5.03.2011

ALBUM REVIEW: "LOVE?" - JENNIFER LOPEZ

So how 's J Lo's new album? "LOVE?" is her 7th album and the first with DefJam records.
The  cover is beautiful with a J Lo glowing in front of a bright backround and the title is easy to read, playing with the words JLO and LOVE (title is given as JLOVE?).
When you start listening to the album you'll come across the hit single "On the Floor" featuring Pitbull. The song is allready known as it is the 1st single out of the album. Is a very easy listening song that makes you feel good, featuring a sample from "Lambada" song. Next track is "Good Hit", an upbeat track with nothing special, so let's skip to "I'm Into You" featuring Lil Wayne which is the 3rd track of the album. The song starts with the voice of Lil Tunechi who's  present all over the song and combined with the voice of Jennifer Lopez it gives a great result. Another easy-listening song! Track no 4 is the one that represents the album tilte: "(what is) LOVE?" where Lopez actually asks "what is love?" to herself and the whole world. The song fits very good with the album up to now which means that it has an easy, soft, relaxing sound and Jennifer's singing in a new, calmer and, why not, better way from the expected. Next track: "Run The World": another good produced song with a playful JLo on the couples and a catchy refrain. "Papi" brings us on the middle of the cd, with a more dancy mood and latin influences. Quick change for "Until It Beats No More" which is a more orchestric song and leads us to another chilling song: "One Love" rather boring! So let's skip on track 11: "Invading My Mind": another dance song, intiferrent... Track 10 "Villain": a song produced by "The-Dream" so it has a great production put i find Lopez's part not fitting as it should. "Starting Over" brings us back on the begging of the album aesthetically and the cd comes to an end  with the bonus song "Hypnotico", a rather good song.
So is it "LOVE?" After hearing Jennifer Lopez's latest creation i would say yes. The album starts strong and around after the middle it starts to get tired but in the end it leaves a good taste!!!
TRACKLIST
1. On the Floor (Ft. Pitbull)
2. Good Hit
3. I’m Into You (Ft. Lil Wayne)
4. (What Is) LOVE?
5. Run the World
6. Papi
7. Until It Beats No More
8. One Love
9. Invading My Mind
10. Villain
11. Starting Over
12. Hypnotico - Bonus
Total lenght: 46:58