Haters gonna say it's fake but the man is real! Sorry everyone, but Justin Timberlake is the ultimate king of pop, and If you don't believe me, join me in recapitulation of his fifteen years long solo career.
5)MAN OF THE WOODS (2018)
First of all I'd like to accentuate that even though I have positioned his latest effort on the last spot, Man Of The Woods represents one of the Justin's most mature albums. What critics didn't appreciate about Man Of The Woods is "messy eclecticism" and "lack of straightforward hits". As a whole, it is less coherent than its predecessors, but that doesn't mean it is inferior in quality. Justin does not follow trends. He creates trends. With style.
4)THE 20/20 EXPERIENCE PART 2 (2013)
Five years before Man Of The Woods, Justin was playing with the grandiose sound of ideal America of the 50s and intertwined it with modern tones of hip hop and pop in collaboration with Jay Z. The work was super fertile, so everything needed to go in two packs. The second one came six months after the first part, and maybe it was more produced and less substantial. However, it still drove us with its pulsating experimental sounds and hits like Mirrors, TKO and Take Back The Night
3)THE 20/20 EXPERIENCE PART 1 (2013)
When this album was teased, everyone was shaking in anticipation - seven years have gone by since the release of the one of the most important pop records of the 2000s (Futuresex/Lovesounds). The bar was set out of the Earth's orbit and the question was whether it was possible to reach higher.
If the predecessor was pop masterpiece, The 20/20 Experience was celebration of eclecticism. It is predominantly an r'n'b album lead by phenomenal retro-futuristic Suit & Tie. The man brought "serious" music to the mainstream and dressed himself in smoking. Movie-like production and interplay of various harmonies was game changer for of musician of this calibre. When you combine Frank Ocean with Frank Sinatra, I guess this is what you get.
2)JUSTIFIED (2002)
Maybe Justified was Justin's official debut, yet the expectations were collossal because of his career in N*SYNC. Let me just name few singles off this record, and you judge whether it was a huge hit or not: Like I Love You, Cry Me A River, Senorita, Rock Your Body. Nuff said.
1)FUTURESEX/LOVESOUNDS (2006)
I music has the ability to affect cognitive performativity as psychoactive substances, than porno-pop sound of Futuresex/Lovesounds is a sonic drug. The start was marked by an arrogant premise I'm bringing sexyback, which permeated into a general audience like a single verse of the decade. Baroque theme of ideal woman and sticky eroticism delivered hits like My Love, Lovestoned and What Goes Around Comes Around. With this album, Justin cemented his status of pop titan.
