It’s Timbaland’s time to call in some favors from his promiscuous and sexy friends on this track from the producer’s solo album, due out next year. Not surprisingly, the beat is awesome once it kicks in, but then we’re smacked with Nelly’s vox and umm …
We no like. But allegedly Timberlake’s part is about Janet Jackson, and that’s the sort of shit-stirring we can get behind!
Could you speak up and stop mumbling
I dont think you’re even clear
When you’re sitting on the top
it’s hard to hear you from way up there.
I saw you tryin to act cute on TV
“Just let me clear the air.”
We missed you on the charts last week
Damn that’s right, you wasn’t thereNow if sexy never left
then why is everybody on my shit
Don’t hate on me just because
you didn’t come up with it
So if you see us in the club
go on and walk the other way
Cause our run will never be over
not at least until we say
Never underestimate the divisive power of the nipple.
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“Why does hip hop hate melody so much?!”
That’s the fucking stupidest thing I’ve ever read on this website, especially in relationship to this melody, which is a melody, sung without autotune, with as much precision (and written with at least as much sophistication) as half the rock bands Stereogum fucking loves.
Jesus.
co-sign on what “Somebody” said…
Yeah i totally agree with somebody. Half the bands you love don’t have any sort of melody and let’s not talk about pitch and their range…let’s not even get into how they can’t really SING… clap your hands say yeah!?<~ wtf is that, singing?
wolfparade<~ which i am a huge fan of. But your voice cracking when you get to a higher range makes for a lovely melody.
I’m not even a fan of hiphop, but stop shitting on it.
Wow some folks are angry today. Why are you hating on the website that feeds you? If you don’t like what you read then you aren’t obligated to visit
stop tryin to change hip-hop in r&b (rap and bullshit)
This song could use more Sean Lennon, no?
And you thought you could make fun of Nelly Furtado without consequence. For shame…
Maybe it’s because the name Furtado is already reminiscent of a crap-filled burrito.
Timbaland’s debut album? That doesn’t sound right at all.
granted, this song sucks balls. but that statement coming from such a hipster website that loves showcasing a majority of seriously shitty bands won’t get any breaks.
Is it possible he’s actually addressing Fed-Ex? WRT the line about the album not being on the charts last week, we all know how he caught a major brick.
I think Drama might be right. Unless Janet released a record last week, too?
the second part is about Prince. He’s the one who said “Sexy never left”…
Not cool, JT
Janet was on tv saying “Just let me clear the air”.. it’s about her
“If you don’t like what you read then you aren’t obligated to visit”
Nor am I forbidden to point out what I consider to be an irresponsible, stupid statement.
If it’s a joke, it wasn’t well-told.
Irresponsible?
Ever think that maybe rock music loves melody too much?
I wish Stereogum still had its writers sign their posts so readers knew who to trash talk.
At first I was going to say “Somebody missed the tongue-in-cheek part of this post”, but then I realized that one of the people “not getting the funny” is NAMED ‘Somebody’, so now I’m really just not sure what to do.
Though, given how serious his/her tone is, the suggestion will likely be made that I go fuck myself.
At first I was going to say “Somebody missed the tongue-in-cheek part of this post”, but then I realized that one of the people “not getting the funny” is NAMED ‘Somebody’, so now I’m really just not sure what to do.
Though, given how serious his/her tone is, the suggestion will likely be made that I go fuck myself.
At first I was going to say “Somebody missed the tongue-in-cheek part of this post”, but then I realized that one of the people “not getting the funny” is NAMED ‘Somebody’, so now I’m really just not sure what to do.
Though, given how serious his/her tone is, the suggestion will likely be made that I go fuck myself.
At first I was going to say “Somebody missed the tongue-in-cheek part of this post”, but then I realized that one of the people “not getting the funny” is NAMED ‘Somebody’, so now I’m really just not sure what to do.
Though, given how serious his/her tone is, the suggestion will likely be made that I go fuck myself.
Oh my goodness. Sorry for the spam there, looks like commenting doesn’t like me much.
no worries Mat ! your comment deserves to be there thrice ! well said
maybe you need a gangsta rap correspondent to win back your hip hop demographic
I wonder who the “Piano man” is that Timbaland is dissing during his rap? Is it Scott Storch?
