she didn't steal Ashanti vocals...Irv Gottti who owned the song made the decision to layer Ashanti vocals on the chorus as JLo was filming and could not come back to the studio to make the deadline... Her albums are reflective of where she is at that time...
@@devanshepard9118Ashanti didn't get paid a dime. Irv Gotti controlled her publishing, she talked about how she was treated by her label. Jlo has stolen vocals and music from other artists.
Wtf is mastery afterall ? I am not a huge fan or fan of her at all I just enjoy her just I do hell lot of artist . She does a fine job for what she does . Her dance is absolutely stellar and so is her stage command whenever she is there to entertain . She deserves heat for what's wrong when it comes to stealing other works ( on which I am not fully aware ) but bashing her on every aspect is just nonessential
@@hiram1389 She hasn’t had solo writing credits for any of her albums. In other words she hasn’t written a single record. Furthermore it’s well documented the vocals she took and sold as her own.
@@hiram1389 “where are all the lawsuits”? Are you an idiot? No little man sues a record label. Not only would you never work again they’d put their life insurance policy on you!
I feel like JLO & Cardi are similar in the sense they know how to entertain but they won’t ever be recognized as the best of their craft. They strike lightning in a bottle at times. Also both Bronx natives.
Forbes named jlo the worlds most powerful celebrity in the world, times magazine names jlo the world's most Influential artist something cardi b has never and will never have....
I mean it is her personal project. She released it independently and paid for it. It received better reviews than all her albums and i think its a decent album. Not a masterpiece but pretty good. She will never be a Whitney Houston but the album has more personality than many other pop records of the 2010s
I think the point is, everything she does is mid and she desperately wants us to treat her like she has wow-factor. Only wow-factor she ever delivers is on red carpets. Fashion. That’s it. We will never remember her for talent in the arts.
@@christina80997 DAAAYUM, you're harsh!!😄 Wait a minute....what about her acting!? What about...hmm...let's see.....what about her dancing!? C'mon, now. All of her ass-shaking. That's gotta be worth SOMETHING, right!? I LOVED "The Cell (2000)". She really did shine, in that. She was pretty good in "Hustlers (2019)" [ Although I saw it, bootleg. Cuz I wasn't paying for that! ]. And the first season of "Shades of Blue (2016)". She really killed that role. [Although I wasn't sticking around for another season ]
Everything about this is so outdated I feel like J Lo is stuck in the 2010s Edit: by outdated, I just basically mean that she’s hasn’t done anything new and the album sounds like something she’s done in the past. I just wish she could do better in her sound and improve.
Wish you'll get a peronal life you (don't) deserve so you'll stop indulging yourself in rich celebrities' dramas and diminishing some of them (like it was that easy) trying to substitute for a thrill in your personal life you apparently miss...like all da JLo haters lol
"If I had the luxury of not having to sing my own songs I'd sleep 8 hours a night too" - - - Mariah as she effortlessly sent J-Low (morals) to the ER for 1st degree burns.
That's fine asking as Forbes named jlo the world's most powerful celebrity and times magazine names jlo the world's most Influential artist, and billboards gave jlo the 1st ever billboard icon award before any other singer in the world... Things Mariah Carey has never been named or honor
Honestly, Jennifer was never known as an album artist, even at the peak of her career. Her success seemed more bestowed upon her than earned through exceptional album work. While she certainly excels in delivering catchy songs and captivating dance performances, her albums have generally lacked lasting impact. This latest album was rather underwhelming, to be frank. Most of the tracks fade into forgetfulness. The only saving grace is the accompanying film, which I found quite impressive and visually captivating. However, in terms of its sonic quality, it falls short of expectations.
@@devanshepard9118 I believe that if she directed more of her attention towards acting, she would truly shine. I've genuinely enjoyed a few of her films.
She is already an established legendary industry plant. She doesn't need to release new music. All she needs to do is retire and count the blessings that she stole from black artists.
@@LD-tn6ff it's precisely because I've used the Internet to look facts up that I don't see what this is about. I can't find no lawsuits, I found videos of both Christina Milian and Ashanti addressing the situation and agreeing they were paid for their background vocals, I found their names credited as such, so I'm left wondering still, what black artists got stolen? Who?
JLo as an artist is very unintersting to me. Yes she has some hits, but her music is very surface level and generic. It's like anybody could've sang those songs, and as we know, other people did sing those years. For someone to have a 25 year music career, JLo doesn't have a strong discography and she doesn't really have a strong or solid fanbase either
All the Rihanna, Selena and Britney hits could've also been sang by someone else 🤡💅🏻💅🏻 I said what I said, none of those girls have ever been more talented than JLo yet people give'em a pass.
By solid and strong fan base you mean swifties, bey hives or lambs who shade all the other artists less successful than their faves, cancelling the shit outta'em and conducting stream parties only to superficially bring their songs that aren't even hits atop the charts? Then I think it's very good JLo isn't surrounded with a horde of such the mindless immature zombies...oh, well...she actually is. She's unfortunately surrounded with all above mentioned fanbases' members but in regards to her they are her haters 😭
She seems to take her music so seriously, but the proof is in the pudding, and the pudding here is pretty bland middle-of-the-road pop music. 🤷🏾♂️ The truth is GP just isn’t fussed about new Jennifer Lopez music in 2024. The demand just isn’t there. But still, she ignores the lack of demand and keeps on spending more and more money on big campaigns, glitzy showcases, and high-budget videos for songs nobody asked for…. It feels like she’s screaming “Look at me” and people STILL aren’t paying that much attention. I watched her Apple Music live Special. She performs phenomenally well at her age - let’s not forget she’s in her mid 50’s - but It’s awkward to watch when you realise she’s pulling out all the stops and the pop culture reception is still so tepid. It’s certainly not being received as the blockbuster moment she intended, especially given how much time and money was invested. You absolutely _can_ have hit records in your 50’s, Madonna (4minutes) & Kylie (padam padam) proved that, but without hits, I don’t see what purpose new JLO music is serving other than being an exorbitantly expensive hobby? 🤔
I mean, did Madonna prove that? Her last "big" album was confessions on a dance floor all the way back in 2005. MDNA, Rebel Heart, and madam X were by her standards, somewhat commercial failures, with each consecutive album doing worse than the last. It's virtually impossible for a woman over 54 in pop music specifically to release something to mass critical success to the masses due to a VERY agist industry. Kylie Minogue released one of the best pop dance albums of all 2023 (certainly with the best pop dance song), and still really didn't get the recognition she deserved. If you look into the last 50yo + woman to release an original number one song in pop, you'd be incredibly hard pressed to find one over the course of decades.
