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Re: Timbaland: Scream [Review]

Harald.

Mon Apr 21, 2008 at 06:03:04 PM EST

4.50 (interesting, astute)

"keeping it real" "being cool", whatever, we're past that. If i wanted to listen to gangsta-rap, i still got my old Wu and Onyx albums in the closet. Timbaland has always been a producer, with the focus on funky-beats. And thats what this song is, an extremely good beat with vocals of 2 great lady-singers on it. Timbaland himself stated years ago that old-fashioned Hip-hop is dead and this is the living proof.
Besides, the terminology of "white kids" is blatantly racist, as if music can only be appreciated to its fullest on a racial basis. Whoever wrote this review is, and im bein gentle here, a narrow minded person to say the least.
The tune is good, catchy anhd  perfectly fitting for our modern times. There's no big message in this song, and that was never intended. Its a catchy tune that lingers in the head, and thats its only purpose. So please; with the things u said in this review ur trying to turn back a clock that was destroyed ages ago.
Big up for Mr. Timbaland to have the guts to explore the limits of a genre without fearing crossing over to other styles, as in Apologise or this tune.
If u want hip-hop/rap to be hardcore, i suggest u dust off ur old records and listen to them, instead of ripping in to some1 that has the guts to take this music to the next level

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