this guitar solo def has some andre 3000 swag to it -_-
― J0rdan S., Monday, 11 March 2013 22:08 (eleven years ago) link
this album def has a heavy "wow i'm so in love, i'm married" vibe too it which i can dig
i'm getting this too, in light of this it seems really weird that the entire pre-release angle has been "JT rekindles his love affair with music" when framing it as a love album about a person is a more attractive proposition
― flamenco drop (lex pretend), Monday, 11 March 2013 22:09 (eleven years ago) link
the "spaceship coupe" outro is really dope
― J0rdan S., Monday, 11 March 2013 22:10 (eleven years ago) link
oh man, "that girl"
― J0rdan S., Monday, 11 March 2013 22:12 (eleven years ago) link
really enjoyed the endlessness of "strawberry bubblegum"/"tunnel vision"
― flamenco drop (lex pretend), Monday, 11 March 2013 22:12 (eleven years ago) link
"spaceship coupe" getting serious side-eye though, ugh those lyrics, it's like "walking on the moon" but more boring
ha i think the outro redeems that song tho
"that girl" is fucking perfect tho
― J0rdan S., Monday, 11 March 2013 22:13 (eleven years ago) link
will say that on a few of the songs something sounds off, the beats sound overstuffed and overcompressed and seem to communicate through foam, especially right now on "let the groove get in"
― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Monday, 11 March 2013 22:14 (eleven years ago) link
but the liftoff moment on "let the groove get in" is pretty awesome i gotta say
also ahaha i really enjoyed "spaceship coupe," the guitar solo is just stupid enough to work for me
― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Monday, 11 March 2013 22:16 (eleven years ago) link
i hadn't got to the outro at that point. now i have. based on your posts i was expecting something with...some actual things
― flamenco drop (lex pretend), Monday, 11 March 2013 22:17 (eleven years ago) link
i just thought the melody was really nice
― J0rdan S., Monday, 11 March 2013 22:17 (eleven years ago) link
oh man the outro of "let the groove get in"
i feel really bad liveblogging this bc i think i'm mostly surprised that i don't hate this, that i actually find it sonically pleasant at points, and that's causing me to overrate it, especially this deep in
but oh man
the outro
of "let the groove get in"
― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Monday, 11 March 2013 22:18 (eleven years ago) link
UGH "MIRRORS" JUST STARTED AND IT IS STILL DIRE
― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Monday, 11 March 2013 22:19 (eleven years ago) link
ha this sums up what i'm feeling, but as with all first listen liveblogs this is for sure not a final judgment
― flamenco drop (lex pretend), Monday, 11 March 2013 22:20 (eleven years ago) link
haha "that girl" is super-cheesy, this really is JT at his most thickean yet
― flamenco drop (lex pretend), Monday, 11 March 2013 22:21 (eleven years ago) link
Blue Ocean Floor is kinda affecting or I imagine it would be to folks who maybe have a heart.
― Greer, Monday, 11 March 2013 22:22 (eleven years ago) link
"let the groove get in" is very, like, "hate that you love me"
― J0rdan S., Monday, 11 March 2013 22:22 (eleven years ago) link
mixed with gloria estefan of course
― J0rdan S., Monday, 11 March 2013 22:23 (eleven years ago) link
hey Greer, are you justin timberlake? how did you know the album was streaming before any website in the world had it linked
― J0rdan S., Monday, 11 March 2013 22:24 (eleven years ago) link
like you posted that, then i went on itunes and didn't see anything, googled "justin timberlake 20/20 experience stream itunes" and saw a link to justin's official website with the announcement posted "3 minutes ago"
― J0rdan S., Monday, 11 March 2013 22:25 (eleven years ago) link
https://dl.dropbox.com/u/9627011/photos/chin_scratch.gif
― 乒乓, Monday, 11 March 2013 22:25 (eleven years ago) link
right this is actually the first time i've ever listened to one of these pre-release streams that are just one track and what with every song having separate intros/outros and also lasting a million years long each, i'm not sure whether these songs are actually structureless or if i'm just being confused
― flamenco drop (lex pretend), Monday, 11 March 2013 22:26 (eleven years ago) link
i guess my other big problem with "mirrors" is that it sounds like he can't quite sing the chorus, it's painful
― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Monday, 11 March 2013 22:26 (eleven years ago) link
it's weird because they don't even function as segues, so they're just songs with 2-3 distinct parts
so prog
― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Monday, 11 March 2013 22:27 (eleven years ago) link
i really love that song... i think it's a great vocal performance. it IS a bit strained, but i think that's the point? it's kinda raw, like he can't physically express the strength of his love etc
― J0rdan S., Monday, 11 March 2013 22:28 (eleven years ago) link
i'll never forgive johnny fever for dropping the ryan tedder bomb on that song even tho i've managed to shake it
this album is basically JT jamming kinda aimlessly about jessica biel over music which sounds occasionally lovely. the songiest songs are probably the worst, actually
maybe it's his worldwide underground
― flamenco drop (lex pretend), Monday, 11 March 2013 22:30 (eleven years ago) link
open your heart, lex
― J0rdan S., Monday, 11 March 2013 22:31 (eleven years ago) link
<i>like you posted that, then i went on itunes and didn't see anything, googled "justin timberlake 20/20 experience stream itunes" and saw a link to justin's official website with the announcement posted "3 minutes ago"</i>
Well you see what had happened was...*flees*
― Greer, Monday, 11 March 2013 22:31 (eleven years ago) link
it's kinda raw, like he can't physically express the strength of his love etc
he sounds bored and i know how he feels
thought i'd give this another chance in album context, turns out...i won't be doing that right now, anyway
― flamenco drop (lex pretend), Monday, 11 March 2013 22:31 (eleven years ago) link
lol I was totally watching SNL and thought to myself "why is JT single? poor JT." having COMPLETELY FORGOTTEN the dude just got married a few months ago.
