I'm Gonna Be Alright

Infobox Song
Name = I'm Gonna Be Alright
Artist = Jennifer Lopez
Album = J. Lo
Released = January 23, 2001
track_no = 12
Recorded =
Genre = Pop
Language = English
Length = 3:44
Writer = Jennifer Lopez, Troy Oliver, Cory Rooney, Cheryl Lorraine Cook, Nathaniel Clifon Chase, O'Brien Anth, Sylvia Robinson
Label = Epic
Producer = Troy Oliver, Cory Rooney
prev = "Secretly"
prev_no = 11
next = "That's the Way"
next_no = 13Infobox Single
Name = I'm Gonna Be Alright (Track Masters Remix)


Caption = U.S. double A-side CD single with "Alive" cover
Artist = Jennifer Lopez featuring Nas
Album =
Released = June 10, 2002
B-side = "Alive", "Walking on Sunshine", "Pleasure Is Mine"
Format = CD single
Recorded = 2002 at
Sony Music Studios
(New York City, New York)
Genre = Pop, R&B, hip hop
Length = 2:52 (Track Masters Remix featuring Nas)
3:53 (Track Masters Remix featuring 50 Cent)
Label = Epic
Writer = Jennifer Lopez, Troy Oliver, Cory Rooney, Samuel Barnes, Jean-Claude Olivier, Cheryl Lorraine Cook, Ronald LaPread
Producer = Trackmasters
Certification =
Misc = Extra chronology
Artist = Jennifer Lopez
Type = singles
Last single = "Ain't It Funny" (Murder Remix)
(2002)
This single = "I'm Gonna Be Alright" (Track Masters Remix)/"Alive"
(2002)
Next single = "Jenny from the Block"
(2002) Extra album cover 2
Upper caption = Alternate cover
Type = single


Lower caption = European double A-side CD single with "Walking on Sunshine" cover

"I'm Gonna Be Alright" is pop song by Jennifer Lopez from her second studio album, "J. Lo" (2001). A remix of the song, entitled "I'm Gonna Be Alright" (Track Masters Remix), was later recorded for Lopez's remix album, "" (2002). Released in 2002 as the album's second single, the remix features rapper Nas and is a double A-side along with "Alive". It peaked at number ten on the "Billboard" Hot 100, becoming Lopez's sixth U.S. top ten single.

The original Track Masters Remix features 50 Cent. At the time of the single release Lopez chose Nas for the radio version. Nas re-recorded new rap verses and the track was cut down to 2:52, becoming the Track Masters Remix Radio Edit.

The remix's beat contains re-adaptions of the instrumental used on Luniz featuring Michael Marshall's 1995 song "I Got 5 on It", a song which itself sampled Club Nouveau's 1987 song "Why You Treat Me So Bad".

Controversy

Controversy over the radio version versus the album version sparked tension between then-friends 50 Cent and Nas. Lopez and Epic Records decided that it would be better to have Nas for the radio version due to his popularity on the music charts back then. This however apparently upset 50 Cent causing him to feel betrayed by Nas. At the time of the single release 50 Cent was still upcoming and pretty much unknown to artists in mainstream music. According to rumors, 50 Cent holds no hard feelings towards Lopez, but towards Nas. According to Lopez's management, the switch was purely business. The 50 Cent-featured version appears on all editions (domestic and international copies) of the "J to tha L-O!: The Remixes" album while the Nas-featured version appears on the European pressing of Lopez's 2002 album "This Is Me... Then". Commercial CD singles were issued containing Nas' version.

Music video

The music video, directed by Dave Meyers and filmed in New York City, features Nas. It shows a hot summer day in New York through scenes of Lopez doing the laundry, sunbathing, listening to music in a record shop and playing baseball on the streets. This is also Lopez's second video with her then-husband Cris Judd.

Track listings and formats

;U.S. double A-side CD single with "Alive"
#"I'm Gonna Be Alright" (Track Masters Remix featuring Nas) – 2:52
#"I'm Gonna Be Alright" (Track Masters Remix) – 3:14
#"I'm Gonna Be Alright" (Track Masters Remix Instrumental) – 3:14
#"Alive" (Thunderpuss Club Mix) – 8:51
#"Alive" (Thunderpuss Tribe-A-Pella) – 7:50

;European double A-side CD single with "Walking on Sunshine"
#"I'm Gonna Be Alright" (Track Masters Remix featuring Nas) – 2:52
#"I'm Gonna Be Alright" (Track Masters Remix) – 3:14
#"Walking on Sunshine" (Metro Remix) – 5:50
#"I'm Gonna Be Alright" (Track Masters Remix featuring Nas) (Video)

;European CD single
#"I'm Gonna Be Alright" (Track Masters Remix featuring Nas) – 2:52
#"I'm Gonna Be Alright" (Track Masters Remix) – 3:14

;Australian CD single
#"I'm Gonna Be Alright" (Track Masters Remix featuring Nas) – 2:52
#"I'm Gonna Be Alright" (Track Masters Remix) – 3:14
#"Pleasure Is Mine" – 4:17
#"No Me Ames" (Pablo Flores Club Remix) (with Marc Anthony) – 4:34

Charts

References