(as opposed to the one where the final three songs take 22 minutes)
― J0rdan S., Monday, 30 September 2013 20:11 (ten years ago) link
Yeah, everyone's kicking themselves over that one.
― midnight outdoor nude frolic up north goes south (Eric H.), Monday, 30 September 2013 20:17 (ten years ago) link
lol eric
― marky markers & the blinky bunch (some dude), Monday, 30 September 2013 22:48 (ten years ago) link
One of the first reviews:
"Take Back the Night," the disc's handsome but inert lead single, is an exception. And, as on Part 1, some songs go on for too long — including "Amnesia," whose beginning you may well have forgotten by the time you finally get to the end.
But those longueurs are offset by "Drink You Away," a potent electro-blues cut, and by Drake's frisky guest verse in "Cabaret," where the rapper takes the sex talk to a level that Timberlake the boy-band veteran still can't. (Jay Z appears on "2 of 2" as well, musing on Yoko Ono's feminine wiles in "Murder.")
Beyond the muscle-flexing it seems to represent, Timberlake's bluster might be his solution to the problem of Robin Thicke, whose ascent over the summer with the proudly raunchy "Blurred Lines" threatened to make Timberlake look like a genteel (pocket) square.
"I burn it down all the way," he yowls in "Only When I Walk Away," doing his best to start a fire. "Burn it down till there ain't no more."
― the objections to Drake from non-REAL HIPHOP people (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 30 September 2013 22:53 (ten years ago) link
Drake's frisky guest verse in "Cabaret," where the rapper takes the sex talk to a level that Timberlake the boy-band veteran still can't.
is this a promise or a threat
― da croupier, Monday, 30 September 2013 23:18 (ten years ago) link
his bluster will handle the rest!
― the objections to Drake from non-REAL HIPHOP people (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 30 September 2013 23:20 (ten years ago) link
Take Back The Night and Gimme What I Don't Know are as good as some of the best from Volume 1 IMO. it still has it's moments despite a lot of left-over Timbaland going on.
― piscesx, Monday, 11 November 2013 12:19 (ten years ago) link
and I've got a soft spot for the first six minutes of "Not a Bad Thing."
― the objections to Drake from non-REAL HIPHOP people (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 11 November 2013 12:26 (ten years ago) link
yeah that's a winner.
― piscesx, Monday, 11 November 2013 13:17 (ten years ago) link
is "TKO" a legit hit now? sorta seems like it
― J0rdan S., Monday, 11 November 2013 15:52 (ten years ago) link
Why is it the worst Timberlake songs become the hits?
― midnight outdoor nude frolic up north goes south (Eric H.), Monday, 11 November 2013 17:12 (ten years ago) link
i don't get the sense "TKO" is any more of a hit than the bare minimum any Justin single would be.
the GQ story is pretty entertaining, sounds like they caught him on a bad day: http://www.gq.com/moty/2013/justin-timberlake-men-of-the-year-hashtag
― some dude, Friday, 22 November 2013 04:11 (ten years ago) link
doesn't seem like much of a hit to me, but i guess it is hard to judge when you change the station every time it's on the radio. it's selling more on the level of "take back the night" than "suit and tie" or "mirrors" tho.
― dyl, Friday, 22 November 2013 19:19 (ten years ago) link
The fact that he's touring next summer makes me fearful for how many singles he's going to wring out of the damp rag that is 2 Of 2
― some dude, Friday, 22 November 2013 19:42 (ten years ago) link
well so far he's 0/2 on even making the top 20 with one
― da croupier, Friday, 22 November 2013 19:43 (ten years ago) link
maybe that video of him nonchalantly being dragged through the desert at dusk will change everything
that seven minute video
yeah this guy is touring for infinity isn't he
― le goon (J0rdan S.), Friday, 22 November 2013 19:47 (ten years ago) link
that last vmas where they kissed his ass for 15-30m is looking less like a "still got it!" and more like a "congratulations for having it for so long" esp when off that GQ it sounds like he's more "screw you guys i'm going home" and less "Well i guess i should meet this benny blanco guy about a comeback"
― da croupier, Friday, 22 November 2013 19:50 (ten years ago) link
"if you don't wanna hear me whinny over my friend hiccuping for seven minutes then i guess we're done here"
― da croupier, Friday, 22 November 2013 19:51 (ten years ago) link
so JT went from Like A Prayer to MDMA in two albums.
