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Game, Keri Hilson, Brandy additionally take the stage.
By Gil Kaufman

Justin Timberlake and Timbaland perform in Los Angeles on Friday

Photo: Gil Kaufman/MTV News

LOS ANGELES — Membership has the privileges . And when that disdainful organisation happens to be Timbaland’s Beat Club, you never know who competence peep their membership label when he takes the stage.

At the packaged House of Blues in Hollywood on Friday night, the register was a who’s who of Timbaland’s pals, from Justin Timberlake and Drake to Keri Hilson and Brandy . The two-hour throwdown was a star-studded strike march that usually someone with Tim’s poke and low residence book could lift off.

The night proposed off simply sufficient, with the master writer on foot out wearing his Beats by Dr . Dre headphones and punching up a little chest-rattling rhythms as his six-piece rope laid down a delayed rolling despondency bedrock for “Timothy Where You Been.” It wasn’t prolonged prior to Drake came ambling out for “Say Something, ” from Timbaland’s Shock Value II LP, throwing the throng in to a frenzy as he bounced opposite the theatre, clearly utterly healed from his knee damage last year.

	Timbaland, Justin Timberlake, Drake And Some-more Perform At Pre-Grammy Concert

The nimble rapper slid in to his strike “Forever” but compatriots Eminem and Lil Wayne, who have been approaching to stick on him for a delivery of that strain — along with Travis Barker — at Sunday night’s Grammys.

The throng competence have been happy sufficient with Drake, but as shortly as the rapper left the theatre, L.A . local the Game hustled on with his posse, rolling tough to “Put You on the Game, ” afterwards dropping an X-rated freestyle prior to giving the theatre at the back of to Tim . He wasn’t alone prolonged, yet, as Hilson was up subsequent, strutting in wearing a shimmery china crop-top over a black catsuit and trade verses with Tim on “The Approach I Have been, ” afterwards adhering around for her own “Turnin’ Me On, ” “Knock You Down” and a musty ambience of Bobby Brown’s “Don’t Be Cruel.”

The throng went funny when Timbaland gave a scream out to “Twilight” — that he’s pronounced was an change on Shock Value II and, since all the guest to illustrate far and the actuality that he was display images of Robert Pattinson on the big shade at the back of the theatre, competence have led them to hold that a castmember was entrance out — but they were usually as happy when he achieved “Morning After Dark.” The review of guest didn’t stop there, as womanlike rapper SoShy came out and reprised her bit in the strain prior to Tim led the rope in to an instrumental relapse where he gave everybody a bit of gleam, James Brown-style.

Alas, Katy Perry was usually there in suggestion( i.e . on the big shade), singing a practical duet on “If We Ever Meet Again, ” but after an lengthened salsa jam, star time revved up again as a smart-alecky Brandy( a.k.a . rapper “Bran’ Nu”) walked out for the complicated despondency of “Meet in the Middle.” Wearing black prohibited pants, a black tanned hide tip and black fit cloak with china lapels, Brandy was roughly unrecognizable as she pennyless in to a freestyle over Timbaland’s beatboxing, overhanging her prolonged black plat from side to side and braggadocio about being “born in Mississippi but lifted in Cali.”

And usually when it seemed similar to there was no one else Tim could move out, he kicked in to the rib-rattling intro to “Carry Out.” Now, at this point, the throng had seen approach some-more than it bargained for, so even usually peeping video footage of Justin Timberlake on the big shade done them go funny . But when JT strolled out, the place exploded . The old pals ripped it up for the passionate innuendo-heavy balance, afterwards slid in to JT’s “SexyBack” and “My Love, ” that usually served to remind the throng usually how most they venerate the thespian with the free vocals, fleet-footed refinement and critical beatboxing skills.

Clearly carrying a explosion, the span afterwards served up “Crazy Girl, ” that was available for but didn’t have the last cut of Shock Value II — a contrition, since Timberlake was in excellent falsetto form . The dual looked out in to a sea of cameras gnawing photos of their luminary limit, gave a ambience of JT’s “LoveStoned, ” and afterwards called it a night.

Stick with MTV News all week for the coverage of the 2010 Grammy Awards . We’ll have reports on your the one preferred nominees, celebration photos, behind-the-scenes video and most some-more heading up to and during the big show Sunday at 8 p.m . ET.

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