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The 20/20 Experience = album of the year?

Posted on 3/18/13 at 11:48 am
Posted by LSUTil_iDie
Lawrenceville, GA
Member since Jan 2012
5511 posts
Posted on 3/18/13 at 11:48 am
I think it has the potential to be. Damn every single JT's put out has been good. You can definitely tell that he's been working hard on this album.

Thoughts?
Posted by Geaux1990
Mobile AL
Member since Nov 2009
249 posts
Posted on 3/18/13 at 11:55 pm to
It is definitely different than any he has ever done. The record had grown on me with each listen. I don't think it will have as many hits as his previous album. But it id a solid return back to music.
Posted by FleurDeLonestar
The Dirty HOU
Member since Mar 2011
6159 posts
Posted on 3/19/13 at 2:00 am to
Loving it so far. Can't stop listening
Posted by KillerNut9
Pearl Jam
Member since Dec 2007
33488 posts
Posted on 3/19/13 at 7:35 am to
Giving it my first listen now. Love what I've heard so far.
Posted by TheDoc
doc is no more
Member since Dec 2005
99297 posts
Posted on 3/19/13 at 7:38 am to
After listening to it I have to agree with NPR:

quote:

Timberlake has never been what you'd call a visionary, but on his last album, he showed a great sense of the pop refrain. This time, he's just plain timid. The songs have no edge, no zip — they're generic medium-tempo loops that last way too long, with a few clocking in at close to eight minutes. The length allows Timberlake to bring you your full daily requirement of mindless clichés. Track one: love as drug. Track four: love as sugary bubblegum. Track six: love as something that happens in a spaceship built for two.

There's a real art to lightweight feel-good pop. And for the most part, it's missing from Timberlake's latest. What we have, instead, is a celebrity feeling out his place in 2013, and you hear his worry. He's making calculations about the market, serving up a dim, cynical and decidedly limited vision of what pop music can be.
Posted by hehateme2285
Katy, TX
Member since Dec 2007
5109 posts
Posted on 3/19/13 at 1:28 pm to
I don't care what any review says. Mirrors is a great track
Posted by 3xlsugrad
Member since Feb 2012
11037 posts
Posted on 3/19/13 at 1:33 pm to
Oh my, just speechless.
Posted by wildtigercat93
Member since Jul 2011
112204 posts
Posted on 3/19/13 at 1:42 pm to
frick the haters, JT is the man
Posted by Big Lake
Member since Jul 2011
3844 posts
Posted on 3/19/13 at 1:48 pm to
I think JT is awesome ... album wont be in the top 20 for the year
Posted by It's White
Member since Dec 2012
102 posts
Posted on 3/19/13 at 3:27 pm to
The songs probably won't be chart hits because they are too long and don't have enough hooks.

With that said, I think the album is great.
Posted by quail man
New York, NY
Member since May 2010
40925 posts
Posted on 3/19/13 at 4:38 pm to
quote:

I think JT is awesome ... album wont be in the top 20 for the year



agreed. after first listen, i enjoyed it but i'm not so sure it's better than his last one.
Posted by suga pudin
The Village
Member since Aug 2012
2995 posts
Posted on 3/19/13 at 9:04 pm to
I'm digging it so far...especially Mirrors.
Posted by BottomlandBrew
Member since Aug 2010
27060 posts
Posted on 3/19/13 at 9:16 pm to
Of his three albums, 20/20 ranks third. Just not feeling this one. There are a few songs that are good, but most of the songs just aren't that good.
Posted by The Eric
Louisiana
Member since Sep 2008
20982 posts
Posted on 3/19/13 at 9:56 pm to
It's good but its pretty hard to follow his last outing.

There isn't a song from the last release that I didn't like.
Posted by LewDawg
Member since May 2009
75242 posts
Posted on 3/19/13 at 9:56 pm to
Mirrors is a solid jam. I'm wearing that one out
Posted by TDswah
LA
Member since Apr 2012
630 posts
Posted on 3/19/13 at 10:03 pm to
I'm going with Mirrors too. I like how he explores the riffs and not falling for a cookie cutter approach to it. The beat boxing is dope as a backing beat at those certain parts.

8 minutes is a little long, but he almost makes it like two songs pushed together.
Posted by LewDawg
Member since May 2009
75242 posts
Posted on 3/19/13 at 10:08 pm to
The damn hook is awesome IMO
Posted by BottomlandBrew
Member since Aug 2010
27060 posts
Posted on 3/19/13 at 10:46 pm to
Mirrors is a great jam, but I knock some points off for the use of an autotune-esque effect on his vocals. JT doesn't need it and it hurts the song.
Posted by lsutigernosaint
Baton Rouge, LA
Member since Oct 2007
3935 posts
Posted on 3/20/13 at 1:19 am to
Album is killer. Love that everyone is talking about Mirrors as if it isn't the most cookie cutter, N'Sync sounding track on the album. I like that track, but seriously it's the most overproduced album on the track.
Posted by Harry Caray
Denial
Member since Aug 2009
18636 posts
Posted on 3/20/13 at 1:34 am to
Pusher Love Girl is the best on the album, imo. when he did that song on Late Night last week I lost my shite
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