The Rundown: Jennifer Lopez, A.K.A.

A Breakdown of J.Lo's latest.

The Rundown: Jennifer Lopez, A.K.A. - If you thought J.Lo was out the music game, Jenny is definitely back on the block. Her eighth LP, A.K.A., like its predecessors, delivers a jubilant mixture of vibrant Euro-dance cuts and swag-filled thoughts on love and heartache. And, in between, she brings in music's top hitters to join in on a track or two. Read on for this breakdown of the Hollywood power player's latest.   (Photo: Capitol Records)

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The Rundown: Jennifer Lopez, A.K.A. - If you thought J.Lo was out the music game, Jenny is definitely back on the block. Her eighth LP, A.K.A., like its predecessors, delivers a jubilant mixture of vibrant Euro-dance cuts and swag-filled thoughts on love and heartache. And, in between, she brings in music's top hitters to join in on a track or two. Read on for this breakdown of the Hollywood power player's latest.  (Photo: Capitol Records)

"A.K.A." featuring T.I. - Like a true Hollywood A-lister, J.Lo starts off her eighth LP with lights, camera and action. This euro-dance-fueled banger has all the ingredients: soaring synth builds, hate-me-now chorus refrains and supersonic drops. And T.I. helps out with the heavy lifting.    (Photos from left: Ethan Miller/Getty Images for Clear Channel, Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images for AXE)

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"A.K.A." featuring T.I. - Like a true Hollywood A-lister, J.Lo starts off her eighth LP with lights, camera and action. This euro-dance-fueled banger has all the ingredients: soaring synth builds, hate-me-now chorus refrains and supersonic drops. And T.I. helps out with the heavy lifting.   (Photos from left: Ethan Miller/Getty Images for Clear Channel, Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images for AXE)

"First Love" - "I wish you were the first love," Lopez sings on this cut. "'Cause, baby, if you were first, there'd be no second, third or fourth love." This booming love track continues the shower of electronic dance keyboards and towering bass. (Photo: Kevin Winter/Getty Images)

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"First Love" - "I wish you were the first love," Lopez sings on this cut. "'Cause, baby, if you were first, there'd be no second, third or fourth love." This booming love track continues the shower of electronic dance keyboards and towering bass. (Photo: Kevin Winter/Getty Images)

Jennifer Lopez - Before she was Jenny from the Block, Jennifer Lopez was a Fly Girl on the '90s hit comedy sketch show In Living Color, dancing her way to center stage. When she embarked on a music career in 1999 with the debut of her first single "If You Had My Love," J.Lo made it clear that heavily choreographed and poignantly executed dance routines would be a staple of the evolution of her performance art. Being that she once worked as a background dancer for Janet Jackson, she was bound to get the MJ bug, too.(Photo: Ethan Miller/Getty Images)

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"Never Satisfied" - On this cut, Jennifer's voice dances amid a digital symphony of booming bass, drums and skyrocketing keyboards as she sings about wanting her lover to satisfy her carnally.  (Photo: Ethan Miller/Getty Images)

"I Luh Ya Papi" featuring French Montana - Rapper French Montana is recruited to accompany J.Lo on this playful track where she simply has a three word message for her beau: I love you.   (Photo: Capitol Records) 

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"I Luh Ya Papi" featuring French Montana - Rapper French Montana is recruited to accompany J.Lo on this playful track where she simply has a three word message for her beau: I love you.  (Photo: Capitol Records) 

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"Acting Like That" featuring Iggy Azalea - Teaming with Iggy Azalea for this shimmering duet, Lopez delivers a spacey and sparsely lyrical tune for a love who's not treating her right. And she has one question: "Why you actin' like that?"  (Photos from left: Kevin Winter/Getty Images, Rachel Murray/Getty Images for MTV)

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"Acting Like That" featuring Iggy Azalea - Teaming with Iggy Azalea for this shimmering duet, Lopez delivers a spacey and sparsely lyrical tune for a love who's not treating her right. And she has one question: "Why you actin' like that?" (Photos from left: Kevin Winter/Getty Images, Rachel Murray/Getty Images for MTV)

"Emotions" - "But I don't belive in fairytales," the entertainement icon sings on this ballad. "It's the same old thing. Not a damn thing's changed." It's a song of heartache, but atop the orchestral keyboard work, Jennifer brings the swag needed to give this tune the proper attitude.   (Photo: Capitol Records) 

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"Emotions" - "But I don't belive in fairytales," the entertainement icon sings on this ballad. "It's the same old thing. Not a damn thing's changed." It's a song of heartache, but atop the orchestral keyboard work, Jennifer brings the swag needed to give this tune the proper attitude.  (Photo: Capitol Records) 

