0 colorado. we'll get his take. is the u.s. about to become a pot nation? tonight at 10:00 eastern. and i'm don lemon at the cnn headquarters. i'm going to see you back here at 10:00 p.m. in the meantime, the justin timberlake experience begins right now. look, i've only done two albums in ten years. >> he must somehow flip on a switch and say music time. >> that's the way i really look at it. what does the next decade mean for me? >> he always has an eye and an ear for what's next. >> i don't want to put anything out that i feel like is something i don't love. >> he's the ultimate showman and he's a star. >> you just don't get that every day. you have to wait for it. i'm ready. ♪ justin timberlake was ready. for one of the biggest years of his career. which is really saying something for a mouseketeer. days ago he dropped his first album in seven year. ♪ let me show you a few things backed by a slew of promotion and carefully planned performances. on jimmy fallon's show, it was the history of rap. ♪ ♪ i got you on the check on the highest rated "saturday night live" he was at times savvy. ♪ i show you how to do this ♪ c'mon, y'all. and silly. ♪ veg out ♪ veg out the music, the moves, the money. that's the justin timberlake experience. >> hello, everybody. my name is justin timberlake. oh >> long before the millions of fans and megastardom, there was 9-year-old justin timberlake, a small-town boy with big-time dreams. ♪ please don't go girl ♪ it would ruin the whole world ♪ people in the music industry always talk about this thing or that thing, but he definitely always had that thing. always. >> best friend trey grew up with justin in tennessee, just outside of memphis. >> memphis is a very, very very musical town. ♪ >> everything revolves around music. from the time we were little kids, you go to dinner and the bar next door has a live band playing, so i feel like memphis brings it out in you. >> whether it was singing a gospel duet in this rare early video. ♪ ♪ since my baby left me >> or during a charity event channeling one of memphis' own, the king of rock and roll. ♪ i've been so lonely baby the grandson of a preacher and son of a choir director never passed up a chance to perform. ♪ >> oh, look at that. pinches bob westbrook gave justin his first singing lessons when he was 8. >> reporter: what did he have? that star quality? >> the mannerism, his charisma, the natural stage field. you see what he's got now? it was there. >> when justin was just 11, his talents landed him on "star search" the nationally televised talent show. back then justin only went by his first and middle name. >> welcome justin randall. ♪ ♪ called my doctor on the telephone ♪ ♪ tell me doctor ♪ something's wrong >> the young singer with the ten-gloss hat seemed comfortable in the spotlight. ♪ i can't eat ♪ i can't sleep ♪ it's turning me every which way but loose ♪ >> but in the end -- >> justin randall receives 3 1/4. >> his performance failed to wince over the "star search" judges. speaking to larry king live in 2001, justin made light of his early loss. >> did you win? >> no, lost 6 first round. if. >> if you lose on "star search" you never make it. >> there you go. >> with his mother's unwavering support, justin continued chasing his dream. >> lynn was very much a loving mother and wanted justin to have every opportunity that he could and to take his talent wherever he wanted to take it. ♪ >> shortly after losing "star search" heard about the casting call for the mickey mouse club. >> i remember if i would have won on "star search" i never would have seen that audition, so it's funny how stuff works out, huh? >> i can imagine that would to have been a huge deal when he landed that. >> it was a huge deal. >> a huge deal, because now justin would be singing, dancing and acting as part of a who's who of teenage heartthrobs, including christina aguilera, ryan gosling, jaycee jarzay and one sparkling mouseketeer that caught his eye -- britney spears. chuck yeager tutored him and the other stars. >> these are your kids. >> yes. >> show some who's who. >> we start here with christina aguilera, always showing a bare midriff, brit my spears, justin timberlake. ♪ now it's time to say good-bye ♪ >> but just two years after joining the show, the spotlight suddenly vanished when the mickey mouse club was canceled. and justin had to return to his sleepy hometown in tennessee. >> you know, for him, it was tough. he would step out and go and experience new culture, and the new fashion trends, you know, new hairstyles. where we grew up, people are not open to change, you know, they don't like change. >> i can't imagine people picking on justin, kids picking on him. >> you know, when you're a boy and you live in the south, it's tough. it's tough to be a boy in the south. but it also i think prepared him for what was to come in the future with having tough skin. coming up, justin leaves his home town after receiving a phone call that would change his life forever. >> when i heard him sing, i mean, you know, it was just unbelievable. in a three-hundred-ton rocket doesn't raise as much as an eyebrow for these veterans of the sky. however, seeing this little beauty over international waters is enough to bring a traveler to tears. we're putting the wonder back into air travel, one innovation at a time. the new american is arriving. i've been using crest pro-health for a week. my dentist said it was gonna help transform my mouth. 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