Did anyboby notice when Justin Timberlake performed On Good Morning America this past Friday he had none other than John Blackwell on drums and Mike Scott on electric guitar. No wonder his new CD sounds like Prince. Does anybody know if they are a permanent members of Justin's band? I'm ambivalent when it comes to Justin because, what would he be without the brilliant producers, songwriters and obviously talented musicians. Although his vocals are superb.

Prince stole the JB's.

JT didn't "steal" anything. It's called employment. It's very nice that JT employed the musicians, because sure enought Prince wasn't.

fredericdoug said:

just like singers with limited vocal range who use gospel choirs to make their songs sound "bigger"...great musicians will make Timbaland beats sound lame when played live

He still sounds utter shite

It's just nice 2 see them working-no matter who they work for

Ya know, I bought the album this weekend and played it a few tines, and I've yet to hear "Prince" in it. I was actually disappointed because I had heard so much hype surrounding this thing, and it's "aiight". I liked "Justified" better.
Anyway- neither Mike S. nor John B. are on the actual album. If you read the liner notes, most of the "music" just says "produced by "Timbaland".

{disclaimer: My comments do not come from that "I love only Prince" point of view. I just don't dig it enough to compare it to Prince.}

Let'em go...not really a big fan of either of these anyway,so whatever..

MickG said:

Indeed.....

I heard one song on his album sounds just like Sexy MF, but I wouldn't buy it to find out.

Fury said:

Unless the drummer drums live over the sampled-beat , which is programmed for the performance ... happens sometimes .

http://www.youtube.com/wa...SAPDWfMHdE

You gotta wonder if they did that partially because they knew Prince wouldn't approve? Did Prince dump them?

JT is hotter than the midget!

Funny, I caught a bit of this performance this morning. I compared it to Prince in my mind, not knowing who was in the band.

I was thinking it's not horrible, but there's no style to him at all. And people compare him to Elvis as being a faker, but Elvis was soooo stylish and what he did seemed natural. Justin really does seem fake. He seems nice, just fake & adequate at best.

Fury said:

promiscuous is the shit live...cry me a river too...

They truly screwed up the sound when he was on GMA...