JOSE
by J Balvin
User Score
6.5

Generally favorable reviews- based on 15 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 9 out of 15
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 15
  3. Negative: 5 out of 15
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  1. Luiscisnerosv
    Sep 12, 2021
    6
    Quality it must be over quantity. J Balvin “Jose” sometimes feels like a compilation album, than a true new concept. The collaboration with Bad Bunny and Dua Lipa was already a last year hit. Of course, an album is gonna have lots of streams when they added an old song who has already been a hit. Is not a super bad album, but it’s lack of real concept, within more than 1 hour, make youQuality it must be over quantity. J Balvin “Jose” sometimes feels like a compilation album, than a true new concept. The collaboration with Bad Bunny and Dua Lipa was already a last year hit. Of course, an album is gonna have lots of streams when they added an old song who has already been a hit. Is not a super bad album, but it’s lack of real concept, within more than 1 hour, make you feel nostalgic of the quality of J Balvin previous works like Vibras, Energía or Bad Bunny’s collaboration in Oasis.… Expand

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Metascore
72

Generally favorable reviews - based on 5 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 3 out of 5
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 5
  3. Negative: 0 out of 5
  1. Exclaim
    Sep 15, 2021
    90
    Balvin 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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  2. The New York Times
    Sep 10, 2021
    50
    The 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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  3. AllMusic
    Sep 10, 2021
    80
    It's a colorful, wide-ranging romp of an album -- and an airy liberation for its titular figure.
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