Justified

So over an hour turns out to be more JT than I would prefer, even though I knew, and liked, a fair few of these songs. Unfortunately front loading the singles was an issue for me. I think Cry Me A River is a genuinely great pop song, while also thinking it's a bit creepy. And not just because of the music video, although that doesn't help. Despite the fact the singer is clearly the one who's been wronged (given his partner cheated on him), there's just something so gleeful in the satisfaction he's taking in the fallout that is icky to me. Still, great song. The production makes it sound very much of it's time, even though I mostly like it good enough. Justin clearly wants to be Micheal Jackson (especially on something like Nothin' Else), and that's never going to happen, but he does have a nice voice. Ultimately, it's mostly fine, occasionally great, sometimes just really forgettable. Really more of a 2.5 for me, but: 3/5 P.S. Justin Timberlake and ska band Reel Big Fish being on the same record label (Jive Records) in 2002 just shows you how odd the early 2000s were.

JUST FUCKING NO. I think we've entered some strange multiverse where he's not a fame hungry smug faced little prick with a wandering penis, and is instead to be taken seriously as a genuine artist FUCK OFF, he's no more an artist than I am an architect. This squeaky voiced unjustifiably narcissistic manchild would so dearly love to be Michael Jackson its comical. Did nobody tell him that aspiring to be a paedophile is not a good thing? I dont care how expensive the producers were or how many hits they've had, this is cynical bullshit for the simple minded (which reminds me, Street Fighting Years had also better not be on this stupid list) Update; Piers has privately informed me that under our "friendship agreement" drafted by his mum in 1985 (if i wanted a friend i had to refarin from barking at mopeds and defecating in public amongst many, many other things) I am comtracturally obliged to do everything he says, and he says I have to.listen to this record... So here goes Justi fucking fied by Justin fucking Timberlake, and at this point we must pause to take in the monumental shitness of the title. Let the "music" begin! Track 1. Pharrel, take your silly hat and fuck off.....I hate Justin's voice, he's got less soul than a dancing Chinese robot. Track 2. I quite like the snare sound , this is quite possibly the only positive thing I will say for the next 55 minutes...oooh a Moog. (Or Moog emulator) Track 3. Christ his voice is annoying, i need to turn this down. Oh Oh Oh Oh I think you're shit Oh Oh Oh Oh I think you"re shit Track 4. Nope, next Track 5.. This single that i remember...Nina plays this in the car. horrible falsetto, no more to be said about this except..... #FREE BRITNEY Track 6. Ooh another single, there's Pharrel again, he really is musical herpes , i despised this at the time and my thoughts haven't changed, OFF Track 7. Like Stevie Wonder covering Paint It Black, only shit. (For the record I qould quite like to hear Stevie Wonder. Over Paint It Black) Track 8. More of the same, the snare sound getting g annoying now. How many times.does the word "Girl" appear on this record? Track 9. Back to the 3rd rate Stevie Wonder nonsense. Awful. Track 10.. Frank Zappa recorded a song i n 1977 mocking the soft rock love ballads of the time, it was called "I Have Been In You" nothing has changed. I have to stop listening whilst I change trains, I've never been more grateful to be in Newport. Track 11. Wrong for me. Track 12. If he makes that "Ahh" sound just one more time....The Neptune's by numbers Track 13. The most aptly named song for the final.track.... Oh how i dislike slushy piano ballads Finally it's over!!!! If you've read this far you might have guessed that I do not like this record one.little bit, and you would be correct. The spoken word vocalisations are particularly awful. The best thing about Justin Timberlake is that you'd never get tired of punching his face . Slickly produced early noughties pop for trainee rapists..

Not my favorite JT work

2-3 bangers. Good for him

7,6/10

It’s fine again, but self indulgent to the max.

Definitely Michael Jackson inspired Very soft singing Millennial

No

There was like 2 songs I saved from this. Otherwise the rest of these just aged like milk. 2/5

Justin Justin justin, was it really that justified? I don’t know buddy. Let’s have a chat.

