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Like much of the work Timbaland produces, Strobe Light is built on stuttering drum machines and spacey keyboards. Nowhere is this more effective than on the Dirty South-indebted “Clap Track Crack Slap.” Over a menacing synth hook, Reznor growls “I stepped on a crack, but then I got slapped, and everyone clapped and threw me in the tracks.” It’s classic Reznorian nihilism with a crunk twist. On “Even Closer” and “Still Hurts,” Reznor updates two of his most well-known songs with Timbaland’s production flourishes, and the new models blow the originals out of the water.
Reznor revisits many of his most prominent lyrical themes, talking about being “on my hands and knees in the club” in the classic-Timbaland bounce of “Coffin on the Dance Floor.
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