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Formats and Editions
1. Get Right
2. Step into My World
3. Hold You Down
4. Whatever You Wanna Do
5. Cherry Pie
6. I Got U
7. Still Around
8. Ryde or Die
9. I, Love
10. He'll Be Back
11. (Can't Believe) This Is Me
12. Get Right
13. Eternal Flame
14. Don't Break My Heart
15. Living In A Box
16. Cannonball
17. So Far Away
18. Boy From New York City
19. Hey Louise
20. Private Eyes
21. Another Night
22. So Many Men So Little Time
Reviews:
Don't let the title trick you into looking for too radical a change in Jennifer Lopez's music. While Madonna--the Lopez brand business model--releases diverse records that lay bare her shrewd talent to reinvent herself as an autonomous superstar, each of Lopez's albums betray the influence of the men in her life. J-Lo co-opted a P. Diddy-style nickname and his bling, bad-ass image; This Is Me... Then sagged with syrupy, Ben-inspired love songs. If anything, then, Rebirth is shorthand for "I'm married to Marc Anthony now."That said, Lopez's vocals have improved with each record, and on "Rebirth" she sings with an emboldened confidence. She throws herself capably into power ballads that recall Anthony's bombastic hits: "Can't Believe This Is Me" (co-written by Anthony) and "He'll Be Back" skillfully employ his brokenhearted, baby-please-don't-go dramatics. The CD boasts a handful of killer grooves. Lead single "Get Right" revels in its trashy, repeated saxophone hook, and though "Cherry Pie" isn't a Warrant cover, it does add crunchy guitars into the mix, while still sounding like a Jennifer Lopez single: savvy, instantly catchy, and super-danceable. But overall Rebirth shirks from its promise of reinvention. And if her marriage to Anthony endures, we could be looking at more, bigger ballads from here on out.
