''Shock Value'' is the second solo

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. The album was released in

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on April 2, 2007, and released in the US one day later. It is Timbaland's first release on his own imprint, the

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-distributed

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. ''Shock Value'' features a long list of guest artists, among them

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, Magoo and

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Background and release

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'' and "The Way I Are" is also on the soundtrack of ''

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''. On April 16, the unreleased song "Laugh at 'Em" was leaked to the internet. It was originally supposed to be on the album but was not completed in time. It features

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and

. The song is now known as the "Give It to Me" remix. Another unreleased track called "I See U", featuring Attitude and D.O.E., was also leaked to the internet. An instrumental version of the album was released on the iTunes Store on July 31, 2007. The album was supposed to be supported by a Shock Value 2008 Tour. The tour was to begin in Australia and continue to New Zealand, but was postponed and then canceled because the expected amount that Showtime Touring was to pay Timbaland was unavailable, and the star refused to perform. There had also been many scheduling conflicts with Europe. The tour was canceled one day before it was to begin.

Critical reception

''Shock Value'' received generally mixed reviews from

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, which assigns a

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rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received a

score of 54, based on 24 reviews, indicating "mixed or average reviews".

Chart performance

The album debuted at No. 5 on the US ''Billboard'' 200, with 138,000 copies sold. It debuted at No. 10 in the UK and on the week of July 22 climbed to No. 5. The album has since reached No. 2 in the UK and No. 13 in France. The album was certified Platinum in Canada (100,000 units) by the CRIA in August 2007. On the Australian ARIA Albums Chart, ''Shock Value'' was certified 3× Platinum with sales of 210,000+ copies. It reached the top of the album chart on the week beginning December 31, 2007. In

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's end of year chart for 2007, ''Shock Value'' was the ninth bestselling album in the UK. On July 3, 2008, Shock Value had sold 2,234,971 in the United States, and 3,500,000 copies worldwide.

Singles

*" Give It to Me" was released as the first single on March 15, 2007. It peaked at No. 1 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100, scoring Timbaland his first US No.1. Meanwhile, it also scored Timbaland his first UK No.1. It features additional vocals from

and

. *"

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" was released as the second single on June 15, 2007. It peaked at No. 3 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 and at No. 1 on the UK Singles Chart to score Timbaland his second UK No.1. It features additional vocals from

and a rap verse from D.O.E. *" Apologize" was released as the third single on August 12, 2007. It is a remix of

's "Apologize" and features the same vocals from the original. It peaked at No. 2 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100, while it peaked No. 3 on the UK Singles Chart. On the ''

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'' ''Hot 100 Songs of the Decade'',Hot 100 Decade Songs
/ref> "Apologize" came 10th, making it his most successful song ever. *" Scream" was released as the fourth single and final single on December 7, 2007. It failed to chart on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 but did peak at No. 12 on the UK Singles Chart. It features additional vocals from Keri Hilson and

Other songs

*" Throw It on Me" was released as promotional single on August 5, 2007 only in Australia. It features main vocals from

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. It peaked at No. 96 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100. A music video for the song was released in late 2007. *Bounce was released as a promotional single in the US on February 8, 2008, after it was featured in the soundtrack for '' Step Up 2: The Streets''. It features a chorus from

and features rap verses from

and

. The song uses an uncredited sample of the song " Dirty Talk" by

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''One Life to Live'' appearances

Two songs from the album were performed on an episode of the

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'' on October 9, 2007. Timbaland performed "The Way I Are" with Keri Hilson, D.O.E., and

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. OneRepublic appeared in the same episode and performed "Apologize".

Track listing

Notes * signifies a co-producer * signifies a vocal producer Sample credits * "Oh Timbaland" contains samples " Sinner Man" as performed by

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. * "Kill Yourself" contains dialogue samples from the '' 2002 Resident Evil film''. * "Boardmeeting" contains interpolations from "

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, and replayed elements from " The Breaks" as performed by

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Personnel

*K. Alexander Jr. – chorus (17) * Marcella "Ms. Lago" Araica – programming (10), backing vocals (8), engineer (3, 5, 8, 10), mixing (4, 5, 6, 10, 11, 12) *James Barton – mixing assistant (10) *Jim Beanz – vocals (12), backing vocals (3, 6), vocal producer (3, 12) *

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– strings (17) * Adam Bravin – bass (14) *Míguel Bustamante – assistant engineer (6, 11, 12) *Kelvin Chu – A&R *Ciara Cleary – assistant *D. Davis – chorus (17) *Justin Dreyfuss – marketing coordinator *Andrew Flad – marketing *Rick Frazier – project coordinator *Keisha Gamble – project coordinator (9) *Mark Gray – engineer (8), assistant engineer (1, 6, 7, 13) *Matty Green – assistant engineer (2, 3, 17) *Johan Gustafsson – engineer (13) *Barry Hankerson – executive producer *Jerome Harmon – bass (8), strings (8, 16), keyboards (5, 16, 18) *A. Helaire – chorus (17) *Keri Hilson – backing vocals (3) *Bob Horn – mixing (9) *Andrew Hurley – drums (15) *Monique Idlett-Mosley – publicity, marketing *S. Jackson – chorus (17) *Jermaine "Tank" Jennings – steel guitar (1) *Elton John – piano (17) *Tiffany Johnson – project manager *Gary Jordan – project coordinator (9) *Hannon Lane – drums, keyboards, producer (15) *N. Lollis – chorus (17) *Ari Mihelson – photography *E. Millsap – chorus (17) *Walter Milsap – choir conductor (17) *Julian Peploe – package design *

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– guitar (3, 10) *Manny Smith – A&R *Marcus Spence – A&R *Johnkenun Spivery – organ (1) *Patrick Stump – guitar, vocals (15) *Ron Taylor – digital editing (1, 3, 4, 7, 8, 10, 14, 18) *

Ryan Tedder Ryan Benjamin Tedder (born June 26, 1979) is an American singer, songwriter, musician, and record producer. He is best known as the co-founder, frontman, and lead vocalist for the pop rock band OneRepublic, while also serving as a prolific cont ...

– producer (16) *Timbaland – synthesizer (1, 8), drums (1, 2, 3, 4, 8, 10, 14, 17), guitar (13, 14), keyboards (3), producer (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18), executive producer, musician (5, 6, 12, 13, 18) *Andrew Van Meter – production coordination *Justin Warfield – guitar (14) *Dan Warner – bass (3, 14), guitar (3, 10, 13, 14) *Albert Watson – photography *E. Watson – chorus (17) *D. Williams – chorus (17) *Craig Longmiles – writer (3)

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Certifications

Shock Value 2008 Tour

The Shock Value 2008 Tour was supposed to be

's concert tour to support his album, ''Timbaland Presents: Shock Value''. Dates in Australia and New Zealand were announced. However, the tour was canceled one day before it was going to begin due to scheduling conflicts in Europe.

Tour dates (all canceled)

References

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