It’s hard to believe, but six years have passed since Justin Timberlake released the LP ‘Future Love Sex Sounds‘.

Caught between Saturday Night Live, Biel related tabloid inches and a series of here today forgotten tomorrow movies, Justin’s career-albeit relevant- just isn’t what it could be had he continued pushing new music.

So, after watching one time rivals Britney & Beyonce rise to ‘budding icon’ status and having his business model ‘borrowed’ by Usher to create Justin Bieber, we ask:

Can Justin Make A Comeback?

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I'm tired of waiting on him and he goes off to do another movie.

In his mind, his last album was his Thriller and he's too afraid to release the next one.

Derek1984 said:

In his mind, his last album was his Thriller and he's too afraid to release the next one.

It's too bad because he actually was poised, moreso than his contemporaries, to maybe reach that MJ level of success/popularity. Taking this long of a break is no good for a pop star. Kids kinda view him as an old man now.

[Edited 5/8/12 9:50am]

skywalker said:

Derek1984 said:

In his mind, his last album was his Thriller and he's too afraid to release the next one.

It's too bad because he actually was poised, moreso than his contemporaries, to maybe reach that MJ level of success/popularity. Taking this long of a break is no good for a pop star. Kids kinda view him as an old man now.

[Edited 5/8/12 9:50am]

I have to agree with this.

Im not a HUGE Justin fan. I exactly prefer Robin Thicke over him. However, I found him to be more musically talented than his peers... Brittany, Beyonce, Christina, Usher etc. Unlike his peers he seemed to fuse his influences more in his music better in my opinion.

His first album sounds nothing like his second, in a good way.

It seems Justin doesnt care about being a pop star. He is more into doing things that he enjoys and to be honest there is nothing wrong with that. Everyone that is in the music business doesnt want to reach big status they are content with what THEY enjoy doing and to be honest thats really what is most important.

Derek1984 said:

In his mind, his last album was his Thriller and he's too afraid to release the next one.

This or maybe he just doesn't want to any more

Maybe he just doesn't see enough money from it. Once you're making movie money, music doesn't seem to pay.

After Justified, Neptunes said they would not work with Justin (leverage to get Clipse out of their deal with Jive I believe) and that left him with Timbaland. The Timbaland collaborations were great, but he probably isn't sure what sound he wants these days. Or I'm completely projecting.

I think if he released a song tomorrow, many would be interested.

I would hate to be a faithful fan of Justin. I'm not here for the movies, where the hell is the music!?

Cinny said:

Maybe he just doesn't see enough money from it. Once you're making movie money, music doesn't seem to pay.

After Justified, Neptunes said they would not work with Justin (leverage to get Clipse out of their deal with Jive I believe) and that left him with Timbaland. The Timbaland collaborations were great, but he probably isn't sure what sound he wants these days. Or I'm completely projecting.

I agree with this statement. Although he's been busy with other projects and enjoying his private life, Lord knows he's been enjoying his private life (See: Jessica Biel) I also believe he's probably trying to figure out where he fits into today's music scene. The production on his first two solo projects were greatly drenched with their producer's sound. Justin has to figure out who he is without that super-producer's signature style. He's need his own musical indentity. Idk, maybe I'm completely projecting too

btw Welcome Back Cinny Cee! We missed ya.

i guess by him being another white artist that rips off black talent he can do whatever the hell he wants i never same the lame son of a bitch as talented other than being a rip off when he dance looks lke a kid having a stroke. if i wanna see real talent i rather turn on usher

Bigger question is does anyone WANT Punk Ass Bitch to make a comeback?

Why won't Pharrell and them work with PAB Again? I thought he and Pharrell were buds

I really think his big break from recording albums has shown him up.

Music was never truly in his heart. Fame and fortune was the thing and he's found it in movies and random SNL appearances - the latter of which seems to be where his true talent lies. He's better as an above average comedy musical act with random viral videos with The Lonely Island than creating enduring pop classics.

