Jennifer Lopez -- Papi

Jennifer Lopez debuted her singing career in 1999 with her first studio album, On the 6. Since, J-Lo has had an immensely successful career as a singer, actress, record producer, dancer, television personality, fashion designer, and television producer. After a brief hiatus, she recently revived her singing career with the track "On the Floor" featuring Pitbull, which achieved worldwide success and peaked as No. 3 on the music charts.

 

The single “Papi” is the third cut from the star's seventh studio album Love? and is the highlight of the record. The track combines the flavor of electro music with a bit of Latin spice, topped with what Rick Florino from Artistdirect.com called a "majestic hook." The heavy drum beat and synthed vocals make for a club-ready song. 

  

The video starts with Jenny pining over her absent man while at the mail counter. The attendant offers her a magical love cookie meant to bring her “love back,” and the next day Lopez starts a man frenzy. As she struts unsuspectingly down the city streets, men go cuckoo-bananas over the singer-- tossing themselves out of windows, scaling down walls, diving off of buldings, and literally throwing themeselves at Jennifer in attempts to win her affection.  Soon J-Lo is trailing a flock of vying suitors who have become obsessed. It isn’t until a fellow has launched himself at Jennifer’s car that she realizes the mob of love-struck males in her rearview mirror. A failed get-away leads to an inevitable dance sequence and Jenny is soon being flung around in aerial stunts. In the nick of time, Jennifer’s man, “Papi,” sweeps in and rescues her from the clutches of the overzealous male public. Proving that magical love cookies really do work.

Overall, this video is humorous and fun, if not oh-so-original.

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Check out other blogs about the music video—

 

MTV Blogs: http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1670990/jennifer-lopez-papi-music-video.jhtml

 

Entertainment Weekly's "Music Mix": http://music-mix.ew.com/2011/09/19/jennifer-lopez-papi-video-fiat-commercial/