![]() ![]() Again, the chorus is catchy (“It makes me ill/To see you give/Love and attention at his will/And you can’t imagine how it makes me feel/To see you with him”), but the guys seem to be trying to hard to pull of this “street”/R&B vibe and it doesn’t work well this time around. ![]() Hip-hop producers of the time, Kandi and Kevin Briggs lend their talent, but this song isn’t nearly as fun as the one before it. The guys keep up the R&B feel with Makes Me Ill. Even Kirkpatrick’s rapping towards the middle comes off well. The boys retain the song’s original R&B feel though, and the overall result is a fun, danceable song. The song is a remake of the ’88 Johnny Kemp hit, and gets a fresh, pop update. The real fun, though, comes with Just Got Paid. Left Eye’s rap adds more flair, and surprisingly enough, the song isn’t a complete misfire. Despite the inane lyrics, the song does have a fun beat and the chorus is one you can’t get out of your head. I think Chasez started out with a good concept (namely the first verse), but the rest gets a bit muddled in this outlandishly ridiculous song. The chorus literally consists of them singing “Why-yi-yi-yippie-yi-yay” as they fantasize about being cowboys in outer space. Chasez and the other guys sing about their thoughts of the prophesized events of the future (“Here it comes, millennium/And everybody’s talkin’ bout Jerusalem/Is this the beginning or beginning of the end?/Well, I’ve got other thoughts my friend”) and then decide the best way to deal with the future is to become…well, “space cowboys”. The first song co-written by him is the futuristic Space Cowboy, which features a special guest appearance by the late Lisa “Left Eye” Lopez. Speaking of Chasez, we see him get writing credit for the first time on this disc. The song is musically quite similar to the one before it another bouncy pop beat, catchy chorus (“Every little thing I do/Never seems enough for you/You don’t wanna lose it again/But I’m not like them/Baby, when you finally,/Get to love somebody/Guess what,/It’s gonna be me.”) and swoon-worthy solos from Timberlake and Chasez make up the song. It’s Gonna Be Me is next, and was the second single from the album. Still, during the heyday of pop music and boy bands, this song was a genuine hit. The backing music is extremely cheesy, and the lyrics are almost embarrassing (“Don’t wanna be a fool for you/Just another player in your game for two/You may hate me but it ain’t no lie/Baby, bye, bye, bye…”). I’ll admit to this song being, perhaps, one of the corniest pop hits in the world, though. ![]() Everyone in the world has heard this song, I’m sure- it was inescapable in it’s time, and became a massive hit. The disc starts off with the lead single, Bye, Bye, Bye. So laugh it up, naysayers- but I’m not the only one whose past (and…*sigh* present) includes a Nsync CD collection. In fact, when Nsync released their sophomore album, No Strings Attached, in 2000 (wow, I feel old now), it sold 2.4 million copies in its debut week alone- more than some albums sell during their complete lifespan. I’m talking about the early 2000’s, of course- when the names Joey Fatone, Chris Kirkpatrick, Lance Bass, JC Chasez and Justin Timberlake were known worldwide (though luckily enough for Timberlake, his still is). I’m pretty sure my friends on Last.FM are going to delete me once they take a look at my Recently Played tracks and see nothing but songs from a boy band all pretense of me having a sophisticated taste in music will be shattered.ĭon’t laugh too hard though- Nsync was pretty popular when I was a preteen. This, embarrassingly enough, means I’ve been listening non-stop to my favorite artists of the time- * NSYNC. I don’t know what started it exactly, but recently I’ve been having a pre-teen nostalgia kick. ![]()
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