Ha vuelto Michael Jackson?? Ahora es totalmente blanco y ha perdido swing., pero graba con calidad.

the breathy affected voice - made me almost laugh out loud The “Mr jt” chorus in (Oh no) what you got - unintentionally hilarious Oh no - Take it from here - so bad. And barf. PLEASE do not call your love interest “baby girl” Cry me a river - actually musically interesting For someone with Brillo pad hair, he is trying way too hard to be sexy Bless his heart, trying so hard to cosplay as a singer with soul Now he’s channeling the bee gee’s? (Last Night). Just no Let’s take a ride - so whiny Never again - he does have a beautiful voice, still don’t like the lyrics All in all, I'm glad I listened to this album and I would never listen to it again. Sorry Justin.

This was good at the time, I guess, but JT's reputation has not aged well at all. Shoutout to Britney and Janet. Overall, the R&B singing got kinda old after a while, but there are some good songs here. 3* Highlights: cry me a river, rock your body

Oh no oh dear god, why am I giving this a 4

Early 2000s pop, fairly generic but not terrible. Just not particularly interesting to listen to. Rock your body is a classic though.

Juvenile and simplistic lyrics with tiring music. I hope I never have to listen to this again before I die.

I feel like I need a shower after listening to this

Wasn’t in my book, but good nonetheless.

I mean. Like, come on man I’m horny as shit now thanks Justin

Couple of bangers, couple of fillers, great sound overall.

not my cup of tea

GodDAMN does JT wish he were Stevie Wonder. I like pop music, and genuinely had a fun nostalgia moment with this album's hits, none of which I've heard in the better part of 20 years. But. This album has so much filler. Most of these didn't add anything to the album and their presence dragged down the overall average.

Good for a debut album, but lacks the JT sound

I think i see where the appeal is for some but really found this album grating. The 2000s really just kept feeding us this archetype of lovestruck softboys with an injection of swagger and I just dont enjoy the music that came out of it. Sure the production is solid and Timberlakes vocal range is technically impressive, but the end result is something so fresh out of a mold that I couldn't really enjoy it. Dont think i enjoyed anything on this enough to give it a shoutout, my favorite part was when the album ended and for some reason Humble by Kendrick came on immediately afterwards. Just thought it was a very funny switch in tone for my algorithm to throw. Id give this a 1.5

This album is exactly what you'd expect from the cover. Can save an hour by just listening to Cry Me a River. The only notable shakeup in this album is the final ballad "Never Again", but I don't think it's a very *necessary* shakeup. Highlights: "Cry Me a River", "Rock Your Body"

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He looks like a shallow pretty boy and now I know that his musical artistry is also pretty shallow and mostly derivative. On the other hand, Cry Me a River is really a great song and well executed. I expected to find that it was written by someone else, but JT does get writing credit (along with Scott Storch and Timbaland).

Pretty good songs in here. But there’s a lot of filler

Michael Jackson throwaways given to a man with questionable, possibly nonexistent swag.

Really solid album apart from the ballads, which just aren’t my thing. First six tracks are top quality.

I was expecting just a standard pop album that would come and go without me feeling too strongly about it but I bloody hated this. Señorita especially was an absolute melter.

I listened to this the first time when my project partner got this and I called it painful and cringy and gave it a 1. I listened to it again and I was maybe a bit harsh. It is still painful and cringy but maybe not at 1 level. There a million pop albums better than this that did not make the list. a generous 2 stars

Rock your body and Cry me a river, surrounded by an hour of a great vocalist writing landfill pop. Shout out Pharrell.

Cohesion: 4.5/5
Theme & Narrative: 0.5/1
Sonic Identity: 1/1
Arrangement Synergy: 1/1
Genre Authenticity: 1/1
Transitions & Flow: 1/1 
 Production: 5/5
Clarity & Balance: 1/1
Instrumental Performance: 1/1
Sound Design: 1/1
Dynamic Depth: 1/1
Mastering: 1/1 Enjoyability: 4/5
Immediate Engagement: 0.5/1
Replay Value: 1/1
Emotional Resonance: 0.5/1
Playlist Potential: 1/1
Sticking Power: 1/1 Songwriting: 5/5 Lyrics: 1/1 Melody: 1/1 Structure & Contrast: 1/1 Hook: 1/1 Prosody & Emotional Resolution: 1/1 Favourite Songs: 5/13 - Senorita - Like I love you - (Oh no) what you got - Cry me a river - Rock your body Final Thoughts: - very much 2000s sound - Such a throwback - Can tell why he was so popular Back then - Full of bops and some intimate moments - Feel like the intimate moments could have been a separate album

Justified wirkt heute wie ein glattpolierter Startschuss, der mehr Versprechen als Substanz liefert. Timbalands und Neptunes’ Beats blitzen kurz auf, doch vieles bleibt austauschbar, zu sehr auf sicheren Pop‑R&B‑Formeln gebaut. Timberlake klingt bemüht erwachsen, aber selten wirklich zwingend.

