ALBUMS [REBIRTH - RELEASE AND PRODUCTION DETAILS]

Rebirth is the fourth studio album (fifth overall) by American singer Jennifer Lopez, released in 2005 (see 2005 in music) via Epic Records. The album's working title, Call Me Jennifer, was a response to the "J.Lo" moniker which Lopez claims gave her an unfair reputation as an over-the-top diva. The eventual title was chosen as an attempt to start a new beginning after the "Bennifer" fall-out and the immense critical and commercial failure of the 2003's film Gigli. The music itself is standard Lopez fare, '80s-tinged urban pop and funk (see 1980s in music) combined with orchestral ballads. Her new husband, Marc Anthony, co-wrote and co-produced one of the album's tracks, "(Can't Believe) This Is Me". Rebirth was her worst-received album to date, selling just approximately 700,000 copies in the U.S. Critical reception was mixed; comments in negative reviews were mainly focused on Lopez's weak vocal range and her reliance on overproduced material. Rolling Stone wrote "J-Lo's career hits its Gigli", referring to Lopez's notoriously poorly-received film. Still, the album did produce one modest hit, the jazzy "Get Right". Rebirth was also released in a DualDisc format. The DualDisc contains the album in enhanced stereo, the "Get Right" music video, the "Get Right" remix music video featuring rapper Fabolous, and a short documentary on the recording of the album. The documentary was originally shot by acclaimed director D. A. Pennebaker, who shot Bob Dylan's Dont Look Back. Lopez was reportedly stunned by her depiction, in which she was complaining angrily about the sound of her voice and verbally abusing her employees. A few weeks after "Get Right" was released to radio stations, the song and the album became the subjects of controversy when it was discovered that the beat and some of the lyrics had plagiarised Usher's unreleased song "Ride". A few months later it was found out that the album contained another "cast off", "Ryde or Die", which was meant to be on Brandy's 2004's album Afrodisiac. Brandy's voice can apparently be heard on the song as well, but she is not credited in the album for her vocals, which further fueled the controversy. Worldwide, the album hasn't done very well, selling just three million copies. Still, it was Lopez's most successful album in Japan, where it sold more than 200,000 copies.

Tracklist

1. "Get Right" (James Brown, Rich Harrison) – 3:45
2. "Step into My World" (Rodney Jerkins, Fred Jerkins III, D. Thomas, Hector Diaz) – 4:05
3. "Hold You Down" (featuring Fat Joe) (Larry Troutman, Cory Rooney, Joe Cartagena, G. Christopher, G. Bruno, Makeba Riddick, W. Beck) – 4:32
4. "Whatever You Wanna Do" (Rich Harrison, Harvey Fuqua, D.A. Churchill, K.L. Hawkins) – 3:49
5. "Cherry Pie" (Bob Robinson, Cory Rooney, Jennifer Lopez, Tim Kelley) – 4:06
6. "I Got U" (D. Thomas, Rodney Jerkins, LaShawn Daniels, Fred III Jerkins, A. Pearce) – 3:57
7. "Still Around" (Cory Rooney, Antwan Patton, A. Hall) – 3:22
8. "Ryde or Die" (Brandy Norwood, Robert Smith, Blake English) – 4:03
9. "I, Love" (Bob Robinson, Cory Rooney, Tim Kelley) – 3:42
10. "He'll Be Back" (Tim Mosley, W. Millsap, Chris Nelson) – 4:18
11. "(Can't Believe) This Is Me" (Cory Rooney, Jennifer Lopez, Marc Anthony) – 4:44
12. "Get Right" (Remix featuring Fabolous) (James Brown, Rich Harrison) – 3:50

• DualDisc edition

Includes a DVD featuring the entire album in enhanced stereo plus the contents below:

1. "Rebirth" Documentary
2. "Get Right" (video)
3. "Get Right" (Remix featuring Fabolous) (video)

• Japanese edition

13. "Get Right" (Instrumental)

After a year away from the music scene, Lopez released her fourth studio album, Rebirth, on March 1, 2005. Although debuting and peaking at number two on the Billboard 200, the album quickly fell off the charts. It spawned one hit in "Get Right", which reached the top fifteen in the U.S. and became her second Platinum hit (after "If You Had My Love"). "Get Right" was also successful in the UK, becoming her second number-one single there. The second single, "Hold You Down", which featured Fat Joe, reached number sixty-four on the U.S. Hot 100; it peaked at number six in the UK and ascended to the top twenty in Australia. Rebirth was certified Platinum in the U.S. by the RIAA. Lopez was featured on LL Cool J's single "Control Myself", which was released on February 1, 2006. It reached number four on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 and number two on the UK Singles Chart. It was Lopez's first U.S. top ten hit in three years.

Producers

Marc Anthony, Robert Anthony, Big Boi, Gregory Bruno, Cutmaster Swift, Danja Mowf, Hector Diaz, Rich Harrison, Fred Jerkins III, Rodney Jerkins, Nyce Boy, Cory Rooney (also executive), Timbaland