![]() ![]() Much to my delight, Timberlake and Chasez team up to write and produce this hot dance track. NSYNC redeems themselves with Up Against The Wall. The guys rely on pop-hit makers Max Martin and Rami, but the song just falls flat (and dies of respiratory failure) and ends up sounding like a scrapped Backstreet Boy song- which is not good at all. This is one of the only songs on the album that just flat-out sucks (more on the other one later). I mean, can we be any cheesier? Apparently, we can. The title of Tell Me, Tell Me…Baby alone already made me hate the song. There are Latin guitars in the background that I love, and the song is just so dang sad and pretty. The guys do come in to sing the chorus, but Timberlake does pretty well on his own (and surprisingly I still like Gone more than anything on his solo album, Justified. Timberlake takes over on this song, not only co-producing and writing, but also singing the entire song himself. It’s probably my favourite NSYNC love ballad (my favourite NSYNC ballad is actually “Sailing ”, but it’s not about love, so I can say Gone is my favourite ballad about love). Chasez takes a hand in producing and writing this song as well. This song is actually another one of my favourites on the album, probably because of the sweet lyrics and up-tempo beat. NSYNC experiments with two-step- a style of techno/hip-hop music that originated overseas- on The Two Of Us. ![]() ![]() The beat is pretty infectious, and after a few listens you’ll be humming the chorus under your breath, too. The guys collaborate with The Neptunes here, for a R&B-inspired track in which the boys try to convince a girl to be their girlfriend. I’m a bit tired of Girlfriend, but when I first heard it, I loved it. During a breakdown, Chasez gets a little aggressive, which I kind of like, and screams, “How could you think that you could do me like that?/Now the game is over!” An electronic voice in the background recites “game over” which gets a bit annoying, though. The Game Is Over has a Pacman sample in the beginning of it! Cool! Anyway, it’s Chasez’s turn to produce this up-tempo track about a conniving girlfriend, and I have to say I love this song. Anyway, the beat is what makes the song so awesome, and it turns out that Timberlake and Robson make fairly good producers. Oh, Cry Me A River (sorry, I couldn’t resist!). Timberlake and Robson collaborated on title track, Celebrity, in which the boys complain about the things they have to deal with now that they’re celebrities. Robson is actually NSYNC’s choreographer, be he also does a lot of co-writing and producing (with Timberlake) on this album. I’ve just mentioned Wade Robson, but I’ll give you a bit of background info on him. It’s dirty (according to Timberlake and Wade Robson). The guys sing about having “ice” around their necks and music being called “dirty pop”. The guys teamed up with techno producer, BT, and created a beat that sounded different from most songs on the radio. When Pop first came out, a lot of people were a bit unsure about how different NSYNC’s sound was. I’ll be mentioning them throughout the review.) (For those of you who don’t know, the boys of NSYNC are Justin Timberlake, JC Chasez, Lance Bass, Chris Kirkpatrick, and Joey Fatone. It’s going to be hard, but I think I can do it. Celebrity is a great album, but it’s not perfect, so yes, even though I am a rabid fan, I’m going to step outside of myself and review this album objectively, all biases aside. ![]() And yes, I do love their songs, and think they were robbed every year at the Grammys (I mean, sure it’s an honour to be nominated, but it’s even better to win), and to be truthful, I did run out and buy the Celebrity album the day it came out.īut I’m not going to give this album 4-stars just because I love NSYNC. Okay, so I’m going to go ahead and admit right now that I’m a huge *NSYNC fan. ![]()
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