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The first thing I noted about the album was the very low amount of slow songs. Virtually all the songs can be danced to. This is definitely a good thing as La Lopez' admittedly thin vocals tended to annoy on the ballads from On the 6. Sadly though, there is no frenetically fun track a la 'Let's Get Loud' on J.Lo

Here's a track-by-track run-down of the album:

1)Love Don't Cost a Thing - You've all heard it... Form your own opinion.

2)I'm Real - A nice standard dance-pop song. Pleasant and inoffensive, if a bit predictable.

3)Play - The future 2nd single and one of the best songs on the album. Great techno beat and totally danceable to. Vaguely reminiscent of Madonna's 'Music' while maintaining it's originality. Ms Lopez even swears here! :)

4)Walking on Sunshine - Another techno-y track. Pretty good too. Great use of samples and audio effects.

5)Ain't It Funny - A track full of Latino flavour. Sounds like a Spanish ballad updated for the new millennium. VERY catchy chorus.

6)Carino - When I first heard this song, I immediately thought of Ms Lopez singing on a stage above a dancefloor, with backup singers and band behind her, while couples tango away below. Another wonderfully Latino track.

7)Come Over - The first slow song. A bit too boring and the lyrics are pretty inane. A disappointment. Sounds like a Toni Braxton reject.

8)We Gotta Talk - This really reminds me of a Destiny's Child song, 'Hey Ladies'. Good but not incredible.

9)That's Not Me - My favourite track on the album. Pulsating insistent beats mesmerize you while the chorus is TOTALLY catchy. Wonderful blend of slow and uptempo elements. Must be the magic touch of Kandi.

10)Dance With Me - Not a cover of the Debelah Morgan song, it's a pretty forgettable standard R&B song. Nice use of trumpet(I think) blats tho.

11)Secretly - Another slow song. REALLY slow and thus not my cup of tea. At least Jennifer's voice is pretty pleasant here.

12)I'm Gonna Be Alright - Another track with a great chorus. Quite good on the whole.

13)That's the Way - Eh... Bland stuff, despite being produced by Rodney Jerkins. And Jennifer's voice is slightly whiny here.

14)Dame (Touch Me) - A duet with Chayanne. Obviously very Latin. This is another of my favourite tracks. Chayanne does sound scarily like an old woman on this track though. Also produced by Jerkins, despite sounding nothing like something he would produce.

15)Si Ya Se Acabo - Another Latin track, obviously. And it's also pretty good. Reminds me of a slower, Latin-flavoured 'Waiting for Tonight'.

On the whole, J.Lo is great, but falls short of perfection. Jennifer Lopez, or rather her producers, has made a album that showcases her ability to make a fun, catchy song and downplays her vocal weaknesses. In an interview, Jennifer claimed to have made J.Lo an album directed 'at the hips' and in this instance, she has succeeded wonderfully. Take a bow, Miss Lopez.


"J-lo,Real Lo"   January 24, 2001
 20 out of 32 found this review helpful

jennifer Lopez the highest paid latina actress of all time. Jennifer Lopez considered by many to be this era's new sex pot. Jennifer Lopez the only "music artist" who should pay us for watching her act, listening to her sing. And for all the time she spends walking around butt naked, she should have spent taking voice lessons. I mean madonna did do it first-and bettr I might add. And speaking of Madonna isn't this trying to be one of her discs. The first single "Say My Nam...Opp's I mean "Love Don't Cost A Thing" is just a rippoff of the now trademark Destiny Child's sound. Do we really need another song about someone else's money? Another disgusting track is "Secretly" a song in which Lopez sounds as if she just left a room full of cigar smokers and came out with fleghm in her throat. The production teams do try to cover up Lopex's flaws. Her inability to sing is something that they can't work around. She does have the abiliy to carry a tune but only a few steps though. The disc does have a little bit of sunshine at least. "Come Over" plays up on Jennifer's sex kitten persona lovely as she plays willing participant to all of your desires. But for all it's worth Jennifer Lpopez is like your second love. She is not the original but does have creepy qualities that your first love had. Lopez has the Steps of Paula Abdul, the star quality and production of Janet Jackson and the sassiness just good enogugh to win all the Teen People "Artist Of The Year" awards that her little arms can carry.


Jennifer wants to be Madonna   January 30, 2001
 18 out of 21 found this review helpful

Well this is Jennifer's second album, and surprisingly she wrote some songs, (when I say wrote I mean with around 3-4 others).

The best track on the album is definitely "Love Don't Cost A Thing" (although that trumpet piece is wacked).

"PLAY" would have to be one of the lamest songs I have heard in a very long time. This is a complete ripoff of Madonna's "Music", with an added out burst of "Play my mutha @#@#*$ song" Why people have to sing about talking to DJ's is beyond me.

"Walking on Sunshine" isn't too bad, again Madonna's infulence can be heard. This song is very similar to Madonna's "Sky Fits Heaven", which has a similar note progression in the chorus.

The next song "Ain't it Funny" starts off sounding like an Enrique song (similar background) but quickly becomes Madonna's "La Isla Bonita".

"We Gotta Talk" is an improvement on others songs, with a good beat.

