The Beat Goes On

Timbaland’s new album, Timbaland Presents: Shock Value, just came out on Tuesday and boasts a track from M.I.A. only on the U.K. version of the album, which seems to have a different track listing and artist collaborations than the U.S. release. (The U.K. version boasts another song called “Bombay” with Amar & Jim Beanz that you might want to check out too.)

M.I.A.’s song, “Come Around” was leaked last week on various music blogs and boasts a vocally cleaner sounding M.I.A. with a sweet beat. Kind of odd to hear her with tight and clean production … and oh HELL no! I KNOW Timba didn’t just say, “Babygirl. You and me. Need to go to your teepee.” Oh wait, he did. Aghh!

— Priya Patel

1. April 5, 2007, 1:55 pm Pavani

   Hmm. Timbaland was mentioned in this 2003 article about hip-hoppers confusing Indian & Middle Eastern. Unfortunately, he still sounds confused.
2. April 5, 2007, 2:17 pm Hilal

   am i ready for this?

   i’m still recovering from “i love your indian flute“