Escape
IfRicky Martinis the party boy of Latin crossover pop, Enrique Iglesias is more a romantic traditionalist in the mold of dadJulio. Even his uptempo, lust-driven tunes, like this album's "Love 4 Fun" and "One Night Stand," are hardly the frantic sweatfests Martin provides.Escape, Iglesias's first disc since his 1999 Top 40 breakthrough, is already a guaranteed success thanks to its first single, "Hero," which gained attention when he performed it on the September 2001Tribute to Heroes. Title aside, this gooey love song isn't really fitting for its adopted purpose as a post-terror anthem ("You can take my breath away"?), but one imagines that won't make much difference. Iglesias is at his best when playing a little sly, like when he appropriatesNelly's "E.I." chant on "Don't Turn Off the Lights" or makes a barely veiled suggestion of what hereallylikes about you in the opening lines of "She Be the One."--Rickey Wright