This is a thread for JC Chasez's solo stuff

I like "Blowin' Me Up With Her Love". It's more Britney than Britney. He's a handsome man.

Agree re. Dirt McGirt.

Ha! You know, you're right. It was clearly designed for me!

some girls take my money
some girls take my clothes
some girls get the shirt off my back
and leave me with a lethal dose

French girls they want cartier
Italian girls want cars
American girls want everything in the world
you can possibly imagine

English girls they're so prissy
I can't stand them on the telephone
sometimes I take the receiver off the hook
I don't want them to ever call at all

white girls they're pretty funny
sometimes they drive me mad
black girls just wanna get fucked all night
I just don't have that much jam

(Dan and Ned OTM as ever on this subject)

I have a feeling the last stanza might not fly.
-- Ned Raggett (ne...), January 7th, 2004. (later) (link)

Especially with Benzino

I think "Blowin' Me Up (With Her Love)" is at least as poptastic as "Like I Love You", if not more (although I will not subscribe to the full-on Justin-hate).

The singles I've heard have been really forgetable (literally, I've seen the videos a few times each and can't remember the music to either), and holy fucking shit that man was a vacuum of charisma. Why he is in show-biz at all is way beyond me.

Hey you punk, you saying I wouldn't like it either? ;-)

i'm quite excited about this record now.

Name:  Joshua"JC" Scott Chasez
Date of Birth: August 8, 1976
Eyes: Blue
Hair: Brown
Home: Orlando, Florida
Family: Mom, Karen; Dad, Roy;Sister,Heather20;Brother, Tyler17
Favorite Food:Chinese
Car: Jeep

Star Sign: Leo
Best Mates: Saggitarius, Libra, Aries, Gemini
Favorite Films:All the Star Wars and Idiana Jones Movies
Favorite Color:Blue
Favorite Music: Brian Mcknight, Seal, Sting
Collector's Items:Hard Rock Cafe menus
Favorite *Nsync Song:"It changes everyday"
Credits:Sang and Danced on The Mickey Mouse Club (MMC)

Other Info on JC:

JC was raised in Bowie, Maryland.

JC was picked out of 70,000 people to be on the MMC.

JC was on the MMC for 4 years and it was cancelled when he turned 18.

JC had his first kiss when he was 11.

JC wears a necklace with his Starsign Leo on it.

When *Nsync got there tatoos in Canada, JC didn't get one because he is afraid of needles

When JC was younger, he street danced with a teen group in a national competition.

If JC could have a one on one interview, he would pick Jesus Christ.

If JC could have 1 superpower, he would want to be invisible or telepathic.

http://img11.photobucket.com/albums/v35/manuec12jsc08/innoncent02.jpg

Some new pictures (no clue what they are for):

http://img4.photobucket.com/albums/0803/juliet233/pretttty2.jpg
http://img4.photobucket.com/albums/0803/juliet233/pretttty1.jpg

The Fresh Prince?

Why JC Chasez is doing things differently than Justin. And how the artist formerly known as JC from 'N Sync went about serving up a CD that'll have you seeing Purple by Tom Sinclair

Sexual energy, it has been said, is a key ingredient in the creative process. On this chill December evening in New York City, 'N Sync's JC Chasez seems hell-bent on convincing the crowd at Irving Plaza that he's as horny as he is talented. Or is it the other way around?

''All day long I dream about sex!'' he sings repeatedly, hammering home his message with single-minded intensity as six female dancers, built like high-end strippers and done up like dominatrices, bump and grind around his madly gyrating figure in a performance that's just a pelvis pump shy of an R rating. ''Y'all are makin' me feel like a stud tonight,'' a grinning Chasez pants. As if to underline the point, the singer and his band launch into a bludgeoning hard-rock take on Prince's ''Let's Go Crazy.''

