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Having said that, Jennifer's homage choreography in "I'm Glad" to Jennifer Beals dancing in Flashdance is really epic and a great way to honor a movie (and of course the Fame TV show which it spun of) that had a very strong influence on many young dancers like Miss Lopez. If you don't own a copy of Flashdance, you may want to get a copy of that so you can see how well J.LO covers the significant dance routines from the movie on this video, it's awesome! The "All I Have" video is nothing special, it is the typical boy in his own world/girl in his own world breakup montage video: It's been done before. But it is nice to see and hear Jennifer working with an _established_ rapper like LL Cool J as opposed to the newer rappers she's been featuring like Ja Rule. LL's flow on this song is as smooth as ever and delivered in the powerful yet cool way only a veteran like him can. "I'm Glad/All I Have" on it's own merits I think is 3 stars, but since "The Reel Me" is also available, from a value standpoint this DVD single really deserves to be rated lower on the scale.


Video Singer, Yes.. Real Singer... No   August 18, 2003
 2 out of 9 found this review helpful

There are just so many artists that actually try to sound the exact same as they did back a few years ago. Still, there are so many of them that really aren't taken as real, credible singers in the industry today. In the case of Jennifer Lopez, she is our current Latin Milli Vanilli. Sometimes when it comes to her music videos, you know they can be strong and certain-minded, but not all that good. Sometimes that power of the music video can really change the whole pattern of things. Unfortunately, I just wish I could say that same thing with music.

This DVD collection contains two videos the so-called J-LO created. The two videos were promotional for her album This Is Me... Then. The first one I'm Glad, was mainly as a recreation of the Flashdance movie, as if Jennifer was really in it. Not really. The concept was directed by David LaChapelle, who directed the recent video for Try It On My Own by Whitney Houston. Although Jennifer's video was similar to Whitney's, it doesn't seem to strike a chord musically, but it did remain somewhat eye-popping for the dancing only. Still, I thought it was very dissapointing.

The second video, All I Have was not even close considered as a duet with rapper LL Cool J. The song really didn't showcase any chemistry when chemistry was actually due. Still, I was very dissapointed that a strong credible rapper could stoop so low. The video was directed by Paul Hunter, who directed several videos Jennifer before, including If You Had My Love and Waiting For Tonight, when she was looking like a real credible singer. Unfortunately, I wish I could say the same thing for her career. It just doesn't add up.

Although Jennifer is a good actress, she does act very good in trying to prove she is not a real singer. Hopefully, she could try taking a lesson from Vanessa Williams and do Broadway or something. The video seems good, but if you can't sing in front of people it is worthless and not worth merit. Maybe Jennifer Lopez might still want to back to the Bronx for some lessons in singing.


Jlos Two Best Videos Yet   August 9, 2003
 7 out of 8 found this review helpful

THis DVD is great cause its with JLo's two best videos and the #1 single and biggest hit of her career "All I Have" with rapper LL Cool J and was a major success and samples some of Debra Laws "Very Special" hit but JLo took and made #1 everywhere including on the billbords for 5 straight weeks.
The the second video is the "I'm Glad" video which is a tribute to the film "Flashdance" and she kicks some major ...in the video from the costumes to the dancing its definitely her best video yet.