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About this product
Product Identifiers
Record Label
Epic
UPC
9399700105827
eBay Product ID (ePID)
13050124557
Product Key Features
Artist
Jennifer Lopez, Jadakiss, Ll Cool J, Styles
Format
CD
Release Year
2002
Release Title
This Is Me...Then [Bonus Track]
Genre
Latin, International
Run Time
43 Mins 45 Seconds
Additional Product Features
Distribution
MSI Music Distribution
Number of Discs
1
Country/Region of Manufacture
USA
Additional information
Personnel includes: Jennifer Lopez (vocals); Jadakiss, Styles, LL cool J (rap vocals); Reggie Hamlet (acoustic guitar, bass); Renee Toledo (acoustic guitar); Kamil Rustaru (electric guitar); Verdine White (bass); Omar Hakim (drums); Troy Oliver, Dan Shea (programming); B-Money (vinyl scratches); Lakindra Pierce, Natasha Ramos, Billy Lawrence, Tavia Ivey (background vocals). Producers include: Rick Shelton, Troy Oliver, Cory Rooney, Focus, Reggie Hamlet. Recorded at Hit Factory, New York, New York. An Australian issue of the successful singer's popular release; includes the bonus track "The One (Version 2)." In the titles of both her debut, ON THE 6 (as in the NYC subway to the Bronx), and her 2002 release, THIS IS ME...THEN, Jennifer Lopez makes the assertion that in spite of her mega-successful movie career and her high profile, paparazzi-fodder dating life (from Puff Daddy to Ben Affleck), she is still just "Jenny from the Block," as this album's first single proclaims; a simple girl from the Bronx. That your average non-movie-star from the Bronx could probably not obtain a record deal so readily is a moot point, since Lopez can indeed sing and is undeniably a presence both visually and sonically. Despite the unshakeable dance bounce of the aforementioned single, most of the record grooves with an almost '70s-sounding mellow vibe, including a faithful cover of Carly Simon's 1978 hit "You Belong to Me." Perhaps this smoothness is due to the one facet of J-Lo that belies her larger-than-life mystique; the love she wears on her sleeve. Even if you'd taken lodging in a cave during 2002, her courtship with fellow movie star Ben Affleck is apparent on this record from the self-explanatory "Dear Ben" to the glow in love songs like "The One."
Reviews
Entertainment Weekly (12/13/02, pp.79-80) - "...A spacious-sounding affair that eschews the heavy-handed production that marred her first two efforts; the vibe is more Minnie Riperton than Missy Elliot..." - Rating: B