The 20/20 Experience – 2 of 2

The 20/20 Experience - 2 of 2 is the fourth studio album by American singer Justin Timberlake. It was released on September 27, 2013 at RCA Records as the last part of a two part project. On March 15, 2013, the last album was released The 20/20 Experience.

Formation

After the commercially successful album FutureSex / LoveSounds, it took seven years to Timberlake 20 20 The Experience presented / the successor. In the meantime, he had been active as an actor and some songs by other artists such as Madonna, Rihanna or TI Features contributed.

2010 Timberlake began with his manager Johnny Wright to talk about a new album. First Timberlake did not return to the music and continue to focus on his film career, but in June 2012 he had worked with Timbaland so many new songs that they decided on two albums. The recordings took place in just four weeks in the Larrabee Studios ( Hollywood), Timberlake was due to the planned filming of scenes Runner, Runner under time pressure. For some songs like Take Back the Night or Amnesia Timberlake collaborated with Benjamin Wright Orchestra, which grossed some string and Blaspassagen for the album. In July 2012, the first album was then completed, which finally appeared in March 2013.

The manager Wright said the cooperation between Timberlake with Timbaland: "when Those two come together there 's a lot of magic did happens. " ( "If these two work together, magical things happen. " )

The rapper Jay Z has a guest part in Murder - he was already represented on the first album in Suit and Tie as the only guest vocalist on the entire album. In addition, this time with Drake had another guest musicians on the album.

Promotion and release

In March announced the producer Questlove that Timberlake is planning to publish a second 20/20-Experience-Album. Also, J -Roc Harmon, the co-producer of the album, commented on in this direction. On May 5, Timberlake announced simultaneously with the announcement that he would go starting on October 31 at The 20/20 Experience World Tour, the appearance of a follow-up album for the end of September.

In addition, his numerous appearances in television shows or live events, where he introduced the songs of the first album served as a promotion for The 20/20 Experience - 2 of 2

On July 12, the song Take Back the Night was released as first single. A week before the album's release TKO was released as the second single.

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Critical reception

The second album of 20/20 Experience was mixed was added as the first thing that was praised mainly by the media. As part of The 20/20 Experience: The Complete Experience, it was nonetheless nominated for Grammy Awards 2014 in the category " Best Pop Vocal Album ".

Sven Kabelitz the E -zine According compares the album with a "cold pizza half" and forgives with only 2 out of 5 points one less than for the predecessor.

"A simple leftovers of the same old recording sessions [ ... ] sets with the known ingredients" 2 of 2 " then once mighty go. The "1 of 2" ubiquitous elegance gives way to a brutal callousness. In the first track, the beats rumble huge. But quickly put a first fatigue. [ ... ] Once again celebrates Timberlake gigantism and megalomania. Where he freshened on the previous long tracks with unexpected twists and interesting ideas, he runs now the middle of nowhere. There are only length and sound. Quite often this is lost, the actual songs. [ ... ] With more focus decided we would lie instead of two satisfactory to disappointing albums a single exquisite R & B album in front of us. "

For Vincent Grundke of the streaming platform Ampya contrast Timberlake builds up with the album a monument and completes the epic, he had started with The 20/20 Experience.

" Nature 's always this jungle -like beat that is lodging so many forms and individualities, which pictorially buzz at the inner eye, the wildest butterflies and monkeys at the astonished head over. Here and there it rustles, there resound tone colors. Enamoured couple dance from sound symbiosis so to speak. Animated Disco Dance Moves of good old school included - Justin Timberlake serves all needs. How does it work says " Take Back The Night". For here is again clearly the spirit of the King of Pop Michael Jackson felt that but then again, once again gives the layer salad sound his Beflügelung. "

Commercial success

2 of 2 after FutureSex / LoveSounds and The 20/20 Experience Timberlake's third number-one album - In the U.S., The 20/20 Experience was. In the UK, however, it missed the chart peak and could be placed only on rank 2. Also in the German-speaking countries it did not rise to the chart throne. The 20/20 Experience made ​​it to Germany and Switzerland at # 1.

In the U.S. there has been - The 20/20 Experience: The Complete Experience with included - sold 681,000 times (as of December 2013).