2013年発売 Justin Timberlake(ジャスティン・ティンバーレイク)『The 20/20 Experience』からわずか半年後にリリースした続編的スタジオ・アルバム『The 20/20 Experience - 2 of 2』(シルバー・ヴァイナル)

前作『The 20/20 Experience』がソウルに焦点を当てたとするなら、こちらはファンク&ダンス・ナンバーに注力しており、『オフ・ザ・ウォール』期のマイケル・ジャクソンを思わせるゴージャスなディスコ調アップ「テイク・バック・ザ・ナイト」や、同じくマイケルの名曲「スリラー」の21世紀版とでも言うべき「トゥルー・ブラッド」など、マイケルへのリスペクトに溢れた曲が際立つ。ファルセットで甘く迫る「ユー・ガット・イット・オン」も聴き物だ。プロデュースは、デビュー以来となるティンバランドとその一派。

発売・販売元 提供資料 （2024/06/07）

Just before the release of The 20/20 Experience, the Roots' ?uestlove, who opened as a DJ for Justin Timberlake's SXSW festival appearance, announced that there would be a sequel. A little more than six months later, it was released, consisting of more recordings from Timberlake's May-June 2012 sessions with friend Timbaland, Jerome Harmon, and James Fauntleroy. The construction is similar to that of the first volume. At 74 minutes and 11 (or 12) songs, it's a little longer, and much of it has that feel-over-concision, part-improv -- just spit ballin'! -- makeup. It starts more energetically, with a frivolous and robust jam for singles night at a zoo or Rainforest Cafe. The funkier and more frantic "True Blood" increases the energy and humor, swapping out nature effects for fantasy howls. Its ideas are exhausted after three and a half minutes, but it continues for another six. Relatively concise, "Cabaret," a standout featuring Drake, revamps Timbaland's trademark stuttering drums and has some of Timberlake's more clever lines: "If sex is a contest, then you're coming first"; "'Cause I got you saying Jesus so much, it's like we're laying in a manger." Serving the same purpose of "Suit & Tie," "Take Back the Night" is another throwback to sophisticated disco-funk. The second half crawls at slow tempos, including a falsetto soul ballad, a jilted post-breakup number with an extended coda, a blaring kiss-off that shifts into air-horn-enhanced dub, and a squeaky-clean adult pop love song. The album was sold separately and bundled with part one as The 20/20 Experience: The Complete Experience. ~ Andy Kellman

Rovi