Justin Timberlake in 2013

http://countdown.justintimberlake.com/

Also, a youtube video today which says basically nothing. The countdown clock expires on Monday, though, which is the day that was originally the central piece of the rumor. New track then, hopefully.

his speaking voice is still sexy

Justin Timberlake does "Countdown."

i just want another hottt rolling stone cover out of this era

JT 2013: second-rate Robin Thicke

http://hiphop-n-more.com/2013/01/justin-timberlake-suit-tie-feat-jay-z/

Hrmmmmmm...

lol at ship rushing out the gate to shit in everyone's cornflakes as per usual.

this is a dope robin thicke song. would be better without jay's part killing the momentum tho.

i dont like the intro.

haha well i ain't gonna kick off the convo with "what do YOU guys think?"

Yeah, I think I'd like this 200% more w/o any Jay-Z.

it goes on for like 3 minutes before he makes a sound, not hard to imagine what it would sound like without him

True, but Rev is right that it kills momentum. I'd go one step further and say that Jay's part retroactively kills momentum (that didn't even begin until the intro was over). Structurally, it's a mess.

it could be tighter for sure but it's totally enjoyable

wow that intro really is grim

feel like this fulfils the worst case scenario for this single but i still have high hopes for the album

it's so chintzy, i feel like i need mouthwash

R. Kelly must be rolling his eyes when listening to this.

idk this feels album track-y but not bad

yeah it could easily be the weakest track on a good album. wouldn't be the first time that was true of a big event lead single.

Strange intro. Chintzy's a good word for the main section of the track, although that glissando is nice. I don't think it's Jay that's killing the momentum. It's the change-up in the tempo and in the production. But I do like how it picks back up at the end. Interesting to hear whether the rest of the production on this album follows similar form.

underwhelming :\

First the Bowie single, and now this...Chopped 'n' screwed tempo big in '13.

Werkin' Girls does it too, with better results. Trend probably comes from those who started slowing down their tracks to ~75bpm for the obligatory dubstep section.

idk this feels album track-y but not bad

― rap steve gadd (D-40), Sunday, January 13, 2013 9:25 PM Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

agreed

really good imo

love the chintzy horns

chintzy r&b production is secretly one of the best kinds of production

this reminds me of that debate over that one ne-yo song that i hated to death

also that one ne-yo song that i hated to death

"champagne life," that wretched song

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zIjgCn6JkXU

"champagne life" was dope. gotta ride for two-step joints here.

Doesn't bode well.

I've played this three times and... nope, not liking it. :/

i've played this about seven times and yes i think i am kind of liking it

and yes that intro is ungainly and jay-z is unsurprisingly lacklustre but those harps! the corny horns! JT you can show me a few things.

The intro had me fearing the worst, but the song isn't bad, really. It's not that good, either, but it improves in the slow section after Jay's interminable guest verse - and for some reason the main groove sounds better when it comes back around in the mostly wordless coda. No way the album's gonna be as epochal as the last one was unless Tim has some genius new co-producer nobody's heard waiting in the wings. Still looking forward to it, cautiously.

JT and Timbo go Las Vegas. I kinda like it though, Jiggaboo and all.

i quite like that he's gone with this type of song for his big comeback, and the song itself isn't bad at all, but the intro and jay-z need to be cut out so badly

Ha, heard the intro, thought 'why the fuck has he released a skit' Got me worried for a minute. Got a lovely vibe, bit Inspiration Information.

Jiggaboo

uh

really sorry about that - pretty inexcusable - i was thinking along the lines of jigga being the huge r&b single's best friend (boo) but it came out 100% wrong.

pretty lightweight summer joint, sounds fine to me

sort of expecting something along the lines of "your drums, your love" though

not possible to be MORE lightweight than alunageorge

haha i was waiting for that, or something like that

Loving the new jam

I was expecting something very bad after the first reactions but I just listened to it and it's pretty smooth.
nothing amazing/big comeback but really nice.
I think this could grow on me.
anyway, I don't really see how he could have came up with something that meets the expectations after such a long time.

yeah I dig this

smh @ champagne love hate upthread

This is precisely what Alfred means when he calls something B+.

