Rebirth (Jennifer Lopez album)

Infobox Album
Name = Rebirth
Type = studio
Artist = Jennifer Lopez


Released = March 1, 2005 (U.S.)
March 21, 2005 (Europe)
Recorded = 2004 at
2nd Floor Recording
(Orlando, Florida)
Cove City Sound Studios
(Glen Cove, New York)
Night Flight Recording Studios
(Fort Washington, Maryland)
Pie Studios
(Glen Cove, New York)
Sony Music Studios
(New York City, New York)
The Hit Factory Criteria
(Miami, Florida)
The Poolhouse
(Long Island, New York)
The Poolhouse West
(Encino, Los Angeles, California)
The Record Plant
(Hollywood, Los Angeles, California)
Genre = Pop, R&B, soul, funk, hip hop
Length = 48:17
Label = Epic
Producer = Cory Rooney (also executive), Marc Anthony, Rich Harrison, Darkchild, Fred Jerkins III, Robert Anthony, Big Boi, Timbaland, Nyce Boy, Gregory Bruno, Cutmaster Swift, Danja, Hector Diaz
Reviews = *Allmusic Rating|4|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:mroibkk9dakb link]
*Entertainment.ie Rating|3|5 [http://entertainment.ie/album-review/Jennifer-Lopez---Rebirth/3759.htm link]
*PopMatters rating-10|4 [http://www.popmatters.com/music/reviews/l/lopezjennifer-rebirth.shtml link]
*"Rolling Stone" Rating|2|5 [http://www.rollingstone.com/reviews/album/_/id/6807301/ link]
*Slant Magazine Rating|2.5|5 [http://www.slantmagazine.com/music/music_review.asp?ID=555 link]
Last album = "This Is Me... Then"
(2002)
This album = "Rebirth"
(2005)
Next album = "Como Ama una Mujer"
(2007)
Misc = Extra album cover 2
Upper caption = Alternate cover
Type = studio


Lower caption = DualDisc edition cover Singles
Name = Rebirth
Type = studio
Single 1 = Get Right
Single 1 date = March 15, 2005
Single 2 = Hold You Down
Single 2 date = May 31, 2005

"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 film "Gigli". The music itself is standard Lopez fare, '80s-tinged urban pop and funk 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 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 1967 "Dont Look Back".

The album was a commercial disappointment in the United States. Worldwide, the album sold just around two million copies. It achieved international success, being Lopez's most successful album in Japan, where it sold more than 200,000 copies. "Rebirth" was also the best-selling foreign-language album in Turkey for 2005. [cite web |url=http://www.mu-yap.org/getdata.asp?PID=194 |title=MÜ-YAP Türkiye Müzik Endüstrisi Ödülleri |accessdate=2007-04-29 |work=MÜ-YAP |date= ] Because of the humble-selling and the international bomb of the second single "Hold You Down", the foreseen release of the song "Cherry Pie" as the third single had been scrapped. However, the song peaked at number ninety-seven of the UK Singles Chart because of airplay.

Track listing

#"Get Right" (Rich Harrison, James Brown) – 3:45
#*Contains elements of Maceo & the Macks' "Soul Power '74" (James Brown).
#"Step into My World" (Rodney Jerkins, Delisha Thomas, Fred Jerkins III, Hector Diaz) – 4:05
#"Hold You Down" (featuring Fat Joe) (Gregory Christopher, Gregory Bruno, Makeba Riddick, Joseph Cartagena, Cory Rooney, Larry Troutman, Billy Beck) – 4:32
#*Contains elements of Shirley Murdock's "As We Lay" (Larry Troutman, Billy Beck).
#"Whatever You Wanna Do" (Harrison, Delma Anthony Churchill, Harvey Fuqua, Kenneth L. Hawkins) – 3:49
#*Contains elements of The Nite-Liters' "Con-Funk-Shun" (Delma Anthony Churchill, Harvey Fuqua, Kenneth L. Hawkins).
#"Cherry Pie" (Jennifer Lopez, Tim Kelley, Bob Robinson, Rooney) – 4:06
#"I Got U" (Jerkins, Jerkins, Thomas, LaShawn Daniels, Aaron Pearce) – 3:57
#"Still Around" (Antwan Patton, Archie Hall, Rooney) – 3:22
#"Ryde or Die" (Robert "Big Bert" Smith, Blake English, Brandy Norwood) – 4:03
#"I, Love" (Kelley, Robinson, Rooney) – 3:42
#"He'll Be Back" (Walter Millsap III, Candice Nelson, Tim Mosley) – 4:18
#"(Can't Believe) This Is Me" (Lopez, Marc Anthony, Rooney) – 4:44
#"Get Right" (featuring Fabolous) (Harrison, Brown) – 3:50
#*Contains elements of Maceo & the Macks' "Soul Power '74" (James Brown).

Japanese edition

#

"Get Right" (Instrumental)

iTunes edition

#

"Get Right" (Hip Hop Remix featuring Fabolous)

DualDisc edition

Includes a DVD featuring the entire album in enhanced stereo plus the contents below:
#"Rebirth" Documentary
#"Get Right" (Video)
#"Get Right" (featuring Fabolous) (Video)

Personnel

*Jennifer Lopez – vocals
*Marco Britti – drums
*Mario Guini – guitar
*Bob Robinson – electric guitar
*Erben Perez – bass
*Cory Rooney – keyboards
*Tim Kelley – bass, keyboards
*Delisha Thomas – background vocals
*Andrea Mendez – background vocals
*Candice Nelson – background vocals
*Makeba Riddick – background vocals
*Rudaina Haddad – background vocals

Production

*Mert Alas – photography
*Jim Annunziato – assistant engineer
*Marc Anthony – producer
*Robert Anthony – producer
*Chris Avedon – engineer
*Scotty Beats – engineer
*Big Boi – producer
*Gregory Bruno – producer
*Cutmaster Swift – producer
*Danja – producer
*Hector Diaz – programming, producer
*Dylan Ely – assistant engineer
*Mike Evans – production coordination
*Katie Grand – stylist
*Rich Harrison – programming, producer
*Fred "Uncle Freddie" Jerkins III – producer
*Rodney Jerkins – programming, producer
*Tim Kelley – drum programming
*Peter Wade Keusch – engineer, mixing
*Jennifer Lopez – executive producer
*Andrew McKay – production coordination
*Nyce Boy – producer
*Oribe – hair stylist
*Julian Peploe – art direction
*William E. Pettaway Jr. – production coordination
*Marcus Piggott – photography
*Herb Powers – mastering
*Geneva Randolph – production coordination
*Cory Rooney – producer, executive producer, vocal producer
*Bruce Swedien – engineer, mixing
*Delisha Thomas – vocal arrangement
*Charlotte Tilbury – make-up
*Timbaland – producer
*Mike Tschupp – assistant engineer

Charts

ales and Certifications

References