I respect it. If she's still passionate about making music and performing, why shouldn't she, especially since she's more than willing to cough up the money for it herself? Her tour is selling well, so there's demand to see her onstage, which is how musicians make their money anyway, and the new album/movie basically serve as promotion for that. Her selling concert tickets will help cover expenses a lot quicker than the new album racking up a lot of streams, so it's not a total loss
@AXFN_ She was 49 during Hard Candy and the lead single was a success due to Timberlake and Timbaland both featuring at it and being huge. The other singles failed to be successful and the album until now sold less than a million copies in the US... The last 3 records all "flopped" and she sells less with every album and didn't have a global hit song since 2008. Don't get me wrong, I like madonna but the OG comment is right. A woman above 50 has little to no chances to shine in pop music.
@@Philipp19967 I agree that it’s incredibly difficult to sustain popstardom at that age - that’s a fact. But it’s also a fact that the Hard Candy album was released a couple months before her 50th birthday, reached no.1 in 37 countries, sold 4 million copies worldwide, and supported a record-breaking world tour. We can argue about the popularity of the album (I was in the U.K. where the album was popular) but you can’t argue with butts in seats - the demand was there, Madonna was on world tour, aged 50, and sold more tickets than any woman in music …ever: those are the facts. The Sticky & Sweet Tour was the all-time highest-grossing tour by a female artist and held that record for 15 years until The Renaissance and Eras World tours in 2023. Besides, 4M sold doesn’t seem like a flop to me, that’s nothing to sneeze at in your 50s. This JLo album will be lucky to sell even half of that. 🤷🏾♂️
@@LD-tn6ffI think Cher was the exception with Believe. She was 53 when it was released and that's the best selling song of 1999 in the US (beating No Scrubs by TLC, Baby One More Time) and globally
She should have work with the same producers from that album This Is Me if she wanted to do a sequel or a part 2 to the album plus the collaboration she did that helped the album she should have did collaboration with certain artists
I like early JLO. But let’s face it, she’s much more of a media personality rather than artist. Her best era was from 1999-2002. I think she had some catchy great songs. She’s a lot like dannii minogue. Whereas people like Madonna are defined singers. JLOs strongest field was her early movies. If she’d focused on movies only I think she’d have been far better off. She’s a great actress
I think jlo is a user.. I mean everyone in Hollywood is to some extent. But I just don’t like the way jlo has used people (Ashanti etc) for vocals , pandering the black community through Rnb esque tracks to give her “coolness , and pandered to the Hispanic community / Latin market (when she can’t even speak Spanish ) to do dance music that would add longevity to her career. She’s a poser tbh
Ashanti was credited and paid. She speaks some Spanish and is able to do an interview in Spanish. There are others like Demi or Selena Gomez who sing in Spanish and can't even talk anything. Selena just released a Spanish EP without knowing the language. Beyonce also went on the Latina train back in 2005/2006 with a whole EP for example without actually understanding what she is singing
Would you stop with the Ashanti lie already. A person like yourself wrote the same thing about Jlo stealing Ashanti's vocals in her songs in Ja Rule's Instagram page and he himself put that woman to shame asking her to stop spreading lies. He got so damn mad about it. Ja produced and wrote those songs only for Jlo. Ashanti only made the background vocals like she usually did in all Ja Rule's music productions as she was Ja Rule's exclusive artist.
For God's sake. Jlo is puerto rican. She can make all the latin dance and songs that she likes. She is a proud boricua. Based on your logic, Beyonce would not have the right to sing country music because she is a r&b /pop artist and she aint a natural blond.
@@rafaelortiz-matias169Beyoncé is from Texas, grew up on country, black comboy culture and going to rodeo. But somehow Lana Del Rey, a white girl from NYC is more welcolmed in country than her (genre pioneered by descendant of enslaved africans). Ummm okay
I don't take away JLo's longevity. Not at all. I liked a few songs on this album. Didn't like the movie. Don't consider myself a fan. But this woman is committed as an entertainer and at this point, 30 years in, has nothing to prove.
Michael Jackson's "Thriller".....and his sister Janet's "Rhythm Nation 1814" will ALWAYS be the classic, visual album---with a consistent flow. That was Michael and Janet at PEAK level. And although Janet owes her success to her brothers.....at least she didn't sleep her way to the top, like Jennifer Lopez. Jennifer got some big, black pipe from Keenen Ivory Wayans....to climb ranks, on "In Living Color". Afterwards, she was briefly a dancer for Janet Jackson (with her fake-ass, cringy "spanish accent"....in the "That's The Way Love Goes" music video). Then, she married a Cuban waiter (Ojani), promised she'd love him forever and starts dating Sean Combs (more black eggplant), in 1998---WHILE SHE'S MARRIED TO OJANI!! Ojani discovers her relationship with Sean, VIA NEWSPAPER AND TV!! Once I put the pieces together (about 15 years ago), I was like "Ewwww.....she'll do ANYTHING to rise to power. Lady Macbeth got competition!!" But, of course...she wants us to believe she's a victim, wounded by heartbreak🙄
When it comes to Jennifer's music career, I looked at it as a "Get In, Fit In" or "Came In At The Right Time" situation. That late 90's Latin explosion was a perfect time to make her musical debut with her being Latina. 2nd her success in music early on was heavily dependent on what's was hot/trendy at that time until 05'. 2011 was a lucky musical resurgence cause of the EDM craze (once again capitalizing off of trends) Now days J.Lo and her team don't know how to make a hit record (especially the industry being drastically different while in a state of confusion as well), they just throw songs out there hoping it sticks. Listeners shouldn't have a expectation for a J.Lo album.
Yes. Couldn't agree more. She just always fit in inside the trend and she managed to do so during 1999-2005 and 2011-2016 (however her music in 2006-2010 was still great). Since 2018 she's just struggling and people aren't really interested in her anymore. Her song Cambia El Paso in 2021 was an entire club banger with tropical reggeaton vibe and steamy music video, yet it didn't click.
