If we truly want the best for America's children, let us pause and give thanks for Justin Bieber. It has been about 4 months since the first release of Justin Bieber’s debut CD, My World. This album may take a while to get used to as there are not a lot of songs that are microphone singing and dancing in underwear worthy. The songwriting is noticeably duller, with fizzy Euro-pop synthesizers neutralizing the mild, hip-hoppish quirks that made Bieber's debut EP such a joy. Now surrounded by mushy electronic timbres, even the kid's sweetest hooks start to curdle. It effects a musical anachronism, albeit a catchy one, but in this sped-up recycling moment all styles all at once are grist for the mill.

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