Shock Value II, Hotly Anticipated New Album From Super-Producer Timbaland, Now Due For Release December 8th, 2009, on Mosley Music Group/Blackground Records/Interscope Records

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Shock Value II, Hotly Anticipated New Album From Super-Producer Timbaland, Now
Due For Release December 8th, 2009, on Mosley Music Group/Blackground
Records/Interscope Records
TIMBALAND TO PERFORM FIRST SINGLE, 'MORNING AFTER DARK,' WITH NELLY FURTADO
AND SOSHY ON THE AMERICAN MUSIC AWARDS ON NOVEMBER 22ND





SANTA MONICA, Calif., Nov. 12 /PRNewswire/ -- Multi-platinum producer,
prolific hit-maker, and sonic innovator Timbaland has announced that his third
solo album, entitled Timbaland Presents Shock Value II will now be released on
December 8th, 2009, on Mosley Music Group/Blackground Records/Interscope
Records. The album is the follow-up to the super-producer's multi-platinum
2007 album Timbaland Presents Shock Value, which spawned three No. 1 pop
singles, the Grammy-nominated "Give It To Me" (featuring Nelly Furtado and
Justin Timberlake), "The Way I Are," (featuring Keri Hilson and D.O.E.),  and
a remix of OneRepublic's multi-platinum blockbuster "Apologize" (one of the
best-selling singles of the decade).

The first two singles from Shock Value II, -- "Morning After Dark," featuring
Nelly Furtado and French singer-songwriter SoShy, and "Say Something,"
featuring Drake -- are currently available for purchase from all digital
service providers. Timbaland has just finished shooting a video for "Morning
After Dark," which he directed with Paul "Coy" Allen. Timbaland will perform
the track with Furtado and SoShy (a new artist on Timbaland's label Mosley
Music Group) at The American Music Awards, which ABC will broadcast live from
Los Angeles' Nokia Theatre on Sunday, November 22nd.   

On Shock Value II, Timbaland re-maps the pop/R&B landscape by batting away
genre boundaries once again. His prodigious influence and ability to stay
ahead of the curve have meant that a wide range of today's most popular
artists are eager to participate in the Shock Value series. This second
iteration features guest appearances from Justin Timberlake, Katy Perry, Miley
Cyrus, The Fray, Chris Daughtry, Nickelback's Chad Kroeger, Brandy, Drake, and
Keri Hilson. In addition, Timbaland asserts the wide-screen sonic
adventurousness that has led the Virginia Beach native to dominate the pop
charts for more than a decade.

"I'm so fortunate and blessed to be able to create a Shock Value II,"
Timbaland says. "I'm really proud of the caliber of artists on this album and
all the work they put into making it a success. I can promise that no one has
ever heard Katy Perry, The Fray, or Brandy sound like this before. It's
exciting because not only am I giving fans the best of me on each track, I'm
giving them a glimpse of their favorite artist in a completely different
light. This is an album that can be listened to from start to finish every
single time because each song is so unique and the range of artists so
diverse. I can't wait for my fans to hear the collaborations."

Over the course of his career, Timbaland has made an indelible imprint on the
music scene. His production has helped create career-defining hits for artists
such as Aaliyah, Missy Elliott, Destiny's Child, Madonna, Fall Out Boy, and
Jay-Z, among many others. Respected beyond the genres of urban and hip-hop
music, Timbaland, whose musical influences cross cultural lines, has also been
sought by diverse superstars whose music similarly knows no boundaries, from
pop star Justin Timberlake to avant-singer Bjork. So prolific a hit-maker is
he that in the span of a single year -- 2006 to 2007 -- Timbaland produced
more than 10 international chart-toppers, including Furtado's "Promiscuous,"
Timberlake's "Sexy Back," and 50 Cent's "Ayo Technology."



SOURCE  Interscope Records

Dennis Dennehy of Interscope Records Publicity, +1-310-865-7934,
d.dennehy@umusic.com, Monique Idlett Mosley, +1-305-890-6556,
monique.idlett@mosleymusicgroup.net, for Timbaland

 

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