I'll address something to start... Justin's voice was never that deep, you just never noticed it before cuz he was a lead singer..he had the high leads on all of the group songs, JC always had the lower parts
"Future Sex/Love Sounds" has a nice bass line on it, this track is okay, but he could've started the album with a stronger song...then again it's the title track ...this one's okay, but nothing extra stellar, I like the electronic sounds on this, it's real new age, but yet still kinda 80s
"Sexy Ladies" is very Rick James...getting him on this would've been awesome...this has a real nice old school feel to it, nice track to just "strut" to
"My Love" is dope as hell on the beat, but it's a long ass song that gets repetative, they should've put T.I. closer to the middle to change the song up and have it be a bit less mundane, but yeah this will be a good single and vid
"Love Stoned/I Think She Knows" is a nice dance track if you like something that's just really catchy...but it was long and rather repetative after a while
"What Goes Around" is hawt as FUCK, harmony on there is dope..."Comes Around" is tyte but I hate that crunk ass "aye aye" shit on there, without the choir and with more bass, it sounds like a beat T.I. would rock on
"Chop Me Up" is a pretty good track, a good club track...I like the hook on this, it's creative with the "screwed up" and "chop me up" parts screwed on an R&B track...the change up is definetly tyte as hell with the concert drum...it's tyte that he has Three-6 on there cuz they're all from Tennessee...I like the hook on this, harmony on there is tyte ..."like Michael Jackson how ya 'do me this way'" was a tyte line by Three-6 so was the "smack fest" bar and sound effects haha...a hawt single and video right here boi...pretty dope track
"Damn Girl" I'm diggin' the organ on there, this reminds me of Beyonce' on that one track from the Austin Powers soundtrack cuz of the lil' yelling hahaa...he on some James Brown ish on here lol ...the drums on here are nice, live sounds...definetly a good change from the more electronic sounds on the other songs...don't really like Will's verse, this track could have done without Will.I.Am cuz he didn't really add to this at all...besides that his verse was madd short, it was really just another voice on the track *shrugs*
"Summer Love" has a nice harmony on the hook, definetly dope on that...the verses are kewl...I like the beat on this, synth are nice, I agree...the bridge is tyte, I really like this track, it's my fave so far..."Set The Mood" reminds me of Janet Jackson's "China Love" on the "All For You" album...definetly a tyte slow jam, now this, I'd love to see a video for lol
"Until The End Of Time" is so so "Prince" cuz those are the same drums from his song "The Beautiful Ones" ...the harmony on here is tyte for the hook...a video for this would be tyte, this is a nice change to slow it down...in the middle there where he's "ohhh"ing is some classic Timbaland sounds that he used on Ginuwine's "100% Ginuwine" album ..this is a good track, especially liked the breakdown with the orchestra, that was a nice added element, especially for the other sounds they used on this, I never would've thought to put an orchestra on this one, but it fits well, especially the pizzacato strings
"Losing My Way" has a deep story-line, definetly something the average R&B singer would cover...I like the "duh dut dut" in the background on the verses, this soft beat and that makes you concentrate more on what he's saying...damn @ "prolly never know the color of my daughter's eyes" ..this is a good track cuz of the story alone, but the choir and strings brings this one over the top to be a good track musically as well...another track I'd love to see a video done for
who's that talking on the track though?
Another Song/All Over Again is definetly "John Legend meets John Lennon".. that's a great analogy for this one lol ..a real old school sounding acoustic track, I like this one ..I could see a remix to this with Alicia Keys on piano and vocals being dope as hell...I like his vocals on this one, real old school feel to this whole track, another dope change from the electronic sounds on the other songs...reminds me a little of "Never Again" on "Justified"
"Pose" has a real disco feel with one of the "Prince" drums again...a remix to this with Mariah Carey would fit well...lmao @ the guitar chord from his other song on one part...this is an aiight relax track ..skipping over this track you wouldn't really miss anything, Snoop's verse is ass like always, I'm not a fan of his at all and this solidifies my opinion of him being at best, an "average" artist...the album could do without it cuz the concept is so Madonna "Vogue"
"Sexy Back Remix" basically what Phenom said lol
personally I think this is an okay album, but some of the songs are so long at some points that it made me wanna flip it before the change up even went down...he could've ended with a stronger song and STARTED with a stronger song too, but this is definetly an ecclectic album...he took chances with some songs on this album and that's a good thing, especially being in a boy band so people think they know just what to expect from him cuz of his musical past
overall, I'd buy this album cuz I'm a fan of his and I appreciate the musicality of it, but iono if I'd recommend someone that's never really listened to him, buy this...I'd recommend everyone DL it and give it a listen though cuz there's bound to be a few songs you like on it