One suspects it's not a totally random cover. With his bandmate Justin Timberlake being hailed as the Michael Jackson of the new millennium, Chasez (pronounced sha-ZAY, as in par-TAY) seems to be positioning himself as this era's answer to Prince, the '80s' most erotically minded pop genius and Jacko's erstwhile rival. After all, Chasez's eclectic first solo CD, ''Schizophrenic'' (due Jan. 27), showcases an unexpectedly risky -- and risqué -- musical adventurousness that Prince would likely admire. And ''Schizophrenic'''s first single, ''Some Girls (Dance With Women),'' is just the type of ''hey, wouldn't a threesome be a gas?'' meditation that used to be the Purple One's specialty.

The afternoon prior to the show, Chasez is getting his hair ironed straight for a photo shoot and talking about his new incarnation. Sure, he admits, in the wake of Timberlake's breakout success it seemed all but inevitable that Chasez -- 'N Sync's other hottie, according to sources -- would bust a solo move. Yet by Chasez's account, the decision came about almost by accident. '''N Sync was on hold, and I was on vacation,'' he says. ''I just wanted to get back to a normal life, going grocery shopping and being with my family and friends.'' Chasez, 23, was thus ''chillin''' at home in L.A. last year when he got a call from Atlanta-based producer Dallas Austin, inviting him to ''hang out in his studio and goof off and have some fun,'' maybe even record a song if the mood was right. The result was the propulsive ''Blowin' Me Up (With Her Love),'' which wound up on the soundtrack to the movie ''Drumline'' and became a modest hit. That, says Chasez, started the creative wheels turning. ''After that experience with Dallas, I was like, 'I don't have a problem making a record if I'm doing it on my terms.'''

Intriguingly, the singer chose to forgo big-gun producers such as Timbaland and the Neptunes -- who worked on Timberlake's ''Justified'' -- in favor of left-field critics' darlings like dance-music whiz BT and Prince-inspired electronica duo Basement Jaxx. Chasez struck up an unlikely friendship with the latter group when he dropped in on one of their London recording sessions last year and wound up singing on ''Plug It In,'' a highlight of the band's current CD, ''Kish Kash.'' ''I didn't know much about 'N Sync when I met JC, so I didn't have any prejudices,'' says Simon Ratcliffe of the Jaxx. ''But the boundaries between what's cool and what's not cool have kind of blurred, haven't they? And the fact is, he is a terrific, soulful singer who understands groove and funk. He's able to bring that X factor to music.''

Chasez says he intentionally cast a wide stylistic net with ''Schizophrenic,'' which includes dance-floor jams, new-wave homages, gooey ballads, and cheese-whiz rockers. ''I wasn't going for any sound except what inspired me that day,'' he says. ''I go into my CD collection every morning when I wake up, and one day I'll choose an acid-jazz CD, the next day it'll be Busta Rhymes, and then Led Zeppelin. I'm submerged in every kind of musical culture. It depends which side of the bed I wake up on.''

Following his muse rather than the Timberlake template is a surprising (and commercially perilous) move, but it's one Chasez feels is, well, justified. ''All the cats that worked on my record were friends,'' he says. ''I didn't want to rely on a producer's name to catapult me into the spotlight. J[ustin]'s my best friend, and he's doing what works for him. And the record company understands that it's stupid to have two of the same thing. They're not interested in making carbon copies.''

But don't throw away your 'N Sync Fan Club card yet. Chasez points out that the band intends to record again, probably late this spring. ''My plan is to give everything I've got to promoting ['Schizophrenic'], and when it's had its run I'll go back and work on the next 'N Sync album,'' he says. ''Right now, I've just gotta go out there and do what I do to the best of my ability.'' Okay, stud. We'll B rooting 4 U.

JC, on the other hand, is extremely hot to me. He's very talented and modest about it, very private about his personal life (you'll never see him pulling what Justin did with Britney) and very charismatic on stage. Plus, he's a lot more daring about his music than Justin is. He won't play it safe just to ensure success like Justin did with Justified. He could have easily made an album similar to Justin's with a few super hot producers and easy radio friendly music, but he chose to do things his way. I love that about him.

Dan and I now demonstrate the wisdom in our preferences.

I'm sold.

according to what sources? an unnamed informant at Tigerbeat? wtf?

