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The video looks like it will be nice: bgP9uwY07gg

Well, All The Boys has grown on me a lot. I want to like this album cuz I love Keri...I just can't get into it.

The video isn't as good as that preview made out; I thought it'd be trippier. Still, pretty good though. Monster is the best track on the album, can't get enough of it at the moment.

I can't believe the general feeling towards this album is positive. It's just absolute dribble. IAPW was flawed, but there were some moments where she showed what she's capable of - hot club tracks like Get Your Money Up and strong ballads like Alienated. No Boys Allowed has only one highlight; Lose Control. PGR is the sonic equivalent of baby food and even the songs where she tries to bring it like The Way You Love Me are just an absolute mess because they lack the faintest suggestion of a hook.

Too true. She should stay being feat. Keri Hilson.

This album is lame other than Lose Control. When did Keri forget how to write catchy songs?

Loca is being released in Feb. Whatevz.

I've given up. Her team, are just useless.

I just can't imagine what Matt is going to release. He's going to have to get someone to write an amazing electro pop dance song and then replace all the synths with MIDI guitars.

If ever there's a song that needs a "Part 2", it's this. Epic chorus. Lame raps.

Oh - and why did Cher do Where Is The Love? It's probably one of the worst BEP songs. IGF was good but the fact it was so short meant she didn't do the "I know that we'll have a ball..." bit. Dumb.

Matt was so bad tonight. His first song was an absolute bore fest and his second with Rihanna was an embarrassment - you saw his face go when he messed up and then when Rihanna came on stage I almost died cringing at how he reacted. HE'S SUCH A SLEAZE. And looked like a little boy caught in the headlights when she got up close. Cher was actually the best tonight - even though I'm always frustrated with her song choices; I don't get why she kept doing naff hip hop songs when what people loved was her first audition when she SANG an RnB song. It's beyond me why she never sang something like Knock You Down or Glamorous. Anyway, I hope she spends a year working with some decent writers and producers and comes back with something decent.

Little Dreams is amazing. I think the Bright Lights songs are a lot more interesting than 50% of Lights.

Fearne Cotton was brilliant. The rest was a bit meh. Fearne Cotton alone is reason to watch this, though.

This has made me appreciate this song for the first time. I can't believe it's passed me by for so long. It's genius!

This season of Fringe has been incredible. It's gone from being something that's ok to watch every now and again to compulsive viewing. It would be such a shame if it was cancelled. I really want them to finish this battle of two universes in a way it deserves.

It's just a massive rip off of Power.

I'm guessing it's the JS Mix.

The video is #2 on UK iTunes already. Doesn't mean much since the music vids for DIA and Waka Waka were both as high on the video chart.

Originally, Give It Up To Me was meant for Shock Value II. As a Timbaland song, I absolutely love it. I just hate that Shakira tried to pass it off as her own song.

I think Devocion was originally recorded for She Wolf, but left off because it didn't fit. It's a Sam Endicott/John Hill song (MITT) but Jorge Drexler is credited for lyrics co write, and the only other songs he's co written have been Loba, Anhos Luz and Lo Hecho Esta Hecho, ie all the translations from She Wolf.

Jesus, the video is amazing. I don't like the song as much as her previous stuff, but the video's made me like it a whole lot more. I reckon this could go #1, keeping Cheryl off.

Loca, Gordita, Antes De Las Seis, Rabiosa and Devocion are the only ones that I'm loving. The rest just sounds pretty lame to me, like less good versions of songs off previous albums. Addicted to You could've been really good if it was longer and had some cool instrumentation - like the clarinet solo in Long Time. As it stands, it sounds like Peligro reject.

I always thought Why Wait was classic Shakira, full on fusion. Long Time definitely sounded like "label pressure" though, trying to make an "American" sound. Other than Gypsy and Long Time though, I did feel like Shakira was progressing with her sound on She Wolf. Even the more urban songs, I felt like she was taking that genre and twisting it in her own way, adding her own influences to make something that was still undeniably Shakira. Sale El Sol to me sounds like someone looking at all their hit albums after they've had a flop. "Ok, so my biggest hit was a latin cover, featuring a well known rapper, so I'll record Loca." "My fans always prefer my rock side, so I'll record Devocion." "I haven't had a good piano ballad since FO1 and they always go down well, so I'll record Lo Que Mas." From the previews, it sounded like there were a few duds on this album and when you're only putting 10 songs on there, you can't afford any duds. I will reassess this judgement obviously when the album is released.

If She Wolf was released on a Sunday rather than a Wednesday, it would've got to #1.