It's hard to say if he would have had success if he had launched as a solo Artist but NSYNC clearly got him an audience who then followed him into his solo career. I think he is slightly ashamed of his NSYNC past even though it was super successful, it was " tween, bubblegum music" which he has purposely moved away from in his solo career.

I really agree with that last paragraph, even in JT's own production it sounds as Timbaland produced this. He's clearly influenced by the people he has worked with but he needs to branch out and work with others because he's stagnant. Oh and I'm not holding my breath on any full length album, maybe Jive will force him though.

SN : I wish he would sing in a lower register, he sounds as if his balls haven't dropped. But I guess that's how he's going to sound, he's 30 now so....