REBIRTH (JENNIFER LOPEZ ALBUM)

'''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 her worst-received album to date, selling just approximately 600,000 copies in the U.S. Critical reception was mixed; with critics pointing out 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 1967 ''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 plagiarized 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 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 is considered a commercial flop, selling only three 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.^[1] The album was also noticeably excluded from the flashback of Lopez's musical career when she appeared on ''American Idol'' in April 2007.

Contents

Track listing

Japanese edition

DualDisc edition

Personnel

Production

Charts

References

Track listing

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

Japanese edition

#

"Get Right" (Instrumental)

DualDisc edition

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

Chart (2005)	Peak position
U.S. ''Billboard'' 200	2
U.S. ''Billboard'' Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums	2
U.S. ''Billboard'' Top Internet Albums	2
Australian ARIA Albums Chart	10
Austrian Albums Chart	5
Belgian Albums Chart	4
Canadian Albums Chart	2
Danish Albums Chart	15
Dutch Albums Chart	1
French Albums Chart	7
Finnish Albums Chart	19
German Albums Chart	3
Greek Albums Chart	1
Hungarian Albums Chart	3
Irish Albums Chart	9
Italian Albums Chart	3
Japanese Oricon Albums Chart	1
Mexican Albums Chart	3
New Zealand RIANZ Albums Chart	22
Norwegian Albums Chart	25
Polish Albums Chart	8
Swedish Albums Chart	14
Swiss Albums Chart	1
UK Albums Chart	8
United World Chart	2

References

1. MÜ-YAP Türkiye Müzik Endüstrisi Ödülleri