John Legend?
No no, I got it: Elton John. He’s a scathing bitch 24/7.
Hahah yeah its a toss up between Elton and Billy Joel.
They don’t wanna be startin no beef with Timbaland!
“Why Does hip hop hate melody so much?”.
That?s a totally justified statement, as long as you point out that most new rock music, especially indie rock does, as well. That doesn’t necessarily make it worse than anything else (you can have rhythm without having melody), its just that hip hop is far more often than not, based on rhythm and not melody. Look at its origins, groups like grandmaster flash and the furious five, and run dmc. No melody whatsoever. It?s not really a bad thing, but its totally true.
oh peggy, peggy, peggy… “gangsta rap?” Next i’ll hear about the kids today and their “alternative” music. you sound like a grandmother.
Was Timbo dissing on Scott Storch? It seems like he was dissing on somebody and I heard something about how “you are just a pianoman” or something of that sort. Wasn’t Scott Storch the keyboardist in The Roots before he became a big-time producer?
tht woz raw lol is he talking bout prince?????? i think he may get big critisism if he is lol i hope he doesnt tho coz i think justin gr8
I’m not sure who JT is dissin’. I thought at first Janet and there are a few reasons why it would be her, like her cd didnt do that great but JT says “last week”, and Fed-Ex his “album” came sales were released last week so you would think its Federline he’s talking about. But…”let me clear the air” is where I get completely stumped because apparently Janet said that when addressing the NippleGate incident. Im not sure who its a diss to. But he sure has got us talkin’!
Hey All…keep in mind that just cuz the song was leaked now doesn’t mean the “last week” reference needs to be taken literally. Janet’s album was released about six-to-seven weeks ago, so it still fits the time frame from when they would’ve recorded the song.
Justin timberlake like Beckham 97% of their sales are based on their looks and birth and 3% on talent and skills. Beckham was never a superstar but cuase of his looks they call him a superstar…
On the otherhand you have Prince, on of the most creative people in the music industry. 150% talent. Justin you are not and will never be in the same league as Prince. You can make more money than him but you can match his talent.
r you serious?! JT has some seriously eclectic taste in music and if he’s that bad then why the hell did justified do so well? sure there’s a lot of publicity, but if it was that bad, recording companies wouldn’t take the risk to produce him, no matter how “good looking” he is… and as far as prince is concerned, sure he’s a different league, but timberlake isn’t trying or claims to be Prince… And as far as beckham is concerned, he’s still a very good soccer player, again, if he wasn’t he wouldn’tbe where he is, obviously there’s better than him, but if you know so much, then why don’t you go play against him, see how you go…
HIGH TIME THIS WAS ADDRESSED!
I only read a couple of comments but some hit on something that I think the indie world needs to examine… the lack of decent vocalists who have decent pitch and can stay on key!
Someone discussed CLYHSY, I agree, the songwriting = solid, the singer’s vocal inflection, phrasing = unique and notewothy, the sound actually coming out of his mouth? = horrible!
Similarly, the newest Unicorns/Islands album, anybody actually able to sit through that without tearing your ears out? honestly? I mean the vocalist searches for every note. Its like michael jordan’s attempt at batting, swings to hit it and misses everytime
Notable exceptions: Isaac Brock, Dan Bejar and most definitely Spencer Krug. Why do these guys get a pass? because their shit actually sounds decent with the music.
Oh and Tom Waits is immune to the above discussion simply because he is Tom Waits.
HIGH TIME THIS WAS ADDRESSED!
I only read a couple of comments but some hit on something that I think the indie world needs to examine… the lack of decent vocalists who have decent pitch and can stay on key!
Someone discussed CLYHSY, I agree, the songwriting = solid, the singer’s vocal inflection, phrasing = unique and notewothy, the sound actually coming out of his mouth? = horrible!
Similarly, the newest Unicorns/Islands album, anybody actually able to sit through that without tearing your ears out? honestly? I mean the vocalist searches for every note. Its like michael jordan’s attempt at batting, swings to hit it and misses everytime
Notable exceptions: Isaac Brock, Dan Bejar and most definitely Spencer Krug. Why do these guys get a pass? because their shit actually sounds decent with the music.
