The Many Talents of Timbaland

Timbaland Presents Shock Value

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I first came to respect, admire and enjoy Timbaland back when he worked with Aaliyah (R.I.P.), but I hadn't listened to his new record until today.  I've been listening to it on Rhapsody this afternoon, noting that another perk of working at home is that no one looks at you funny when you're staring at your laptop while bobbing your head and doing a sad shoulder-dance.

One of the last tracks, "Apologize", really surprised me.  It's a melodic ballad and the beats don't kick in until about 45 seconds into it.  I had to look up who the vocalist was - turns out it's some band called One Republic who I've never heard of.  This video is terrible, and the singer has a kind of blond, square-faced smugness that is far too reminiscent of Spencer from "The Hills".