Some great songs. Meh album.

Didn’t realize I was going to have to listen to Justin Timberlake

Never again

This feels very similar to “From Elvis in Memphis” in that Justin’s name is on the front but the artistry of others makes the standout tracks shine. I wanted to attribute all of the joy here to Timbaland but it turns out it was evenly split between him and The Neptunes. 5 keepers in 13 (38%) 1 banger (8%) 46

What’s standing out here is JT reallyyyy wants to be cool and is kinda lame.

This should be better than it is. Plenty of hits - sounds like a white boys take on Prince for the most part. But think it’s just too hard to listen to this without thinking about the fact that Timberlake was a creation of the music industry from an early stage, which just makes it all feel corporate, even if thats not really fair to him. If some up and comer we’d never heard of made this album id think it was cool, but instead I can’t shake the feeling that there’s something inauthentic about it. Makes lines like ‘introducing Justin from Memphis’ induce a cringe. Doesn’t help that it’s overproduced and overstuffed, so it feels like he’s trying really hard to come off a certain way rather than the songs being a natural extension of him as an artist. The breathy notes in his voice where you can hear him consciously trying to sound sexy also contribute to this effect. This assessment isn’t fair to the songs themselves, which as discrete pieces of pop don’t suck. Still, listening to this album kinda does.

I'm coming out of hibernation to rate this one. Not sure why I picked this one, but here we go. What a wildly inconsistent album. The highs are high (anything with Pharrell or Timbaland production, the one song with Clipse), the lows are low (Take It From Here made me want to cut my ears off). I didn't realize how aggressively he did a blaccent in some of these songs. A real Justin Bieber before Justin Bieber. I'm between 2 and 3 stars on this, and going with 2 because this is basically an album of 2 hits and a ton of filler

This is a pretty good pop album. JT sounds like he was desperate to be the new Michael Jackson although I think it sounds more like a tribute than an artist really finding his voice. The other thing constraining my enjoyment was how front-loaded it is, the last few tracks are a bit of a drag. The singles are really good and catchy tunes though, can't knock them.

Timbaland production carries it on the lesser known tracks. Hits are serious heaters. As a album it falls a bit short. (3.0/5.0)

Een tijdcapsule naar de vroege jaren 2000. Wat mij betreft is dit prima luisterbare muziek, maar in de context van deze lijst vind ik het een wat vreemde toevoeging. Er staan wel hele grote hits op en in die zin is het ook weer niet zo onterecht dat het in deze lijst terugkomt, maar wat mij betreft is dit soort muziek in het grote geheel wel wat vergeetbaar. Het is een namelijk een soort truukje en het voelt niet heel echt. Een knappe vent die zich afsplitst van zijn boyband, dezelfde man die op dat moment als ik het goed heb de grootste vrouwelijke popster date, presenteert een zeer strak geproduceerd album, gemaakt door lui die die vroege jaren 2000 bijna moeiteloos voor hits konden zorgen met hun wat futuristische geluid: Timbaland en The Neptunes. Qua manier van zingen heeft hij het geile, ladiesman-maniertje wat hij heeft moeten aanleren voor de boyband nog niet helemaal achter zich weten te laten. Misschien zou het ook wel oneerlijk zijn om dit stuk muziekgeschiedenis uit de lijst te laten. Ik weet het niet goed. Maar ik kan er redelijk naar luisteren, al is een uur wat lang natuurlijk. De hele kant B kun je in principe overslaan, wat ook komt omdat alle hits in de eerste helft gepropt zijn. De eerste helft geef ik zonder moeite 3 sterren. Daarna is het wel echt een beetje voorbij wat mij betreft. Daardoor blijven er onder aan de streep maar 2 sterren over.