i'll never forgive johnny fever for dropping the ryan tedder bomb on that song
True is true, man.
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 11 March 2013 22:33 (eleven years ago) link
i've been wondering if FS/LS has gotten a bit too revered as everyone has waited for a new album.
it was overly revered as soon as it came out
― flamenco drop (lex pretend), Monday, March 11, 2013 3:07 PM Bookmark
If anything it feel like its esteem has cooled in the intervening years. I see way more repping for Justified these days.
― radric: the guccining (The Reverend), Monday, 11 March 2013 22:39 (eleven years ago) link
that shit is wild tho justified is pretty weak
― J0rdan S., Monday, 11 March 2013 22:40 (eleven years ago) link
justified singles destroy fs/ls though
― balls, Monday, 11 March 2013 22:40 (eleven years ago) link
you can start to see the genesis of jimmy buffet pharrell drinking out of a coconut basslines and shit on that album
dopest singles ever tho
― balls, Monday, March 11, 2013 6:40 PM (3 seconds ago) Bookmark
yes this has long been my position
― J0rdan S., Monday, 11 March 2013 22:41 (eleven years ago) link
justified singles also destroy this new one, that i can definitely say, first listen or not
― flamenco drop (lex pretend), Monday, 11 March 2013 22:41 (eleven years ago) link
yeah that's true but i mean that's a pretty unfair bar. how many albums since justified have had singles as good as "like i love you"/"cry me a river"/"seniorita"
basically none
― J0rdan S., Monday, 11 March 2013 22:42 (eleven years ago) link
There's a few ehhhhhh tracks on Justified but it has some dope album tracks too (mostly the Neptunes ones) don't front
― radric: the guccining (The Reverend), Monday, 11 March 2013 22:43 (eleven years ago) link
it's only recently that the Justified album tracks exist for me. I can get with the Justified >>> FS/LS love but it's funny: I love the later FS/LS singles more than the early ones ("Summer Love," "Lovestoned," "Until the End of Time").
― the little prince of inane false binary hype (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 11 March 2013 22:45 (eleven years ago) link
i'm just relieved this album isn't a disaster tbh, happy to have him around, happy it's not guetta/harris even if it is timba2013. thought 'suit and tie' sounded alright on snl, if nothing amazing (i read someone, maybe vulture, calling it a janelle monae tribute which read 'wow you have heard zero r&b huh' but was still true enough to condemn it). 'mirror' sounded fucking dire though, my first hearing was on snl but can't imagine studio version suddenly turns that into a good song.
― balls, Monday, 11 March 2013 22:45 (eleven years ago) link
my god i think i'm with jt on this one
― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Monday, 11 March 2013 22:46 (eleven years ago) link
'right for me'!!
xp
― queeple qua queeple (Jordan), Monday, 11 March 2013 22:46 (eleven years ago) link
I love the later FS/LS singles more than the early ones ("Summer Love," "Lovestoned," "Until the End of Time"). - agree w/ this wholeheartedly, what i would've never predicted at the time is that 'sexyback' would sound so much better than 'my love' to me now.
― balls, Monday, 11 March 2013 22:46 (eleven years ago) link
I feel like "Until the End of Time" has had a renaissance lately. I keep hearing it and also the newish Brenmar remix is dope.
― radric: the guccining (The Reverend), Monday, 11 March 2013 22:47 (eleven years ago) link
― balls, Monday, March 11, 2013 6:46 PM (31 seconds ago) Bookmark
^^ this entire post
― J0rdan S., Monday, 11 March 2013 22:47 (eleven years ago) link
yeah otm as hell
― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Monday, 11 March 2013 22:47 (eleven years ago) link
― J0rdan S., Monday, March 11, 2013 6:25 PM (20 minutes ago) Bookmark
do like the idea of a JT street team hipping ILX to livestream before national release to drum up buzz but I got on my buzza and Beyoncé 2013: "I'm more powerful than my mind can even digest and understand."
― 乒乓, Monday, 11 March 2013 22:48 (eleven years ago) link
a janelle monae tribute
what in the world...
― radric: the guccining (The Reverend), Monday, 11 March 2013 22:48 (eleven years ago) link