Looks like the wait is almost over: In a video called "I'm Ready" posted online at noon today, Justin Timberlake revealed he is back in the booth and prepping new music for his first album since FutureSex/LoveSounds in 2006. But there's nothing to hear just yet. According to several sources, a track produced by Timbaland and featuring Jay-Z is imminent – and if the countdown clock on Timberlake's website is any indication, that new track could be out in just three days (by midnight Monday morning, in other words).

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You can check out the video below, which finds Timberlake discussing his sometimes difficult relationship with making music: "I'm the one who sits and is obsessive about it before you even get to hear it. As close as I get to it, I don't know that I can physically torture myself year in and year out and expect it to fulfill me the way that it does, and the way that it is right now. I don't want to put anything out that I think is something I don't love," Timberlake says at the close of the video. "You just don't get that everyday, you have to wait for it." 

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