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Timbaland Presents Shock Value
by Timbaland
The Hives, Fall Out Boy, Elton John, Justin Timberlake and Nelly Furtado are among the guests on the prolific hip-hop producer's latest solo disc.
| LABEL: |
Interscope |
| RELEASE DATE: |
03 April 2007 |
| DISCS: |
1 disc |
| GENRE(S): |
Rap |
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90
Amazon.com
Shock Value is a far-reaching and ambitious disc; a masterpiece, even, in its own way.
80
Observer Music Monthly
It's an undeniably impressive range of talent and, for the most part, Shock Value pulls off every trick it tries.
80
RapReviews.com
What may be the most shocking about "Shock Value" is how Timbaland continually manages to stay one step ahead of the competition.
75
Entertainment Weekly
Timbaland's good stuff — ''Oh Timbaland,'' ''Bounce'' (with Timberlake, Dre and Elliott), and half a dozen others — is really good: music that moves the hips and stirs the head.
75
Los Angeles Times
Timbaland's laser-focused sense of what pop should sound like has changed not only hip-hop but vast areas of pop, and it's solidified here in daring beats and masterful arrangements. Yet the narrative pull that justifies the album format falls short.
67
The Onion (A.V. Club)
It's nice that Timbaland is intent on challenging himself and his fans, but his daring misfire is the rare major-label hip-hop album that's arguably too adventurous for its own good.
60
Rolling Stone
Shock Value doesn't feel as random and indistinct as many albums by producers using all-star lineups do. [19 Apr 2007, p.62]
60
Prefix Magazine
Shock Value isn't a perfect album, but it does possess various charms.
60
Boston Globe
Solid if unspectacular.
60
Slant Magazine
Shock Value recycles many of the same beats, melodies, and other sonic ideas that were used (better and most recently, with help from co-producer Danja) on Timberlake's album.
60
PopMatters
A few tracks on Shock Value are exactly what you’d expect and hope for from someone with Timbaland’s recent track record, a few are straight-up awful, and most get your head nodding well enough as long as you’re prepared to turn off your brain.
58
Stylus Magazine
Shock Value has a disturbing amount of chemistry-set mishaps.
50
All Music Guide
[It] would be more accurately titled Timbaland Presents Slight Confusion or Timbaland Presents an Uneven Mess.
50
New Musical Express
The beats here are as staggering as ever, but of an indulgent 19 tracks, none sound like they were good enough to give to anybody else.
50
Hartford Courant
The real shock of the disc is the hit-or-miss results.
40
NOW Magazine
Most of Shock Value confirms that Timbaland is most valuable when he's in the background.
40
The Guardian
For all the trademark sonic trickery - honking rave synthesizers, fidgety beats, odd samples, vocal effects - there's a lack of decent songs.
40
Vibe
On Shock, Timbaland has pushed himself--he's clearly striving for some of the charisma his best collaborators ooze. [May 2007, p.113]
40
Uncut
It's strangely joyless. [Jun 2007, p.115]
30
Playlouder
Timbaland has revealed himself to be a crass, stupid, venal prick who is pretty much talentless outside of production for other people.
30
Dot Music
This lumpen, bloated, boring album is as much of a let-down as any of Timbaland's other "solo" works.
30
Drowned In Sound
He is annoying, simple as; his repeated ego-stroking irritates like a mosquito bite on an already sunburned forearm – it only adds to the pain.
20
Hot Press
This isn’t the place for Timbaland to try any new tricks and what starts off as something quite thrilling rapidly loses its impact over the course of the album’s 19 long tracks.
19
cokemachineglow
A long collection of awful ideas and recycled ideas in the absence of an Idea.
The average user rating for this album is 6.3 (out of 10) based on 32 User Votes
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