Even idiots who don't know hip-hop acknowledge Timbaland's talents.

He's kinda right, but the opening of his article cements the fact that he is predisposed to a cynically anti-hip-hop view (Jay "unmusical"? Discussion of lyrical skills "doggeral"?), thus making anything else he has to say decidedly biased.

Z

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"Blindfolds can't cover three eyes,
We're wise to the fact so we attack with what we know
Heaven is the only good life" --Andre Benjamin

"I always exhale the facts cause I don't inhale lye" -- Dave Jolicoeur

"I spit feelings" -- Common Sense

Getting Play:
Smashing Pumpkins - Rotten Apples
Dungeon Family - Even In Darkness
Timbaland & Magoo - Indecent Proposal
Weezer - Pinkerton
Goodie Mob - Soul Food
Matthew Good Band - The Audio of Being