This album really solidified Timberlake star power as a solo artist. It’s giving senior year high school summer. It’s also got a sincerity that party songs in the modern era don’t really demonstrate as much. 4/5

He’s a likeable bloke is JT, this shines through on this album and it’s strengthened by the machine tooled perfection of the production. Despite the flawless nature of this his charisma keeps it on the right side of human. The singles are great but there’s no need for this to be over an hour long

The big hits are all-time classics, can't argue with that. Didn't really care for the rest... it's fine, idk. Obligatory: This is going to ruin the tour.

I went into this excited. My parents are older so I grew up on 60s-80s stuff and the late 90s-2008ish are a void in my music appreciation. As a fan of JTs middle era stuff, finally giving his debut a top to bottom listen was exciting! Too bad the album sucks. Man he wants to be MJ/Stevie SOOOOOOOO bad its embarrassing. It doesn't sound like a genuine homage either, just a manufactured clone. These songs also mostly suck. How are you going to have a Neptune beat with Clipse and it sucks???? Impressive work. Best Song: Cry Me a River

Track By Track Señorita - The hype, the vibe, the instrumentation - it all sounds very 2000s. Can hear this maybe in a bar or club in 2002. Production is pretty good, very tight, snappy. Like I Love You - It’s like a mixture of flamenco and this genre of pop. I don’t know if this is just me, but it sounds bordering on sleazy but also I guess just flirting. Not sure.. (Oh No) What You Got - This is actually a little long. It’s alright as a song, not loads to write home about for me. Also the synth sounds a little dated. Take It From Here - This is pretty decent. Can imagine listening to this on a CD player or a Walkman or something. With like wire earbuds. In a lift or on a tube or similar. Quite good groove. Hands making that wave motion. Cry Me a River - It’s hard to listen to this as if for the first time as it’s such a classic. Again, well produced and catchy hooks. Don’t know if it’s my favourite one but enjoyable enough to listen to. A lot of this music sounds like it would be at home played underground, like in a club or somewhere similar. Rock Your Body - Musically, this is a legitimately great song. Good mixing, instrumentation & general dancy, groovy vibe. Sounds actually a little more sleazy in the context of the album. Don’t know why that keeps coming up but hey. Nothin’ Else - This one reminds me a little of George Michael, in its style and delivery. Pretty decent tune. Actually I may have preferred George himself to perform it! Last Night - This does sound a little budget Thriller. Bit mean, but can’t dent it on this one. Also, many of these are about a minute too long! Still On My Brain - This one is ok, just seems a little forgettable as a ballad-y one if I’m honest. May have been better as a boy band piece (N-Sync??) (And She Said) Take Me Now - Can hear some more Michael Jackson inflections here. He must have been an inspiration for him for sure. Some decent vocal runs. But I didn’t particularly care for this one. Synth was a bit mid & slightly annoying. Right for Me - This sounds like it could be an interlude but it’s too long again. I just lose interest after a couple of minutes. Again, annoying synth and electronic sounds. Bit of jazz flute again? Not bad, but unfortunately even jazz flute cannot save the day here. Let’s Take a Ride - This is a quite decent smooth R’n’B-style groove. Again, very of the time. Not particularly great though. Just passable really. Never Again - Some decent progressions/playing and a good change of pace. A little long and meandering though. Overall Review: Was not aware of this album before, but had heard of Justin before. I don’t think I was massively missing out. Whilst there are a few great hits on this (particularly Rock Your Body) and the production on some is good, many of these tracks sound like filler and are too long or forgettable. It may have had more of an impact at the time but it’s not massively doing it for me as an album. Also, they could probably have edited and curated it a little better. Could easily have been 11 tracks & 45 mins. Doesn’t justify ( :) original hehe) the length. 2.3/5 Favourite Songs: Rock Your Body

THE AMAZING JT. Great album coached by Pharrell the musical genius

Fuck this guy, and his fucking bland pop music too. I’ll never have the money or fame of this guy, but I’ll never have to look at a fucking no talent hoax staring back at me when I look in the mirror every day

Pretty cool! Or at least, surrounded by pretty cool producers

It’s hard to believe he was once…cool? Sexy in some way? I don’t know what I’m looking for here. If he hadn’t been such a dork lately would I feel differently? Anyway, this is fine. I like the next one more.

BOOOOOOOOOOORIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIING

Full of singles from the early 00's. If you were around back then this is bound to take you right back as it was all over the radio at that time.

Literally nothing special here, and certainly not enough decent material here to justify (lol) an hour

This is just feel good rnb style pop with production that lifts Timberlake’s vocals to their potential. The Neptunes and Timbaland produced tracks stand out as the stars here especially the singles and (And she said) Take Me Now. Some of the slower tracks (Still on the Brain especially) sound like Michael Jackson’s ‘Stranger in Moscow’ era and ‘Never Again just feels a bit unnecessary, but this is a really good enjoyable listen

This is a prime example of someone having the brains to pick the standout songs as singles, as those 4 tracks are great - especially “Cry Me A River”, which might be one of the best songs of the 00s, and “Rock Your Body”, which is still my favourite Justin Timberlake song. The call and response bit of “Senorita” is pretty much the sound of every night out I had when I was a teenager and, although I think it’s maybe the weakest of the 4 ‘biggies’, “Like I Love You” is still incredibly catchy. But, Lord, the rest of this album is a total slog - none of it is a patch on the hits, and all of it is a dated bunch of 00s pop. “Take It From Here” is a particular low point, as is the lyric ‘you’re out of this world, except you’re not green’ from the otherwise inconsequential “Nothin’ Else”. It’s all just a bit (very, very) poor man’s Michael Jackson, with a brief attempt at doing a Prince impression, and far too long. Also, in general, the spoken-word nonsense of early-00s pop makes me feel a bit queasy now - I’m not even sure I liked it as a teenager, but I just find it cringe. This is very much a 2.5* album for me, but I am not sure I have it in me to stretch to a 3.

3/6

This album is gonna ruin the tour. I can't really JUSTIFY its inclusion in the list. The critics behind this book need to give a pretty generous time gap to anything they consider adding, because this is just "duhhh popular music, gotta hear it" Which, I suppose, aligns with a lot of the more British choices on this list, especially from the 80s.

I didn't think I would enjoy this album as much as I did, but it's a solid 4 out of 5. Justified by Justin Timberlake really surprised me!

I think Justin Timberlake is very overrated. There are maybe 2 decent songs on this album

I liked this album more than I was expecting. Justin has a great voice and the production and beats from Neptunes were very nostalgic for the early 2000's.

2.5 - I like the production and the use of a live band with type of music was probably unique in that era of pop music. I don't think JT's lyrics are good.

"You're out of this world, except you're not green," may be one of the dumbest lyrics I've heard over the course of doing this. I also was really not expecting Clipse to show up on this considering how different their recent work is. Cry Me A River and Rock Your Body are both classics and still go pretty hard today. But man, some of these others aren't good, Let's Take A Ride is a pretty bad standout. Other tracks hold up alright though. I keep waffling back and forth but I'm just gonna end up on a 3 for this one.

Первые шаги Джастина на большой сцене уже имеют сильные и все еще актуальные хиты, но половина альбома не на столько же выразительная.

NSync and FutureSexLoveSounds are better JT music

Everyone has their limits on this list - look, i even gave Baby One More Time so credit. This is just BAD - pure and simple. A bunch of pop producers listened to Stevie Wonder and took a 16 yr old Disney star from Memphis and boom - recipe for money and pure poisonous ear mold. Cringe lyrics, cringe drum machine - i am worse for having to go through this. Is that a showtune at the end? WHY!

# Album Name: Justified # Artist: Justin Timberlake # Rating: 2/5 # Comments: Terrible name for a terrible album. This has aged badly. Admittedly, the single released were big at the time which drags this from a 1 to a 2. The rest is dross. # Top Tunes: Singles released # Would I listen to it again? No

I wonder what ever happened to this kid…?

