Product description JENNIFER LOPEZ This Is Me... Then (2002 UK 13-track CD album including the single Jenny From The Block and collaborations with L.L. Cool J Styles & Jadakiss along with two bonus tracks picture sleeve)Record Label: SonyCatalog#: 5101282Country Of Release: NLDYear Of Release: 2004 .co.uk On her third album This Is Me Then, Jennifer Lopez shows she's just as fickle as her ex, Sean "Puffy" Combs, when it comes to changing names and musical personas. She abandons the impish J-Lo moniker for the plain and simple "Jenny". Lopez insists that she is still the same down-to-earth girl that emerged from the Bronx a decade before mega-stardom hit: "I used to have a little / now I have a lot," she chirps, before cautioning: "Don't be fooled by the rocks that I got / I'm still Jenny from the block." Such a claim stretches credulity given her well-documented status as a true diva, but "Jenny from the Block" shows more pizzazz and humour than anything else on the album, with the exception of her saucy duet with LL Cool J on "All I Have." Elsewhere This Is Me Then serves up a recycled paean to 1970s soul, an anaemic cover of Carly Simon's "You Belong to Me" and cloying ballads inspired by Lopez's new inamorato, actor Ben Affleck. Lopez dedicated the disc--for which she wrote nine songs--to Affleck and she includes a far-too-personal and gooey love song to him titled "Dear Ben". Here she declares: "You'll always be my lust, my love, my man, my child, my friend and my king." There's plenty of love here, but what's missing is the verve and crackle of Lopez's earlier stuff. --Jaan Uhelszki
S**E
Great Album
A great album from Jennifer Lopez , never heard most of the songs before but enjoyed listening to them. very talented lady.
C**I
Love this album
Great vinyl Album and good price
K**Y
Come on...
Its jenny from the block, i simply loved this album when i was a teenager and heard it recently on the radio which made me want to buy the album. really didnt realise how many love songs were on it but as im in love i really dont mind!
S**R
Great stuff really nice music with soul
Great stuff really nice music with soul, J Lo has a nice smooth voice and niot like these loud singers without passion...she's totally loved up on this album
J**Y
Jennifer Lopez
I did own this cd years ago! But somehow came to loose it! I now have it again Through Amazon and been playing it non stop
R**R
JENNIFER LOPEZ 'This Is Me...Then'
There's a great start to J.Lo's 3rd album with 'Still' being soft slow warm r&b - one of the best moments here "You never know what you have till it's gone" - and how true. 'Loving You' continues in virtually the same fashion...repetitive but pleasant. 'I'm Glad' utilises a Schooly D sample (many tracks contain samples from various 60s/70s tunes) plus with well done drum & programming is great. 4th track 'The One' is another stand out as its tinny sounding guitar and J.Lo's smooth voice combine brilliantly. 'Dear Ben' - well don't suppose Jenny can bare to listen to this now, but in fact it's not too bad...some nice Spanish guitar. 'All I Have' even though a #2 UK hit is the weakest so far & then comes 'Jenny From The Block' with rap & flute & even if reasonable, sounds out of place here. Four numbers all sounding like the opening five end the album proper: 'Again', 'You Belong To Me' (a cover of a Carly Simon hit from '78), 'I've Been Thinkin' & 'Baby I Love U' - all are slushy love songs with the same beat and same lyrics...but pretty & melodic. There are two bonus 'The One (#2)' & 'I'm Gonna Be Alright (Trackmasters)'. For easy, enjoyable listening, then you can't go far wrong with this album.
A**R
Five Stars
one of my favourite j-Lo albums, love the leaflet with the lyrics to each song
P**I
Five Stars
Good
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