It is Timbaland's first release on his own imprint, the Interscope Records-distributed Mosley Music Group.

Shock Value features a long list of guest artists, among them Fall Out Boy, Justin Timberlake, the Hives, Keri Hilson, Nelly Furtado, Missy Elliott, 50 Cent, Tony Yayo, Dr. Dre, OneRepublic, Elton John, Magoo and Nicole Scherzinger.

"Release" is featured in the EA Sports game Madden NFL 08[2] and "The Way I Are" is also on the soundtrack of NBA Live 08.

[17] On the Australian ARIA Albums Chart, Shock Value was certified 3× Platinum with sales of 210,000+ copies.

In BBC Radio 1's end of year chart for 2007, Shock Value was the ninth bestselling album in the UK.

Two songs from the album were performed on an episode of the ABC soap opera One Life to Live on October 9, 2007.

However, the tour was canceled one day before it was going to begin due to scheduling conflicts in Europe.