Oh and Tom Waits is immune to the above discussion simply because he is Tom Waits.
This song is outstanding, easily one of the best mainstream songs I’ve heard all year.
look at & listen to you guys constantly moaning & criticising everything you don’t like. why don’t you step off from that miserably small-minded approach of judging music solely by your own standards & favorites? i suggest you all (try to) make a song yourselves, it will throw over every single one of you musical parasites’ universe. then we’ll talk a again and see if you’ll judge that fast………………… shame shame shame!
…looks like I’m joining the party a week late, but I fully agree with the thrashing delivered to whoever made that self-aggrandizing “post” about the “lack of melody” in hip-hop. I like left of the mainstream as much as anyone, but the indie community has *no* perch to look down upon when bemoaning melody in contemporary music. There’s good and bad on both sides of the fence. And for that matter, I consider *both* Ys and Futuresexy/Lovesounds to be two of the best albums of 2006 in their respective categories (folk and r/n/b). Get off your high horse, anonymous Stereogum editor, and you won’t make the mistake of assuming your readers are nearly as pretentious as you were, and as you assumed them to be. :^)
here it goes:
” seen ya try to switch it up but girl you ain’t got to” <– nelly disses fergie from switching her style from her old group wild orchids to her new “image” in BEP
“I’m a real producer and you just the piano man” <–timbo dissin scott storch because if youve ever seen footage of storch in the studio, all he does is play his little korg and uses that wah-wah type knob. where as timb plays every instrument on his track from beatbox to even using live drum kits himself.
justin’s verse is pretty self explanatory. prince said “Who said Sexy’s back…Sexy never left partner” at a concert a little while ago, so he shouldnt think that shit would go unheard.
janet is loving the attention from this cuz her album pretty much flopped. i mean come on, doing a song with Khia? She pretty set herself up for it. I think her brother Mike could put out an album have better numbers than her.
in the words of jay hovah “timbo the king”.
here it goes:
” seen ya try to switch it up but girl you ain’t got to” <– nelly disses fergie from switching her style from her old group wild orchids to her new “image” in BEP
“I’m a real producer and you just the piano man” <–timbo dissin scott storch because if youve ever seen footage of storch in the studio, all he does is play his little korg and uses that wah-wah type knob. where as timb plays every instrument on his track from beatbox to even using live drum kits himself.
justin’s verse is pretty self explanatory. prince said “Who said Sexy’s back…Sexy never left partner” at a concert a little while ago, so he shouldnt think that shit would go unheard.
janet is loving the attention from this cuz her album pretty much flopped. i mean come on, doing a song with Khia? She pretty set herself up for it. I think her brother Mike could put out an album have better numbers than her.
in the words of jay hovah “timbo the king”.
wtf are u talking about ???
Storch makes every part of Production and + plays instruments, even Dre doesnt play instruments..
so Timba can suck Storch’s dick!!!
wtf are u talking about ???
Storch makes every part of Production and + plays instruments, even Dre doesnt play instruments..
so Timba can suck Storch’s dick!!!
Wow, a member named Storcheveli is biased towards other producers aside Scott Storch? I would never have guessed.
The real Timbaland:
http://www.side-line.com/news_comments.php?id=20102_0_2_0_C
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2007_Timbaland_plagiarism_controversy
haha wow wtf is up with u guys fighting? lets get back to what we should be talking about–the song. I love the song the sound is really unique & it has a good beat. It’s a good song to dance to.
and even though the fighting is pointless…mathais i like what u said, it wuz pretty funny
duine…nice try at insulting jt but it didnt quite work. (he can match princes talent–is what u said) if u think he has no talent then u need to pull those earplugs out and listen to him again. And where did beckham come from? hes definitely famous for playing soccer but has no soccer skill, oh yea that makes sense.
http://www.zshare.net/audio/skew-vs-pill-give-it-to-me-volta-remix-mp3.html
I have ALWAYS been a huge fan of Timbaland right from the start, his music is not only original and catchy, its just plain fuckin good!!! The man can do no wrong, and that includes this song; LOVE IT!
