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Shock Value
Hip-Hop · 2007 · 17 tracks · 1h 6m

Shock Value

Timbaland

A maximalist collision of futuristic hip-hop and early-2000s pop-rock. Stuttering rhythms meet a star-studded guest list for a high-gloss, rhythmic masterclass.

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It's like a 2007 time capsule where every beat feels like it's from the year 3000.

A high-gloss, swaggering display of technical brilliance and rhythmic confidence.

Shock Value · vs · Timbaland
Maximalist+1.5σ

The production is pushed notably harder into maximalist than this artist usually allows.

Tracklist · 17 Tracks · 1h 6m
01
Oh Timbaland
3:31
02
Give It to Me
3:55
03
The Way I Are
2:59
04
Bounce
4:04
05
Come and Get Me
3:30
06
Kill Yourself
4:07
07
Boardmeeting
2:29
08
Fantasy
4:11
09
Scream
5:41
10
Miscommunication
3:19
11
Bombay
3:00
12
Throw It on Me
2:10
13
Time
3:58
14
One and Only
4:17
15
Apologize
3:05
16
2 Man Show
4:41
17
Hello
4:35
Moments Worth Waiting For
The way the beat in 'The Way I Are' feels like it's tripping over itself before locking into a perfect, jagged groove
The sudden transition from the snide, whispered verses of 'Give It to Me' into that triumphant, brassy hook
The unexpected emotional pivot when the album's high-tech sheen drops for the vulnerable piano of 'Apologize'
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