When you first listen to the strains of “Future Sex/Love Sound,” the opening song of Justin Timberlake's new album, you're not really sure if you're listening to a Justin Timberlake song. Slinky electronic beats drive things as Justin sings in a lower register than we're used to. Things get even crazier on “Sexy Back,” the hit single and second song on the album. Justin's voice is not only lower but also electronically distorted. The f-word is even tossed around.
Neither of these two songs sound like what non-Justin fans would expect from him, and that's the point. Future Sex/Love Sounds is Justin Timberlake's breakthrough album, an album that makes listeners take notice. It is a fun album to listen to and makes us eager to hear what he does next.
A lot of the credit for Future Sex/Love Sounds has to go to producer Timbaland. He produced the hit single “Cry Me A River” from Justin's debut, Justified, and is behind the boards on 10 of the 12 tracks on Future Sex/Love Sounds. In Timbaland, Justin has one of the most inventive and eclectic producers in music, one who will use any and every sound imaginable to make a good song. In Justin, Timbaland has finally found a male artist whose willingness to break boundaries and try new things ranks up there with the powerhouse female artists he's worked with in the past.
The power duo (joined by producer Nate Hills) try out multiple genres of music while still keeping things pop enough to make them crossover friendly. The aforementioned electronic excursions of “Future Sex/Love Sound” and “Sexy Back” offer us a Justin we haven't heard before. “Chop Me Up,” which features Academy Award-winning rap group Three 6 Mafia, gives us a taste of dirty south hip-hop. We get taken back to Minneapolis (complete with that signature Prince “sound”) on the smooth ballad “Until The End Of Time” and on the funky “Sexy Ladies.”
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1 - kane
i love this albem
2 - Lucas Grabeel
i have me him
3 - Lucas Grabeel
i have met him
4 - lizzy
i like him and i love the song i have got it and i here it everday in the car and in my bedroom i have a pic of him to
5 - rimmy
justins album is fab! love both his albums, loving the songs my love and what goes around from future sex love sounds, hope he keeps up his standards!
6 - Sheena
I've been loving Jusin since the Mickey Mouse Club and my *NSync dork days. He is awesome and I'm so glad he's finally getting much deserved respect. He is truly an artist and his two solo albums more than prove that. I can't wait for more.
7 - Anonymous
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8 - Prince S
This CD's lyrics have so many back-ground meanings