Ohblahblahblah

;)

WHY HAS NO ONE COMMENTED ON THIS?????????????????? Shaving 5 years off of your age: C/D?

Comedians I tell you.

Dude, you just invented a new chorus for 'Fugee-La'.

This is clearly going to be one of my fave records of the year. There was this great revelatory moment of JC's talent at the Jaxx show last month, when his stand-in valiantly failed to live up to the standard, and afterwards cis came up to me and said "JC Chasez MAKES 'Plug It In'". Which I thought was cool.

I love Lex's reading of 'media whore'. This could be why JC won't go the distance JT has as a public figure - he just doesn't have that whoring factor. Popularity-wise, it will end up like Prince and Michael, whom I have worshipped for time.

but the point still stands... he is not 23.

...Or am I just assuming my personal hotness barometer is universal?

cheers

You are indeed personally hot, sir. Er, wait.

I concur; appearing topless and tanned on the cover of Rolling Stone should be the measuring stick of all pop star boys' hotness, and they should all be forced to do it. Like a rite of passage or something.

It's not a cover of anything. It's an original song. Also, it's not really called "ADIDAS". On the album it's "All Day Long I Dream About Sex".

01. Some Girls (Dance With Women)
02. She Got Me
03. 100 Ways
04. Mercy
05. Build My World
06. Something Special
07. If You Were My Girl
08. Shake It
09. All Day Long I Dream About Sex
10. One Night Stand
11. Come To Me
12. Dear Goodbye
13. Everything You Want
14. Lose Myself
15. Right Here (By Your Side)
16. Blowin' Me Up (With Her Love)
17. Some Girls (Dance With Women) - (featuring Dirt McGirt, rap version)

Are those the songs you heard or is it different now?

01. Some Girls (Dance With Women)
02. She Got Me
03. 100 Ways
04. Mercy
05. Build My World
06. Something Special
07. If You Were My Girl
08. All Day Long I Dream About Sex
09. One Night Stand
10. Come To Me
11. Dear Goodbye
12. Everything You Want
13. Lose Myself
14. Right Here (By Your Side)
15. Extra
16. Right There

The B-Jaxx song was not on the CD version that I was played, but apparently it will be on the final version (they had to get out a cassette to play it for me). "Extra" is techno-pop and "Right There" was a club banger with a psychedelic middle eight. The CD version of "A.D.I.D.A.S." was called "All Day Long," but the Jive rep says right now it's called "A.D.I.D.A.S.", though that's subject to change.

I'm reviewing it for the Red Flag Media mags, which are a bunch of instore magazines distributed across the country. The reviews are put online too, or at least my Missy review was.

Funny that I don't dig this as much as JT, since it seems to me JC is trying to make a very similar move, but there you go.

Cool cover, no?

Where did it go wrong for Usher and D' Angelo?

What if it was Usher and Jordan Knight? That would roxor.

Oh, and that A.D.I.D.A.S. thing is brill, yes. No hope of being big here, probably, but fuck it. Him and Richard X would rock bells.

Can I just say... Oh.My.God.

Traxx to download please! I'm not going to get the whole thing because that'll stop me buying it when it comes out.

Some Girls (Dance With Women)
She Got Me
100 Ways
Mercy
Build My World
Something Special
If You Were My Girl
Shake It (featuring the Basement Jaxx)
All Day Long I Dream About Sex
One Night Stand
Come to Me
Dear Goodbye
Everything You Want
Lose Myself
Right Here By Your Side

I guess we won't know for sure until it actually comes out.

First of all, he plays guitar, piano and supposedly the drums on many of the songs. Secondly, the producers of Some Girl are longtime friends and collaborators, Riprock and AG. JC has written and produced quite a few songs for *NSYNC and others with them. Thirdly, JC actually wrote AND produced Some Girls with them.

So please, don't make ignorant comments like that without knowing anything. Just because JC comes from a boyband doesn't mean he lacks talent. Far from it.

Ned this is very faint praise indeed. "Pop" was pretty turgid, and has only been redeemed by that Freelance Hellraiser bootleg replacing N'Sync's vocals with Missy's from "Lick Shots".