He means C+.

mehhhhhhhh

I feel like the most damning thing about Part 2 is that none of the singles have been as good as "Suit & Tie" or "Mirrors"

oh man nabt towers over mirrors and is on par w suit and tie. but the rest of that album is no no no

and I'm not even a mirrors detractor

I feel like the most damning thing about Part 2 is that none of the singles have been as good as "Suit & Tie" or "Mirrors"

― steendriver dysphoria hoos (The Reverend), Sunday, April 13, 2014 12:29 AM (8 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

lol i like "mirrors" a lot and tolerate "suit and tie", but haven't these songs been widely panned?

I think that's rev's point

Looks like it'll be his first American top ten in almost a year.

Not A Bad Thing sounds like the second single (after a Max Martin jam) on an *NSYNC reunion album named All Grown Up. So yeah it's the best single he's had in a while.

yeah it really is the mildest thing he's made since N Sync, isn't it. it came as a relief after "TKO," but the more i hear it, the less i like it. the staged viral campaign w/ the couple getting engaged while the song is playing is so so lame, too.

don't know how I feel about the chorus' false humility either; coming from a dude with Justin's wealth he sings it like a threat.

So don't act like it's a bad thing to fall in love with me
Cause you might fuck around and find your dreams come true with me
Spend all your time and your money just to find out that my love was free
So don't act like it's a bad thing to fall in love with me, me

i looked up the chorus cuz I find the opening "with me/with me" rhyme really insipid and grating, and it turns out he threw a "fuck" in there too that i was unaware of.

between this and jessica biel producing a TV pilot about a bachelor living the high life in NYC who has a sudden change of heart after babysitting his nephew. He hires an aspiring actress to play his wife, and things get complicated when he finds himself falling for her those two are painting a pretty horrifying picture.

So glad I'm overseas where I don't have to deal with this shit

Dunno that ppl have to deal w it onshore

"I feel like the most damning thing about Part 2 is that none of the singles have been as good as "Suit & Tie" or "Mirrors""

this is true and it is also much more of an insult than stated

"Brand New" off the Pharrell album is so easily my favorite thing he's done in a while, really reaffirms that i much prefer P to Timbaland as a creative foil for Justin.

seconded

idk feel like "Brand New" never takes off as much as it should and Justified doesn't really hold up outside of the singles mostly

Still like part 1 even though its flaws became more apparent over time. part 2 has some good stuff amidst some bad ideas but can't say I come back to it much. this single's pretty eh imo but I'll take it over "Mirrors"

"Brand New" off the Pharrell album is so easily my favorite thing he's done in a while, really reaffirms that i much prefer P to Timbaland as a creative foil for Justin.

― some dude, Sunday, April 13, 2014 12:30 PM (3 hours ago) Bookmark

it's so horrible that pharrell is putting "marilyn monroe" out as the next single, that song is trash

lol i like "mirrors" a lot and tolerate "suit and tie", but haven't these songs been widely panned?

― surfbort memes get played out, totally (k3vin k.), Sunday, April 13, 2014 5:50 AM Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

I think that's rev's point

― Tim F, Sunday, April 13, 2014 5:57 AM Bookmark

I like "Suit & Tie" a lot and tolerate "Mirroors", but that was my point

haha I'll let my "Mirroors" typo stand

JT is coming back to play Chicago at the end of the year. Which would make this his ... sixth stop here since winter of 2013? At least?

the near-unanimous hatred for Mirrors is so weird to me. like i understand some ppl not liking it but everyone? obviously i am wrong about it.

It's like your my MIRROOR

err you're obv

I love Mirrors, haters be damned.

i mean, let's be real, any song that sold millions of downloads and broke radio airplay records is not unanimously hated. outside of this message board it's pretty well regarded. even on Pazz & Jop it just barely missed the top 10.

sucks tho.

i looked up the chorus cuz I find the opening "with me/with me" rhyme really insipid and grating, and it turns out he threw a "fuck" in there too that i was unaware of.

― da croupier, Sunday, April 13, 2014 11:05 AM (8 hours ago)

the lazy rhyming doesn't really bother me, since the rhyme is such an unimportant part of the hook -- it's all about the groove. it doesn't really get in the way

xpost: yeah i didn't mean unanimous globally, just 'round here. i'm kinda surprised it placed so high on p&j

i like it too

think we need Don 'n' Glenn to opine on the Timber.

well yeah

i don't suppose any of you clever internet detectives could track down the three edits ("no bullshit" and "album side length" and "just hooks") of this album that were originally posted here:

http://the2020experience.bandcamp.com/album/the-20-20-experience-no-bullshit

― some dude, Monday, March 25, 2013 11:13 AM (seven years ago)

could ya?