Edited sentence: " A reviewer for Entertainment Weekly commented that the "dancehall/R&B debut is filled with chintzy production and maudlin arrangements that block out the Music of the Sun." Rolling Stone magazine rated it 2.5 out of 5 stars and described as lacking the replay value, ingenuity and rhythm of the single with "generic vocal hiccups and frills" of US R&B inflecting upon her "Caribbean charm"." Sal Cinquemani of Slant Magazine commented that while most of the album coasts atop its lite Caribbean influence, the middle stretch of the record sinks like a Janet album and compared the track "Willing To Wait" to Jackson's "Let's Wait Awhile.Birchmeier described most of the album by saying; "Music of the Sun descends into faceless slow jams after a while, overall consistency not being among its attributes, but thankfully it picks up the pace toward the end [...] The result is one of the more engaging urban dance-pop albums of the year.Jason Birchmeier of Allmusic commented on the album's lead single calling it a "booming dancehall-lite beats and a reggae vocal cadence [...] it's a simple dance-pop song at its core, with standard English-language singing as well as a can't-miss singalong hook".Some critics, who enjoyed the summer catchy hit single "Pon de Replay", gave the album a positive review, while others described Rihanna as yet another Beyoncé-Ciara-Ashanti cash-in.The critical response to Music of the Sun was mixed.Walters found "Pon de Replay" to be "a poppy piece of dancehall reggae with slapping, syncopated beats recalling big-band jazz