Jennifer Lopez On The 6 CD

Personnel includes: Jennifer Lopez, Marc Anthony (vocals); Manny Lopez (acoustic guitar); Chieli Minucci, Michael Landau, Michael Thompson, Rene Toledo (guitar); Jack Stamates (violin); Kenny Anderson (alto & baritone saxophones); Randall Barlow, Douglas Michels (trumpet); Hernan Mulet (trombone); Al West, Paquito Echavarria (piano); Dan Shea, Juan Vincente Zambrano (keyboards, programming); Cory Rooney, Lawrence P. Dermer (keyboards, background vocals); Eric Kupper, Peter Zizzo (keyboards) Salvador Cuevas (bass); Douglas Guevera (timbales, bongo, congas); Archie Pena, Edwin Bonilla (percussion); Bill Makina, Poke & Tone (programming); Jennifer Karr, Shawnyette Harrell, Donna Allen, Betty Wright (background vocals).
Producers include: Rodney Jerkins, Poke & Tone, Alvin West, Sean "Puffy" Combs, Emilio Estefan Jr..
Engineers include: Franklyn Grant, Robb Williams, Prince Charles.
"Waiting For Tonight" was nominated for the 2000 Grammy Award for Best Dance Recording.
"Let's Get Loud" was nominated for the 2001 Grammy Award for Best Dance Recording.
"No Me Ames" was nominated for the 2000 Billboard Latin Music Award for Tropical/Salsa Track of the Year, Hot Latin Track of the Year & Hot Latin Track of the Year by a Vocal Duo.
"No Me Ames" was nominated for the 2000 Latin Grammy Award for Best Pop Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal.
Jennifer Lopez's debut album, On the 6, showcases the actress' sultry, versatile voice in a number of settings, including pop ballads, Latin pop, and R&B. Star producers like Sean "Puffy" Combs, Trackmasters, and Emilio Estefan, Jr. lend their talents to the album, making On the 6 a perfectly polished and varied album, which features a musical blend Lopez calls "Latin soul." Smooth ballads such as "Should've Never," "Too Late," "Could This Be Love," and "No Me Ames," a duet with Latin superstar Marc Anthony, dominate the album's first half; while these songs show off the gentler side of Lopez's vocal gifts, they tend to sound too similar. It's on the R&B and Latin-tinged tracks where Lopez really shines. Along with the insistent first single "If You Had My Love," cuts like "Feelin' So Good" and "Let's Get Loud" have a fiery, soulful sound more in keeping with Lopez's public persona. On the 6's second half capitalizes on this spicy, upbeat side, particularly on "Waiting for Tonight" and "Open off My Love," which draws inspiration from rap, R&B, and Latin styles with its sparse arrangement of horns, keyboards, and beats. The tropical remix of "No Me Ames" and "Una Noche Mas," the Spanish version of "Waiting for Tonight," emphasize Lopez's distinctive heritage, which elevates On the 6 from a star's vanity project to an individual but accessible work of pop songcraft by a widely talented performer. ~ Heather Phares
The multi-talented dancer/singer/actress Jennifer Lopez fulfilled a lifelong dream with the release of ON THE 6, an album that gets its title from the subway she took from her Bronx home to Manhattan for dance training and auditions. The overnight hit "If You Had My Love" helped show the world Jennifer's emotive and vulnerable vocal style. With the collaborative help of Emilio Estefan Jr., the dance rhythms and salsa brass of "Let's Get Loud" are refreshing and infectious. In the bittersweet "Should've Never," her sultry spoken-Spanish vocals make the song incredibly sexy in its desperation. "Feelin' So Good" has a hip-hop feel, thanks to songwriting and production help from the omnipresent Sean "Puffy" Combs. Collecting a debt from her appearance in one of his music videos, Marc Anthony makes a surprise appearance on "No Me Ames." With a seamless skill at singing ballads, R & B, and dance music, Jennifer Lopez shows great promise for the musical chapter of her amazing career.

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Rolling Stone (7/8-7/22/99, pp.148-9) - 3 stars (out of 5) - "...The happy surprise of ON THE 6 is that she knows what she's doing....She makes a little va-va and a whole lot of voom go a long way."
Urban Latino (1/99, p.84) - 3 out of 4 - "...an array of Dance, Salsa, and smooth R&B tunes - songs that make you get down and some that make you lie back....you can't go wrong with buying this album..."