In terms of sophistication On Rhe 6 for sure is her best. In terms of ready-club bops I'd say JLo and Love?. In terms of magic This Is Me...Then is her best. And her Dance Again...the Hits collection is a testament to her legacy that she's one of the most important female pop divas of the Britney-ish era of pop (1999-2013).
People really have to stop with this narrative that she neither sings nor dances, if you see her Apple Live performance she has more energy, precision and commitment than any of the current pop girls, in addition to very good vocal moments. The album works reminiscent of the sound of 2000 and captures it in a very honest way, the film is a mess but in a great sense I don't think anyone's personal story works in a linear way and in that sense of unpressibility it is more honest than many of the musical films released recently.
I think the problem is, she’s just mid at everything. Shakira swallowed her whole at the Super Bowl, not only was she more talented, but she was having a blast performing. No one can deny jlo works hard, but she never makes any significant contributions to the arts and culture outside of fashion and anti-aging routines.
My older sister said as soon as ‘To Be Yours’ came on I immediately was transported to the early 2000’s music scene. The whole production and lyrics of the song make you think Fat Joe or Ja Rule is about to show up at any point. I enjoyed the album!
she's had work done but also every picture and video of her is heavily edited. she doesn't actually look that smooth irl. she looks her age just a bit over filled as she tries to keep herself youthful
What JLo lacks in talent, she more than makes up for in hard work, discipline and effort. Nothing has stopped her from becoming one of the most famous, most successful artists, actor, celebrity on the planet. She has been the first Latina in a lot of things and continues to pave the way. She makes things because she enjoys them and because she wants to. She has never swayed in who she is. And for someone who claims she just recently learned to “love herself” she sure loved herself enough to make all her dreams come true. That’s admirable.
she would be noone if she hadn't an incredible body and a gorgeous face. The first thing people think about her is how good she looks at 54. That speaks volumes about her talent.
Hard work? She doesn't even sing on her own albums. What she has is over-exposure and connections because she can't sing and she's a bad actress - there's been literally no improvement in decades which proves that there has been no work put in. If there had been work she would by now have any concept of vibrato, singing with resonance and would have learned vocal runs and riffs - instead she's forever thin, wobbly and unsupported.
She is not the most successful artist, actor, or celebrity lol. Sleeping your way to the top and stealing others voices is not hard work. If Selena hadn’t died no one would even know who j lo is. Now that the world is open to having more than one person in a category be recognized and know other Latina singers are beating her soundly
Pitbull was everywhere until mid 2010s. "I'm yelling timbaaaa" Actually he was useful for JLO. On the floor was a huge success and gave her a restart as singer
I listen to the album and I have listened to some of the albums she had back in a day. This to me is her best work, her voice sounds very nice on this album you can tell she put in the work and if you give it a chance, you'll see that it really is beautiful album about love.
Her music is so generic. Shes a talented entertainer but i feel like shes stuck in a certain era when it comes to promoting. Her image surrounds the fact at how good she looks at her age and relationship with Ben, instead of her projects.
I am not going to knock someone more talented than me when it comes to their music, acting and dancing. My criticism of JLo is how she treats others. Especially the people she worked with like Tommy Davidson. According to him, she completely dissed him when he was just happy to see her. That's when the "nice girl" facade was lifted for me and I started learning that this is who she is, a itch##B! With that in mind, you can keep your album and keep your movie!
You’re so kind, the album is trash. No one is listening to those songs on a long drive or saying “Turn on that JLO”. She wasn’t thinking about what people want to hear when making this she just wanted to put out her version of “Lemonade” except there is no sugar in it.
I always loved Jlo i think after Rebirth she lost me as a musician this album needs to be a follow up to this is me then and after so many failed relationships im wondering like what if this dont work out and what message are you sending to your kids. Before she released her album and got back with Ben she needed to go to therapy first and talk about why her relationships dont last and what men she needs to look for mabye the album wouldve been better i dont know but im always gonna be a Jlo stan no matter what
This is very random but if Affleck and Lopez could get back together after decades, imagine if Justin and Selena got back together in their late 40s. I don't care for Jelena but damn that would be a hell of a story for the kids😅
I want someone to make an AI cover of taco flavoured kisses with her voice now that it’s possible. Only because I know how much she despises it and idgaf what anyone says or thinks. Watching millionaires have meltdowns is funny.
Max only wants to work with people who can guarantee him hits. No one is checking for a jlo song let alone an album. Plus I would not be surprised if she couldn’t afford Max’s fee to make a profit off of
This whole era is some self indulgent nonsense. The ‘movie’ what the hell! And she sounds out of tune on some of the tracks. I usually enjoy her music. But this feels disingenuous despite her saying….everything she is about it.
It's a shame because the album itself and even the movie, imo, were actually pretty good. I wasn't mad at it. The documentary was a bit much and definitely did her no favors. I enjoyed the fact that the album/movie highlighted finding self-love. It could've used more depth.
crap. I heard Can't get enough and some other songs of her last album on the radio I exactly can't name but I'm sure she was her and everything sounds exactly like some of her songs in early 2000s and if it wasn't her sound, it was something close to Beyonce, Christina Milian. Exactly that type with her more latin touch. This thing honestly made me laugh hard. I was like "how she releases exactly same sound after twenty years?" To be honest, JLo always been mediocre anything she ever did. Singing, acting, dancing...but somehow she manages to build a fortune. Good for her.
I think a better title for the album is "This is not me". As we all know that she didn't sing much or anything on her albums, and if she did, which I'm doubting completely, it would've been layered with another singer. Whilst she can dance and act, and it baffles me why she hasn't fully focused on those two avenues instead of trying to be a singer. Oh, I know why... she was only promoted as a singer for Tommy Mottola to spite Mariah Carey.
@@ef5993 Its the literal foundation of her singing career lol. One that wouldnt exist otherwise. If she still wants to promote music, its still relevent...
You know those in quotation marks hit after hit were actually sung by other people she was just covering them LOL I'll never forget that song I'm real by ja rule and Ashanti for her face was on the video
Personally, for me. It’s the most cohesive and best she’s sounded in an album. Shes definitely put the work in for what SHE sounds best in. And focused on her strengths without trying to be who she isn’t. I think people who want to ignore it can’t necessarily say anything with any weight if you didn’t actually listen or watch the film (even then, the film doesn’t feature all of the songs and some amazing ones were left out)
I was a fan since If You Had My Love... I just got tired of her love life being always at the center of her projects. But if this is her truth, good for her.
