"Sexy Back" - you've got to admit the beat is hot

Although Justin Timberlake is obviously a douche, the beat is hot, am I right? I didn't even know it was him until I came back home and googled the lyrics after hearing it like three different times driving around town today. Im into the use of the old school techno "hoover" (is that technically the "hoover??") or "super fake jupiter string" sound. It's just a really well balanced house track, a kind of music which I normally loathe.

And I mostly listen to vintage funk, reggae, and experimental noise/psyche/improv stuff. Weird.

I thought myself that the first kelly clarkson album was produced very well

no, its not.

Actually, no. In person, he's a really nice guy and one of the few pop singers out there who can actually sing, regardless of what you think of his other material.

Can't stand Nelly Furtado's "Promiscuous", but Timbaland is by far my favorite hip hop/pop producer.

It sounds like what all the indie kids like around here these days, except too blatantly pop for them to like it.

Also, searching youtube for "sexy back" yields a small treasure trove of comedy.

I actually quite like the beat. However, I prefer the other song, "My Love." I like how the trancey sounds are now in the mainstream. Sort of.

I'll back greaseenvelope on this. I can't stand Timberlake; I turn off anything by him as soon as it's on the TV or radio; I agree with the douche statement; but this damn song is catchy. Though on principle I change the station due to the above.

Um, No.

I don't have to admit that because it's not anything special. If by hot, you mean it turns a gay (literally) club into a heaping mess of sweaty bodies, then ok. But if by hot you mean, it is a awesome beat that I should recognize, then no. It's very simple with some outboard compression and other tailoring.

It was well produced and that's why it sound good. If you had the kind of studio they had, I'm sure you could come up with something pretty "hot" too.

For the longest time, Timbaland used nothing but a Triton. A Triton tracked into ProTools and mixed by a $5000-per-track mixing engineer, but a Triton nonetheless.

Sorry, but people who honestly think writing or mixing commercial pop music is easy are delusional. We've beaten this topic to death already in several threads. I'm certainly not above dredging one back up.

I hadn't heard this track until just now. Meh. It certainly has a slick production gloss on it, but the beat's just so-so... I'm not compelled to listen to any more of his based on this, that's for sure.

Did anybody else get a Prince-wannabe vibe from it?

so what? that means it cant be good?

i've never heard this song. timbaland made it?

I'm pretty sure Timbaland uses the Open Labs Neko these days

This song made no sense to me at all until I saw a dance floor packed with writhing females moving to it's throbbing beat. There is a purpose for this kind of thing.

The song is terrific for about 5-10 seconds.

Sometimes that's all you need when ...

the "My Love" song, with its SuperSaw (or HyperSaw?) lead, and its CV/gated rhythmic riff I find most catchy (unfortunately) .

Originally posted by The Audacity Works For the longest time, Timbaland used nothing but a Triton. A Triton tracked into ProTools and mixed by a $5000-per-track mixing engineer, but a Triton nonetheless. Sorry, but people who honestly think writing or mixing commercial pop music is easy are delusional. We've beaten this topic to death already in several threads. I'm certainly not above dredging one back up.

Definitely. Mixing is not easy and therefore no one should underestimate the time and effort pop music takes. If someone here payed a lot of money to get their music engineered, then you've already been through half the battle. Just saying that if you had the outboard gear that high end studios have, you could make a lot of "hot" stuff. It's not about where it came from. If it's from a Triton, Motif, Fantom, that's cool to know and glad you pointed it out, but almost irrelevant when most of the 'vibe' is put down by the outboard gear and mixing. Writing is writing. A lot of us have had experiences of how difficult it can be to write a good song. Pop to me, means having it mixed with expensive gear. Hope that clarifies.

Sorry, stickygum, but I couldn't disagree more. The vibe does not come from the engineering; it comes from the songwriting and performance

My music currently seems to connect with pirates, junkie philosphers, and people who've eaten a lot of acid. That's fine by me, I'd rather hang out with them than the so-called mass populace.

However, I have mad respect for the genuine musical skill that goes into writing and producing a tightly-crafted song. It's a form of magic when it all comes together just right...

The song has all but two notes: B and C.