Presents Shock Value

Timbaland is already acknowledged as one of music's most inventive and distinctive creators - the artist / producer's second solo album, promises to shock the world.

"My mission is to blow up the boundaries and tear down the limits", says Timbaland. "I'm taking my music outside of the box. I m not getting away from what I'm known for; I'm just going to a place where it's all about the music, not about the labels on the music. That's why I call it 'Shock Value' --from the artists to the production, it will shock the system."

'Shock Value' is sequenced like a movie, with a non-stop flow that tells a story. With off-the-wall beats, raps, hooks, and his signature sound, the album fuses genres from rap and hip-hop to pop, punk pop and garage rock to South Asian influences.

The guest artists on the album range from Jay Z and Snoop Dogg to Elton John, Justin Timberlake and Nelly Furtado, plus newer perdformers such as Sri Lankan hip-hopper M.I.A.