Ephrem j's second album "Latin Evolution" with Latin songs, once again showing his multi-talents as a singer and songwriter. Issa Wilson from Latin Music Artists wrote: "The lead vocal has character and has the star quality that a lot of the great performers have." In January 2009 the song "Mala Suerte" from this album was named as one of Top 5 for "Song of the Month" selection while Ephrem J was named as one of the Top 5 artists for the "Vocalist of the Month" by Dale Kawashima of www.singeruniverse.com