Your browser does not support the audio element. It's far from the only one here - a pleasant and grown but tedious release from a charismatic entertainer and exceptional vocal arranger who is not a great recording artist. Timberlake referred to the song, the lead single, as 'just the wink.' 'Suit & Tie,' a lighthearted and goofily dashing throwback, serves the same flirty dancefloor purpose as 'Rock Your Body,' drawing from early- to mid-'70s soul instead of late-'70s disco-funk. The relatively raw soul throwback 'That Girl' adds a slight Southern touch and does not wander. 'Let the Groove Get In,' something like a modernized hybrid of Michael Jackson's 'Wanna Be Starting Something' and Lionel Richie's 'All Night Long,' is undeniably festive. Around its 5:20 mark, 'Mirrors' switches from an ideally shaped heartfelt ballad of devotion into a slog.īy the seventh drifting minute, it prompts questions like 'Is this where the stage hands will change sets?' And 'Is this actually about himself?' Few songs are dynamic enough to justify their length. Band and 52nd Street released extended mixes of club ballads, though the bottom isn't as thick, and it comes with three bonus minutes of Sly Stone-style rhythm box puttering that facilitates more metaphorical macking. 'Strawberry Bubblegum' recalls a time when groups like the S.O.S. Opener 'Pusher Love Girl' sets the tone for the program the first three of its eight minutes would make for an elegant sweet-soul introduction, but Timberlake's extended drug-metaphor testimonial over a flat, faintly shifting beat dulls the mind rather than hypnotizes it. A little more than six months later, it was released, consisting of more recordings from Timberlake's May-June 2012 sessions with friend Timbaland, Jerome Harmon, and James Fauntleroy. Just before the release of The 20/20 Experience, the Roots'?uestlove, who opened as a DJ for Justin Timberlake's SXSW festival appearance, announced that there would be a sequel.
The album pulls from a lot of different styles, but is predominantly a neo-soul record. It was produced by Jerome Harmon, Rob Knox, The Tennessee Kids, Timbaland, and Justin Timberlake. The 20/20 Experience is Justin Timberlake's third solo album and was released on March 15, 2013. Seventy minutes in duration, it's only four minutes longer but contains two fewer songs and maybe half as many ideas. Along with co-producer Jerome 'J-Roc' Harmon and fellow songwriter James Fauntleroy, the Tims have made a refined and distended follow-up to FutureSex/LoveSounds. Aligning with the Neptunes in 2002 and with Timbaland in 2006 were not bold creative risks either, but working with Timbaland once more makes it plain that Timberlake wanted to remain within his comfort zone. The few appearances from 2007 through 2012 - through collaborations with Madonna, Duran Duran, 50 Cent, Ciara, and new jack ballad mode Lonely Island, often in partnership with Timbaland - confirmed that the cutting edge was not his concern. To be elegible for this price, Add to CartOnce Justin Timberlake finished touring in support of FutureSex/LoveSounds, music making slid to the side as acting, endorsing, investing, and talent grooming took precedence.