like i love you was lukewarm? iunno i thought that was a big hit. my bros and i played that track a tonTimbaland was so much of a genius producer, he made Justin Timberlake cool. Even with The Neptunes producing Justin Timberlake's debut single, "Like I Love You" got a lukewarm reception. He was still just the dude from N'sync who was cosplaying Michael Jackson in look and sound. "Cry Me A River" changed that and legitimized Justin as a solo act. Granted, I look at Ginuwine's The Bachelor album as the template for Timbaland creating Justin's sound.