I've graduated college. I've graduated college and I'm turning 22 in less than a month. I guess that means I'm a man (I'm a man who discovered the wheel and built the Eiffel Tower out of metal and brawn. That's what kind of man I am)...which means I, unfortunately, have to be man enough to admit when I'm wrong. Doesn't it? Well, here goes...Justin Timberlake is the man.

For years I was a big "Timberlake sucks" kinda guy; I was totally on the bandwagon. But then again, can you really blame me? The guy did have frosted tips at one point, probably during the No Strings Attached era (See previous post: True Life: I am a Frat Boy). Somewhere along the way though, somewhere between N*Sync and Jessica Biel's breasts, JustinTimberlake became the coolest white-boy in America. And before you jump the gun (you Mother Superior, you) and lump me in there with those guys who use the middle urinal when faced with "Odd Number of Urinals Scenario," I mean all of this in the most no homo way possible (it's an expression mom--just embrace it).

Think I'm wrong? Here are some of the things Justin Timberlake currently holds or has previously held: 6 Grammy Awards, 1 Emmy Award, and Britney Spear's V-Card. These are some of the people he has played with: Timbaland, Madonna, Jay-Z, Snoop, Duran Duran, Reba McEntire, and Cameron Diaz (he even played with her naked). If that isn't enough to convince you that he's the coolest white-boy here's some proof via alliteration: JT has moon-walked with Mike, teed off with Tiger (at least in the video games--although he probably actually has which is ridiculous), kicked it with Kanye, and sat courtside with Cameron (yes, if alliteration was a major, I'd have a god damn 4.0 GPA).

After my summer roommates (R.I.P. The Real 217) recently found Justin Timberlake: Future/Sex Love Show in my dvd collection, they shit on me for a good 15 minutes about how it was an embarassment to own such a film. But I say that's bullshit, readers. Yes, there was a time when I would have done the same thing and ridiculed a buddy for owning a Justin Timberlake dvd, but I was wrong. To be honest, when this concert first came out on HBO, [won't] the Real 217 please stand up and put one of those fingers on each hand up, we had this shit on loop for our pre-drinks. Girls would come and love it simply because it was Justin Timberlake and all the guys would love it because of the beats, rapping, hot back up dancers and because it was Justin Timberlake. Obviously.

Justin can dance, sing, and produce. Hell, he can even de-flower pop princesses. I don't know, readers... maybe it's because he can jam out on the guitar and the piano, or maybe it's because he's living old adage, carpe diem--or at the very least, carpe Diaz, but Justin Timberlake has taken back the concept of cool--recently seen at the number 14 spot of 2007 on the Billboard Top 100 courtesy of Lupe Fiasco--for whitey. At the very least, he's brought Sexy Back.

-Adam

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