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Sep 15, 2021Balvin proves to be taking risks the whole way through. With JOSE, J Balvin offers stiff competition to Kanye and Drake's recent 20-plus song efforts with a far more consistent effort.
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Sep 10, 2021It's a colorful, wide-ranging romp of an album -- and an airy liberation for its titular figure.
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Sep 10, 2021While he doesn’t break new ground on the record, Jose showcases an artist balancing who he is with what we expect, and holding happily in place.
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Sep 10, 2021When it punches hard, ‘Jose’ doesn’t miss. ... Yet ‘Jose’ – like Drake and Kanye’s efforts, previously – is led down by quality control. The creativity is undiminished, but it struggles under the weight of its 24 track span – clocking in at more than hour, the record at times tries the patience.
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Sep 10, 2021The album struggles to truly innovate: “Jose” is an itinerant, unfocused effort that offers an impressionistic inventory of the sounds that have established him as a force: pop-reggaeton, trap and EDM. ... “Jose” colors inside the lines, safeguarding Balvin’s reign by reveling in the familiar.
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Positive: 9 out of 15
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Mixed: 1 out of 15
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Negative: 5 out of 15
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