Two years before Lady Gaga first p-p-p-poked her face into the national spotlight, Justin Timberlake was already laying the groundwork for the dance-pop explosion with his sophomore solo album, FutureSex/LoveSounds. Full of brilliant urban-electro mash-ups, the Grammy-winning effort was like a gateway drug for all the pulsing synths and racing BPM to come. No dose was stronger than lead single "SexyBack," the highly addictive club banger that kick-started a phenomenon so massive even Prince felt compelled to comment on it. Combining a driving industrial beat with the forceful, almost primal, dance floor command to "Get your sexy on!," this Timbaland production was unlike anything pop music had ever heard before—and still sounds as though it's being transmitted from a gritty underground rave twenty years in the future. It's too bad little else since has lived up to its promise. A
Six years ago this week, "SexyBack" was the #1 song on the Billboard Hot 100.
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