Album Rating: 5.0

ily all

Album Rating: 5.0

just awful

Album Rating: 4.0

no I know, and I don't consider it an average pop album. but I do think a lot of the songs are bloated just for the sake of it and we shouldn't come to any conclusions based on the song lengths alone

Album Rating: 4.5

This is definitely better than the average pop album

Album Rating: 5.0

paragraphs 1-4: all extraneous, should be 1 paragraph



paragraph 6: suit & tie... jazz crooner? are you an idiot? song is like show me what you got? how? conveniently doesn't mention the transition at all. also, wtf, Vegas glitz what?



paragraph 7: apparently this is a classic soul record and is near plagiarized. okay!



paragraph 8: nice track by track review. also LOL NO on the analysis of mirrors



the next few paragraphs he does more praise combined with poorly developed criticisms. and exclaims how amazing a few tracks are (??? i thought this was a 40% review???)



this is the best though: When you add it all up, The 20/20 Experience is indeed the sound of a much more musically ambitious Timberlake, but even with his boundary-pushing songs and numerous (and often fascinating) interludes, he is still only a somewhat decent songwriter, and it’s Timbaland who winds up picking a lot of JT’s slack.



boundary pushing, yet only a decent songwriter? nice contradiction, especially for your conclusion.

Album Rating: 4.5

yeah I thought it was a shit review



it'd get the hell negged out of it on here

"his boundary-pushing songs and numerous (and often fascinating) interludes, he is still only a somewhat decent songwriter"

wtf

Album Rating: 4.0 | Sound Off

"no I know, and I don't consider it an average pop album. but I do think a lot of the songs are

bloated just for the sake of it and we shouldn't come to any conclusions based on the song lengths

alone"



but right there you did more analysis than popmatters

you said they're bloated, and that's fair enough. but why is it bloated, what does it mean, etc.---I'm

assuming if you wrote a review you'd analyze this and talk about it. A lot of negative reviews don't

even bother, or barely address the fact.

Album Rating: 4.0

i wouldn't even write a negative review. this is prolly like a 3.5 for me

Album Rating: 5.0

his boundary-pushing songs



only a somewhat decent songwriter





his boundary-pushing songs





only a somewhat decent songwriter











w...t...f

Album Rating: 4.5

it's not well-written though



very shallow analysis, and it's VERY superfluous

Album Rating: 4.0

it's not a contradiction when he/she qualified that with saying timbaland makes up for whatever JT lacks in songwriting. whether that's true or not is another matter

Album Rating: 5.0

you forgot retarded

alright don't hate on me but i don't really take issue with that

it does sound a little awkward--as does the rest of the review--but i think i get how someone can be
boundary-pushing yet only decent? there is a lot of art for which i have that criticism: undeniably
important and original, but only okay. if you are of the opinion that all important works of art
have to be "good" too (as sobhi maybe seems to be), then that is a big rift between us

actually...i sort of have that same feeling about this album. it is ambitious--i.e. it "pushes
boundaries"--but in doing that it sacrifices a lot of the pleasures i know JT is capable of and a
lot of it is sort of middling to me as a result. the songwriting is merely decent, even as it seems
to be pushing the boundaries of pop music

kay

Album Rating: 4.0 | Sound Off

It's a bad review, but let's be honest here---whether it got pos'd or neg'd depends on who wrote it.

Album Rating: 5.0

alex





this album is all pleasure u r not high enough

Album Rating: 5.0

alex - yes people can have other opinions, but generally speaking most people i know that have good taste are into this album. i'm not talking taste that aligns with my own, but more-so diverse taste that makes me respect their opinions. i definitely know some people that dislike this and are a part of that camp too.



the part that frustrates me about mainstream media outlets tearing it up is that they are always so willing to jump on the bandwagon of any remotely decent indie rock or folk record. yet when a pop record comes that isn't made by an underground darling, they tear it to pieces. i feel like if frank ocean would have been the vocalist on this record, the 100s would be flung out nonchalantly almost.



it's almost like they dont even care about the music so much as the pop culture influence, or whatever spin they can make on it. if justin timberlake comes along and does something positive, it behooves them to downplay it as it questions their legitimacy or something

it is pleasurable or w/e idk

my criticism of it is so boring and people have already noted it so that's why i am reticent about
writing a review of it but honestly the songs are just too long (and some of them arent very
interesting besides, for reasons i can't articulate right now). pretty good ideas are drained of
their
potency. you can say that's because i have too restrictive ideas about pop music, maybe ur right,
but
idk i just have trouble believing something like "pusher love girl" wouldnt be better at four
minutes.
it just drags

so sobhi:other people's reviews::me:this album or something

Album Rating: 5.0

are they drained of their potency or does it stretch the potency from beginning to end? hmm

Album Rating: 4.0 | Sound Off

"it does sound a little awkward--as does the rest of the review--but i think i get how someone can be boundary-pushing yet only decent? there is a lot of art for which i have that criticism: undeniably important and original, but only okay."



You nailed my thoughts on a lot of classics. This is literally how I feel about 95% of "genre-defining" albums or whatever. Take The Seer, a recent "boundary-pushing" album that I did not like at all---were I to review it, I wouldn't just talk about the lyrics and ignore just how huge it is. That's where the Popmatters review just falls flat on its face.