Justin Timberlake - Futuresex/Lovesounds

After the success of the 2002’s debut solo album Justified the former ‘NSync front singer Justin Timberlake has taken some rest before releasing a sophomore effort. This year producers Timbaland, Rick Rubin and the Black Eyed Peas’ Will.i.am have joined him in recording the album called Futuresex/Lovesounds, a 13 tracks long record, most of which are written by Justin himself. Having a keen sense of the contemporary pop innovations and a clear understanding of what the audience is expecting from him, Timberlake has managed to create a quality collection of sultry ballads and stylish club numbers, filling them with his own vision of pop and R&B music. The fans will be happy to hear his falsetto vocals on the largest parts of the tracks, and to mark Justin’s growth into a mature young man sure of himself especially when it comes about the relations with the opposite sex. On Futuresex/Lovesounds the pop, R&B, funk, soul and rock music of the 1980s combines with the modern trends of production and studio processing, and Justin Timberlake’s singing reechoes the performace manner of Prince and a bit of young James Brown. This is the singer’s new triumph outshining the debut creation and an album that is going to be one of the best pop and R&B records this year. 

James Morrison - Undiscovered

This year the British team of soul singers has increased. James Morrison Catchpole born in Rugby, Warwickshire, England in 1984 and professionally known as James Morrison has released his debut album Undiscovered. Influenced by Al Green, Otis Redding, Cat Stevens and The Kinks, he has been playing guitar since the age of 13, but started to write songs only recently after years of playing other musicians’ creations. James got signed to Polydor Productions and was a supporting artist for Corinne Bailey Rae on her debut album tour. Undiscovered has already won the highest public acclaim for James Morrison’s deep soulful voice filling each song with a strong emotional coloring. The instrumental background emphasizes the power of his vocals to a great effect. Anonymous band helps James reveal all his talents drums giving a special rhythm to every song and violins prolonging the highest tones of the singer’s vocals. The style of Undiscovered varies from rock to soft soul ballads, and the tempo mostly does not exceed the mid one. The inspiring debut of James Morrison can serve a good example of a dream fulfilled.
His near-namesake is revered as one of the most innovative figures in rock history, but there's precious little original about 21 year old Cornish singer-songwriter James Morrison, the latest bright young hopeful earmarked for fame by the record industry.
The airbrushed Al Green-lite pseudo-soul of hit single "You Give Me Something" sets the template for a polished, proficient set of songs which drift politely from the speakers, with Morrison barking out a decent Rod Stewart impression above a syrupy backing track of piano, strings and brass. "One Last Chance" is my favourite one from him. "Call The Police" briefly ups the tempo with some shamelessly Radiohead-influenced ragged guitar riffing, but in general this is bland, faceless music which offers nothing new yet will inevitably sell by the shed load.
 

What Goes Around Comes Around

Don't wanna think about it, don't wanna talk about it. I'm just so sick about it, I can't believe it's ending this way. Just so confused about it, it'll end up in the news about it. I just can't do without ya, tell me it's this fair? This is the way it's really going down. Is this how we say goodbye?
Let me paint this picture for you baby. You spend your nights alone. And he never comes home
And every time you call 'em. All you get is a busy tone. I heard you found out that he's doing to you. What you did to me, ain't that the way it goes? When you cheated girl, my heart bleeded girl. So it goes without saying "imagine let me feeling hurt". Just a classic case, it's a sce-sce-scenario. Tale is oldest time, girl you got what you deserved. And now you want somebody to cure the lonely nights. You wished you had somebody that can come and make it right. Well girl I ain't somebody and not a sympathy (see, see). 
What goes around, comes back around
I thought I told ya, hey eyyy. I should've known better when you came around. That you were gonna make me cry. It's breaking my heart to watch you run around. Cause I know that you're living a lie. But that's okay baby cause in time you'll find... What goes around, goes around, goes around, comes all the way back around.