I've always thought the same and now that you said it, Xscape was the immediate follow-up to 20/20 in Timbaland's work timeline. Who knows if he recycled some unused ideas and sounds for his remixes.
Agree with this. I loved the 20/20 experience btw, especially part 1 , it was a great album.
Loving You sounds a lot like Suit & Tie actually. Slave to the Rhythm sounds like the original song mashed up with some Missy Elliot elements, and Chicago kinda sounds like Are You That Somebody by Aaliyah.
Mine was part 2, still listen to it after all these years.
In other words, Timbaland's signature sound is all over his remixes. That's not bad (besides DYKWYCA, of course).
Both halves go so hard actually. What an incredible set of records. Amazing how hard he fell off.
DYKWYCA is not his signature at all lol. There's not anyone making sounds like that.
I WAS GONNA MENTION THIS SONG IN MY PREVIOUS POST. You've read my mind.
Ye, his follow up to them is quite trash imo.
Yeah. She Was Lovin Me Timbo remix is like a faster production of Electric Lady.
Yeah, that was the peak of Pop music at the time. Bieber in his middle age years, Swift had not quite crossed over, and Bruno was not yet on Uptown Funk with Mark Ronson. I appreciate Xscape's hip-hop oriented style over just 2010 pop, which has aged far worse. Listening to the 20/20, it does sound very good 10 years later.
I enjoyed it a lot and feel it's underrated. Enough good songs actually. But it's not nearly as timeless, or as "hard".
I remember losing the excitement at every new single that dropped. Gotta say, Man of the Woods is not a good album. Supplies is the best song, hands down (thanks Pharrell).
Man of the woods , yeah that was pretty poor, the country vibe was not good at all.
Well, that is exciting. A bit worrying. JT is the only modern artist I have that excitement for. I don't want a sequel to his best records though. I like when artists go out of their way. Even if Man of the Woods is uneven, at least it's different. My idea is staying with Timbo is completely unengaging, no risks. That's boring. I appreciate experimentation. Like MJ leaving Quincy of course.
Filthy was a song I really enjoyed. I don't remember the other singles either, true.
You put it so perfectly my brother and I agree! That's been my main gripe with Xscape to be honest.
There was actually some good songs on that album like Montana, Higher Higher, Say Something and I even liked songs like Supplies and Filthy, but oh boy does that album include some of his absolute worst songs in his entire discopgrahy (Nsync included)
Imo, 20/20 experience is the last, truly great pop album released. Especially from a male singer.
24K Magic by Bruno Mars, from Nov 2016.
It's the last truly great pop album you must've listened to lol.
The Weeknd's last several albums.
You know, I don't think he's bad, but his albums sound all the same to me.
He's not diverse exactly but there's like two tiers to this.
This is interesting because I thought about this album when I wrote this. I do not consider 24k Magic to be a truly great album. Itās good donāt get me wrong but it really doesnāt bring anything new or interesting that we havenāt already heard before. New Jack swing, funk songs and 80s music, weāve already had that exact same music by artist who in my opinion did it better than him like Bobby Brown, New Edition etc.
I think his albums are good but not truly great albums. Iām also sick to death of the nostalgia baiting with the 80ās and even 70s retro sound. Doesnāt anyone want to push boundaries anymore?
Originality ā Quality.
That's the thing: 24K is Bruno's bow to his references. It's meant to be like that, a homage.