It was a good album but I got fed up after a short period of time so I’m going to give it a 2 out of five stars

I’m convinced that when (probably AI) historians look back at when the 21st century truly begun they will say September 11, 2001 as that set the tone for everything else that was to follow. Perhaps when the AI-engineered musical historians look back at when the dire 21st century fare that’s plagued the charts truly began they will look back at the release of this monstrosity. Over produced to within an inch of its life, this album personifies everything that is wrong with modern music. I can honestly say this felt like the longest one hour and 3 minutes of musical listening I’ve ever had to endure.And I grew up at a time when The Birdie Song was a hit. I wouldn’t be surprised if they play this album to captives at Guantanamo Bay as one of their torture methods. Following the success of Eminem, the music industry were obviously obsessed with finding a white Usher-like R&B artist to rake in the $$$. And so Project Justin began, ending with this utter abomination. In the year of my birth, a long time ago now in what feels like a galaxy far far away, Don McLean had a number one famously lamenting about “The day the music died”. Don was wrong. That day was November 4, 2002 If I could give 0 I would. Unfortunately the machine won’t let me know so 1 it is

Again, an earnest attempt to be objective, strip away all the cult of celebrity and just address the music. And you know what, over the years ive done alot of driving to Irish radio and its vanilla tastes and in the last few years he's done the odd song I haven't hated. So I was all open ears; maybe ive been doing him a disservice all these years. Fuuuuuuck.... Basically it was all (and I mean ALL) the sweaty, winky eyed oohs from Prince's overlong Sign'o'the times, condensed into a purgatorial hour of torture. I literally hated every song. And I get it, SOTT is the 3rd highest rated album of all time on Album of the Year, so I get people like this stuff, and I understand that this album will appeal to the same crowd but im currently undergoing hypnosis to wipe this from my memory so pretty soon I won't have... Erm, a spice bag and saveloy please.

The production is stellar, but the songs overall and just good.

This stinks

Starts well, good singles, but also a lot of filler

Four some reason this is on my shelves, despite never having heard it before. I can only assume it was purchased off the back of being a Neptunes produced album; The Neptunes usually put out some really decent pop music, but this is dreadful. Heard before ❌️ Listened this time ✅️ Revisit ❌️ ★★☆☆☆(3/10) Total reviewed : 445 Already owned : 99 Purchased : 25 To buy : 1 Nope : 320

I feel like this album tries to be a lot of different things and none of them really work. Favorite track: Like I Love You

I believe that after completing the 1001 Albums list, you are able to select your favorite of all the albums. I am halfway through. This has been my least favorite so far.

Some Justin songs are okay, except for the dumbass white guy who's always singing on them.

Jeg havde troet, der var mere i den her, men igen et af de der popalbums, der ikke har noget at byde på, når man er igennem det, der blev til hits.

6/10

The inclusion of this album on the list is certainly not Justified. I really dislike this one.

God og bra, vet ikke litt lei. Funker når det funker en sjelden gang føler jeg.

Ofc veldig ikonisk. Rock your body må jo vær ein av tidenes beste fest-sanger. Señorita e åg veldig bra, men har et veldig spesifikt pharrell williams preg som eg ikkje vett om eg digge. CRY ME A RIVER😫 Backe veldig at dette albumet e et av 1001 album man må hørra før man dør. Beste sang: Rock your body

I can see why it's such a popular record.

617/1089 - A lot of this style of music makes me want to listen to the original style it was likely based off of. In this case MJ and Jamiroquai.

Obviously this was a monster record but FutureSex/LoveSounds should really be here in its place. This is just too long and immature, plus the production is a touch flat for my liking.

I get the length complaints, I do. But i find it nigh impossible to get bored of prime timbaland and neptunes. His next album should be on this list too, what the hell are we doing

Pretty impressive some Michael Jackson some Prince some hip hop some Bee Gees better than expected

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JT, but not his best

Over produced to an inch of its pitiful life. First track sounds like an attempt at producing everything Stevie Wonder ever did in the 70’s. Very much a poor imitation of Jay Kay. Terrible

Nah

no thanks

*The singles are good, but don't necessarily all hold up like they did in 2002. *Definitely a victim of excess tracks on CDs of the time *Many tracks were too slow R&B for my taste

so 2000s lolll

Not as bad as I thought it would be.

An enjoyable listen. Dude brought sexy back for sure.