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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Jennifer Lopez: Volume 7, 15 Oct 2007
When BRAVE is good, it's brilliant. It mixes R&B, dance and pop, with a few ballads thrown it. Jennifer's vocals have improved immensely.
But does BRAVE have some really good tracks? The first single `Do It Well' is a fantastic hip hop/dance hybrid. More time has been spent on `Forever', `Hold It, Don't Drop It' and 'Brave' - planned future singles?
`Stay Together', `The Way It Is', `Wrong When You're Gone' and `Mile In These Shoes' are also above average.
That only leaves 4 songs that aren't bad, just boring. `Gotta Be There', `Never Gonna Give Up', `Be Mine' and `I Need Love'.
Plus, the `Do It Well' remix, featuring Ludacris is pointless. Why ruin a good song?
While casual fans may find BRAVE to be hit or miss, the enthusiast will find this to be a solid entry is Ms Lopez' résumé
* The DVD contains 4 music videos that can't be found on Jennifer's 'Reel Me' music DVD, so this is a good chance to fill the gaps in your collection.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
A Big Improvement!!, 31 Oct 2007
Jennifer Lopez was in serious need of a good record. 'This Is Me...Then' wasn't worth the resources used to make it and 'Rebirth' was certainatly good but the singles chosen were the worst tracks on the album! Then 'Brave' comes along. Working with a roster of talent including Ryan Teddler (wrote & produced Leona Lewis' Bleeding Love), Bloodshy & Avant (produced some of Britney Spears' & Rachel Stevens' biggest hits, Cory Rooney (who has worked on every Lopez album), and writing & production from in-demand hip-hop clique 'The Clutch'
The result is an up-beat, unlifting album full of dancable music that makes you feel good. Although some of the tracks are nothing special - such as 'Be Mine' & 'The Way It Is' there is a host of fantastic tunes. The album's hightlights are definately 'Stay Together' 'Hold It Don't Drop It' 'Mile In These Shoes' & 'Brave' The only slow song on the album is 'Wrong When You're Gone' which is another excellent song. 'Do It Well' - the lead single is a decent song but definately not the best on the album, so if you like it then you'll love the album. The bonus remix featuring Ludacris is HOT and adds a whole other dimension to the song.
This is a care free positive album which is unfortunatly being overlooked on the charts at the minute but it is undoubtably one of (if not THE) best album's of Lopez's career and is certainatly worth buying!!
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2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
J-Lo treads water again..., 17 Oct 2007
Never the greatest artist, 'J-Lo' or Jennifer Lopez or 'Jenny From The Block', or whichever monicer she is currently going by, returns with a new disc, and in truth, it's alright. But that's as great of an accolade one can afford it. In fairness, the majority of the material is no better nor worse than that featured on previous albums, but where the album does fall down is that it lacks the quality singles previous albums contained.
Whilst 'Do It Well' is a servicable enough single, it lacks the impact of the likes of 'Waiting For Tonight', 'Love Don't Cost A Thing', 'Ain't It Funny', or even 'Jenny From The Block' or 'Get Right'.
Furthermore, beyond the so-so 'Hold It Don't Drop It', and 'Mile In These Shoes', which fails to live up to the promise of it's first minute or so, there are no further potential hit singles to be found on the album.
'Stay Together' is a pretty decent, dare I say slightly funky diatribe against Hollywood 'blink and it's over' relationships, and although the sentiment is a nice one, given that the message is delivered by the four times engaged, three times married, twice divorced Lopez, it sort of smacks of hypocrisy.
'Be Mine' and 'I Need Love' are pretty decent ballads, nearer a jazzy/ adult contemporary pop style than the current trend for syrupy R & B ballads, whilst 'Gotta Be There' makes good use of a sample of Michael Jackson's 'Gotta Be Where You Are', but Lopez fails to live up to the quality of the sample material.
The rest of the tracks are pretty forgettable, half-decent filler material, and if nestled between a collection of four or five hit singles, would constitute a great album judged by Lopez's own standards. Unfortunately for Lopez, the hit material is lacking, and without a hit single to send to radio, Lopez is left treading water with nowhere to go.
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