Hell f***ing no not even in the same league

But yeah this album was a huge disappointment, also 20/20 part 2 wasn’t memorable for me

it’s really not a bad album at all tbh

That and it also got panned cause everyone all of a sudden decided to cancel him years later for the Super Bowl s*** which was weird. That was in the middle of Twitter cancel culture so folks never gave the album a good chance

expect Man of the Woods didn’t hurt JT’s legacy what so ever

Kind of but the hate was for much different reasons. The main reason for the MOTW backlash was the timing and rollout and title/concept. Things were becoming more woke and people didn’t like how it was marketed as “Justin is white again”, it was just poorly timed and executed marketing. Different title and no country promo and none of the hate exists

It wasn’t the Super Bowl thing, not long before the MOTW rollout he made some kind of questionable comment about race which turned the tides against him, then the “I am so white and country” trailer came out and that sealed the deal. Almost seems like he was set up lol but I guess his vision and the marketing just didn’t align with the times

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nigga he could've surprised dropped it, doesn't change the fact that the actual music on the album wasn't good

That’s true.

This album although not great, was a victim of coming out at the wrong time.

Lmao

in what world

you’re an idiot if you think anyone stopped caring about JT because of that album

That’s not true. The album is truly lifeless. Even without this whole country and white branding, it would’ve been just as poorly received.

There’s a difference between “imagine if Justin never dropped MOTW and instead ended his solo run on 20/20” and “JT’s legacy is hurt because of it”

Damn I forgot about that. Combine that with the rebranding he was trying to accomplish and the outdoorsy nature trailers he was promoting and it makes sense.

I was never a big fan of how Twitter started randomly attacking him but it doesn’t make what they were saying any less true lol he wholly benefited from white privilege in that situation and never really acknowledged that fact. And people were pissed that The Neptunes were reuniting for that album lol

That’s just pure speculation at this point you can’t say for certain one way or another

Such an amazing album

Moved the goalposts real quick huh

Lifeless is the perfect word, I’d say. MOTW is a project I don’t even think Timberlake truly knew what he wanted from it. It’s a halfway house of tweedy Pop&B masquerading itself as weak folky-campfire music.

The title track, Man of the Woods has no feeling of woods. There’s no nature, there’s no rustic atmosphere. A lot of the album follows that pattern. There’s a few good tracks — Say Something; Higher Higher; Midnight Summer Jam, but all still fall flat from the level expected.

It’s not an outrageously bad album, but it is a big dent in the discography of an artist who typically came with innovative sounds. I almost think Timberlake went into the studio wearing a flannel once and thought “fuck it, let’s make some country folks s***”.

I’m never checking for him again after that appalling s***stain album. I dont even wanna hear his desperate attempt to win us back with SZA and summer walker feature ass album he got cooking lol