / Then we mix it all up: call it Pro Tools...
From a critical perspective, it isn’t too surprising when artists fail to really appreciate the very things that make them great. But it can be depressing when someone like Timbaland??who pulled mainstream hip-hop out of the gutter in the late 90s and changed popular music for the better—seeks inspiration from two acts that exemplify everything traditional, comforting and safe about modern pop (Yorke et al excused). “Real” musicians wouldn’t have come up with the android beatbox hiccupping under Missy?...
...what it isn’t. Missy gave up a while ago on making sense in her rhymes, in which she makes liberal use of nonsense, free association, repetition and references to Prince. A conscious rapper she ain’t. There are almost no melody samples, leaving Timbaland??s powerhouse beats exposed and front and centre, where they belong. “Pass That Dutch” (aka “The Hoo-Dee-Hoo Song”) is so tautly constructed Missy thoughtfully allows five seconds of breathing space in the middle...