Cry Me a River

Justin Timberlake is the best pop singer out there. His music is like no other pop artist. Cry me a river is still a hit with me. I absolutely love it! it was a smash when it came out, and it is still a smash now.

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Of All The Formats Of Cry Me A River I Recommend this one! comes with the original version, instrumental and many remixes!

This is really one of the best dance CD-maxi single to have emrged in a while. Included here are two club mixes of Cry Me A River and Like I Love You in addition to the original and instrumental version of Cry. The originals were urban-hip hop and R&B tinged songs that feature Timberlake in a funky mode. But on this single, Dirty Vegas, Junior Vasquez, Basement Jaxx and Ddep Dish - some of dance's best remixes, gave their brilliant interpreatations of the songs. Up 1st is the Dirty Vegas remix of Cry. After a rather disappointing remix for Madonna's Die Another Day, the threesome spun up some trademark electronic grooves comparable to those on their LP. Junior Vasquez's an old hand at re-creation. Cry becomes a trancey, aimed straight-at-dancefloor anthem.Basement Jaxx lends their hands to the first single, Like I Loved You and quickly, creates an electronic funk piece. What's best on this disc must be the Zigzag mix of Love by Grammy winner Deep Dish whose remix breathes new life into the original while retaining that distincive Timberlake style with his pitched falsetto intact.You just have to get this like me wo's nt a big Timberlake fan.

Justin Timberlake receives the first commercially released single (in the US) of his young solo career, and it smartly includes two hits for the price of one. "Cry Me A River" is remixed by the ultra-hot and ultra-hip Dirty Vegas and by the resurgent Junior Vasquez. On the strength of a recent Grammy win ("Days Go By" for Best Dance Recording), Dirty Vegas seems to be riding the crest of a Tsunami at this point, and thus have the mix of choice for the majority of club DJ's. The Vasquez "Earth Club Mix" doesn't even show up among the mixes listed on Billboard's Dance/Club-play chart, indicating that his remix has not caught on in clubland. Like the average music fan, most DJ's have probably not noticed Junior's recent retreat from his House foundations (perhaps a major indication that House Music truly IS dead in America). As House Music is quite out of style currently, many will not give Junior's mix a chance given his background, and I believe unjustly so. With his remixes on Whitney Houston's Greatest Hits release, Vasquez proved to me that he is multi-dimentional and can indeed crank out quality remixes with the best of them. His remix of "Cry Me A River" is no exception. Every bit as beautiful and perhaps a bit more gothic than Dirty Vegas' take, I think that Junior nailed this one by bringing the moodiness of the song to the forefront. I will not go so far to say that I prefer it, but I would also not say that I prefer Dirty Vegas' mix either. Actually, the best remix on this release is the Deep Dish "Zigzag Remix" of Justin's first solo hit "Like I Love You." Last year's Grammy winners ("Best Remixed Recording" for "Thankyou" by Dido) created another monster here which is quite simply STOMPING! Although "Cry Me A River" is a better song on it's own merit than "Like I Love You," the Deep Dish remix of the latter is the finest piece of remixing contained herein. Thankfully, the rap by N.E.R.D. has been exorcised, much like Timberland's hip hop vocals are nowhere to be found on Junior's remix of "Cry Me A River." Instead, Deep Dish has pumped up the track with a deep bass line that screams to be PLAYED LOUDLY on all the best systems, (especially in the clubs!), and of course by a pulse-pounding beat. This is in-your-face energy reminicent of the great music coming from Europe in the mid '90's. The other mix of "Like I Love You" is an Electronic oddity by Basement Jaxx. Their take includes a nice bass line of it's own, though it unfortunately includes the pungent rap which all but destroyed the original version of this song. Their (Jaxx) wayward stylings ultimately end up in an Indian-sounding tribute to their own hit "Romeo." It all makes for interesting listening, but is likely to be loved only by fans of Electronica. All in all, this CD5 is a very decent release, whose best quality is its name recognition, which comes in very handy in drawing attention to whatever track you choose to lead-out with. And I have yet to complain about receiving TWO big hits for the price of one!

Justin Timberlake's "Cry Me a River" is a seething and almost vindictive breakup jam that's been getting some mild controversy over its video which features what may be a lookalike of his ex, Britney Spears. This single has a handful of ready-for-the-club remixes; the best of the bunch is from Dirty Vegas, who give the Timbaland-produced track a neo-disco edge. Another standout is a positively trippy makeover of "Like I Love You" from London's Basement Jaxx. These guys inject an acid-like house groove into this single, originally produced by the Neptunes. At first, I wondered how a song like that could get a house remix, but Basement Jaxx pull it off well. Timberlake is impressively shedding out of his boyband roots by aligning himself with some hip producers and smart DJs. If you like the original version of this single, then you'll be impressed with these remixes.

I was pleasantly surprised to see the label release a domestic maxi containing some of the dance mixes of "Cry Me A River." The track listing for the release is decidely more focused on the dance treatments as opposed to those god-awful rap collaborations that currently exist of the new single by JT.The Junior mix is the stand-out mix so far(not available on the import releases.) When Junior is good, he's incredible, but when he's bad, it ain't worth listening to twice. The Earth mix of "Cry me a River" is somewhere in-between for Vasquez. There are a few peaks in the song, but in general doesn't really go anywhere.I haven't been able to hear the Hamel or Fiasco mixes, but the Dirty Vegas mix seems vocally sluggish and loses the chorus. I have yet to be impressed with a Dirty Vegas treatment (The DV remix of Maddie's "Die Another Day" was less than stellar.)I'm always excited when a big player in the biz releases singles geared toward the dance audience. Congrats to the label on this release!