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Jun 16, 2014When the scale tips too heavily toward rhythm--as it does on "Booty" and "I Luh Ya Papi"--the productions don't do Lopez many favors, burying her in their thrum.
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Jun 13, 2014The album features more guest rappers than even her 2002 remix album, and the standout "Acting Like That," featuring the always reliable Iggy Azalea, is handily the hardest beat she's ever bought. Unfortunately, A.K.A. also includes a slew of midtempo ballads whose soaring hooks and slick production are wasted on Lopez's reedy voice.
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Jun 18, 2014Much of A.K.A. is still mawkish, midtempo melodrama that does too much to accentuate J. Lo's tunelessness.
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Jun 17, 2014There is one half of a solid album in A.K.A., Jennifer Lopez’s first new release in three years.
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Jun 17, 2014A.K.A. finds J.Lo throwing anything she can at the wall to see what sticks.
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Jun 17, 2014Beyond summer-anthem contender "I Luh Ya Papi," Lopez supplements flat production from names like RoccStar with forgettable verses from rappers like T.I.
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Jun 16, 2014Anybody who heard 2011's Love? won't find much new here, forgettable EDM-by-numbers floor-fillers jostling with marginally more inspired ballads.
Awards & Rankings
User score distribution:
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Positive: 268 out of 374
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Mixed: 29 out of 374
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Negative: 77 out of 374
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