The Boys In The Bands

Sean Richardson of the Boston Phoenix weighed in on the new efforts from *NSYNC star Justin Timberlake, Backstreet Boys star Nick Carter, BBMak, and Dream Street. On Timberlake, Richardson said, “Given its 63-minute length, the disc does come up a little short on hooks. And Timberlake’s songwriting tends to be more professional than passionate. But he’s got the voice to go with his looks, and his tastes are quite a bit more adventurous than you might expect from a charter member of a middle-of-the-road boy band.” As for Carter, he commented the first ‘Now or Never’ single ‘Help Me’ “amounts to a Backstreet song with one boy on the microphone instead of five.” Read more.