Que Viva Celia! - Latin music was definitely represented at the American Music Awards, with Pitbull as the host and Jennifer Lopez delivering a crowd-pleasing tribute to the “queen of salsa,” Celia Cruz. After performing many of Cruz’s notable hits, J.Lo yelled, “Que viva Celia!” (Long live Celia!). (Photo: Kevin Winter/Getty Images)

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"So Good" - As a public figure who's mercurial love life is played out in the tabloids, Jennifer Lopez knows how to bounce back from a rocky romance, which is what this bouncy cut is all about. "Needing you? All this space just gave me room so I could fly," she croons over pulsating synths and a trotting rhythm. "What I thought that'd make me die only worked to make me fly." (Photo: Kevin Winter/Getty Images)

Jennifer Lopez on rumored sex tape - "My first husband has tapes of us from our life. It's horrible. It's horrible someone would try to sell personal things, but there's nothing on it. There's no sex tape." (Photo credit: Kevin Winter/Getty Images)

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"Let It Be Me" - The acting chaunteuse takes us to Spain on this accoustic love track. Passionate guitar notes lift Lopez's voice as she sings of a love she is willing to take a bullet for.  (Photo: Kevin Winter/Getty Images)

"Worry No More" featuring Rick Ross - Rick Ross rocks with Jenny From the Block, who's celebrating a new romance on this track. "Look at how I move around for ya," she swoons. "Doing anything that you can to make me feel protected."  (Photos from left: Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images, Johnny Nunez/WireImage)

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"Worry No More" featuring Rick Ross - Rick Ross rocks with Jenny From the Block, who's celebrating a new romance on this track. "Look at how I move around for ya," she swoons. "Doing anything that you can to make me feel protected." (Photos from left: Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images, Johnny Nunez/WireImage)

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Livin' It Up - Pitbull and Jennifer Lopez perform on stage during the 2013 Los Premios Juventud at Bank United Center in Miami. (Photo: Rodrigo Varela/Getty Images for Univision)

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"Booty" featuring Pitbull - J.Lo takes off on this Miami-inspired club banger, which celebrates her well-known, uhhh, assets. And to amp up the party element, Jen teams with Pitbull to pull folks to the dance floor.  (Photo: Rodrigo Varela/Getty Images for Univision)

Jennifer Lopez - J.Lo took over the entertainment world one medium at a time. She started out as a dancer on the '90s comedy show In Living Color before making her name as an actor in films such as Selena and Out of Sight. She wasted no time in using her new buzz to launch a mega-successful music career with her 1999 debut On the 6, which has sold a whopping 8 million copies.(Photo: Kevin Mazur/WireImage/Getty Images)

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"Tens" featuring Jack Mizrahi - The fashion runway gets a new ode with this track as Lopez, armed with a marching rhythm, chants commands for party-goers to get their space in the spotlight.  (Photo: Kevin Mazur/WireImage)

"Troubeaux" featuring Nas - Jennifer takes it back to her hip hop roots on this cut. Laced with a sample of the 1992 classic "They Reminisce Over You (T.R.O.Y.)," the singer — with rap accompaniment by Nas — belts out about loving the bad boy.   (Photos from left: Mark Davis/Getty Images, Larry Busacca/Getty Images for the 2014 Tribeca Film Festival)

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"Troubeaux" featuring Nas - Jennifer takes it back to her hip hop roots on this cut. Laced with a sample of the 1992 classic "They Reminisce Over You (T.R.O.Y.)," the singer — with rap accompaniment by Nas — belts out about loving the bad boy.  (Photos from left: Mark Davis/Getty Images, Larry Busacca/Getty Images for the 2014 Tribeca Film Festival)

Show Girl - Jennifer Lopez shows why she's still on top. The 43-year-old mother of twins Max and Emme has got the body of women half her age, wearing a barely there sequin jumpsuit while performing on stage at Allphones Arena in Sydney. (Photo: Don Arnold/WireImage)

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"Expertease (Ready Set Go)" - Lopez shows off her flirty side via this bubbly track, which has her asking her man to let her please him with a tease.   (Photo: Don Arnold/WireImage)

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"Same Girl"  featuring French Montana - The songstress ends her latest project with a message for all the haters: she's going to do her and be herself. "I'm trying to get rid of the baggage," Lopez explains. "Fake friends I call them 'has-beens.'" True Hollywood swag.  (Photo: Ethan Miller/Getty Images)