Justin Timberlake in 2013

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?