It seems like Jlo has always been driven by the desire to be famous and relevant rather than by passion for what she does. That’s why nothing ever comes across as authentic or truly special because it’s never from the heart.
J Lo's first album "On the 6" was pretty good. The sophomore album J. Lo was also pretty good and then the album love? With "on the floor" was a pretty solid album.
JLo COULD make an actual good album if she wanted to, talk about being a mother, feeling not worthy in Hollywood, struggles with ___, growing as a woman, never being taken seriously, like the meat is there girl!
Im not a fan of her voice specifically on the song this is me,but other than that in this album you can tell they put more effort. It has that early 00's vibes and the movie makes it better
Every middle aged popstar thinks they have to do some boring, inspiring, "this is my life journey" album at this point in their career, and they ALWAYS flop!!
The album was garbage... I still don't understand why she is allowed to be called a "singer" as she has no vocal ability. Also after exploiting black women without crediting them for so long, how has she not been canceled?
Every Album JLO, says is her life story. We want her to tell the truth about her life. What she did with Diddy and her stealing Ashanti’s vocals.
Yes !!
she paid ashanti so she aint steal it hence why ashanti and her are still friends .
EXACTLY‼️
Plus she stole Brandy’s and Christina Milian’s vocals, too. NO RESPECT FOR A NARCISSISTIC THIEF AND INDUSTRY PLANT‼️😒
she didn't steal Ashanti vocals...Irv Gottti who owned the song made the decision to layer Ashanti vocals on the chorus as JLo was filming and could not come back to the studio to make the deadline... Her albums are reflective of where she is at that time...
@@devanshepard9118Ashanti didn't get paid a dime. Irv Gotti controlled her publishing, she talked about how she was treated by her label. Jlo has stolen vocals and music from other artists.
Jlo is the epitome of the saying Jack of all trades (singing , dancing , acting ) master of NONE
the full saying ends with "but better than a master of one"
Wtf is mastery afterall ? I am not a huge fan or fan of her at all I just enjoy her just I do hell lot of artist . She does a fine job for what she does . Her dance is absolutely stellar and so is her stage command whenever she is there to entertain . She deserves heat for what's wrong when it comes to stealing other works ( on which I am not fully aware ) but bashing her on every aspect is just nonessential
>implying she can sing
>implying she sung her songs on the albums
Lol. Lmao even
Saying J.Lo is not a master of dancing is so weird lol like she dance better than Beyonce imo
@@aidentan6547 exactly . Why don't you read my cmts above if you haven't already ?
Turns out exploiting black women and stealing songs from your peers isn't a sustainable career.
And yet she has outlasted them all 😂
@@jazzyjaz9108 which ones? quickly.
Are you talking about beyonce 😅
@@jazzyjaz9108her album debuted with 6k streams on spotify…outlast my ass 😭
@@jazzyjaz9108she is a joke
I find it extremely hypocritical that Jlo keeps trying to brand her self as authentic while not writing a song and stealing vocals.
She wrote all of this album. And she hasn’t stole a thing. If that was true, where are all the lawsuits? Nowhere.
@@hiram1389 She hasn’t had solo writing credits for any of her albums. In other words she hasn’t written a single record. Furthermore it’s well documented the vocals she took and sold as her own.
@@hiram1389 “where are all the lawsuits”? Are you an idiot? No little man sues a record label. Not only would you never work again they’d put their life insurance policy on you!
I didn't even know she was coming out with an album
me either lol I just want her to bring back the jlo denim one piece outfits.
She was on every single show promoting her movie, documentary and album. You probably also missed the Kelly Rowland controversy I guess. 😬
The fact she did so much promoting and people still didn’t know is sad 😔
@@javiruiz8365 nah, I saw that one lol
@@AXFN_ she's more of a celebrity than she is a singer to me 🤷♀️ so I don't really keep up with her
I feel like JLO & Cardi are similar in the sense they know how to entertain but they won’t ever be recognized as the best of their craft. They strike lightning in a bottle at times. Also both Bronx natives.
Except one is classy and one is ghetto
Well JLO might but not Cardi B
What is her craft?
This is why they collaborated 😭
Forbes named jlo the worlds most powerful celebrity in the world, times magazine names jlo the world's most Influential artist something cardi b has never and will never have....
I mean it is her personal project. She released it independently and paid for it. It received better reviews than all her albums and i think its a decent album. Not a masterpiece but pretty good. She will never be a Whitney Houston but the album has more personality than many other pop records of the 2010s
Yeah it doesn’t mean that we can’t be critical, regardless if it’s “personal” to her or not. This album sounds dated and stuck in 2010.
I think the point is, everything she does is mid and she desperately wants us to treat her like she has wow-factor. Only wow-factor she ever delivers is on red carpets. Fashion. That’s it. We will never remember her for talent in the arts.
@@christina80997that is kind of true! she has cute bops and great looks. that’s it
@@christina80997 DAAAYUM, you're harsh!!😄 Wait a minute....what about her acting!? What about...hmm...let's see.....what about her dancing!? C'mon, now. All of her ass-shaking. That's gotta be worth SOMETHING, right!? I LOVED "The Cell (2000)". She really did shine, in that.
She was pretty good in "Hustlers (2019)" [ Although I saw it, bootleg. Cuz I wasn't paying for that! ]. And the first season of "Shades of Blue (2016)". She really killed that role. [Although I wasn't sticking around for another season ]
The problem is not that she'll never be a Whitney Houston... it's that vocally she'll never even be Camila Cabello (no ability).
Everything about this is so outdated I feel like J Lo is stuck in the 2010s
Edit: by outdated, I just basically mean that she’s hasn’t done anything new and the album sounds like something she’s done in the past. I just wish she could do better in her sound and improve.
@@squeallymaniacbut wouldn’t the sound be early 2000s instead?
Yep
Then why are artists like Olivia Rodrigo praised for imitating an early 2000s sound ??
