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Source: http://www.vh1.com/news/a...land.jhtml

VH1 — Thanks to his work on recent projects by Justin Timberlake and Nelly Furtado, as well as the upcoming 50 Cent LP, Timbaland is enjoying what he's been accustomed to for the past 10 years of his career — success.

But even with his storied discography of classics for everyone from Aaliyah and Missy Elliott to Jay-Z and LL Cool J, Tim said that over the past couple of years, when he wasn't putting out as much music, he heard whispers that he might be losing his touch.

"Everybody was talking their little trash, y'all know who y'all are," Tim said at his studio last week. "They said, 'Timbaland is falling off.' I don't never fall off. I just relax like a vampire in the coffin. When I wake up, you better be prepared, because somebody is going to get bit on the neck. Next thing you know, I have a slew of vampires running around. When you become the best like me, you never fall off, you just lean back."

Well somebody call Blade, because Count Drac is wide awake and ready to wreak even more havoc next year when his upcoming LP, tentatively titled Timbaland Presents Shock Value, comes out. "I'm not just hip-hop," Tim insisted. "My mission is to take over top-40 radio — what they call popular music, different genres of music — and reach all types of people."

It seems like Tim reached out to almost everyone in every corner of the music industry for the project, which he's calling a compilation. One track is "what everybody is waiting for," he revealed, "me and Dr. Dre. I did [the beat], it's hard. I got 50, Jay-Z, Lil Wayne. The other stuff is rock: She Wants Revenge, the Hives, I'm about to get the Fall Out Boys, Björk, Elton John." Tim went on to say that he's interested in eventually signing the Hives and M.I.A.

"Last Piece of the Puzzle," his collabo with John, was recorded in Las Vegas. "It was cool. I didn't have him sing, I had him play. I was like, 'Go ahead, John.' I might get a choir to sing on top of it."

Though the album is packed with headline-making names, Tim's first single is already newsworthy. "Give it to Me" has Nelly Furtado, Justin Timberlake and Tim throwing subliminal jabs in their verses, and it's up to the audience to figure it out what — or who — they're talking about. "I seen you try to switch it up, but girl you ain't that dope," Furtado sings. Tim's verse includes the lines, "I'm a real producer and you just a piano man/ Your song moved up the charts I heard, but I'm not a fan/ N---as talking greasy, I'm the one that gave them they chance/ Somebody need to tell them they can't do it like I can."

The Internet has been most abuzz about Timberlake's verse, though, with gossip sites speculating that his harsh words are aimed at Janet Jackson: "I saw you tryin' to act cute on TV, 'Just let me clear the air'/ We missed you on the charts last week/ Damn, that's right, you wasn't there/ Now if sexy never left, then why is everybody on my sh--?/ Don't hate on me just because you didn't come up with it."

A source close to the record said that Timberlake's lyrics have nothing to do with his infamous Super Bowl co-star — but he is responding to another pop artist who has seen career heights few other singers can boast.

Tim's album will come out via his Mosley Music imprint, like Nelly Furtado's Loose. He's hoping to have the LP ready for a March release date.

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Good news,GREAT producer.
I hope it won't be an anti-climax like we had with Pharrel's album.
(Not bad but we expected better).

I like the picture. The font used is tacky as hell!

I hope it's a good album. I'm a fan of his work.

(And I hope it's better than Pharrell's...)

I'm guessing they were going for a James Bond type of thing?

MISTAKE. For a few reasons, one would be that his "moment" is dying down very quickly, its overkill, hes just too many places with similar beats, case in point his over-production on PCD's "Wait a Minute", first of all, in the original version Tim can barely be heard, now its a freaking duet, and its also the groups lowest charting single to date worldwide. Second reason, producers, just really dont make good albums, it dates back to everyone from Pharrel to Puffy to JD to others like Bernie Taupin, Desmond Child and Jim Steiman. Third would be this album is gonna be nothing but guest appearances from whoever is hot at the moment in RB and Rap which will further the death of RB.

i was subjected to 20 mins of Timbaland selfpromotion on Monday during JT. i'll pass

Sounds hype.

Björk

I'm looking forward to this but gotta say I don't need/want to hear anything with 50, Jay-Z or Lil Wayne on it. Gotdamn, I can't stand all 3 of 'em.

Honestly, I wouldn't mind if he had gotten underground or new artists to make appearances rather than going for the big names.

I've always been drawn to Tim's beats as they were like the D&B I was listening to at the time. Lately, I've been runnin' Man Undercover with Aaliyah and Missy. Damn, I miss them all together.
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MikeMatronik said:

Pharell's cd was the biggest disspoint of 2006. i really hope timbo brings it. i think he probably will!

dancerella said:

I like Pharrell but that flop of a CD should have seriously humbled his @ss.

lastdecember said:

It's funny...Timbaland has been having his "moment" for a decade....

dancerella said:

That album was so bad I didn't hear it ANY nightspot I went to in '06.

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The only song I liked of Pharrell's album was Can I Have It Like That