Justin Timberlake wants to be Michael Jackson. Britney Spears wants to be Madonna. And now, JC Chasez wants to be Prince.

-“Schizophrenic” is a new solo album from JC Chasez, one of the guys from N*SYNC. The album is eclectic with many different voices and sounds from Chasez — hence its title. Opting to write the album alone with Basement Jaxx and with Dallas Austin producing, “Schizophrenic” is a mix of dance, electronica, pop and R&B that makes a throwback to the funky, former-symbol Prince himself.

So what is the popular topic of the album? Sex, of course!

There is no subtlety when it comes to sexuality in the derived beat song “All Day Long I Dream About Sex” and the funky rhythms of “One Night Stand.” “Come to Me” would be an excellent song, with its clever callback to Corey Hart’s “Sunglasses at Night,” if it wasn’t so lewd and dirty in its references to solo sex.

The tribal beat of “Everything You Want” makes for one of the best songs on the album. The track’s simplicity and vocals have the makeup of a hit.

Maybe Chasez should have stuck to raunchy dance songs; the ballads are hard to believe and poorly contrived. Slow songs like “Build my World” and “Dear Goodbye” sound dishonest as if they were thrown on the album to show Chasez’s softer side.

Chasez’s sincerity is exemplified through the upbeat, less-generic ballad “Right By Your Side”and in the song “Something Special.”

“Schizophrenic” is an affected, flawed album that might leave you hearing voices from the past.