Jay-Z, M.I.A., Timberlake to Shock With Timbaland

Also: Nelly Furtado, Snoop Dogg, Fall Out Boy, the Hives, Elton John, She Wants Revenge (?!)
Jay-Z, M.I.A., Timberlake to Shock With Timbaland

Timbaland will follow his monster 2006 collaboration with Justin Timberlake on FutureSex/LoveSounds with an album under his own name, his first since Under Construction II with Magoo in 2003, according to Billboard.com. Timbaland has a whole new batch of collaborators for the album, which is titled Shock Value and due out March 27 on Mosley Music Group/Blackground/Interscope.

Those involved include Timberlake, Jay-Z, Nelly Furtado, M.I.A., Elton John, Snoop Dogg, Fall Out Boy, the Hives, She Wants Revenge, and Mosley Music Group signee Keri Hilson. Its first single-- "Give It to Me" (featuring Timberlake and Nelly Furtado)-- will premiere this week.

Timbaland protégé Nate Hills (aka Danja Handz) told Billboard that Shock Value is "sequenced like a movie," with Timbaland using his ridonkulous guest list to "venture into the alternative world and the real pop world. He has so many different sounds, from hip hop to pop to rock on this album. And he pulls every single one of them off perfectly."

Timbaland is currently on tour with Justin Timberlake, and-- according to Billboard.com-- "debuting snippets from Shock Value during his mini-set each night."

JT/Timbo dates:

01-30 Toronto, Ontario - Air Canada Centre
01-31 Montreal, Quebec - Bell Centre
02-02 Washington, DC - Verizon Center
02-03 Cleveland, OH - Quicken Loans Arena
02-06 Boston, MA - TD Banknorth
02-07 New York, NY - Madison Square Garden
02-18 Buffalo, NY - HSBC Arena
02-22 Tampa, FL - St. Pete Times Forum
02-24 Miami, FL - American Airlines Arena
02-25 Fort Lauderdale, FL - BankAtlantic Center
02-27 Atlanta, GA - Philips Arena
03-01 New Orleans, LA - New Orleans Arena
03-03 Bossier City, LA - CenturyTel Center
03-04 Houston, TX - Toyota Center
03-05 Dallas, TX - American Airlines Arena
03-08 Omaha, NE - Qwest Center
03-09 Ames, IA - Hilton Coliseum
03-12 Chicago, IL - Allstate Arena
03-16 Nashville, TN - Gaylord Entertainment Center
03-18 Charlottesville, VA - John Paul Jones Arena
03-19 Pittsburgh, PA - Mellon Arena
03-21 Uniondale, NY - Nassau Coliseum
03-24 Uncasville, CT - Mohegan
03-27 Philadelphia, PA - Wachovia Center
03-29 East Rutherford, NJ - Continental Airlines Arena

Posted by Dave Maher on Tue, Jan 30, 2007 at 1:00pm