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Jennifer
Lopez's "J.Lo"
A
New Nickname With A Familiar Sound
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Is
it Jennifer Lopez? Is it Destiny's Child? "Love
Don't Cost a Thing" - and Jennifer Lopez's new "J. Lo"
disc -- treads through the familiar Destiny's Child/Rodney Jerkins-inspired
which is experiencing unheard of popularity right now.
However,
just as if you were trying to differentiate between Lopez and
Beyonce Knowles, the best way to |
tell
them apart is to look at it from the rear. Knowles is
stunning, but everybody knows Jennifer Lopez has a million dollar
ass. It's on the second half of "J.Lo" that Lopez
differentiates herself from current music trends by returning to her
Latina roots to rump-shaking success.
Unlike
Christina Aguilera, who decided well after-the-fact to acknowledge
her ethnic heritage, Lopez's "On the 6" debut impressed
audiences around the world with its latin/pop fusion. She rode
the first "Latin Explosion" to prominence on the pop
charts. The disc spawned #1 single "If You Had My
Love," positioning Lopez among a string of actors/actresses-turned-singers
to become one-hit wonders. (Can you say Tracey Ullman,
Jennifer Love Hewitt, Michael Damian and Rick Springfield?)
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Lopez
defied the odds and followed with "Waiting for Tonight,"
another Top 10 track, as well as "Feelin' So Good."
She received massive support and success in ethnic markets; her duet
with Marc Anthony topped Latin charts for weeks.
"J.Lo"
offers the same enthusiastic, unabashed blend of Latin flavor and
pop smarts. With the "Love Don't Cost a Thing"
already in the Billboard Top Five, |
The
always sexy Lopez |
Lopez
presents the realistic double threat of simultaneously topping both
the "Hot 100" and album charts.
While
"Love Don't" garners success by being sound-alike, as will
"That's the Way" - a Jerkins-produced cut as likeable as
any Pink track -- Lopez shows true diversity when she steps away from
the trend-oriented sounds. "Carino" and "Dame"
(which is Spanish for "Give It To Me") feature a delectable
Latin-Pop beat. "Ain't It Funny" has a Latin flair,
too, and begs for attention at stations enjoying the continued trend
toward world-inspired music.
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Fear
not. This is not a Spanish-language album. "I'm
Real" is so radio friendly and infectious, it's crying for
attention. Here, and in various other tracks, Lopez layers
vocals over herself to sound astonishingly like a girl-group.
The results are fresh and lip-smacking good. She slows it down
for the finger-snapping ballad "I'm Gonna Be Alright,"
which will be equally at-home on radio.
Lopez
is most at home, though, when she can move her well- |
insured
behind. "J.Lo" provides 15 cuts that will inspire plenty
of that - and make radio listeners and fans of her first disc very,
very happy.
For
the rest of the world . . . Well, they're simply entitled to
stare. That should be pleasure aplenty
Click
here to purchase this
CD from
Amazon.com
Click
here to purchase any
of her films from
Amazon.com
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