He's a good performer and I reckon he has more stage charisma and more likeablilty factor than that dick Chris Brown, although that's not saying much. I've seen them both live on stage up close and they were both just plain dull (although neither were headliners for the performances I saw).

I'm more than happy to break up the "I hate Justin Timberlake" party that

is going on here (you guys suck, by the way):

I like JT and hopes he makes another album. I'm not necessarily waiting

for him to record again, but he's always good for a couple of great singles

and I think he's genuinely talented.

Terrib3Towel said:

Movies pay waay better than music. Plus I think Chris Brown filled that void. Say what you want about him, but he shits all over Timberboob dancing wise. Vocally they both are mediocre to bad.

But Justin actually makes good music. Justin's first two albums alone shit on Chris Brown's entire discography. I can't listen to that generic radio garbage That Chris makes for more than 2 seconds.

Pressure said:

Terrib3Towel said:

Movies pay waay better than music. Plus I think Chris Brown filled that void. Say what you want about him, but he shits all over Timberboob dancing wise. Vocally they both are mediocre to bad.

But Justin actually makes good music. Justin's first two albums alone shit on Chris Brown's entire discography. I can't listen to that generic radio garbage That Chris makes for more than 2 seconds.

I think JT only has two solo albums so far, but they are really good and I agree with you;

they are better records than 99% of all of the MJ disciples (Urshur, Brown, etc).

Musicslave said:

Cinny said:

Maybe he just doesn't see enough money from it. Once you're making movie money, music doesn't seem to pay.

After Justified, Neptunes said they would not work with Justin (leverage to get Clipse out of their deal with Jive I believe) and that left him with Timbaland. The Timbaland collaborations were great, but he probably isn't sure what sound he wants these days. Or I'm completely projecting.

I agree with this statement. Although he's been busy with other projects and enjoying his private life, Lord knows he's been enjoying his private life (See: Jessica Biel) I also believe he's probably trying to figure out where he fits into today's music scene. The production on his first two solo projects were greatly drenched with their producer's sound. Justin has to figure out who he is without that super-producer's signature style. He's need his own musical indentity. Idk, maybe I'm completely projecting too

btw Welcome Back Cinny Cee! We missed ya.

Thank ya

Ellie said:

I really think his big break from recording albums has shown him up.

Music was never truly in his heart. Fame and fortune was the thing and he's found it in movies and random SNL appearances - the latter of which seems to be where his true talent lies. He's better as an above average comedy musical act with random viral videos with The Lonely Island than creating enduring pop classics.

He's a good performer and I reckon he has more stage charisma and more likeablilty factor than that dick Chris Brown, although that's not saying much. I've seen them both live on stage up close and they were both just plain dull (although neither were headliners for the performances I saw).

No he doesn't. It's about equal.

Pressure said:

Terrib3Towel said:

Movies pay waay better than music. Plus I think Chris Brown filled that void. Say what you want about him, but he shits all over Timberboob dancing wise. Vocally they both are mediocre to bad.

But Justin actually makes good music. Justin's first two albums alone shit on Chris Brown's entire discography. I can't listen to that generic radio garbage That Chris makes for more than 2 seconds.

I could do without them both, really. Nothing special about them either of them imo.

Well everyone still knows who he is so if he released something I'm sure it would draw attention. I actually like his music

Didn't he say couple years ago he was insecure about his talent or something? In any case if he wants to release a new album it'd better be soon though now he seems focused on pursuing his acting career more than anything. I'd be checking his new album out no matter what, I can say I liked ALL of his solo albums, ALL 2 of them

If I had to choose between Justin or Chris Brown, I would definitly pick Justin but see that isnt saying a whole lot..

Justin has a few okay songs but he isnt a genius himself and while I do like some of his songs his music overall is just okay which is why all the hoopla about Justins music is this or that is bullshit in here but ya know like with anything people are free to think what they want. Whether he comes back to music or not.. is not going to make impact either way.