It sounded like 2000s music. Atleast for me. I actually like the throwback sounds @@hazelm3002
It sounds like 2000s songs not 2010s and it's nice that she paying homage to her early album
Pretty gowns
Omg 😂😂😂 Aretha
Nicely done! I never tire of that one 😂
“Now imma pass on that”
More like Jlo stuck in the 2000's but without the voices she exploited
Facts
What’s wrong with that ? Everybody is bringing back the 2000s now anyways
And I'm here for it 😂 gen z artists are doing the same and it works for them. Btw I wish she had those voices, because her own voice it ain't
The 2000 vibe of the album is actually what people are buying #1 on billboard album sales
Mariah doesn't know her, and neither do we 🐸☕️
Wish you'll get a peronal life you (don't) deserve so you'll stop indulging yourself in rich celebrities' dramas and diminishing some of them (like it was that easy) trying to substitute for a thrill in your personal life you apparently miss...like all da JLo haters lol
Yall actually know her but she doesn't know you
"If I had the luxury of not having to sing my own songs I'd sleep 8 hours a night too" - - - Mariah as she effortlessly sent J-Low (morals) to the ER for 1st degree burns.
That's fine asking as Forbes named jlo the world's most powerful celebrity and times magazine names jlo the world's most Influential artist, and billboards gave jlo the 1st ever billboard icon award before any other singer in the world... Things Mariah Carey has never been named or honor
@@barkamber554 I wonder who Jlo had to blow to get that
The album should be called "Couldn't sing then...Still can't sing now" 🙄
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Pfft hahahahaha
No I gotta go 😭😭😭😭
Honestly, Jennifer was never known as an album artist, even at the peak of her career. Her success seemed more bestowed upon her than earned through exceptional album work. While she certainly excels in delivering catchy songs and captivating dance performances, her albums have generally lacked lasting impact.
This latest album was rather underwhelming, to be frank. Most of the tracks fade into forgetfulness. The only saving grace is the accompanying film, which I found quite impressive and visually captivating. However, in terms of its sonic quality, it falls short of expectations.
acting is where she does best honestly
@@devanshepard9118 I believe that if she directed more of her attention towards acting, she would truly shine. I've genuinely enjoyed a few of her films.
Great commentary
@@hasanka.designer me 2
They should rename it to This is me… ashanti
😂😂😂
Why?
If Ashanti is that great why isn’t she famous? Is she still alive because I only hear her name on every Jlos video. I need to google her
@@javiruiz8365because ppl don’t credit black women
@@javiruiz8365 you jlo Stan's have lost it🤣
She is already an established legendary industry plant. She doesn't need to release new music. All she needs to do is retire and count the blessings that she stole from black artists.
Yo, what's with the 🦗 I keep seeing this everywhere in the comments.
Do you even think you know what you're talking about or just repeating what you've heard? What black artist she stole from? What did she steal?
@@danniia1827IT’s jealous women that have nothing to say besides the same crap over and over. It’s tiring 🥱🥱🥱
@@danniia1827 You can feel free to use the internet to investigate yourself if you personally don't know? Theres certainly some valid criticisms...
@@LD-tn6ff it's precisely because I've used the Internet to look facts up that I don't see what this is about. I can't find no lawsuits, I found videos of both Christina Milian and Ashanti addressing the situation and agreeing they were paid for their background vocals, I found their names credited as such, so I'm left wondering still, what black artists got stolen? Who?
i don't know her.
Most underrated comment so far 😂
@@karmAnonymousthe most "underrated," because it the dumbest line ever.
i still don't know her
Does Mariah still make music or anything besides her Christmas song.
@@javiruiz8365 yeah she makes music with her actual voice and doesnt steal other people’s vocals!
JLo as an artist is very unintersting to me. Yes she has some hits, but her music is very surface level and generic. It's like anybody could've sang those songs, and as we know, other people did sing those years. For someone to have a 25 year music career, JLo doesn't have a strong discography and she doesn't really have a strong or solid fanbase either
@t Right. Jlo's fan base is huge globally.
She has a huge fan base! They are just not pathetic and ridiculous like the others.
@@javiruiz8365Clearly they are if Jlo is who they run after. Their musical taste is definitely pathetic.
All the Rihanna, Selena and Britney hits could've also been sang by someone else 🤡💅🏻💅🏻 I said what I said, none of those girls have ever been more talented than JLo yet people give'em a pass.
By solid and strong fan base you mean swifties, bey hives or lambs who shade all the other artists less successful than their faves, cancelling the shit outta'em and conducting stream parties only to superficially bring their songs that aren't even hits atop the charts? Then I think it's very good JLo isn't surrounded with a horde of such the mindless immature zombies...oh, well...she actually is. She's unfortunately surrounded with all above mentioned fanbases' members but in regards to her they are her haters 😭
She seems to take her music so seriously, but the proof is in the pudding, and the pudding here is pretty bland middle-of-the-road pop music. 🤷🏾♂️ The truth is GP just isn’t fussed about new Jennifer Lopez music in 2024. The demand just isn’t there. But still, she ignores the lack of demand and keeps on spending more and more money on big campaigns, glitzy showcases, and high-budget videos for songs nobody asked for…. It feels like she’s screaming “Look at me” and people STILL aren’t paying that much attention.
I watched her Apple Music live Special. She performs phenomenally well at her age - let’s not forget she’s in her mid 50’s - but It’s awkward to watch when you realise she’s pulling out all the stops and the pop culture reception is still so tepid. It’s certainly not being received as the blockbuster moment she intended, especially given how much time and money was invested.
You absolutely _can_ have hit records in your 50’s, Madonna (4minutes) & Kylie (padam padam) proved that, but without hits, I don’t see what purpose new JLO music is serving other than being an exorbitantly expensive hobby? 🤔
I mean, did Madonna prove that? Her last "big" album was confessions on a dance floor all the way back in 2005. MDNA, Rebel Heart, and madam X were by her standards, somewhat commercial failures, with each consecutive album doing worse than the last. It's virtually impossible for a woman over 54 in pop music specifically to release something to mass critical success to the masses due to a VERY agist industry. Kylie Minogue released one of the best pop dance albums of all 2023 (certainly with the best pop dance song), and still really didn't get the recognition she deserved. If you look into the last 50yo + woman to release an original number one song in pop, you'd be incredibly hard pressed to find one over the course of decades.
