Track Listing
1. Senorita
2. Like I Love You
3. Oh No What You Got
4. Take It From Here
5. Cry Me A River
6. Rock Your Body
7. Nothin' Else
8. Last Night
9. Still On My Brain
10. And She Said Take Me Now
11. Right For Me
12. Let's Take A Ride
13. Never Again
| Details | | Number of CDs: | 1 | | Recording Type: | Studio | | Distributor: | Sony Music/Arvato Services | | Recording Mode: | Stereo |
Album Notes
Personnel: Justin Timberlake (vocals); Bubba Sparxxx, Clipse (rap vocals); Bill Pettaway, Benny Kenny (guitar); Damon Bennett (flute); Scott Storch (clavinet); Thaddaeus Tribbett, Nathan East (bass); Prescott Ellison, George "Spanky" McCurdy (drums); Vidal Davis, Frankie "Knuckles" Walker (percussion); Janet Jackson, Pharrel Williams, Lainie Aguilar, Timbaland, Marsha Ambroise, Tyrone Tribbett, Vanessa Marquez, Greater Annointing (background vocals); Brian McKnight; Charles Veal & The Southwest Chamber Orchestra.Producers: The Neptunes, Timbaland, The Underdogs, Williams and Hugo, Brian McKnight."Just Like I Love You" was nominated for the 2003 Grammy Awards for Best Rap/Sung Collaboration.JUSTIFIED may represent Justin Timberlake's attempt to break out of the boy band mold and be taken seriously as a musician, but 'N Sync and more specifically ex-beau Britney Spears continue to serve as red flag reminders of these specific times. Ballads like "Never Again" and "Nothin' Else" bear the markings of classic break-up songs but far from licking his wounds throughout the rest of this debut, Timberlake includes a number of cuts that celebrate being single including the Timbaland-produced cut "Right For Me" and equally the thumpin' "Rock Your Body." Other names this teen idol nabbed in a quest for credibility are red-hot producers The Neptunes and P.Diddy.In keeping an R&B element as the touchstone for this debut, Timberlake dishes out a number of surprisingly stellar songs including the very mellow, Stevie Wonder-flavored "Nothin' Else," Latin-soaked "Senorita" and infectious "Like I Love You." In delivering such a mature record, Justin Timberlake has created a springboard to bigger and better future projects.
Editorial Reviews
Included in Rolling Stone's 50 Best Albums of 2002
Rolling Stone (12/26/2002)
4 stars out of 5 - ...On 'Let's Take A Ride' he offers to deliver you from your humdrum existence. Go with him...
Uncut (01/01/2003)
...His smooth falsetto is an easy fit for the slinky quirks and rhythmic accents of the Neptunes and Timbaland...JUSTIFIED is a cohesive and fairly lean work... - Rating: B
Entertainment Weekly (11/01/2002)
4 stars out of 5 - ...The Neptunes' brilliant, impertinent, full-body funk is, for the most part, what stays with you from JUSTIFIED...
Rolling Stone (11/28/2002)
Included in Rolling Stone's 50 Best Albums of 2002 Rolling Stone (11/28/02, p.86) - 4 stars out of 5 - ...The Neptunes' brilliant, impertinent, full-body funk is, for the most part, what stays with you from JUSTIFIED...Entertainment Weekly (11/1/02, pp.66-7) - ...His smooth falsetto is an easy fit for the slinky quirks and rhythmic accents of the Neptunes and Timbaland...JUSTIFIED is a cohesive and fairly lean work... - Rating: BUncut (1/03, p.115) - 4 stars out of 5 - ...On 'Let's Take A Ride' he offers to deliver you from your humdrum existence. Go with him...
Rolling Stone (12/26/2002)
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