I also find it distinctly unsurprising that both Justin and JC would seek to big-up their own creative involvement in their respective projects, and likewise that critics would try to tear them down on the basis of a presumed lack of involvement. Without being there I'm not sure we can draw a distinction between the two: I've certainly heard too many conflicting reports about how Justified was made to care anyway.

Anyway "Cry Me A River" has the best vocals of the whole album!

Oh, believe me, I agree. But I recall a few voices saying something about how it was their triumphant/wry/ironic/iconic move...uh, no. And as you noticed, those vocals, jeez Louise.

The issue of who did what on the albums in terms of assigning credit raises the big eh with me.

That has absolutely no bearing on whether I like them or not

http://www.clubcd.com/content/feature_article.aspx?EditorialID=2282

BRING ON THE IRONIC FRONT 242 TRIBUTE BANDS IN SARAN WRAP SKIRTS

Seattle to thread?

This, to me, a terrible cover after the aceness of the "Blowin' Me Up" cover. Look! He's schizophrenic! So there are lots of him! And he's insane!

I guess he looks quite good though. The hair is better than normal.

Ahh... so THAT's why his singles are shit.

*** 1/2

NSYNC member astounds!

After Justin Timberlake actually became sort of cool, maybe you thought the odds were low that another NSYNC member might accomplish the same thing. Think again.

On his solo debut, JC Chasez, 27, doesn't connect with the genius producers-of-the-moment, as Timberlake sublimely did with the Neptunes, and he doesn't stop the music to reveal diary entries or literary ambitions. Instead, on Schizophrenic, Chasez got together with a range of pop and dance producers(Basement Jaxx, Robb Boldt. Riprock 'n Alex G) and created seventeen high-impact tracks that spread out all over the place. This is music that is bent on connecting with dance floor and won't deny itself anything: "One Night Stand" interpolates bits of the Donna Summer/Giorgio Moroder disco masterpiece "I Feel Love" in a doo-wop voice and quotes Smokey Robinson's immortal 1979 "Cruisin'."

Schizophrenic is all stylistic pastiche and adventure, territory that boomed during the Eighties (think Prince) but later became more the province of hip-hop and dance. This is the music that first got Chasez- as well as the Neptunes- shaking.

Clearly, Chasez didn't get and keep his place in NSYNC because he couldn't sing, as ballads "Build My World" and the extraordinarily well-sung "Dear Goodbye" prove. "Everything You Want" is ace late-era Police. But most important, Chasez does what works for his tracks. This means aching through feverish pop reggae ("Mercy"), chanting strong New Wave ("All Day Long I Think About Sex"), lifting off Stevie Wonder-style celebrations ("She Got Me") and reporting the latest nightlife news ("Some Girls [Dance With Women]"). No doubt about it, Schizophrenic is a lot. It's also cool. James Hunter

JC CHASEZ - ANNOYING

and of course all that sex talk just makes everything worse, i mean the lyrics in 'come to me' "when i'm all alone.......i lie awake and masturbate" - GROSS

Album could have been pared down to 13 tracks and it would have been perfect but since there will be disagreement over which tracks should have been ditched, I'm glad it's a long album. I can program out the ones I don't want to hear, so can everyone else, and we're all happy.

The "even if nothing else is" wasn't meant to dismiss the rest of the album - bad choice of words.

The really stunning thing is how JC is a complete vocal chameleon. He's one of the few pop stars out right now who would absolutely thrive at an American Idol-style competition where week after week you have to sing completely disjunct styles.

Er, um. More than "Right Here By Your Side"? How could that be possible?

http://www.prettymellow.org/voxpopuli/articles/04a/0403nypost.jpg

or this:

http://www.jcchasez.nu/picsjcconcert/120603/01.jpg

Lesley is pretty much otm. I really wanted this album to do well but it's not being promoted at all.

A man can dream...

Speaking of Nipplegate, the new Janet song on Enthusiastic But Mediocre is really fine. I want 2004 to be the year of the retro-modern pop-soul ballad (insert Kiley Dean boosting here).