I respect it. If she's still passionate about making music and performing, why shouldn't she, especially since she's more than willing to cough up the money for it herself? Her tour is selling well, so there's demand to see her onstage, which is how musicians make their money anyway, and the new album/movie basically serve as promotion for that. Her selling concert tickets will help cover expenses a lot quicker than the new album racking up a lot of streams, so it's not a total loss
@AXFN_
She was 49 during Hard Candy and the lead single was a success due to Timberlake and Timbaland both featuring at it and being huge. The other singles failed to be successful and the album until now sold less than a million copies in the US... The last 3 records all "flopped" and she sells less with every album and didn't have a global hit song since 2008.
Don't get me wrong, I like madonna but the OG comment is right. A woman above 50 has little to no chances to shine in pop music.
@@Philipp19967 I agree that it’s incredibly difficult to sustain popstardom at that age - that’s a fact. But it’s also a fact that the Hard Candy album was released a couple months before her 50th birthday, reached no.1 in 37 countries, sold 4 million copies worldwide, and supported a record-breaking world tour. We can argue about the popularity of the album (I was in the U.K. where the album was popular) but you can’t argue with butts in seats - the demand was there, Madonna was on world tour, aged 50, and sold more tickets than any woman in music …ever: those are the facts. The Sticky & Sweet Tour was the all-time highest-grossing tour by a female artist and held that record for 15 years until The Renaissance and Eras World tours in 2023. Besides, 4M sold doesn’t seem like a flop to me, that’s nothing to sneeze at in your 50s. This JLo album will be lucky to sell even half of that. 🤷🏾♂️
@@LD-tn6ffI think Cher was the exception with Believe. She was 53 when it was released and that's the best selling song of 1999 in the US (beating No Scrubs by TLC, Baby One More Time) and globally
She has fashion and anti-aging routines to thank for relevance. She makes no contribution to the arts in any significant way.
She should have work with the same producers from that album This Is Me if she wanted to do a sequel or a part 2 to the album plus the collaboration she did that helped the album she should have did collaboration with certain artists
I like early JLO. But let’s face it, she’s much more of a media personality rather than artist. Her best era was from 1999-2002.
I think she had some catchy great songs. She’s a lot like dannii minogue. Whereas people like Madonna are defined singers. JLOs strongest field was her early movies. If she’d focused on movies only I think she’d have been far better off. She’s a great actress
Is she going to cut Ashanti a check?
This is me…then(2003) is her best work..period!
You mean, This is me… ashanti
@@PleaseTakeNote 😂😂😂 tbh I didn’t hear much of Ashanti on that record….maybe on Jenny from the block
@@ItsJustTravis there are videos on yt that point it out. Jlo is a scam who rips off black artists.
@@PleaseTakeNotenah y’all have me dying in these comments
@@ItsJustTravissomeone else sang Jenny from the Block’s vocals
laugh in octave 5
@@hiidontno
Shawn if it's you in the pic, you're freaking cute ❤
@@gao1812 thanks in octave 5
It’s a good album. I liked the throwback 00s vibes in production
Yes daddy❤
I think jlo is a user.. I mean everyone in Hollywood is to some extent. But I just don’t like the way jlo has used people (Ashanti etc) for vocals , pandering the black community through Rnb esque tracks to give her “coolness , and pandered to the Hispanic community / Latin market (when she can’t even speak Spanish ) to do dance music that would add longevity to her career. She’s a poser tbh
Ashanti was credited and paid.
She speaks some Spanish and is able to do an interview in Spanish. There are others like Demi or Selena Gomez who sing in Spanish and can't even talk anything. Selena just released a Spanish EP without knowing the language. Beyonce also went on the Latina train back in 2005/2006 with a whole EP for example without actually understanding what she is singing
Would you stop with the Ashanti lie already. A person like yourself wrote the same thing about Jlo stealing Ashanti's vocals in her songs in Ja Rule's Instagram page and he himself put that woman to shame asking her to stop spreading lies. He got so damn mad about it. Ja produced and wrote those songs only for Jlo. Ashanti only made the background vocals like she usually did in all Ja Rule's music productions as she was Ja Rule's exclusive artist.
For God's sake. Jlo is puerto rican. She can make all the latin dance and songs that she likes. She is a proud boricua. Based on your logic, Beyonce would not have the right to sing country music because she is a r&b /pop artist and she aint a natural blond.
@@rafaelortiz-matias169blk ppl created country
@@rafaelortiz-matias169Beyoncé is from Texas, grew up on country, black comboy culture and going to rodeo. But somehow Lana Del Rey, a white girl from NYC is more welcolmed in country than her (genre pioneered by descendant of enslaved africans). Ummm okay
I don't take away JLo's longevity. Not at all. I liked a few songs on this album. Didn't like the movie. Don't consider myself a fan. But this woman is committed as an entertainer and at this point, 30 years in, has nothing to prove.
Michael Jackson's "Thriller".....and his sister Janet's "Rhythm Nation 1814" will ALWAYS be the classic, visual album---with a consistent flow. That was Michael and Janet at PEAK level. And although Janet owes her success to her brothers.....at least she didn't sleep her way to the top, like Jennifer Lopez.
Jennifer got some big, black pipe from Keenen Ivory Wayans....to climb ranks, on "In Living Color". Afterwards, she was briefly a dancer for Janet Jackson (with her fake-ass, cringy "spanish accent"....in the "That's The Way Love Goes" music video). Then, she married a Cuban waiter (Ojani), promised she'd love him forever and starts dating Sean Combs (more black eggplant), in 1998---WHILE SHE'S MARRIED TO OJANI!! Ojani discovers her relationship with Sean, VIA NEWSPAPER AND TV!!
Once I put the pieces together (about 15 years ago), I was like "Ewwww.....she'll do ANYTHING to rise to power. Lady Macbeth got competition!!" But, of course...she wants us to believe she's a victim, wounded by heartbreak🙄
🎯👍🏻
This album is awful. It's no ray of light
For someone who still listens to the 2000s....i love her album
She is great in stealing demo vocals from other black artists, stealing songs from other composers!
When it comes to Jennifer's music career, I looked at it as a "Get In, Fit In" or "Came In At The Right Time" situation. That late 90's Latin explosion was a perfect time to make her musical debut with her being Latina. 2nd her success in music early on was heavily dependent on what's was hot/trendy at that time until 05'. 2011 was a lucky musical resurgence cause of the EDM craze (once again capitalizing off of trends) Now days J.Lo and her team don't know how to make a hit record (especially the industry being drastically different while in a state of confusion as well), they just throw songs out there hoping it sticks. Listeners shouldn't have a expectation for a J.Lo album.
