{"id":805233,"date":"2020-03-13T13:27:13","date_gmt":"2020-03-13T19:27:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/?p=958457"},"modified":"2020-03-13T13:27:13","modified_gmt":"2020-03-13T19:27:13","slug":"justin-timberlake-went-to-the-woods-2-years-later-hes-returned-to-rap-and-rb","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/music-news\/justin-timberlake-went-to-the-woods-2-years-later-hes-returned-to-rap-and-rb\/","title":{"rendered":"Justin Timberlake Went to the Woods. 2 Years Later, He\u2019s Returned to Rap and R&B"},"content":{"rendered":"
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There comes a time in every man\u2019s life where there\u2019s a need for a change. It\u2019s a special occurrence when the caesar transitions to a fade, the flannels and sherpa-lined trucker jackets give way to peacoats, silver chains, and Air Force 1s, and Chris Stapleton is replaced by Meek Mill<\/a>, SZA<\/a>, and Anderson .Paak. Or, in Justin Timberlake<\/a>\u2018s case, the time has come for a return to a change he made decades ago. In Timberlake\u2019s latest reinvention, the city mouse who sequestered himself in the wilderness returns to the metaphorical metropolis to reclaim some magic. Across three songs, Meek Mill\u2019s \u201cBelieve<\/a>,\u201d SZA\u2019s \u201cThe Other Side<\/a>,\u201d and .Paak\u2019s \u201cDon\u2019t Slack<\/a>\u201d ( the latter two are both from the upcoming Trolls World Tour<\/em> soundtrack), Justin Timberlake has sonically and aesthetically backed away from the country-baiting tinges of 2018\u2019s Man of the Woods<\/em> back to the hip-hop<\/a> bread and R&B<\/a> butter (with a sprinkle of disco and funk) that built his decade-spanning career.<\/p>\n

On \u201cBelieve,\u201d he sings \u201cYou can break my body \/ But you can\u2019t lock the soul of a man down\u201d next to Mill with as much Caucasian soul as he can muster. In the video for \u201cThe Other Side,\u201d Timberlake\u2019s boy-band-honed dance moves are back, along with the falsetto that soundtracked many an early-aughts dancefloor. For \u201cDon\u2019t Slack\u201d Timberlake told Genius<\/a> he was looking for, \u201ca sixties\u2019 vibe with it to give it a little something vintage.\u201d The new Timberlake looks very much like the old Timberlake. It just doesn\u2019t sound quite as revolutionary this time around.<\/p>\n

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