WAITING seemed like forever before
Timbaland emerged on stage, opening his
concert with such single—featuring
Jet—from his Shock Value II
album.
The American Grammy Award-winning record
producer was greeted by thousands and
thousands of Pinoys dancing and
screaming his other nickname "Timbo!!!"
Changing Lives: Timbaland Presents the
Shock Value II Tour concert , which was
held last March 27 at the MOA concert
grounds, underlined the coolest
collaborations in the world's music
scene.
After his opening song, he performed
"Say Something (This Shit Was All I
Know)," which featured Drake on the
screen, then "Give It Up To Me," which
had the voice of Shakira, then "Give It
to Me," which showed his music video
with Nelly Furtado.
"Are you still with me?" After hearing
the huge crowd's "yeah," he began
swinging his hips while rendering "Oh
Timbaland." He didn't have the moves
like the other rappers, but the
38-year-old artist surely had the charm,
which instantly endeared him to the
Filipino audience.
His duet numbers, "Can You Feel It" and
"Tomorrow in the Bottle" (featuring
Nickelback's Chad Kroeger) with his
brother Sebastian also earned an
energetic reaction from the hiphop fans.
But it was "If We Ever Meet Again," with
Katy Perry on the screen, which got the
youngsters singing along with Timbo.
Teens also began to "Lose Control," with
the entry of
JoJo, who went on to sing
"Too Little Too Late"—a 2006 hit
from her sophomore album High Road
after her duet with Timbaland. Some people were exclaiming "bitin,"
because her exposure only lasted about
eight minutes.
The entire concert turned into a scream
fest the minute
Justin Timberlake
appeared on stage.
"What's your name? Girl, what's your
number," two lines from "Carry
Out"—Timbaland's recent work with
Justine—tickled and flirted with
the Pinays.
And as promised by the organizers—
N91LIVE and All Youth Channels, Inc
.—the 29-year-old singer-actor had
eight songs in his repertoire: the 2002
hit from his solo debut album Justified
, "Cry Me A River," including hit songs
from his sophomore studio album
FutureSex/Love/Sounds , like "Until The
End Of Time," "My Love," "What Goes
Around Comes Around," "Love Stoned (I
Think that She Knows)," plus the Nelly
Furtado-piece "Promiscuous Girl."
Mesmerizing and captivating would be the
apt words to describe his set. His
famous falsetto, skills on the keyboard
and beat boxing, dance moves, and of
course, dashing looks, had kept the eyes
of the spectators on the stage. His last
piece was "SexyBack," his first number
one single on the Billboard Hot 100 and
most successful work with Timbaland.
Naturally, the people asked for
"more!!!" but he never returned on
stage.
As for the main man Timbaland, he surely
earned an additional throng of Pinoy
fans after the concert. Even the
non-hiphop fans found themselves
enjoying the loud, urgent, and pulsing
tracks, with some gyrating moves from
the guy considered a formidable force in
the R&B and hiphop genre.
"Manila, do you love me?" said one of
the songs he created specifically for
the Pinoys. The answer, of course," was
a loud "yes!"
Some stars who were seen watching the concert were
Gary Valenciano, Donita
Rose, Iza Calzado, Karylle, Derek
Ramsay, Angelica Panganiban, Zanjoe
Marudo, Rhian Ramos, Maxene Magalona,
Iya Villania, Drew Arellano, Raymond
Gutierrez, Rayver Cruz, Kris Lawrence,
Gab Valenciano, Georgina Wilson, Carla
Humphries, Anne Curtis, Shaina Magdayao, Vhong Navarro, Nikki Gil, Billy Crawford, Chris Tiu, AJ Perez, Rodjun
Cruz, to name a few!
