Revisiting Robin Thicke's Paula (5 Years After Blurred Lines)

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In this month’s case study, during the five-year anniversary of the chart success of “Blurred Lines,” I take a look at Robin Thicke’s follow-up album. Blatantly inspired by his marital turmoil, and initially pegged as a failure, I wanted to find out: is it really that bad? Does Thicke deserve our sympathy? And have any albums attempted what he tried since? The answers are yes, not really, and surprisingly yes.

Do you agree? Disagree? Do you think maybe I’m going deaf, maybe I'm going blind, or maybe I'm out of my mind? Let me know in the comments!

Songs Used:
- All songs on Robin Thicke's Paula (2014), except "Whatever I Want"
- "Blurred Lines" and "Ooh La La" from Robin Thicke's Blurred Lines (2013)
- "4:44" and "The Story of OJ" from Jay-Z's 4:44 (2017)

Stories/Sites Cited or Used for Research:
- http://www.metacritic.com/music/paula...
- https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/m...
- https://www.billboard.com/articles/re...
- https://www.gq.com/story/robin-thicke...
- https://www.theatlantic.com/entertain...
- https://www.theguardian.com/music/201...
- http://descrier.co.uk/culture/music/r...
- https://www.billboard.com/articles/co...
- https://www.billboard.com/articles/ne...

Videos Used:
-    • Robin Thicke - Blurred Lines ft. T.I....  
-    • Robin Thicke - Lost Without U (Offici...  
-    • Robin Thicke - Get Her Back  
-    • Видео  
-    • Robin Thicke - Still Madly Crazy  
-    • Robin Thicke On Recording "Paula" Alb...  
-    • Robin Thicke - Forever Love  
-    • Deposition With Robin Thicke, Pharrel...  
-    • Robin Thicke: When I Get You Alone (D...  
-    • JAY-Z - 4:44  

Wikipedia Sources for Certain Images:
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By Source, Fair use, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?...
By Source, Fair use, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?...