Posted by: James St. James contact

When did Justin Timberlake become such a d-bag?

That super-smug smile! The playa attitude! The trucker hat! The backwards trilby! The skanky video babes! The air humping! Omg, did you catch THE AIR HUMPING?! And don't even get me started on the untucked shirt! Who wears untucked shirts anymore? This isn't 2005! Justin Timberlake comes off as an insufferable tool in this video with Timbaland, and for the life of me, I can't pinpoint when the transition happened. He WAS likeable once, wasn't he? I thought "SexyBack" was only THE BEST SONG OF THE AUGHTS. And I used to lovelovelove his appearances on SNL. They were funny and unaffected. He seemed game for anything. But there was that one time on Weekend Update where he struck me as full of himself. People argued with me, saying no, no, no, he was just being funny, but I didn't quite buy it. Something about it signaled the end of an era, and I've had my eye on the situation ever since. I mean, on the one hand, it must be difficult to be Justin Timberlake AND NOT be total douchebag. People can only kiss your ass for so many years before you start believing that you ass SHOULD BE kissed, you know? And the kid DOES HAVE talent. I loved his "Hallelujah" on the Hope for Haiti concert. But great talent often corrupts the soul. It leads to narcissism and tyrannical behavior and contempt for the little people. And lately I can't look at him without thinking that HE'S THINKING how mutherfuckin fly he is. And those are the words I believe he uses when he looks in the mirror. Also: dope, badass, gangsta, da bomb, money, bangin', swaggerific, phresh, and phat. Maybe the problem is Timbaland. Yeah, probably. Anyway, I think my biggest problem with Justin in this video is that it's such a minor, throwaway song that neither of them DESERVE the swagger they are displaying. They haven't reinvented rap, for Christ's sake. There's nothing innovative or game-changing happening here. Just a couple of typical Hollywood douchebags preening and acting all entitled and shit. That's why it evokes such a visceral reaction from me. I expect better. And I miss my old Justin. 



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