― the objections to Drake from non-REAL HIPHOP people (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 22 November 2013 19:56 (ten years ago) link
daaaamn
― old homophobic boom bap rap traditionalist (The Reverend), Friday, 22 November 2013 19:59 (ten years ago) link
I still haven't actually played 2 of 2 lol
― old homophobic boom bap rap traditionalist (The Reverend), Friday, 22 November 2013 20:00 (ten years ago) link
Funny how in just one year the conversation turned from "Justin Timberlake needs to return to music" to the last 10 or so posts here
― Evan R, Friday, 22 November 2013 20:03 (ten years ago) link
it was just too soon for "yet more futuresex/lovesounds 3 of 1"
― da croupier, Friday, 22 November 2013 20:04 (ten years ago) link
he's already said interviews that he gets more out of making people laugh than rocking the crowd so i guess there's nothing driving him to get out of neutral, either to sell out or go crazy musically
― da croupier, Friday, 22 November 2013 20:06 (ten years ago) link
in interviews, i mean
― da croupier, Friday, 22 November 2013 20:07 (ten years ago) link
I guess the best way to make people laugh is to get pissy with critics?
― Spottie, Friday, 22 November 2013 20:17 (ten years ago) link
In retrospect I like Suit and Tie much more than either Get Lucky or Blurred Lines.
― signed, J.P. Morgan CEO (Hurting 2), Monday, 6 January 2014 16:16 (ten years ago) link
In retrospect, I was right about "Take Back the Night," and the rest of you all are crazy.
― Alfre, Lord Woodard (Eric H.), Monday, 6 January 2014 16:49 (ten years ago) link
TBTN is pretty good - it sounds almost like it could be a lesser single from Off The Wall.
It always makes me think of campus Take Back the Night rallies though.
― signed, J.P. Morgan CEO (Hurting 2), Monday, 6 January 2014 17:04 (ten years ago) link
no i still think the general consensus itt re: take back the night was pretty spot-on. i mean at least it's better than tko but...
― dyl, Monday, 6 January 2014 17:13 (ten years ago) link
finally just listened to the second releases
Not A Bad Thing is nice! And the opener, the rest is pretty junky. NO idea why any of those songs are longer than 3 minutes.
― Spottie, Monday, 24 February 2014 06:22 (ten years ago) link
I gave "True Blood" more than one or two listens around Halloween.
― Eric H., Monday, 24 February 2014 11:49 (ten years ago) link
"Not A Bad Thing" is a decent choice for the next single, sounded good on Fallon the other night. Pretty impossible to rehabilitate the album's rep after the first two singles, though.
Heard "Pusher Love Girl" this morning, still great, only song from these records I care about ever hearing again.
― MISTERSNRUB (some dude), Monday, 24 February 2014 14:18 (ten years ago) link
If only it had been released with a continuous mix bonus disc.
― Eric H., Monday, 24 February 2014 14:19 (ten years ago) link
still think 20/20 2 was the worst pop album i went about hearing last year
― le goon (J0rdan S.), Monday, 24 February 2014 14:56 (ten years ago) link
The last time I heard the first album was the weekend I watched Blue Jasmine. Good times.
― Bryan Fairy (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 24 February 2014 14:57 (ten years ago) link
I think that may be true for me, altho technically I heard it this year. xp
― Spottie, Monday, 24 February 2014 14:58 (ten years ago) link
the new single gives off horrific "this is almost destined to be No. 1" vibes
― katherine, Monday, 24 February 2014 15:06 (ten years ago) link
This time 'round I wouldn't mind if it went #1. He's soppier than he pretends and is decent at it.
― Bryan Fairy (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 24 February 2014 15:07 (ten years ago) link
The recent albums gave off such a bad whiff of stink that despite loving his first two records I've listened to 20/20 all the way through maybe once and the second one never. And it really irks me that the only two JT songs I hear on the radio with any regularity is "What Goes Around ..." and "Mirror." It's almost as if they're afraid to play "Cry Me A River" or "Like I Love You" for fear that people would rather hear them.
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 24 February 2014 15:11 (ten years ago) link
"TKO" is without a doubt his worst ever single right? i mean, even worse than the one that literally got turned into a mcdonalds jingle
― le goon (J0rdan S.), Monday, 24 February 2014 15:12 (ten years ago) link
"not a bad thing" sounded good on fallon
― le goon (J0rdan S.), Monday, 24 February 2014 15:13 (ten years ago) link
"I'm Lovin' It" was great idc idc
― MISTERSNRUB (some dude), Monday, 24 February 2014 15:14 (ten years ago) link
"Mirrors" might not be his worst single, but it's his worst HIT single, at any rate.
― Eric H., Monday, 24 February 2014 15:36 (ten years ago) link
love "not a bad thing" on the radio, song has a total summer jam feel
― surfbort memes get played out, totally (k3vin k.), Sunday, 13 April 2014 02:53 (ten years ago) link
Otm
― IKEA metaballs (Spottie), Sunday, 13 April 2014 03:12 (ten years ago) link
Oh yeah -- his best single since 2008
― Bryan Fairy (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, 13 April 2014 03:21 (ten years ago) link
The single version, of course: the album version is a monstrosity.