Yes. Couldn't agree more. She just always fit in inside the trend and she managed to do so during 1999-2005 and 2011-2016 (however her music in 2006-2010 was still great). Since 2018 she's just struggling and people aren't really interested in her anymore. Her song Cambia El Paso in 2021 was an entire club banger with tropical reggeaton vibe and steamy music video, yet it didn't click.
On the 6 is still her best album.
Her one and only!
normal. She stole from Carey that's why
In terms of sophistication On Rhe 6 for sure is her best. In terms of ready-club bops I'd say JLo and Love?. In terms of magic This Is Me...Then is her best. And her Dance Again...the Hits collection is a testament to her legacy that she's one of the most important female pop divas of the Britney-ish era of pop (1999-2013).
I think the second album is the best for me!
Which isn't saying much.
Hi Honest can you make a video on George Michael and his impact on the music industry similar to a documentary.
I’m liking your album reviews.
People really have to stop with this narrative that she neither sings nor dances, if you see her Apple Live performance she has more energy, precision and commitment than any of the current pop girls, in addition to very good vocal moments. The album works reminiscent of the sound of 2000 and captures it in a very honest way, the film is a mess but in a great sense I don't think anyone's personal story works in a linear way and in that sense of unpressibility it is more honest than many of the musical films released recently.
Stop lying please she is not better than any current pop girls
@@olatomiwaedu856she’s in her 50’s lol give her credit where it’s due
@@itsdakota317 there's no credit to give no hate to Jlo but she just isn't good and should honestly focus on other ventures
I think the problem is, she’s just mid at everything. Shakira swallowed her whole at the Super Bowl, not only was she more talented, but she was having a blast performing. No one can deny jlo works hard, but she never makes any significant contributions to the arts and culture outside of fashion and anti-aging routines.
@@christina80997 Shakira swallowed her at the Super Bowl? 🤣🤣🤣🤣
Shakira was her opening act and everyone thinks that.
My older sister said as soon as ‘To Be Yours’ came on I immediately was transported to the early 2000’s music scene. The whole production and lyrics of the song make you think Fat Joe or Ja Rule is about to show up at any point. I enjoyed the album!
She looks great for her age
power of money babe
Yup@@ShawnMadeInUSA
Filters
she's had work done but also every picture and video of her is heavily edited. she doesn't actually look that smooth irl. she looks her age just a bit over filled as she tries to keep herself youthful
@littlelou05Z0
She works out a lot, has personal trainers, eats very well etc.
She keeps her body in shape.
Isn't smoking or taking drugs etc.
Another flop for her to add to her ever growing flops. This is what happens when the gimmick has ran it's course.
If this is her now, then who was she all those other times?
I love the intro of Mad in love and Dear Ben part II
MIL is a great song! My fave offa TIMN!
The visual aesthetic of the album is super chaotic tbh
What JLo lacks in talent, she more than makes up for in hard work, discipline and effort. Nothing has stopped her from becoming one of the most famous, most successful artists, actor, celebrity on the planet. She has been the first Latina in a lot of things and continues to pave the way. She makes things because she enjoys them and because she wants to. She has never swayed in who she is. And for someone who claims she just recently learned to “love herself” she sure loved herself enough to make all her dreams come true. That’s admirable.
she would be noone if she hadn't an incredible body and a gorgeous face. The first thing people think about her is how good she looks at 54. That speaks volumes about her talent.
Hard work? She doesn't even sing on her own albums. What she has is over-exposure and connections because she can't sing and she's a bad actress - there's been literally no improvement in decades which proves that there has been no work put in. If there had been work she would by now have any concept of vibrato, singing with resonance and would have learned vocal runs and riffs - instead she's forever thin, wobbly and unsupported.
what hard work? im so baffled by this jlo works hard narrative. just because she dances which she rarely does.
She is not the most successful artist, actor, or celebrity lol. Sleeping your way to the top and stealing others voices is not hard work. If Selena hadn’t died no one would even know who j lo is. Now that the world is open to having more than one person in a category be recognized and know other Latina singers are beating her soundly
After I finish to watch her live sing her new album this album is meaningful and inspiring ❤❤
My favorite album was LOVE by her .
I couldn't stand her 2010s pitbull era.
looking back the 2010s were very poor taste in general
Pitbull was everywhere until mid 2010s.
"I'm yelling timbaaaa"
Actually he was useful for JLO. On the floor was a huge success and gave her a restart as singer
I listen to the album and I have listened to some of the albums she had back in a day. This to me is her best work, her voice sounds very nice on this album you can tell she put in the work and if you give it a chance, you'll see that it really is beautiful album about love.
I feel J-Lo hits here and there with movies but with music she's terrible for the most part and need to realize there are other memorable singers.
yea acting is where she makes her mark honestly
Her music is so generic. Shes a talented entertainer but i feel like shes stuck in a certain era when it comes to promoting. Her image surrounds the fact at how good she looks at her age and relationship with Ben, instead of her projects.
I am not going to knock someone more talented than me when it comes to their music, acting and dancing. My criticism of JLo is how she treats others. Especially the people she worked with like Tommy Davidson. According to him, she completely dissed him when he was just happy to see her. That's when the "nice girl" facade was lifted for me and I started learning that this is who she is, a itch##B! With that in mind, you can keep your album and keep your movie!
You’re so kind, the album is trash. No one is listening to those songs on a long drive or saying “Turn on that JLO”. She wasn’t thinking about what people want to hear when making this she just wanted to put out her version of “Lemonade” except there is no sugar in it.
I always loved Jlo i think after Rebirth she lost me as a musician this album needs to be a follow up to this is me then and after so many failed relationships im wondering like what if this dont work out and what message are you sending to your kids. Before she released her album and got back with Ben she needed to go to therapy first and talk about why her relationships dont last and what men she needs to look for mabye the album wouldve been better i dont know but im always gonna be a Jlo stan no matter what
The album cute I love it been on repeat as of lately ❤
This is very random but if Affleck and Lopez could get back together after decades, imagine if Justin and Selena got back together in their late 40s. I don't care for Jelena but damn that would be a hell of a story for the kids😅
Not a good idea, Selena implied Justin abused her and Justin admitted to it.
