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Start Date: February 11, 2020
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Someone working in the field J.Lo does was probably expected to have faded away at this point in their career. After all it is the pop world and stars shine bright and fade fast;we all know the clishe. Underneath her commercial hits though J.Lo always had this streak of artistic credibility. Her compositions mixing latin-funk flavors with a kind of densely chorded modern pop were actually very good but,because again of her place in the world of celeberties it's doubtfull anyone ever bother anylyzing her artistic merrits. This is her fourth album. Released during a very very bad time for record sales in general and very much overlooked and often slammed what makes this album so good for J.Lo? Well her voice is actually fairly elastic for one thing:considering this album features none of her compositions and is handled by the very trendy Rodney Jerkins and his crew the she is able to both wail emotionally in the right places and hiss like so many teen sex kittens to be heard on pop radio. Her singing can kind of trick you like a magician;she doesn't have an incredible range but she has no problem working in both the world of the artist and doing the pop diva routine. There are two incredible funk jams here with some really hot horn samples in the big hit "Get Right" and "Cherry Pie" were J.Lo actually mocks and fun everyone with her impressions of the teeny bopper idles she's considered to be a part of. Most people might chalk it up to a lack of talent but,if you listen closely to her intonations there is a bit of parody involved in much the same way Prince has done in the past. The majority of the rest of the album focuses on J.Lo letting go of her heavy radio pop and latin flavors and focusing more on beat heavy funky hip-hop type tunes that are,while not her compositions have her style on "Step Into My World:,"Hold You Down" with Fat Joe,"Ryde Or Die" and "He'll Be Back". On "Still Around" J.Lo goes for a soul type of approach and actually borrows (but not steals) a few helpful chordal lines from Luther Vandross's hit Never Too Much. "(Can't Believe) This Is Me" could've very easily been overblown (and maybe even pretentious) with it's orchestration and dramatic delivery but considering J.Lo's public persona but it actually may even hold it's own with a Stevie Wonder epic of past years or,perhaps more appropriately for the era something from Aaliyah. Having the Dual Disk of this album is something you'll want to do: it features both "Get Right" videos and a documentary on the making of the this album. This is probably a lot more overlooked then it should be and considering J.Lo's "rebirth" involved healthy helpings of funk and a sense of musical ambition I have to give the gal some props for that.
CONDITION: NEW. Issued in plain white jacket with sticker on plastic wrap. 
TRACK LISTING: A1Get Right Backing Vocals – Jennifer Lopez, Rudaina Haddad, E'Anna Crawley* Producer – Cory Rooney, Rich Harrison A2Step Into My World Backing Vocals – Delisha Thomas, Jennifer Lopez Keyboards [Additional] – Cory Rooney Producer – Fred "Uncle Freddie" Jerkins*, Hector Diaz, Rodney "Darkchild" Jerkins* A3Hold You Down Backing Vocals – Jennifer Lopez, Makeba Riddick Featuring – Fat Joe Producer – Cory Rooney, Gregory Bruno*, Nyce Boy* A4Whatever You Wanna Do Backing Vocals – Jennifer Lopez Producer – Cory Rooney, Rich Harrison A5Cherry Pie Bass – Tim Kelley Drums [Programming] – Tim Kelley Guitar [Electric] – Bob Robinson Keyboards – Tim Kelley Producer – Cory Rooney, Tim & Bob A6I Got U Backing Vocals – Delisha Thomas Guitar – Tim Stuart Producer – Rodney "Darkchild" Jerkins* B1Still Around Producer – Big Boi, Cory Rooney, Cutmaster Swiff B2Ryde Or Die Backing Vocals – Makeba Riddick Producer – Cory Rooney, Robert Anthony B3I, Love Bass – Tim Kelley Drums [Programming] – Tim Kelley Guitar [Electric] – Bob Robinson Keyboards – Tim Kelley Producer – Cory Rooney, Tim & Bob B4He'll Be Back Backing Vocals [Additional] – Candice Nelson Co-producer – Danja Producer – Timbaland B5(Can't Believe) This Is Me Bass – Erben Perez, Marco Britti Guitar – Mario Guini Producer – Marc Anthony B6Get Right Backing Vocals – Jennifer Lopez, Rudaina Haddad, E'Anna Crawley* Featuring – Fabolous Producer – Cory Rooney, Rich Harrison
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