Justin Timberlake released his sophomore album, FutureSex/LoveSounds, last week and his first week sales were 684,000. He has surpassed all to claim the biggest selling album of the year. Congrats, Justin. Now its time once again for my infamous review.
FUTURESEX / LOVESOUNDS Review
FutureSex/LoveSounds- Well this song pretty much tells you the direction of this album. Electronic, funk, alternative pop with R&B undertones. Now themes of this album are sex and love ala Prince. This song is about sex and how he's gonna give get it to her. Its a great introduction and captures the essence he was goin for.
7/10
SexyBack- "He's bringing sexy back" and he sure did. Now this was the song of the summer for me. I loved it from first listen. Its club ready pop with R&B undertones. Timbaland did the damn thing on the production. Great first single but the video sucked for it.
12/10
SexyLadies/LetMeTalkToYou Prelude- This song reminds me of his first album, Justified. The first sign of filler because its basically somethin we've heard from him before. The prelude was so unnecessary because it did nothing but waste space and time.
4.5/10
My Love- The second single and another badass joint. He's sweet talking this girl into being his love. He loves singing in that damn falsetto. T.I comes in and lays a hott 16 on it to seal the deal. A future #1 hit.
9/10
LoveStoned/IThinkSheKnows Interlude- The production overwhelms his voice from the beginning only when his voice is doubled (chorus) is when his voice rides the beat. A song about him being lovestoned or sprung. Boring as hell. Its nice to him JT and Timbo beatbox battle on the part between songs. Another interlude not needed due to him just repeating the chorus or main idea of the song before it.
1/10
What Goes Around... / ...Comes Around Interlude- Another boring as hell song and a lil similar to Cry Me River. The things with Timbo beats are that the singer has to breathe life into them. Justin just whines over his beat. There's zero appeal to this song. The interlude is the only thing that makes this song worth listening too. But more than likely, it'll get skipped all together.
1.5/10
Chop Me Up- A nice R&B/Hip Hop collabo. Justin sings the first verse and choruses with Timbaland rapping the second and 3 6 Mafia ends it. I could have sworn he sanged about this earlier in the album, "LoveStoned". The production is nice due to that H-Town flava meets Timbaland sound.
6/10
Damn Girl- Very Prince inspired just by the way he sings it. It features will.I.am but his rap could have been left off. The song is decent but at this point I'm ready to turn it off and listen to something else. DAMN!
5/10
SummerLove/SetTheMood Prelude- FINALLY!! A song I can jam too. He can't wait to fall in love and she can't either... good ol puppy/summer love. The beat is NICE, I love the organs and the bridge has a great arrangement. The interlude is Justin's first sexy slow jam and its another added bonus to the previous song. He does some Prince like adlibs and they are pretty.
8/10
Until The End Of Time- I'm in love with this song. The lyrics are beautiful, he sings it to perfection and the beat matches everything. I love his adlibs on this damn song. Go head Justin, I was gettin bored but I'm back into the album now. He sings about your love is all he needs until the end of time.
12/10
Losing My Way- The production is lacking on this song and Justin needs a great beat in order to really shine. The song is about him losing his way and needing help. The preacher/choir is a nice touch but was it really necessary because I don't think this song is inspirational. What to rate it??
5/10
(Another Song) All Over Again- I believe this is the Rick Rubin produced track. The production is GREAT and Justin is able to shine. Still don't know what he singing about but it sounds good.
8/10
**Pose**- This is the bonus song on the international release. Sounds like it would fit better on Justified. Snoop Dogg does his thang on it. I could see this as a single for Europe. "Pose x3, strike a pose, only for my photos."
7/10
This album is all over the place. One minute he's tryin to be funky, electronic and alternative then he wants to be pop then R&B. I don't even think he knew what he was doing. He has fallen off from where he was. Justified was a classic album which I loved from beginning to end. This album had so many bore spots that impossible for me not to say his album has hit the sophomore slump. I congratulate him on being #1 worldwide and going platinum his first week out. Thats where it stops because his album does not deserve that much success. His voice has gotten considerably weaker and the production overwhelms is voice throughout the first half of the album. When the album is good then its GREAT but when its bad then its down right TERRIBLE and you flip flop like that from start to finish. Hopefully his next album will bring him back to form otherwise, Mr. Timberlake will be finding his way off my A-List. C+
---------------- courtesy of: Tony "The Playboy" Roberts
Here's the bonus iTunes only song, Boutique In Heaven (now this is hott and a marriage of his debut and sophomore)
http://www.sendspace.com/file/qficw0
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