Shock Value produced a pair of smash singles in “Give It to Me” and “The Way I Are,” thus necessitating a sequel.
Timbaland does not stock Shock Value II with quite as many guests, and performs a higher percentage of the vocals, and what results is less schizophrenic and more directly pop than its antecedent.
The highs here are not as high, and the lows are as low, unless you consider the very presence of Chad Kroeger and Daughtry, or the unveiling of Brandy’s rapping alter ego Bran’ Nu, to be more odious than a sub-Coldplay ballad.
The closing “Timothy Where You Been,” a rambling, quasi-country number -- imagine a slight twang in Tim’s voice as he declares “Hits for Jay-Z, Nelly Furtado/Catch up, y’all slow, escargot” -- is the only song to truly leave Tim’s comfort zone.
Otherwise, these productions are in the same vein of his output during the last several years: high-gloss dance-pop (sometimes with guitar) that is a little too pop to be easily categorized as R&B or hip-hop.
What does come through is that the producer has his sight set on a younger crowd, a notion apparent through the appearances from Miley Cyrus and Jojo, as well as the album’s lack of a parental advisory label (not to mention that a contribution from convicted felon Chris Brown was extracted a couple weeks prior to the album’s release).
The dirtiest the album gets is the lethargic Justin Timberlake feature “Carry Out,” where it is possible that they were aiming for a contemporary “Dick in a Box” (“Number one, I’ll take two number threes/That’s a whole lot of you and a side of me”) and came up short.
The whole thing sounds like it was made fairly quickly, as if Tim came up with a clever idea and proceeded to fill out the track with whatever came to mind first, rather than truly enhance it.
There’s no other way to explain how the borderline brilliant beat of “Morning After Dark” ended up with a faux horror-house hook like “When the bats come out, the cats come out to play, yeaauh.” That said, it is a mildly entertaining album -- as long as you block out most of the lyrics.
| Title/Composers | Performer | Listen | Time | Size | Size | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Carry OutJim Beanz, Timothy Clayton, Jerome Harmon, Timothy Mosley, Justin Timberlake | Timbaland | Play | 03:52 | 8 MB | 26 MB |
| 2 | Lose ControlN. Briscoe, Jerome Harmon, Timothy Mosley | Timbaland | Play | 04:27 | 10 MB | 32 MB |
| 3 | Meet In Tha MiddleT. Clayton, Paul Dawson, Timothy Mosley | Timbaland | Play | 04:00 | 9 MB | 30 MB |
| 4 | Say SomethingT. Clayton, Jerome Harmon, Timothy Mosley | Timbaland | Play | 04:00 | 9 MB | 30 MB |
| 5 | We Belong To the MusicJ. Beanz, Jerome Harmon, Walter Millsap III, Timothy Mosley | Timbaland | Play | 04:27 | 10 MB | 33 MB |
| 6 | Morning After DarkJim Beanz, Michelle Bell, Deborah Epstein, Jerome Harmon, Keri Hilson, John Maultsby, Timothy Mosley | Timbaland | Play | 03:51 | 8 MB | 28 MB |
| 7 | If We Ever Meet AgainJ. Beanz, Jim Beanz, Mike Busbee, Timothy Mosley | Timbaland | Play | 04:52 | 11 MB | 34 MB |
| 8 | Can You Feel ItJ. Beanz, T. Clayton, Jerome Harmon, G. Mosley, Timothy Mosley | Timbaland | Play | 04:44 | 10 MB | 36 MB |
| 9 | Ease Off the LiquorJ. Beanz, T. Clayton, Jerome Harmon, Timothy Mosley | Timbaland | Play | 05:58 | 13 MB | 42 MB |
| 10 | UndertowJ. Beanz, Timothy Mosley, I. Slade | Timbaland | Play | 04:21 | 10 MB | 31 MB |
| 11 | Timothy Where You BeenJ. Beanz, T. Clayton, Jerome Harmon, Timothy Mosley | Timbaland | Play | 04:50 | 11 MB | 34 MB |
| 12 | Symphony | Timbaland, Attitude, Bran'Nu, D.O.E | Play | 04:21 | 9 MB | 30 MB |
