Saturday, April 21, 2007

The liner notes of Shock Value

Now what kind of stan would J Boogie be if I didn’t go through the liner notes of a Timbaland CD? It’s actually the first thing I do with any CD I buy. I figure the more you can educate yourself about music the better. Plus this is Timbaland and I’m always interested to see who he’s working with and who is doing what these days on his team. Enough of my ramblings though, let’s take a look at the liner notes.

First thing you might notice is there is no Jimmy D engineering credits, though he is thanked and will always be Tim’s “#1”. I don’t know why they’re not working together anymore, though there have been plenty of rumors. Who you do see is Demo, who used to assist Jimmy D. Now if you aren’t familiar with Demo, he is the Cuban guy in the making of Shock Value video Also you’ll notice Marcella “Ms Lago” Araica credited for mixing, co-mixing, and even lends her vocals on “Boardmeeting” Ms Lago can be seen in the video on Danja’s myspace (second button from the left on them mixer) She is also shouted at the end of “Laff At Em” (“Marcella I’m going to slide it on out now, you do your little mix thing to it”) Keep your eye on her as she is the only female engineer that I know of in the game and she looks to be huge.

Glad to know Hannon Lane is still working with Tim i.e. “One and Only” but interesting that it says Hannon Lane for M.S.I Productions versus the regular Bone Beats Productions he’s always gone with. Yes that’s Petey Pablo on “One and Only” too though he is not credited and there’s no mention of him at all. Also very interesting. If you notice in the writing credits for a lot of tracks you’ll see the name T. Clayton. That is Attitude and he wrote most of Tim’s verses on this album. His debut album on Warner Bros should be hot!

We solved the mystery of Money on a prior post. Walter Milsap III and Candice Nelson used to be a very formidable writing duo but have since gone their separate ways but are still turning out great music individually as seen with their names in the credits. Jim Beanz has also been talked about in the past on The Chronicles. He is an amazing vocal producer having done Nelly Furtado’s album ‘Loose” among others. An example of his talent? Minute 2:18-2:35 on “Bombay” Incredible! It is good to see him get some shine. Amar is a new artist signed with Bill Pettaway. I’m sure we’ll be hearing more from her soon.

I think that’s about it. Anything I missed? Any questions ya’ll got? Holla!

15 comments :

  1. Who is the male singer on "Way I Are"?

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  2. personally i thought the 3:00-3:15 was Jim Beanz FINEST MOMENT!! my dude took it back and went BG's on em'!! crazy lol ; )

    and i thought danny was german??

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  3. That was my question too (who the male vocalist on "The Way I Are" is). That song would be perfect if it wasn't for D.O.E.'s clumsy verse (imagine if Weezy, Jay, or T.I.P. was featured instead!).

    Thanks guys.

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  4. who is that money chick?

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  5. hmm you really think that's petey on "one and only"?

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  6. I cant hear how that could be anyone but petey pablo on 'one and only'

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  7. Damn Renato, I'm with you...Weezy on "The Way I Are" would've been crazy!

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  8. so j boogie where does the sample from the way i are come from? in the beginning he talks about how its from an old house song. and ive heard some other people mention it too. can you PLEAAAASSE find this out cause some of my favorite tim beats have been samples that i didnt know until you and czar brought them to the light. thanks

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  9. I doubt Way I are is from a sample. Sounds like a build up of synths. I could easily be wrong but i seriously doubt there was a sample involed.

    If there is it would be for something far more discreet, like a sound effect or vocal adlib, etc.

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  10. Sounds like the little melody is from Salt n Pepa "Push It". Perhaps I am confusing it with another old pop song.

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  11. I thought it was Salt 'n pepa's "Push it" that was sampled too. Not the synths but Keri's ad-lib of the hook in the background. She sounds hot on this track.

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  12. Money is associated with the movie Stomp The Yard. Walter Milsap brought the track with her on it nad Timbaland liked it the way it was so he let it be.

    I never thought about the "Push It" melody but yeah it does sound a bit like that.

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  13. yeh coz @ the end of "Release" jus b4 "Way I Are" starts timbo says something about sampling from an old house song

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