Justified (album)

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Justified
Studio album by Justin Timberlake
Released	November 5, 2002
Recorded	2002
Genre	Pop/R&B
Length	63:17
Label	Jive/Zomba
Producer(s)	The Neptunes Timbaland Brian McKnight The Underdogs Scott Storch
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Justin Timberlake chronology
	Justified (2002)	FutureSex/LoveSounds (2006)

Justified is the debut studio album by Justin Timberlake. Released after the hiatus of the group *NSYNC, the album signaled Timberlake's desire to craft a more mature image than that of "boy band member". The album features guest performances by Pharrell Williams, Clipse, Bubba Sparxxx and Janet Jackson, amongst others. The final song, "Never Again", featured Brian McKnight on nearly all of the instruments. Justified was honored with two Grammys at the 2004 Grammy Awards ceremony in New York City.

The album was fronted by "Like I Love You", a hit single that proved Timberlake's solo sales could rival his former band's success. It was produced by the famous hip-hop production duo The Neptunes, and was accompanied by a music video that showed Timberlake's veneration for pop icon Michael Jackson.

The album peaked at #2 on the Billboard 200 and was eventually certified 3x Platinum by the RIAA.

The album peaked at #1 and stayed there for 7 weeks on the UK Top 75 album chart and was eventually certified 6x Platinum.

The popularity of the first single was equalled or surpassed by the releases which followed:

• "Cry Me A River", a ballad (accompanied by a dark video depicting a tale of rejection and revenge, which could be seen as evocative of his relationship with Britney Spears)
• "Rock Your Body", a disco-infused dance number
• "Señorita", a danceable love song with a vaguely Latin feel

Contents 1 "I'm Lovin' It" 2 Track listing 3 Singles 4 Trivia

[edit] "I'm Lovin' It"

In 2003, a fifth single was released titled "I'm Lovin' It". The song, partly a leftover song from the Justified sessions, did not appear on the album, which proved extremely lucrative when it was sold to the McDonald's Corporation for use in a massive TV and radio advertising campaign of the same name. Justified was not re-released to include the song.

[edit] Track listing

#	Title	Songwriters
1.	"Señorita"	(Chad Hugo, Timberlake, Pharrell Williams)	4:54
2.	"Like I Love You" (Featuring The Clipse)	(Hugo, Timberlake, Williams, G. Thornton, T. Thornton)	4:43
3.	"(Oh No) What You Got"	(Tim Mosley, Timberlake)	4:31
4.	"Take it from Here"	(Hugo, Timberlake, Williams)	6:14
5.	"Cry Me A River" (Featuring Timbaland)	(Mosley, Scott Storch, Timberlake)	4:48
6.	"Rock Your Body"	(Hugo, Timberlake, Williams)	4:27
7.	"Nothin' Else"	(Hugo, Timberlake, Williams)	4:58
8.	"Last Night"	(Hugo, Timberlake, Williams)	4:47
9.	"Still on My Brain"	(H. Mason Jr., D. Thomas, Timberlake)	4:35
10.	"(And She Said) Take Me Now" (Featuring Janet Jackson and Timbaland)	(Mosley, Storch, Timberlake, Timbaland )	5:31
11.	"Right for Me" (Featuring Bubba Sparxxx)	(Mosley, Timberlake)	4:29
12.	"Let's Take a Ride"	(Hugo, Timberlake, Williams)	4:44
13.	"Never Again"	(Brian McKnight, Timberlake)	4:36
14.	"Worthy of" *	(Timberlake)	4:09

* UK bonus track

[edit] Singles

#	Title	Year
1.	"Like I Love You" (Featuring The Clipse)	2002
2.	"Cry Me A River"	2002
3.	"Rock Your Body"	2003
4.	"Señorita"	2003
5.	"I'm Lovin' It"	2003

[edit] Trivia

• "Justified" was chosen as a pun on the artist's name.
• It is a widely known fact within the production industry that "Rock Your Body" was originally intended for Michael Jackson's comeback album Invincible but Jackson rejected the track as it was too alike to his 2001 hit "You Rock My World". The track ended up being sold to Timberlake for his debut album.