"That's Not Me" is written in the Destiny's Child style of slow verse then a really fast chorus with lots of singing up and down. Not bad if you like this style of song. Gets a little hard on the ears as the song continues.

Just when the album seems to be improving we hit Puffy's attempt. Puffy co-wrote with 3 other people, another sign of his ability. This song sadly mentions the word "DJ" again, which makes it bad enough. To make things worse, Puffy, who produced this, puts in a "dah dah dah dah dah dah" sound effect at the end of section, which just sounds terrible. Only notiable part of this song is the piano backup.

"Secretly" is where Jennifer changes from wanting to be Madonna to wanting to be Janet Jackson. If anyone owns "Velvet Rope" they would think this is a remix of one of the songs. She even sounds like Janet on this one!

"I'm Gonna be Alright", finally worthy song. This song has a nice feel to it, something which separates it from the stop start emotion that the others have.

Track 13, we hit a DarkChild production. This plus the fact that Lopez didn't work on it makes it a good song. I would have liked Jerkins to have done 40% of this album, he and Jennifer work very good together, unlike the mismatch of Jerkins with the Spice Girls (don't go there!)

"Dame" is another latino number, I don't mind this one. Not something you can dance to, unless the salsa is something your into.

"Si YA Se Acabo", this is a very good latino number. Lopez sings in Spanish, which is great. This song has a good beat, great guitars and trumpets.

This album has alot of "dance" songs, a few latin but no real ballads, which is sad.

In summary this is a pretty average c.d. Lopez fans will probably love it, but for everyone else it seems to be lacking punch.


a good effort   January 25, 2001
 17 out of 30 found this review helpful

J Lo? What's up with that? All of her music sounds the same. I guess that's a good thing if you're a fan (which I'm not). She lacks good vocals and depends on a beat to get through a song. You'll like this ONLY if you're a BIG fan.


A Great C.D with some flaws   March 10, 2001
 17 out of 20 found this review helpful

Jennifer Lopez has without a doubt done a cool second album and i can't believe people are hating on her and critising this C.D. First thing, Jennifer Lopez is incredibly talented: How many of y'all can write songs, sing, dance, act and be a total style queen?! I found all the songs apart from 3 of them to be excellent. Let me break it down for you: 1. Love don't cost a thing- As you know it has an R n' B feel to it and is a great song.

2. I'm real- Must say, the beginning is excellent. The beat is fantastic, very catchy and R n'B style. My fave track of the C.D.

3. Play-Very Maddona style. It's sort of like 'music' but NOT mediocre and monotonous.

4. Walking on sunshine- If you loved 'waiting for tonight' then you'll love this. This is a pop song overall but puff daddy has produced it and is one of my favourites. Lopez really sounds good on this song.

5. Ain't it funny- Sorry Jennifer, but i don't like the Spanish-type beginning but the rest of the song is excellent. Lopez even holds a high note on this one.

6. Carino- This is alright, its not unbearable or anything but has the corny Ricky Martin type thing going down. The same thing happens in the horrendous 'Dame'.

7. Come over- This is a slow song and it grew on me (when i knew the words to it!). It depends on my mood whether i give this song a listen. I think Jennifer Lopez really SHINES on the track 'too late' off 'on the 6'. A few of those type of ballads with a beat to it would be great and Jen's real fans would love it i'm sure.

8.We gotta talk- This song has the R n' B style without a doubt and is midtempo. The use of guitar is good.

9.That's not me- It starts off slow but has a VERY upbeat chorus. A very good song.

10.Dance with me- Produced by Puffy,so you can probably work out that it's excellent. It's a pity they split up, Puffy really knows how to bring out the talent in Jennifer.Anyways, the song starts off Ricky Martin style and then the hip-hop/R n' B beats come in. Jennifer's voice sounds super on this one.

11. Secretly- Have to say, didn't like this is first but i do now. Lopez sings this in a slightly unnatural manner (it's a slow song). Maybe Jennifer should steer clear of really slow songs for her next album so i can give it 5 stars.

12. i'm gonna be alright- A very good song, R n'B meets pop. Excellent.

13. That's the way- Produced By 'Dark child' a.k.a Rodney Jerkins. If you like songs produced by him generally you'll love this.

14. Dame- HOW TRAGIC!!!! This is an album filler for sure. The guy singing on this sounds dreadful. * ONE THINGS FOR SURE JENNIFER LOPEZ AND ALL OTHER SINGING ARTISTS SHOULD LEAVE SPANISH-SOUNDING CHEESY,CORNY MUSIC ALONE- TONI BRAXTON'S 'SPANISH GUITAR' IS AN EXCEPTION! * What was Jerkins thinking when producing and writing this track?!

15. Si ya se acabo- It's O.K but...er... what does it mean?!!!!! On the whole the album is very good, the 12 brilliant tracks make up for the 3 lame spanish ones despite my critisism. This is definetely a major achievement for Lopez,i mean i have stupidly bought albums in the past with about 8 good tracks in total. If you love R n'B and pop go to the record store and get yourself a copy of J.LO. P.S i hope you have found my 100% honest review helpful!! Thanks for reading.