With the impending trial of her boyfriend, Sean "Puffy" Combs, and with the recent release of her movie The Wedding Planner, you have to wonder how Jennifer Lopez ever had time to crank out and co-produce J. Lo, the follow up to her 1999 multi-platinum effort On the 6.

In its first week of release J. Lo has sold 272,000 copies, and this week takes over the No. 1 spot on the Billboard Music Charts.

Named after the endearing nickname her fans have given her, J. Lo contains seven songs co-written by Lopez. Combs co-wrote and co-produced four of the tracks, in-between preparing for his trial on gun possession and bribery charges in connection with a shooting in a Times Square nightclub.

As for the music itself, if you enjoyed the singles "If You Had My Love" and "Waiting For Tonight" on her first disc, expect to find more of the same. You will enjoy this CD. The standouts include the first single already tearing up the airwaves, "Love Don't Cost A Thing," as well as "Play," "Ain't It Funny," "I'm Gonna Be Alright," and "That's The Way."

The rest of the album has its high and low points, but a majority of the other songs are somewhat indistinguishable.

It's hard not to like "Love Don't Cost A Thing" with its very catchy, danceable beat. It opens the album with a bang. "Play" has a very techno-pop sound with a good opening rhythm, with a sound similar to Madonna's hit single "Music." In fact this whole album sounds slightly similar to Madonna's latest effort, although Lopez puts her own spin on it.

The lyrics to "Play," as with most of the songs on this album, aren't very deep. Lopez sings, "Play, come on/play that song/play it all night long/just turn it up and/ turn me on/play, come on DJ/play that song/you know that it turns me on/just turn it up/and turn me on."

Lopez goes back to some of her Latin roots in a few of the tracks on the album including the salsa-inspired tracks "Ain't It Funny," "Carino" and "Dame."

"Carino" brings out the feeling of being in a dance contest south of the border, with driving rhythmic beats and jazz influences.

"Dame" is one of two tracks on the album sung entirely in Spanish, with yet another danceable beat very similar to "Carino."

Overall, this 15-track CD could be labeled as above average. Surely there were better albums released during the last year, and this one probably won't be raking in many Grammys. Still, if you're into dance-worthy Pop tracks and like a mixture of salsa-inspired tunes, J. Lo is the album for you.