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Michael Jackson has been described by his protege Justin Timberlake as the musician who made 'perfect' songs.


ETA: From MTV:

"If there's anything that I think my generation of artists — including myself, obviously — emulate about Michael, it's that he felt what he was doing so much that his vocal presentation of the song, you can tell when he was cutting the record he was probably dancing in the booth," Timberlake told MTV News on the red carpet at his Las Vegas charity concert. "At least that's what it seems like to me. That type of energy, that kinetic energy into the music, I think that's what we all try to emulate. From hip-hop to pop to rock and roll, I think that there's inflection that he put into music as a vocalist that no one had ever really heard that way."

Though Timberlake professed to be a huge fan of Jackson's tunes as a kid, he also admitted that he didn't have a true understanding of Jackson's legacy until he left home to pursue a career as an artist. "Growing up in Tennessee, I never really understood the phenomenon that was Michael Jackson or the pandemonium that followed him around," JT said. "I just heard certain songs that I loved as a kid and I gravitated toward those songs. It just so happens that 99.79 percent of his songs are perfect. They're perfect songs. The other whatever percentage are works of art as well."

One work of art he's interested in checking out is "Michael Jackson's This Is It," the upcoming documentary about the singer's final days. "It looks like a more intimate view than anything we've seen," he said. "I'm sure it will be good."

While he's looking forward to catching MJ on the big screen, Timberlake said he doesn't try to invoke his idol in the recording booth — though he's pleasantly surprised when he finds a point of similarity in their music. "You don't imitate it, but you know when you have something that he had," he explained. "You could tell he was just excited about the music he was doing. That's the feeling that you get sometimes and that's when you feel like the king — but other than that, not so much!"

Timberlake who is also collaborating with new R&B singer - Rihanna - also gave a few more details about the singer's new record, which is on the way...

"I think she's got, like, a million people writing songs for her, but the ones that we worked on she's grown up a little bit and she has things that she can say" he explained.

"I've heard some of the stuff on the record and it's awesome" he added.
In related Justin Timberlake news, he wasn't the only one giving out plaudits, as Lynn Harness his girlfriend Jessica Biel's mother, denied reports that her daughter was breaking up with the star.

"Jessica is awesome" her mother said. "Justin has found someone that'll golf with him, give him a hard time when he deserves it...

"...and stand up to him" she said. 
 
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