This is me...then

Studio album by Jennifer Lopez
Released November 19, 2002 (U.S.)
November 25, 2002 (Europe)
Recorded March 2002;
The Hit Factory
Sony Music Studios
(New York City, New York)
The Hit Factory Criteria
(Miami, Florida)
The Record Plant
(Hollywood, Los Angeles, California)
The Studio
(Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
Genre R&B, hip hop, pop
Label Epic
Producer Jennifer Lopez (executive)
Cory Rooney (also executive)
Troy Oliver, Dan Shea, Poke & Tone, Davy Deluge, Ron G, Dave McPherson, Rich Shelton, Kevin Veney, Loren Hill, Reggie Hamlet, Focus...

Professional reviews
Allmusic link
Entertainment Weekly (B) link
Rolling Stone link
Slant link
The Village Voice (unfavorable) link
Yahoo! Music UK link

Jennifer Lopez chronology
J to tha L-O!: The Remixes
(2002) This Is Me... Then
(2002) Rebirth
(2005)

Singles from This Is Me... Then
"Jenny from the Block"
Released: September 26, 2002
"All I Have"
Released: February 11, 2003
"I'm Glad"
Released: July 1, 2003
"Baby I ♥ U!"
Released: March 23, 2004

This Is Me... Then is the third full-length English studio album (fourth overall) by American singer Jennifer Lopez, released on November 19, 2002 by Epic Records. The album debuted at number two on the U.S. Billboard 200 selling 314,000 copies during its first week,[1] remaining in the top twenty for twelve weeks and on the chart for thirty-seven weeks. It has sold 2.5 million copies in the United States[2] and over six million copies worldwide.[3]

The album spawned four singles: the old school hip hop-influenced "Jenny from the Block" (featuring Styles P and Jadakiss), the Billboard Hot 100 chart-topper "All I Have" (featuring LL Cool J), and the soul-tinged tracks "I'm Glad" and "Baby I Love U!". Lopez's cover version of Carly Simon's 1978 song "You Belong to Me" was released in Brazil, where it appeared on the soundtrack to the telenovela Mulheres Apaixonadas, whereas "The One" was released to radio stations in Europe—charting at number forty-one on the Romanian Top 100 in mid-May 2003[4]—and Brazil.

The track "Dear Ben" was in reference to her then-fiance, actor Ben Affleck.

Track listing

Jennifer Lopez co-wrote most of the songs on the album (it is the album on which she wrote on more than any previous and future releases); exceptions are marked with (*); additional writers are listed below.
No. Title Writer(s) Producer(s) Length
1. "Still" Casey James, Leroy Bell, Loren Hill, Rich Shelton, Kevin Veney, Leonard Huggins Cory Rooney, Loren Hill, Rich Shelton, Kevin Veney 3:40
2. "Loving You" Rooney, Michael Garvin, Troy Oliver, James Mtume, Tom C. Shapiro Cory Rooney, Troy Oliver 3:45*
3. "I'm Glad" Rooney, Oliver, Andre Deyo, J.B. Weaver, Jr. Cory Rooney, Troy Oliver 3:42
4. "The One" Linda Creed, Rooney, Thom Bell, Davy Deluge Cory Rooney, Dan Shea, Davy Deluge 3:36
5. "Dear Ben" Rooney, Bernard Edwards Jr. Cory Rooney, Bernard "Focus..." Edwards, Jr. 3:14
6. "All I Have" (featuring LL Cool J) Curtis Richardson, Ron G, Lisa Peters, William Jeffrey, Makeba Riddick Cory Rooney, Ron G, Dave McPherson 4:14
7. "Jenny from the Block" (featuring Styles and Jadakiss) Samuel Barnes, Jean-Claude Olivier, Oliver, Deyo, Scott Sterling, M. Oliver, Fernando Arbex, Lawrence Parker Poke & Tone, Cory Rooney, Troy Oliver 3:08
8. "Again" Rooney, Oliver, Reggie Hamlet Cory Rooney, Troy Oliver, Reggie Hamlet 5:47
9. "You Belong to Me" Carly Simon, Michael McDonald Cory Rooney, Dan Shea 3:30*
10. "I've Been Thinkin'" Rooney, Shea Cory Rooney, Dan Shea 4:41
11. "Baby I ♥ U!" John Barry, Rooney, Shea Cory Rooney, Dan Shea 4:43
12. "The One (Version 2)" 3:31