He is better off sticking to what he enjoys doing best because the music industry is just fucked up. He seems happy with where he is at.

He definitely benefits from big money supplying him with the hottest talent.

First The Neptunes, then Timbaland. You can just hear the money being spent on Future Sex. They paid Tim for his BEST.

So his albums aren't bad. His voice is just OK though and there's the rub. And a lot of people on here don't like his dancing either. I could care less though I do know outstanding dancing when I see it (Chris Brown).

As for his movie career yeah he can be big at that. Hell Mark Wahlberg got an Oscar nomination!!! so everything is possible.

I do want to note that Justin was being touted as a possible Oscar nominee for The Social Network (unwarranted) and supposedly he felt that he was such a shoo-in that he pissed off his co-stars with his arrogant behavior. Of course he didn't get the nomination but the fact that he was being touted by people who should know better just smacks of publicity-machine mania and critical dumbing down.

He's a fun celebrity whom most people like so that's saying something.

His acting has improved too. I thought he was awful in The Social Network, but I liked him in Bad Teacher.

mjscarousal said:

skywalker said:

It's too bad because he actually was poised, moreso than his contemporaries, to maybe reach that MJ level of success/popularity. Taking this long of a break is no good for a pop star. Kids kinda view him as an old man now.

[Edited 5/8/12 9:50am]

I have to agree with this.

Im not a HUGE Justin fan. I exactly prefer Robin Thicke over him. However, I found him to be more musically talented than his peers... Brittany, Beyonce, Christina, Usher etc. Unlike his peers he seemed to fuse his influences more in his music better in my opinion.

His first album sounds nothing like his second, in a good way.

It seems Justin doesnt care about being a pop star. He is more into doing things that he enjoys and to be honest there is nothing wrong with that. Everyone that is in the music business doesnt want to reach big status they are content with what THEY enjoy doing and to be honest thats really what is most important.

the thing is that most...like Beyonce,Justin,Alicia, and others i cant call them music stars, because its not what they are, they are MEDIA stars, thats what Rihanna is too, now with her lining up a few films that is her focus too, because music makes no money for these artists pretty much, and when they tour, the tours are so so so short, to me there arent music stars anymore, i mean was Lionel Richie back in the 70's and 80's in movies? was Stevie Wonder in countless movies? was that his focus? and even the ones that did films like madonna or prince they still were doing an album a year pretty much and touring like crazy, so music was the thing they did.

Also can we really lose the COMEBACK title? was is this guy coming back from? its called a new album NOT A COMEBACK

lastdecember said:

mjscarousal said:

I have to agree with this.

Im not a HUGE Justin fan. I exactly prefer Robin Thicke over him. However, I found him to be more musically talented than his peers... Brittany, Beyonce, Christina, Usher etc. Unlike his peers he seemed to fuse his influences more in his music better in my opinion.

His first album sounds nothing like his second, in a good way.

It seems Justin doesnt care about being a pop star. He is more into doing things that he enjoys and to be honest there is nothing wrong with that. Everyone that is in the music business doesnt want to reach big status they are content with what THEY enjoy doing and to be honest thats really what is most important.

the thing is that most...like Beyonce,Justin,Alicia, and others i cant call them music stars, because its not what they are, they are MEDIA stars, thats what Rihanna is too, now with her lining up a few films that is her focus too, because music makes no money for these artists pretty much, and when they tour, the tours are so so so short, to me there arent music stars anymore, i mean was Lionel Richie back in the 70's and 80's in movies? was Stevie Wonder in countless movies? was that his focus? and even the ones that did films like madonna or prince they still were doing an album a year pretty much and touring like crazy, so music was the thing they did.

Also can we really lose the COMEBACK title? was is this guy coming back from? its called a new album NOT A COMEBACK

The only one I would take issue with is Alicia. I mean at least she actually tries. She might not ever live up to the potential or hype that Clive Davis heaped upon her, but she oozes cool and can play the piano when they actually let her. She's no Tori or Fiona but she's put out a good song or two.

