JC Chasez - Schizophrenic

With his solo debut, Jc Chasez is determined to outdo his former *nsync bandmate Justin Timberlake at his own game, to be sexier and sleeker, to reach further and be hipper, to try something different on each track. Hence, the title Schizophrenic, which Chasez probably chose with blissful ignorance of its similarity to the name of Geri Halliwell's disastrous post-Spice Girls debut, Schizophonic. That doesn't mean Jc is wrong, of course. He does change sounds and styles frequently over the album, going much further into both hard dance-club music and sappy urban-soul ballads than Timberlake, trading Jt's Michael Jackson fixation for an obsession with Prince, hip producers The Neptunes for the even hipper Basement Jaxx, while delving into retro-new wave for good measure. Read More