I am too. Is there even a release date for the US? I know it's out in the UK next week, and after seeing them perform it on Top of the Pops yesterday, I wish there was a way that JC could join Basement Jaxx in Coachella for that song.

The video is fun, though. Still prefer the album cut.

Or Alex in NYC, Destiny's Child and pabulum.

"Sorry (2004)" or "(Sorry) 2004" - either one works for me.

Shit, Tim, the live performance of 'All Day Long' on Wade Robson has some of the best dancing I've seen all year (one of the best videos of the year so far too).

How's 'Build My World' doing in the US?

JC is obviously going to be critically reevaluated. By the end of the year, Schizophrenic'll probably be all over top 10s and they'll be clamouring for his next record and wishing the NSYNC reunion never happens(/ned?).

I half-expected his ballads to grow on me - Xtina's did, and Justin's as well - but no, the ballads on Schizophrenic just need to die.

It was hampered a little bit at first because it was just kind of thrown out there as an alternative for all those stations that wouldn't/couldn't/felt they shouldn't play ADIDAS. But now it's starting to climb up the airplay charts.

I'm still pissed that we don't get to see the ADIDAS video on US TV, though. Like a little salad tossing and goat milking are going to corrupt our youth.

Watch it at the Gap website

The Stengaard one's nice though, probably worth picking the single up for.

and another thing.. there's a coupla songs on the album which sound very george michael, those are my least favourites. and on a final note, i really think JC should cut his hair short.

http://www.jc-source.net/gallery/extra-nov-04/images/06.jpg

However, his best song currently remains 'Shake It'. Can we (hopefully) talk about what unadulterated genius it is?

http://www.jc-source.net/gallery/insider-nov-04/images/02.jpg

I actually feel JC is better at the breathless, panting funk of "Shake It" and "100 Ways" than at the smooth electro-lothario of "Come To Me" - he's very, very good at going over the top with his lecherous vocal mannerisms.

I especially like the bit in this song where it goes off into "la la la la la la la" bonkersness.

1. The quick kickoff.
2. The backing vocals in the verses - "Hypno-tise mee", "Low-oh-oh-oh-oh" - and the choruses.
3. The technically unstunning but totally fitting dancehall breakdown.
4. The lyrics. "Do you know my na-ame!"
5. The beat - it wobbles but it don't fall down.
6. The post-chorus instrumental part. Absolutely bonkers.
7. The "la la la la la la la" bonkersness.
8. His'n'hers Camille voices.
9. It's the ultimate balance of popcraft and production savvy Kish Kash almost perfected and is therefore its ultimate embodiment.
10. It's the male 'Toxic' (or the 'Rock Your Body' of 2004) and it probably would've broken him everywhere.

ADLIDAS
Build My World
Shake It/100 Ways
Come To Me

'Some Girls' as the first was a bad move - it could never have struck the right match.

'Some Girls' is okay to me, but it's not my favorite. In fact, I prefer the Japanese import version of Schizophrenic, which has 'Right There (Your Body)' instead of the rap edit of 'Some Girls' on it as the bonus track.

If JC Chasez's first solo album left you feeling a bit confused (hey, man, it was called Schizophrenic), you weren't alone. But the 'NSYNC frontman is planning to tighten the ropes a bit for his sophomore

"This one is going to be a little more pop-alternative," Chasez said recently. "The last one had a pretty broad spectrum, so this time I'm gonna give people more of a journey in the same direction."

The singer has been holed up in a recording studio for a good part of the year recording the follow-up to his 2004 debut, which spawned the singles "Some Girls (Dance With Women)," "All Day Long I Dream About Sex" and the heart-tugging ballad "Build My World."

While Chasez has yet to determine which tracks will make the final cut, he says this is a project he is "really proud of."

"There's one song I wrote called 'Satellite' that's very metaphorical," he said. "It's about two people being out of reach, just orbiting each other."