Ummm… ok wtf half you guys are just hella dumb, quit hatin, dissin but yeah Scott is wack n gay n he’ll never match Tim. Man ever since I was lil (7) in elementry Timbo has influenced me n has worked my favoritest artist which him, himself is ma favorite! this is song is dissin Scott, Fergie & Janet aight you guys is so stupid not to tell da first or second time for da haters! n dis song go cuz up hurr in Cali no one didn’t hurr of dis til now. I been bumpin dis since November! So f u haters n love to all da other fans like me of Tims, Justin, & Nelly.
The song is dissin Scott Storch only… and only by Timbaland… Furtado and Timberlake wanted no part in dissin anybody, not Fergie and not Janet… and Storch has a response song to counter it coming out soon. Pay attention people.
Nelly just plain rocks!
BTW, I just found a neat Nelly site with all her story detailed. Lots of interesting and unrevealed things in there.
http://www.nellyfurtado.official.ws
storch’s reply track is up jus search for it on google, it’s ok, he’s rapping on it w/ someone else
First of all Timberland IS dissing Scott Storch… second of all WHO is Justin Talking about… i dont get it.. what do him and Janet have against eachother… and what is with the “sexy”… 3rd of all.. DO NOT bring beckham into this… He is arguable the worlds most consistent free kick taker EVER!! of all-time… THATS why he’s “Beckham” thats why he is only the second highest paid (salary..not endorsements) player next to Ronaldihno..so dont talk shit about beckham if you dont know
jt is dissing prince!!
‘Last August, while performing at Entertainment Tonight?s Emmy Awards after party, Prince dissed the former ‘NSYNCer’s new single “SexyBack,” yelling to the crowd, “For whoever is claiming that they are bringing sexy back, sexy never left!” ‘
just search and u cant find it out..i was bored and looked it up!1
when he says “piano man” he is dissing scott storch, that is scotts nickname. Scott storch made a freestyle about timbaland claiming he took dr. dres stylle and it wasnt really him on ice box
Going back to the whole “stop ruining music” thing, all of these people obviously can do something right. They may not have a classicaly trained voice, but they can still hold a tune or else no one would have signed them. I wouldn’t say anything about them unless I was personally willing to go head to head and show everyone that I’m really better, which I and most people are not. So don’t kill the vibe. Let them sing.
I think the whole idea that J.T. brought sexy back is stupid. It is a adjetive and I dont think an adjetive can go out of style. He is using the phrase like people stopped being sexy and now he brought it back with a song? Well, in my opinion, shy is gone, so I will come out with a song and bring SHY back. Come’on people. And Prince is dope. Prince is superior to everything J.T. is. And the success of J.T. and the other mousketeers is reliant on the fact that modern tast in music has taken a downfall. Just like it did when the New Kids on THe Block came out. These singers are also focused on a generation of newbies-their main audence are teenagers. I don’t deny J.T.’s singing ability-he can sing nicely and Christina Agulars sounds ok if you don’t pay too much attention to her voice and pick up that she sounds like a white girl immitating a black womans voice, but case in point-Britney Spears. How the fuck did she get so big? Same reason other non-singing people did like Lindsey Lohan-out tast in music has went to shit and we settle for poppy sugary gay sparkle wearing sissy ass music. Prince’s talet, much like the great oldies of yesteryears (like the ones that are constantly sampled, including Princes’) will be eternally appreciated in years to come. DO you think anyone is going to sample “Hit me baby one more time”? Or “Sexy Back”? Yeah, a few years from now I will dig out my “Opps I did it Again” album
Adn one more thing, in reference to Beckam point. I think it would have been more to the point it you has used, say, Paris Hilton or even Anna Kornikova-two people famouse for looks and spreading thier vagina all over the press (Paris, not Anna)
yo guys the one at the top alomst had it hes cutting up Kfed all the way no price so dont worry how do i know some guy in my town wanted the song on and he said he was cutting price up but the DJ said it was record in the summber i search it up and hes right prove me wrong u cant look it up
$BigJ$
watch the Video on youtub.com and who is JT dressed up as
playing with fire
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