Billboard Review:

http://www.billboard.com/...ack-review

I guess it has to grow on me, but I thought it was just ok.

I really enjoyed it 1st time through, just wish it was 20 mins shorter, i think i'll keep spinning it, i'm sure it'll grow more on me.

Im not a fan of JT's music honestly I only know sexyback, but Im groovin on this disc. It's not pop radio friendly which is fine by me. Its very coesive and one song flows into the next. He seems to become an adult man in love lyrically. Thankfully the guest rapper shit is only on one song. I think its gonna have legs and be around for a while.

Its a good disc if you give it a chance.

It's just ok on first listen. One or two bites more than it can chew, I think.

I like that he's taking chances on the record but I don't think every song warrants some slight avante garde twist. I guess it loses its value when every track takes a left turn.

Love suit and tie but I hate that awful opening of the song. I also really wanted to like the last track, like REALLY wanted to like it. But it made me anxious somehow. The repetition got the best of me.

And I think that's the problem in a nutshell. The repetition gets to me. What starts out clever just seems played out and abused by the end.

But maybe it will grow on me if I give it a chance.

I think the album is like a litmus test for what you think about the guy.

If you dig him you're gonna want to dwell in this world. It's definitely a world.

If you don't get it, he's not giving you anything to change your mind this time.

I don't get much out of him. His point of view is always pretty boring to me. There's not a lyric or vocal that i find compelling. Listening to this feels like a chore.

i listened to it again today, but whilst doing other stuff and it sounded very nice.

i guess it's an album you need to give a few spins.

however, i don't think i'll play it as much as FS/LS, judging on what i've heard so far.

Had Daft Punk produced "Suit and Tie":

http://www.gigwise.com/ne...op-mash-up

I've been listening on Spotify, because I was so impressed with the "Tennesee Kids" performances on Fallon and the Grammys - the songs sounded great and flavorful, the band lead by Adam Blackstone was killin', the horns were cool.

I don't know if it's just this streaming version, but I was disappointed in how once again compressed and mastered "to the brim" the studio album is. I was hoping for a more airy, vintage "live" feel - maybe Questlove should've produced, he's done miracles in sound in the past for folks like Al Green.

I also kind of hate the fact that a ton of the songs feature his white boy falsetto - which is NOT his redeeming feature.

Wow what a boring album. If you make 8 minutes songs, you have to keep them interesting.

All the songs sound the same, there is no sparkle.

I really liked the extended versions on "Furturelove", but on this album it's just a drumcomputer that keeps going. It's very simple, too simple.

fucking garbage shit

timbaland is a useless cunt

straight out of fucking 2000, the "beats" and the shitty timbaland wicky wicky is so fucking out of date, it is disgraceful

he should be ashamed of himself for such a shit album

cock nosed whiny nasal falsetto and a fucking fake ass want to be loved by people ego.

timberfuck eat a dick and go away

you suck ass

I can't stop playing Spaceship Coupe.

SchlomoThaHomo said:

This could've been a huge opportunity for both Tim and JT to usher in a new sound. Especially for Tim, who is sorely in need of an update. The production here sounds like he did it in 2004. The plastic-sounding faux tribal beats, the faux middle eastern whining, the ficky-ficky's. Really, man?

Listen to Addictive by Truth Hurts and then listen to Don't Hold The Wall on this record. It's kind of embarrassing, especially when you realize Addictive came out 11 yrs ago!! Not old enough to be a retro tribute and too old to be current. Yikes.

I like that they give room for these songs to breathe and sort of blend into each other to create a listening "experience." I feel like albums rarely seem to do that anymore, so props for that.

However, some of these songs just don't seem good enough to warrant an extension, and in some cases, the extended part is better than the song (Strawberry Bubblegum). Sometimes less is more and sometimes less is not enough. I think it's a balancing act that is not always easy to get right.

Another pro, but also a con, is that the record was finished in about 3 weeks.

It's a pro because the whole thing sounds very cohesive, and like a complete statement (another rarity, these days).

But it's also a con because unless there's some kind of divine inspiration happening, you're not giving yourself time to develop ideas and create some well-defined statements.

Well, I guess I have nothing else to add, yous stole my words.

I've never been a JT's fan, so Im not disapointed, Im actually pleasantly surprised by some of the tracks but you nailed it with those cons ...

I'd give it 3 stars

I thought it was ok on first listen, gave it another spin this weekend while doing some work at home...much better the second time around.

I'll give him a bit more credit, too...it doesn't really sound like anything else out there right now.

I dig it on first listen. I was pleasantly surprised. I was a big fan of the last record, "Cry Me a River," and Duran Duran's Red Carpet Massacre, so I generally like Tim and JT together. I'm hoping we get a good group of outtakes and b-sides.

Questlove at it again:

http://www.salon.com/2013...questlove/

But damn Questlove gotta big ass mouth... why couldnt he just let Justin say it himself?

SoulAlive said:

Yeah,Justin just confirmed that this is only one half of the album.He is releasing the second volume later this year.

I have to at least give him props for this kind of concept. Be nice if he worked with a different production team than Timbaland for this one, though I doubt it.

mjscarousal said:

But damn Questlove gotta big ass mouth... why couldnt he just let Justin say it himself?

i wonder why people still tell questlove anything. it seems like all he ever does

is throw shit out there that people told him. dude can't keep a secret -at all.

IstenSzek said:

mjscarousal said:

But damn Questlove gotta big ass mouth... why couldnt he just let Justin say it himself?

i wonder why people still tell questlove anything. it seems like all he ever does

is throw shit out there that people told him. dude can't keep a secret -at all.

Don't u guys know a designed LEAK when u see 1?

Its a great album to clean the house to.

Watch the new video for "Mirrors".

Youtube

Pusher Love Girl - standard r&b, cute

Suit N Tie

Dont Hold The Wall my fav track on the album, I liked Timbalands re-use of the vocal samples and tribal drums

Let The Groove Get In - I really like this song too...kinda got that Get On The Boat flavor

Spaceship Coupe - reminds me of Promise - Ciara. Still good tho

"Dress On" (?) (forgot the name) was pretty upbeat too.

The rest of the tunes didnt really stick with me but the album is nice...less radio freiendly and more experiemental in parts

SamSamba said:

I've been listening on Spotify, because I was so impressed with the "Tennesee Kids" performances on Fallon and the Grammys - the songs sounded great and flavorful, the band lead by Adam Blackstone was killin', the horns were cool.

I don't know if it's just this streaming version, but I was disappointed in how once again compressed and mastered "to the brim" the studio album is. I was hoping for a more airy, vintage "live" feel - maybe Questlove should've produced, he's done miracles in sound in the past for folks like Al Green.

I also kind of hate the fact that a ton of the songs feature his white boy falsetto - which is NOT his redeeming feature.

Alot of the album clips in places when the bass gets a little too much..noticeable on Dont Hold The WAll I admit too...like Kanyes last album...the mixer should really be careful about shit like that