We gonna forget this album existed anyway
I want someone to make an AI cover of taco flavoured kisses with her voice now that it’s possible. Only because I know how much she despises it and idgaf what anyone says or thinks. Watching millionaires have meltdowns is funny.
Jlo is doing well! With good reviews or not! Her tour is selling well! Additional cites and dates have been added, she will be fine!!
never happened
@ShawnMadeInUSA
It does have good reviews and half of the tour is already sold out 🤷♂️
Aint no way i could sit up there and listen to her sing. My ears would bleed. See yall did this💩 🤦🏾
People are allowed to dislike her music. I promise you won’t get an invite to her tour by glazing on social media so hard.
Seems like it
Spot on review!
I love this album so much
I'm surprised that big and rich artists like JLo are not working with big producers like Max Martin
Max only wants to work with people who can guarantee him hits. No one is checking for a jlo song let alone an album. Plus I would not be surprised if she couldn’t afford Max’s fee to make a profit off of
I can really how Honest has improved his speaking by slowing down and it makes an impact on my listening experience.
Good job Honest!
JLo be doing everything and giving NOTHING 😂😂
This whole era is some self indulgent nonsense. The ‘movie’ what the hell! And she sounds out of tune on some of the tracks. I usually enjoy her music. But this feels disingenuous despite her saying….everything she is about it.
Ironically, the only songs I like from her are the ones that she stole or weren’t meant to be sang by her 😂
It's a shame because the album itself and even the movie, imo, were actually pretty good. I wasn't mad at it. The documentary was a bit much and definitely did her no favors. I enjoyed the fact that the album/movie highlighted finding self-love. It could've used more depth.
Jennifer can dance. Jennifer can act. That’s it that’s all 😊
Gigli 😂😂😂
It really isn’t as bad as people make it out to be
Who is that on the cover of her new album??? 😅
crap. I heard Can't get enough and some other songs of her last album on the radio I exactly can't name but I'm sure she was her and everything sounds exactly like some of her songs in early 2000s and if it wasn't her sound, it was something close to Beyonce, Christina Milian. Exactly that type with her more latin touch.
This thing honestly made me laugh hard. I was like "how she releases exactly same sound after twenty years?"
To be honest, JLo always been mediocre anything she ever did. Singing, acting, dancing...but somehow she manages to build a fortune. Good for her.
I need her back in the studio with timbaland and tedder… her 2007 album Brave is just perfect
I think a better title for the album is "This is not me". As we all know that she didn't sing much or anything on her albums, and if she did, which I'm doubting completely, it would've been layered with another singer.
Whilst she can dance and act, and it baffles me why she hasn't fully focused on those two avenues instead of trying to be a singer. Oh, I know why... she was only promoted as a singer for Tommy Mottola to spite Mariah Carey.
Stop being bitter over 20+ year old drama
@@ef5993 Its the literal foundation of her singing career lol. One that wouldnt exist otherwise. If she still wants to promote music, its still relevent...
@@ef5993 no
@@LD-tn6ff Blame Tommy Mottola for that.
Idk why but it bothers me that the album cover has 3 different fonts for no reason, like ??? just why???
You know those in quotation marks hit after hit were actually sung by other people she was just covering them LOL I'll never forget that song I'm real by ja rule and Ashanti for her face was on the video
Wonderfully put
This is Me… Then - it’s her best work, not this one!
Personally, for me. It’s the most cohesive and best she’s sounded in an album. Shes definitely put the work in for what SHE sounds best in. And focused on her strengths without trying to be who she isn’t. I think people who want to ignore it can’t necessarily say anything with any weight if you didn’t actually listen or watch the film (even then, the film doesn’t feature all of the songs and some amazing ones were left out)
I was a fan since If You Had My Love... I just got tired of her love life being always at the center of her projects. But if this is her truth, good for her.
with 'cant get enough' being the lead single what r rest of the songs gonne b like.
You know I can't get enough (I love that shit)
I was waiting for you
She's a middle age women trying to survive that savage industry in a beyonce taylor swift world y'all know what I mean.
Jae Stephens actually did background vocals on Rebound, which imo was the best part of the song….
Didn't know she released an album
I love On the floor & Papi, Booty as well
As a fan, this album is one of her best! It sounds like 2003 when she was at her best!
I loved the prime video movie
Debut at 38 top 200 selling total 21k
Is that good?
@@Sttephy30It's terrible with that level of promo but better than expected for a J-Low musical project in 2024 tbh. I expected 10k tbh
*19k and that’s horrible tbh
@@Sttephy30it’s very bad. To put in perspective: Usher debuted with his new album at #2 with 91k. Ariana is about to debut at #1 with around 200k
Jlo can’t sing but the beauty is there love him them ❤
It seems like Jlo has always been driven by the desire to be famous and relevant rather than by passion for what she does. That’s why nothing ever comes across as authentic or truly special because it’s never from the heart.
Another big ol' FLOP to add for "Jennifer FLOPez." The industry plant has finally ran her course.
The most shocking part is that she self-funded that film with $20mln of her own money. She’ll make it back from the tour, but still…
Who would fund it if not her? Literally NOBODY asked for the film.
Only 5 minutes is wild 😂
J Lo's first album "On the 6" was pretty good. The sophomore album J. Lo was also pretty good and then the album love? With "on the floor" was a pretty solid album.
I’m glad u reviewed the album I’m huge Jlo fan but like this album is a grower the more u listen to it the more u like it
I agree 👍
JLo COULD make an actual good album if she wanted to, talk about being a mother, feeling not worthy in Hollywood, struggles with ___, growing as a woman, never being taken seriously, like the meat is there girl!
Im not a fan of her voice specifically on the song this is me,but other than that in this album you can tell they put more effort. It has that early 00's vibes and the movie makes it better
The album is AMAZING😍😍 I LOVE IT
Then there's the documentary tied to the music film. Jlo is workinggg
Every middle aged popstar thinks they have to do some boring, inspiring, "this is my life journey" album at this point in their career, and they ALWAYS flop!!
Who’s album? Who is that?
The album was garbage... I still don't understand why she is allowed to be called a "singer" as she has no vocal ability. Also after exploiting black women without crediting them for so long, how has she not been canceled?