| 13 | Intro | DJ Felli Fel | Play | 00:48 | 1 MB | 5 MB |
| 14 | Tomorrow In A Bottle | Timbaland, Chad Kroeger, Sebastian | Play | 05:27 | 12 MB | 38 MB |
| 15 | Long Way Down | Timbaland, Uring Daughtry | Play | 04:23 | 10 MB | 32 MB |
| 16 | Marchin' On (Timbo Version) | Timbaland, OneRepublic | Play | 04:11 | 9 MB | 27 MB |
| 17 | The One I Love | Timbaland, Keri Hilson, D.O.E. | Play | 04:34 | 10 MB | 30 MB |
| 73 mins | 168 MB | |||||
| 73 mins | 526 MB | |||||
| Artist | Job | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Matt Bang | Assistant, Assistant Engineer, Editing |
| 2 | Banger | Production Coordination |
| 3 | J. Beanz | Composer |
| 4 | Jim Beanz | Composer, Producer, Vocal Producer, Vocals |
| 5 | Michelle Bell | Composer |
| 6 | Brand Nu | Main Personnel |
| 7 | Brandy | Vocals |
| 8 | N. Briscoe | Composer |
| 9 | Mike Busbee | Composer |
| 10 | Demacio "Demo" Castellon | Engineer, Mixing |
| 11 | T. Clayton | Composer |
| 12 | Timothy Clayton | Composer |
| 13 | Sheena Curry | Assistant |
| 14 | Miley Cyrus | Main Personnel |
| 15 | Paul "Hot Sauce" Dawason | Keyboards |
| 16 | Paul Dawson | Composer |
| 17 | DJ Felli Fel | Primary Artist |
| 18 | DJ Mormile | A&R |
| 19 | Drake | Main Personnel |
| 20 | Deborah Epstein | Composer |
| 21 | Esthero | Main Personnel |
| 22 | Mike Daddy Evans | Production Coordination |
| 23 | The Fray | Main Personnel, Producer |
| 24 | Rick Frazier | A&R |
| 25 | Nelly Furtado | Main Personnel |
| 26 | Chris Godbey | Engineer, Mixing, Vocal Mixing |
| 27 | Barry Hankerson | Executive Producer |
| 28 | Jerome Harmon | Composer, Producer |
| 29 | Mike Hartnett | Guitar |
| 30 | Keri Hilson | Composer |
| 31 | Jet | Main Personnel |
| 32 | JoJo | Main Personnel, Vocals (Background) |
| 33 | Bryan Jones | Assistant Engineer |
| 34 | Chris Kasych | Assistant Engineer |
| 35 | Martin Kierszenbaum | A&R |
| 36 | Kaki King | Guitar |
| 37 | C. Kroeger | Composer |
| 38 | Chad Kroeger | Main Personnel |
| 39 | John Maultsby | Composer |
| 40 | Johnathan Merrit | Assistant Engineer |
| 41 | Jonathan Merritt | Assistant Engineer |
| 42 | Metal | Engineer |
| 43 | Walter Millsap III | Composer |
| 44 | Brian Morton | Assistant Engineer |
| 45 | Bryan Morton | Assistant Engineer |
| 46 | G. Mosley | Composer |
| 47 | Timothy Mosley | Composer |
| 48 | Josh Mosser | Assistant Engineer, Engineer, Overdub Engineer |
| 49 | Candice Nelson | Vocals |
| 50 | Terrence Nelson | A&R |
| 51 | John Netti | Assistant Engineer |
| 52 | Katy Perry | Main Personnel |
| 53 | Plow Da Don | Producer |
| 54 | Koil Preample | Engineer |
| 55 | Dan Rockett | Guitar |
| 56 | Fareed Salamah | Assistant Engineer |
| 57 | Sebastian | Main Personnel |
| 58 | I. Slade | Composer |
| 59 | Manny Smith | A&R |
| 60 | Soshy | Main Personnel, Vocals |
| 61 | Eric Spence | A&R |
| 62 | Daniel Stone | Percussion |
| 63 | Melody Thornton | Vocals |
| 64 | Timbaland | Executive Producer, Primary Artist, Producer |
| 65 | Justin Timberlake | Composer, Main Personnel |
| 66 | Andrew Van Meter | Production Coordination |
| 67 | Julian Vasquez | Assistant Engineer |
| 68 | Brian Virtue | Engineer |
| 69 | Albert Watson | Photography |
| 70 | Wizz Dumb | Producer |
D.O.E
| Quality | Format | Encoding | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Standard | MP3 | 320kps 44.1kHz | MP3 is an audio coding format which uses a form of lossy data compression. The highest bitrate of this format is 320kbps (kbit/s). MP3 Digital audio takes less amount of space (up to 90% reduction in size) and the quality is not as good as the original one. |