SCORE: 90/100. EXCELLENT, FULL OF INCREDIBLE TRACKS AND KEEPS A CONSISENTLY GREAT SOUND THROUGHOUT THE RUNTIME, RARELY SKIPPING A BEAT OR FALLING DOWN IN THE PROCESS.
The J.Lo album that stands out most in her discography might be the (somewhat) self-titled 2001 effort, 'J.Lo'. This album contains an incredible three-track run consisting of 'Love Don't Cost A Thing' (one of my favorite J.Lo songs, and one of the highlights/staples of 2000s pop), 'I'm Real', and 'Play'.
I'm not sure why I keep submitting myself to Jennifer's albums, they're always far too long and wind up being lackluster - and yet I keep coming back. I really love some of her songs, and this album felt like it would be more enjoyable, so I gave it a shot.
Jennifer got more artistic control over this album and went through a somewhat drastic image change for the release of the album. The album is more of the sound her fans would soon become used to - and it takes on a poppier sound than what is heard on her debut album (which I have not listened to, but it's a lot more R&B from the tracks I HAVE heard). She described the album as being about "what I've observed and witnessed my sisters and my girlfriends going through. The songs are about having a good time and not having a good time, or partying a lot and partying too much.", and it is a more personal and emotion
fueled album than her debut.
One thing that REALLY sticks out about this album is the production. The production is crisp and snappy with just the right amount of edge and bounce to it, and each track has a unique beat from the last. There is less of a lack of variety than what can be found on some of her other albums - and it acts as something of a saving grace in an incredibly lackluster discography.
Shockingly enough, 'J.Lo' manages to be a beyond solid pop effort. Jennifer found the sound that she so desperately needed to be using - the album itself is still a little lengthy, unfortunately her albums do have that drawback, but this album actually makes that time feel worthwhile. It's worth more than just the overplayed hits, and the production is incredibly full and packed with variety throughout the albums' runtime.
This album finally makes Jennifer's fame as a singer make a little more sense to me, and it winds up being a damn good album. It isn't anything groundbreaking by any means - but it had some smash hits and some great new songs to discover all these years later. This album does almost everything that a pop album should do - all with some added flair put into the mix. Even the slower songs were enough to hook me in. This album grabbed and kept me in more than I ever could've expected, and it gave me some high hopes for some of the other albums in her catalogue.
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