The 29-year-old has been working with an assorted group of beatmakers from coast to coast to produce the project. So far, Chasez has hit the studio with Jimmy Harry (Kelly Clarkson, Britney Spears) in Los Angeles, David Maurice (U2, Madonna) in New York and Timbaland (Missy Elliott, Brandy) in Miami, where the odd couple laid down the uptempo track "Fire."

"I really respect Timbaland's opinion and his take on music," the singer said. "He's a very talented guy and real quiet — at least until you get into the recording studio with him!"

Chasez has yet to title the LP. "I have a couple ideas kicking around in my head, but I'm not sure," he said. "Once I'm done writing, then I'll decide."

You can expect the first single to drop by the end of this year, Chasez said, with the full record out by early 2006.

And despite claims by bandmate Lance Bass that more 'NSYNC music is on the way (see "Will 'NSYNC Go All Backstreet Boys On Us? Lance Says Yes, Joey's Less Sure"), Chasez says the group has no plans to record at the moment. 'NSYNC's only collaboration will be to continue their annual charity event, Challenge for the Children, to raise money for a variety of causes.

I like the implication that he then becomes untalented but loud.

If you thought you had Frankie J pegged, think again. The charismatic R&B crooner is about to pitch a few curve balls.

"I've been working with a few different people," the Tijuana, Mexico-born singer said. "I'm actually on my way to Atlanta to do a song with JC Chasez for his new record. I know his manager through a mutual friend. He told me JC was working on some new stuff, so we met up for lunch one day to talk business and we just clicked."

The as-yet-untitled track will be penned by Frankie, Chasez and songwriter Sean Garrett (Aaliyah, Usher, Ricky Martin), and it will be produced by Timbaland, who has already laid down several tracks for Chasez's sophomore solo effort due out next year (see "JC Chasez Promises Next Solo Outing Will Be Less Schizophrenic").

"I've heard some of JC's stuff and it's very different," Frankie said. "He's not really following the sound of what's popular on radio today, which is good because he's not trying to be anyone else. He just wants to be JC. I'm not sure what to expect when I go in, but I know I'm looking forward to what comes out of it."

Frankie also recorded recently with another Timbaland protégé, Dirty South rapper Bubba Sparxxx, who is working on the follow-up to his 2003 LP, Deliverance. The track "Run Away" was produced by Basement Beats, the same crew that garnered hits for Nelly and his St. Lunatics.

"It was funny working with Bubba," Frankie recalled. "That guy is just crazy. The thing about him is that he doesn't write down his lyrics. It's all in his mind. It's a lot like what JC does in the studio, too. He just records it off the top of his head, so it was interesting to watch him flow."

Am I the only one geeked about the potential brillance here?
The supposed first single is produced by Dallas Austin, who he did Blowing Me Up with and I really want to hear the Har Mar Superstar stuff.

Has anyone heard the new single that's supposed to be out any minute now?

Lex, no-one's talking about it, but he's working with Xenomania for fuck sake, and it's a brilliant song (butt rap!) that should be a single. I've been trying to find out when it was written, because no-one's been able to tell whether it's leftover from Schizophrenic or if he has worked with them since, ie. potential for Xenomania production on the new album, but the only response so far is to bemoan the fact that a member of *Nsync is involving himself with pop music, so I haven't got far with that. Do any of you guys know how you could find that sort of information, because my next step involves contacting JC's people at MusicFreedom directly and I would rather not be that sort of fan, if it can be helped.

for years (2) i've seen you dudes boosting a track called 'a.d.i.d.a.s.' which i assumed was

a) not on the album
b) prod. basement jaxx

it took till TODAY to work it out.

god i'm thick.

It's good. Americanised present-pop Beatles, again indebted to Jordan Knight via channeling NKOTB's 'Tonight'. It is also the one Justin assisted on.

by 2006 we'll clearly be ready for my own la style/t99 revival.

-- strongo hulkington (dubplatestyl...), February 3rd, 2004.

SURELY IT IS TIME. (Or did it happen?)

Apparently Timbaland is lending a hand.

Chasez has described his new sound as IPM (Intelligent Pop Music).