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This Is Me…Then (20th Anniversary Edition)

Jennifer Lopez · 2022

64 min · 16 tracks · hip-hop

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Elevation

Our rating, out of 100 — and why.

AI-generated from five scored dimensions. An opinion, not a measurement.

58 /100
Foothills
Higher than 10% of albums we've rated

Strong singles and carefully polished arrangements anchor a relationship-focused R&B record, though much of its songwriting and sound stay within early-2000s pop conventions.

What we noticed

  • The original 11-track sequence opens with two slow love songs, places “I’m Glad” and “The One” before “Dear Ben,” then shifts to the singles “All I Have” and “Jenny from the Block.”
  • Most of the record stays in polished midtempo R&B; “Jenny from the Block” supplies the clearest rhythmic lift, while the closing “Baby I Love U!” returns to a slower, intimate pace.
  • The 20th-anniversary tracklist appends alternate versions and remixes after the original album sequence; these extras are excluded when judging the album’s pacing.
Composition 25% of the score
6/10

the writing — melody, harmony, structure, lyrics

Craft 20% of the score
7/10

production, performance, arrangement

Durability 25% of the score
5/10

whether it rewards returning to it

Distinctiveness 18% of the score
5/10

whether it sounds like itself

Sequencing 12% of the score
6/10

running order, pacing, length

Influence 5/10

Significant within its genre. Reported but not counted — how far a record travelled describes its reception rather than the record, and a newer release has had less time to travel than an older one.

Tracklist

Best experienced from track one — press play and let it unfold.

  • 1 Still 3:40
  • 2 Loving You 3:45
  • 3 I’m Glad 3:42
  • 4 The One 3:36
  • 5 Dear Ben 3:14
  • 6 All I Have (feat. LL Cool J) 4:14
  • 7 Jenny from the Block (feat. Jadakiss & Styles P.) (Track Masters Remix) 3:08
  • 8 Again 5:47
  • 9 You Belong to Me 3:30
  • 10 I’ve Been Thinkin’ 4:41
  • 11 Baby I Love U! 4:29
  • 12 The One (Version 2) 3:31
  • 13 I’m Glad (Paul Oakenfold Perfecto Remix) 5:47
  • 14 Jenny from the Block (Everbots Showtime Radio Edit) 3:43
  • 15 The One (Bastone & Burnz Radio Mix) 3:47
  • 16 All I Have (feat. LL Cool J) (Ignorants Mix) 4:03

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