European and Mexican edition

"I'm Gonna Be Alright" (Track Masters Remix featuring Nas) (Lopez, Oliver, Rooney, Barnes, Olivier, Cheryl Lorraine Cook, Ronald LaPread) – 2:52

Brazilian edition

"Jenny from the Block" (Album Version Without Rap) – 2:49

UK bonus-disc edition

Released on March 22, 2004

"I'm Gonna Be Alright" (Track Masters Remix featuring Nas) – 2:52

Bonus disc

"Jenny from the Block" (Seismic Crew's Latin Disco Trip) – 6:41
"All I Have" (Ignorants Mix featuring LL Cool J) – 4:03
"I'm Glad" (Paul Oakenfold Perfecto Remix) – 5:47
"The One" (Bastone & Burnz Club Mix) – 7:40
"Baby I Love U!" (R. Kelly Remix) – 4:11

Samples credits

"Still" — Contains elements of Teddy Pendergrass' "Set Me Free" (LeRoy Bell, Casey James)
"Loving You" — Contains a sample of Mtume's "Juicy Fruit" (James Mtume) and George Benson's "Never Give Up on a Good Thing" (Michael Garvin, Tom C. Shapiro)
"I'm Glad" — Contains a sample of Schoolly D's "P.S.K. What Does It Mean?" (J.B. Weaver, Jr.)
"The One" — Contains an interpolation of The Stylistics' "You Are Everything" (Thom Bell, Linda Creed)
"All I Have" — Contains a sample of Debra Laws' "Very Special" (Lisa Peters, William Jeffrey)
"Jenny from the Block" — Contains an interpolation of Enoch Light and the Light Brigade's "Hi-Jack" (Fernando Arbex), a portion of Boogie Down Productions' "South Bronx" (Lawrence Parker, Scott Sterling), and a portion of 20th Century Steel Band's "Heaven and Hell Is on Earth" (Michael Oliver)
"Baby I ♥ U!" — Contains an interpolation of John Barry's "Midnight Cowboy" (John Barry)

Chart (2002)[5][6][7] Peak
position
Australian ARIA Albums Chart 14
Belgian Ultratop 50 Albums (Flanders) 6
Belgian Ultratop 50 Albums (Wallonia) 6
Canadian Albums Chart 5
Dutch Albums Chart 4
European Top 100 Albums[8] 3
French SNEP Albums Chart 4
German Albums Chart[9] 4
Greek International Albums Chart[10] 1
Japanese Oricon Albums Chart[11] 9
Norwegian Albums Chart 13
Swiss Albums Chart 3

Chart (2003) Peak
position
Austrian Albums Chart 7
Danish Albums Chart 13
Finnish Albums Chart 10
Hungarian Mahasz Albums Chart[12] 9
Irish Albums Chart 15
Italian FIMI Albums Chart 11
New Zealand RIANZ Albums Chart 19
Polish Albums Chart[13] 19
Portuguese Albums Chart 22
Swedish Albums Chart 7
UK Albums Chart 13
U.S. Billboard 200 2
U.S. Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums 5
U.S. Billboard Top Internet Albums 2

Certifications

Territory Certifier Certification Sales
Australia ARIA Platinum[14] 70,000
Austria IFPI Gold[15] 10,000
Belgium Gold[16] 15,000
Canada CRIA 2× platinum[17] 200,000
Europe IFPI Platinum[18] 1,000,000
Finland Gold[19] 19,998
France SNEP 2× gold[20] 320,000[21]
Germany IFPI Gold[22] 100,000
Greece IFPI Gold[23] 15,000
Hungary Mahasz Gold[24] 3,000
Netherlands NVPI Gold[25] 30,000
New Zealand RIANZ Gold[26] 7,500
Portugal AFP Gold[27] 10,000
Sweden IFPI Gold[28] 20,000
Switzerland Platinum[29] 40,000
United Kingdom BPI Platinum[30] 300,000
United States RIAA 2× platinum[31] 2,500,000[2]