Blog: Idolator

Last night, "If I," a new Timbaland-produced track that brings "My Love" collaborators T.I. and Justin Timberlake back together, made its way to the Internet, and while it's not as future-soaked as the original track, it's got a stuttery, pinging guitar line and one of those descending keyboard lines that bring to mind what it looks like when an object (here a flash of skin, I'm going to guess) glistens—you know, the type that Oran "Juice" Jones employed to a precipitous effect in "The Rain." Also, the lyrics are kind of filthy! But the overall effect is not [...]