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Alright so I listened to the album twice in a row.
Timberlake obviously rushed this one completely. I don't care what anyone says I'm really disappointed with this second experience. The melodies are really lame and the song lengths are just annoying now. For the first album, the lengths at least had some sort of charm to them (Mirror, Strawberry Bubblegum). But on this album they're just annoying because there's nothing unique about the second half of all the songs. And can Timbaland stop wailing in the music he produces? It was hilarious the first time but now it's just ear-grating.
I do applaud him for trying new genres with this release (Drink You Away has a country sound going on) but his execution was poor. Can I also comment that the lyrics and phrasing on this album were poor? At least try your best to rhyme, Timberlake. At least that'll keep me interested.
But, I do say that TKO, Take Back the Night, and Amnesia are really well done songs. I also like Not a Bad Thing / Pair of Wings to an extent.
But overall, just a poor, disappointing release. This should have been called, "The 20/20 Experience Outtakes" or something. So keep your vision on the first one, and approach the second one wearily.
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