So far on the musical forefront, 2010 is not looking good for Jennifer Lopez. Word on the street after 'Louboutins' and countless other singles failed to ignite buzz for her upcoming cd, 'Love?' the singer/dancer/actress has parted ways with Sony records. No word yet if 'Love?' will ever see the light of day, but she will be on Saturday Night Live this weekend and has a movie called The Back-Up Plan coming out in April.
I like Jennifer as a performer, but truth be told, she had alot of mediocre mid-tempo tracks on that album. I keep telling everybody no one wants to hear okay songs. People want to dance and have fun, especially since we're slowly coming out of a recession. 'Louboutins' sounded like a song that should have ben released five years ago, and 'What is Love' sounds like a song Nelly Furtado rejected back when she recorded her 'Loose' record. I understand JLo wants to be taken seriously as a singer, but she seriously needs to eat crow and accept where her talents lie. She's a graduate from the Janet/Britney school of music, where she's a good dancer but a passable singer. Stick with the dance music and the uptempo tracks and leave the R&B to Mary J., Brandy, monica, Toni, and all the girls who don't need a tonator to keep them on key.
Update: Jennifer Lopez is currently shopping her album to other labels, one rumored to be Def Jam which is home to Rihanna and longtime nemesis, Mariah Carey. Should she sign with Def Jam I hope they put her ass in the studio and record some hit songs for a change instead of the mediocre singles that Sony tried and failed to ignite flames on the musically fickle American aural audience.
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