Gameface (album) - Reception

Reception

Gameface has proven Jay R as a breakthrough artist. It received positive reviews, both from music critics and listeners. It also performed well commercially, certifying Platinum by the PARI to date. Furthermore, it is one of the albums from the early 2000s that have brought back heavy R&B-hip hop to the OPM music scene. It has influenced current Filipino male R&B acts like Kris Lawrence and Duncan Ramos. In addition, he was compared to Gary Valenciano, described in terms of his vocal performance on the album. On September 9, 2004, the 17th Awit Awards was held, wherein he was nominated for three categories (Best Ballad, Song of the Year and Music Video of the Year). He won Best Ballad song, but lost the Song of the Year and Music Video of the Year awards to Parokya ni Edgar's "Mr. Suave". On the same year, he received two nominations on the MTV Pilipinas Music Awards (Favorite Male and Favorite New Artist) —where he won Favorite Male, but lost the other award to Bamboo. He was also named as the Most Promising Male Performer of the year 2004 by Aliw Awards.

Awards and nominations

  • Awit Award for Best Ballad ("Bakit Pa Ba") - won
  • Awit Award for Song of the Year ("Bakit Pa Ba") - awarded to "Mr. Suave" by Parokya ni Edgar
  • Awit Award for Music Video of the Year ("Bakit Pa Ba") - awarded to "Mr. Suave" by Parokya ni Edgar
  • Aliw Award for Most Promising Male Performer - won
  • MTV Pilipinas for Favorite Male Video ("Bakit Pa Ba") - won
  • MTV Pilipinas for Favorite New Artist in a Video ("Bakit Pa Ba") - awarded to Bamboo
  • Philippine Hip-Hop Award for Male R&B Artist of the Year - awarded to Luke Mejares
  • Philippine Hip-Hop Award for R&B Video of the Year ("Bakit Pa Ba") - awarded to "The Show" by South Border

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