Shock Value II >>> Shock Value

The new Timbo album is hot...it took me quite a few spins to really appreciate some of the songs though...at first the jojo and miley cyrus joints are kind of questionable but after a few listens it starts sounding fun to listen to once you let your guard down. Timbaland is actually putting conscious songs out too, quite a few on here. Carry Out should be a spring/summer single.

Meet Me In The Middle grows on you pretty quick, Say Something is a trunk rattler, the nickelback joint sounded kind of strange on paper but its not bad...timbo has the ability to take any artist and add music that compliments they're style well. Morning After Dark is an absolute smash, ("Way I Are" territory) the Katy Perry joint is different...i wasnt crazy about the chorus at first, im still not sure if its growing on me yet but the whole feel of the song has an electro-pop-house track with broadway-midwestern-esque vocals, prob. the standout track on here.

Can You Feel It is pretty psychedelic, has a freestyle/80's kinda feel...sounds awesome lol. Ease Off The Liquor is standard Timbo banger shit, on some jungle-boogie fireworks synths poppin shit...vibrant bassline that adds crazy swag.

The next 4 songs are alternative rock/electro tracks, i havent really took time to break them down but the one song "Timothy Where You Been" where he says "im like a warm summer breeze in the swimming pool...im cool" and you remember how many songs you rocked in the 90's that timbo produced...how many aaliyah, missy elliot and ginuwine tracks he put that bump to. Im not crazy about boast tracks but this one has a refreshing acoustic guitar melody to it.

The last two songs, "The One I Love" and "Symphony" are a confusing way to end an album but you gotta let your mind work it out. Keri Hilson is always a pleasant feature...always delivers. And the outro contains the most rhymes, which was kind of cool to close things out with. Its like he started Shock Value out with hip hop and melded into pop/rock/house/club. On part 2, its reverse. All of the pop ballads come first, then the harder shit.

Overall id say its better than the previous volume, possibly timbo's best work to date in my opinion. Artist selections could have been a little less super-pop (jojo, katy perry, miley cyrus, chad kroager) and possibly more hardcore punk-pop (lady gaga, rihanna, kat deluna) shit even Lily Allen would sound dope on a timbo track.

8.7

Highlight Song:
Now im not a fan of B2K, but the dude Omarion can actually put some good shit out...ive heard like 4-5 of his singles that were dope and this one stuck out most to me. Im 99% sure Timbaland produced the beat, and Kat Deluna is one of the most underrated chicks in the game. The backup vocals she does during the chorus is ill...(the oooh oooh), idk who arranged the melody of this song but there is not ONE note that sounds out of place.