Critical Reception
The song received most mixed reviews from music critics. Sam Shepherd from musicOMH wrote that "The lyrics are sweet but not sickly so, and Fat Joe's appearance doesn't sound like he's co-opted the track - instead he allows Lopez's voice room to breathe; and who would have guessed it, she may have an asset that is more impressive than her booty." Justin Lewis from Yahoo! Voices compared the song to her hit All I Have, commenting that the song "try to duplicate the success by replicating its formula: taking the same mellow R&B production, splicing it with another vintage R&B sample and only replacing LL Cool J with Fat Joe." But, he wrote that "the effect isn't the same. While "All I Have" seemed to have some chemistry between J. Lo & LL and some life to it, even if it's heart is in the right place, this just sounds like a lazy afterthought." Mike Schiller from PopMatters called it an "ill-fated, milquetoast duet with Fat Joe." David Browne from Entertainment Weekly commented that "even with Fat Joe pitching in, the song is as colorless as Lopez's voice."
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