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Originally Posted by tbailey
but if you listen to the lyrics this song is the repudiation of commercialized rap
the song is about love w/o the overt superficiality and commodification so prevalent in modern rap - the repudiation of conspicious consumption as a means of expressing one's identity
hence the songs title "The Way I Are"
and it's also fun to dance too
i think Timbaland has taken rap and hip hop in a new and better direct
his music is innovative and goes against the current of Soulja Boy crap
well anyway enough preaching
if you like classic rap/hip hop then here's a classic from 1992
64,000 dollar question of the night - who directed this video? 
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I respect Timbaland as a DJ
And quite frankly "The Way I Are" is quite, "Daft Punk-ish"
Which is why I thoroughly do not hate it as much as Soulja Boy (I would lose my leg if he would lose his).
But still, the taint of the modern rap genre is a thin string for me, as for your video pasted above...
I cannot say I necessarily like it, nor hate it, but it is way more classic and original than what rappers produce today..