Shock Value
| Timbaland
Shock Value
Shock Value is the second solo album, and fifth album overall, by record producerand rapper Timbaland. It is Timbaland's first release on his own imprint, the Interscope Records-distributed Mosley Music Group. Shock Value features a long list of guest artists, among them Fall Out Boy, Justin Timberlake, The Hives, Keri Hilson, Nelly Furtado, Missy Elliott, 50 Cent, Tony Yayo, Dr. Dre, OneRepublic, Elton John, Magooand Nicole Scherzinger. -Wikipedia
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Pitchfork
He's just made it more manic, releasing some Dirty South tension with Shaq-hand-sized claps and Catfish Collins chicken-scratch guitar.
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Rolling Stone
Shock Value sags toward the second half.
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Slant Magazine
It goes without saying, of course, that all of these songs are expertly produced.
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AV Club
His daring misfire is the rare major-label hip-hop album that's arguably too adventurous for its own good.
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BBC
You may not be impressed on the first listen, but if you give the tracks some time this is exquisitely produced pop/R&B that's more than the sum of its parts.
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Sputnik Music
Shock Value will only be backing evidence, rather than the landmark album that propelled his name to the top of the pop world.
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Drowned in Sound
Judging by the quality of Shock Value, it seems Timbaland’s content to let loose of a few rungs and wallow amongst the mediocre for a while.
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Byron Crawford
Still, the guy is kind of a genius.
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Soul in Stereo
I’m not mad at Timbaland for branching out. And that’s saying a lot, coming from a guy who’s always mad about something.
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Prefix
Shock Value isn’t a perfect album, but it does possess various charms.
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The Gaurdian
For all the trademark sonic trickery - honking rave synthesizers, fidgety beats, odd samples, vocal effects - there's a lack of decent songs.
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Amino Apps
Timbaland's beat is nice.
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Pop Matters
Certainly less than the masterpiece that Timothy Mosley is surely capable of.
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Soompi
Some of the middle songs fall off for me because of the "gangsta-ness" of it.
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Boise Weekly
Shows that Timbaland knows what it takes to get people up and on the dance floor with a new wave of energy and rhythm.
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EW
As shameless megalomaniacs go, we could do a lot worse.
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Memphis Flyer
Timbaland may be the James Brown of his era, but he'll need his own Star Time-style box set to make a definitive case.
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Sound Opinions
He gives Shock Value a Burn It. Greg can't even be that kind. He is completely disappointed by this album and is forced to give it a Trash It rating.
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AXS
Though he had some cold moments, when you re-listen to Shock Value in today’s music scene, it was an innovative LP that folks back in the day didn’t give Timbaland much credit for.
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Collegian
The problem with this though is Timbaland, as a singer, gets pushed into the shadows, so the listener almost forgets this is his CD, which honestly, isn’t that unfortunate.
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Exclaim
Timbo's triple-beat barrage to R&B perfection.
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Vancouver Sun
The album is void of any individual expression from Timbaland and is instead a string of songs that seem to be what he thinks people want to hear -- clever for a businessman, but not so respectable for an artist.
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Dub CNN
Timbo releases ‘Shock Value,’ a whirling joyride of a record.” as well earning a respectable Dub Rating.
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Chick Advisor
Yet the artist/producer's forthcoming album, just his second solo album, promises to shock the world.
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Independent UK
And in having to use the perfunctory services of stars more concerned with credit than craft, Timbaland condemns his album to a string of half-hearted inanities.
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Spex
It is difficult to deny that the architect of the Cyber-R & B may have already passed the zenith of his creative work, as evidenced by the sound-aesthetically well-tried and little-visionary sound.
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Sound Bytes
There’s no one that he can blame for the inadequacies on “Shock Value” but himself.
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Course Hero
By blending genres from various time periods around the world, incorporating new beat-production technology, and featuring an all-star cast of artists, Timbaland’s Shock Value is able to span all cultural, economic, and social backgrounds.
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Slate
How did pop’s most dazzling producer make such a dull album?
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