Timbral Vision: Ear Fatigue & Justin Timberlake's The 20/20 Experience

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With this review, I dive into Justin Timberlake's first of two albums from 2013, The 20/20 Experience Pt. 1. The record sets lofty ambitions, but does it reach them? And what can we learn from it?

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