Product Description

Ditching the "J-Lo" tag, Jennifer Lopez gets back to basicswith this, her fourth studio album and follow-up to 2002's 'This Is Me... Then'. A slickly-produced set of dance-pop and soulful ballads, it features contributions from the likes of Timbaland, Rodney Jerkins, salsa megastar Marc Anthony - Lopez's husband - and Outkast's Big Boi. Includes the single'Get Right'.

Track Listing

1. Get Right
2. Step Into My World
3. Hold You Down - Lopez, Jennifer & Fat Joe
4. Whatever You Wanna Do
5. Cherry Pie
6. I Got U
7. Still Around
8. Ryde or Die
9. I Love
10. He'll Be Back
11. Can't Believe This Is Me
12. Get Right - Lopez, Jennifer & Fabolous

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #80551 in Music
• Released on: 2005-03-21
• Number of discs: 1

Amazon.co.uk Review
Uber-diva Jennifer Lopez knows how to deliver on record. She understands how to make the most of her vocal range, choosing to surround herself with able producers Rodney Jerkins, Timbaland, Big Boi and Cory Rooney, who oversaw Lopez's first album, On the 6. The mix makes Rebirth an enjoyable melange, coasting on midnight-groove ballads and polished dance tracks. Lopez's fourth studio album offers little insight into her much-gossiped-about persona, but it's an undeniably fun ride anyway. A blaring James Brown horn riff drills first single "Get Right" into your head almost immediately, and soon enough, you'll find yourself bopping to the beat. The Middle-Eastern flavour of "Step Into My World" is undeniably seductive, and it's actually enhanced by Lopez's wisp of a voice. "Whatever You Wanna Do" and "Cherry Pie" are solid dance tracks, the kind of grooves Janet Jackson made before she became a Superbowl afterthought. Elsewhere, the album is peppered with R&B ballads, much like Lopez's 2002 opus, This Is Me... Then. Rebirth continues to showcase Lopez's skilful trend of producing solid, catchy, R&B-laced records. Nothing here ever sounds forced or canned, and in the world of MTV and radio edits, maybe that does make Lopez a bit of a revolutionary after all. --Joey Guerra

Album Description
Jennifer Lopez is back with her highly anticipated new album Rebirth, her first new music since This Is Me... Then, which gave us the ubiquitous "Jenny from the Block". Produced by Jennifer's longtime producing partner, Corey Rooney, this album features heavyweight guests such as Fat Joe, Marc Anthony and Fabolous. Rebirth includes the smash single "Get Right".

Customer Reviews

Only a couple good tracks
I'm not a J Lo fan and I think her voice and music is something you either love or hate. However I do love 'Whatever You Wanna Do' and 'Get Right' which are fantastic tracks to dance to.
I wouldn't buy a new J Lo cd, I'd buy it second hand from Amazon.
Worth a listen i suppose.

Nearly back to form
Well, Ms Lopez has almost made it to the top with 'Rebirth'. A little more attitude & a few less 'fillers' and it could have made it to the heights of 'J.lo' and 'J To Tha L-O'.
But as it stands now millions of fans will be heaving sighs of relief that Jennifer is starting to look back at what made her a success in the first place.


Get Right - #1 hit. The music is great, and the lyrics are catchy. But I must admit you can hear Jennifer struggle with her vocals, trying to stretch herself too far. 9/10

Step Into My World - This is the style that suits her best. I think this is a little boring but that's just me. A smooth little number. 8/10

Hold You Down - Again sticking with the chilled urban sound. She has good vocals when she stays with what suits her. Featuring Fat Joe. 10/10

Whatever You Wanna Do - A weaker version of 'Get Right'. Again Jennifer struggles with her vocals over the music. But the song itself is catchy and very danceable. 8/10

Cherry Pie - Another dance track in the vein of GR and WYWD. Childish effort was my first thought. The highlight is when she shouts "I can be your cherry pie, and you can be my cream on top" at the end. Tee-hee. Childish but fun. 8/10

I Got U - Average track. Average vocals and average music. I can't actually remember too much about it. Sounds like an escapee from 'This Is Me...Then'. 6/10

Still Around - Another average track. Another possible escapee from 'This Is Me...Then'. Total filler. 5/10

Ryde or Die - Please release this fantastic Brandy cast-off as a single. My favourite track. Jennifer - You know how good you make urban sound!!! 10/10

I, Love - My other choice for a single. A mellow RnB number. Gets stuck in your head "I love you more then I can love myself" she says - it must be serious!! 10/10

He'll Be Back - Another RnB track. Sounds slightly darker, compared with the rest of the album. Solid enough for a single, though I hope not. 9/10

(Can't Believe) This is Me - Nicely dramatic track describing a relationship breaking up. This track seems more 'done' then the rest of the album. Bound to be the last single from the album, especially seeing as Jennifer and Mr Lopez III (Marc Anthony) wrote it. 10/10

Get Right f/t Fabolous - Filler. The same, unmixed version of GR with some rent-a-rapper vocals thrown in. (The Hip Hop remix of this is better. See 'Hold You Down' single). 6/10

Can't get right
Jennifer Lopez's last album was a disastrous valentine to her ex-boyfriend Ben Affleck -- goopy, watered-down and thoroughly dull. So maybe she was trying to tell us something when she named the first single from "Rebirth," her new pop album, "Get Right." Sadly, this doesn't get right. It doesn't even get okay.

The idea of "Rebirth" seems to be to make hip-pop with a more acoustic sound -- hence things like the horn solo in "Get Right," which is the only memorable part of the entire song. What remains are bubbly little pop tunes and the odd mournful ballad, usually about How Much I Love Whatsisname And Will Love Him Forever, Or Next Week, Whichever Comes First.

After a bunch of club tracks, "Rebirth" gets sidetracked with bubblegum pop, and weepy, adoring ballads. One is (bad omen here!) a duet with her husband, Marc Anthony, who proves himself the superior singer as he soars above Lopez's childlike voice.

At heart, this is no rebirth. Rather it's the same ol' same ol' from Lopez -- generic ballads and unexceptional club tunes, which are catchy but essentially forgettable. Only the odd song has a moment that is memorable, such as the aforementioned horn solo. The rest of the time, it's just highly repetitive beats and swoony bubblegum.

Lopez can certainly be counted as a singer, because she does sing. But as the recent MTV performance proves, she isn't a good one. Admittedly club tunes don't require the voice of an angel, but Lopez's are flat; they also have the over-polished quality of vocals smoothed over too much. Though she tries to convey deep passion in songs like "I, Love," she sounds like a teenager French-kissing her pillow.

Not that the songwriting on Lopez's album can possibly make up for her lack of vocal ability. For example, one song rhymes "the strange way you turn me on" with "as if you really didn't give a--unh!" Not impressive, rhyming a word with an inarticulate grunt. Sadly, no other songs manage writing more intelligent than comparing love to cherry pie. (Let's all say it in unison: Huh?)

A real "Rebirth" would be good writing, more imaginative music and more than one beat. But Jennifer Lopez strikes out yet again in her latest "rebirth," leaving only a handful of bland hip-pop tracks in her wake.