And I do give props to current acts like Gaga, Dave Mathews and whoever else that, whatever their faults, puts their musical careers first and rakes in the dough on tour. We all know there's NEVER been money in record sales for the artist.

I think the only person to successfully crossover into films from music and become a "super star" is Will Smith. I know his rap career is looked upon as a joke now, but he had gold and platinum albums. Somebody was buying his stuff.

I wouldn't call Beyonce a successful crossover act to films because she can't act at all. But the thing is she does so much more than music, you can't turn your damn TV without seeing Bey. That's the reason she's such a mega-star.

To me RiRi is just a pop star, that could change if she can act. I guess we'll see in Battleship, which I WON'T be paying any money to see.

Terrib3Towel said:

I think the only person to successfully crossover into films from music and become a "super star" is Will Smith. I know his rap career is looked upon as a joke now, but he had gold and platinum albums. Somebody was buying his stuff.

I wouldn't call Beyonce a successful crossover act to films because she can't act at all. But the thing is she does so much more than music, you can't turn your damn TV without seeing Bey. That's the reason she's such a mega-star.

To me RiRi is just a pop star, that could change if she can act. I guess we'll see in Battleship, which I WON'T be paying any money to see.

Why dont you just admit your a Beyonce stan, for someone who claims to hate her you seem to delusionally make more than what she is. Beyonce like Rihanna is just a pop star and like Lastdecember said their really just media stars... Being overexposed doesting necessarily make you a megastar.

CynicKill said:

lastdecember said:

the thing is that most...like Beyonce,Justin,Alicia, and others i cant call them music stars, because its not what they are, they are MEDIA stars, thats what Rihanna is too, now with her lining up a few films that is her focus too, because music makes no money for these artists pretty much, and when they tour, the tours are so so so short, to me there arent music stars anymore, i mean was Lionel Richie back in the 70's and 80's in movies? was Stevie Wonder in countless movies? was that his focus? and even the ones that did films like madonna or prince they still were doing an album a year pretty much and touring like crazy, so music was the thing they did.

Also can we really lose the COMEBACK title? was is this guy coming back from? its called a new album NOT A COMEBACK

The only one I would take issue with is Alicia. I mean at least she actually tries. She might not ever live up to the potential or hype that Clive Davis heaped upon her, but she oozes cool and can play the piano when they actually let her. She's no Tori or Fiona but she's put out a good song or two.

And I do give props to current acts like Gaga, Dave Mathews and whoever else that, whatever their faults, puts their musical careers first and rakes in the dough on tour. We all know there's NEVER been money in record sales for the artist.

Well Dave Matthews is in a different class to me, hes a musician and artist, not tthat Beyonce isnt, but to me its not her focus, maybe early on it was, but now its not, nor justin. Alicia i will agree, and the whole potential thing i never really got into because it was overblown by media and maybe not fair to lump her in with "media stars" like Justin and Beyonce. I just think Alicia takes way too long between records, she should be doing more

mjscarousal said:

Terrib3Towel said:

I think the only person to successfully crossover into films from music and become a "super star" is Will Smith. I know his rap career is looked upon as a joke now, but he had gold and platinum albums. Somebody was buying his stuff.

I wouldn't call Beyonce a successful crossover act to films because she can't act at all. But the thing is she does so much more than music, you can't turn your damn TV without seeing Bey. That's the reason she's such a mega-star.

To me RiRi is just a pop star, that could change if she can act. I guess we'll see in Battleship, which I WON'T be paying any money to see.

Why dont you just admit your a Beyonce stan, for someone who claims to hate her you seem to delusionally make more than what she is. Beyonce like Rihanna is just a pop star and like Lastdecember said their really just media stars... Being overexposed doesting necessarily make you a megastar.