Rebirth

Rebirth is the fourth studio album (fifth overall) by American singer Jennifer Lopez, released in the United States on March 1, 2005 by Epic Records. It spawned the single "Get Right", a hit in several territories.

Studio album by Jennifer Lopez
Released March 1, 2005 (U.S.)
March 21, 2005 (Europe)
Recorded 2004; 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 R&B, pop
Length 48:17
Label Epic
Producer Cory Rooney (also executive), Marc Anthony, Rich Harrison, Tim & Bob, Darkchild, Fred Jerkins III, Robert Anthony, Big Boi, Timbaland, Nyce Boy, Gregory Bruno, Cutmaster Swift, Danja, Hector Diaz

Professional reviews
Allmusic link
The A.V. Club (mixed) link
The Guardian link
PopMatters (4/10) link
Rolling Stone link
Slant link
Yahoo! Music UK link

Jennifer Lopez chronology
This Is Me... Then
(2002) Rebirth
(2005) Como Ama una Mujer
(2007)

Singles from Rebirth
"Get Right"
Released: January 4, 2005
"Hold You Down"
Released: Feb 15, 2005[1]

Album information

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 current husband, Marc Anthony, co-wrote and co-produced one of the album's tracks, "(Can't Believe) This Is Me".

Rebirth was released in a DualDisc format, which 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, originally shot by acclaimed director D. A. Pennebaker, who also shot Bob Dylan's 1967 Dont Look Back.

"Cherry Pie" was planned as the album's third single. However, due to low album sales it was cancelled.

Chart performance

The album debuted at number two on the U.S. Billboard 200 the week of March 19, 2005 (behind 50 Cent's The Massacre) selling 261,000 copies.[2] The album sold 731,000 copies in the United States according to Nielsen SoundScan,[3] and earned a platinum certification from the RIAA. The album enjoyed international success, especially in Europe, reaching the top spot in the Netherlands and Switzerland; the top five in Italy, Spain, Germany, Austria, Belgium, and Hungary; and the top ten in the United Kingdom, France, Ireland, and Poland. Furthermore, it became Lopez's most successful album in Japan when it peaked at number three, selling 244,689 copies. Rebirth was also Turkey's best-selling foreign-language album in 2005.[4] Because of the humble sales 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. Worldwide, the album sold around two million copies. Rebirth was listed as one of the twenty best albums of 2005 by the Brazilian website Canal Pop.[5]

Critical reception

"Rebirth" received an aggregate score of 52/100 from Metacritic, denoting "Mixed or average reviews".[6]. Allmusic gave the album four stars (out of five) and stated that "Since it doesn't deviate from the blueprint she's followed on her first three albums, it's hard to call this record a literal creative rebirth, but song for song, Rebirth has more energy and better hooks than her other albums. It may not be deep, but it sure is fun — and after the tumult of 2003 and 2004, Lopez sure does deserve to have a little fun".[7].

Track listing

No. Title Writer(s) Producer(s) Length
1. "Get Right" Rich Harrison, James Brown Rich Harrison 3:45
2. "Step Into My World" Rodney Jerkins, Fred Jerkins III, O. Thomas, Hector Diaz Rodney Jerkins, Fred "Uncle Freddie" Jerkins, Hector Diaz 4:05
3. "Hold You Down" (featuring Fat Joe) Larry Troutman, Cory Rooney, Joe Cartagena, Gregory Christopher, Gregory Bruno, Billy Beck, Makeba Riddick Cory Rooney, Gregory Bruno, Nyce Boy 4:32
4. "Whatever You Wanna Do" Harrison, Harvey Fuqua, Delma Anthony Churchill, Kenneth L. Hawkins Cory Rooney, Rich Harrison 3:49
5. "Cherry Pie" Bob Robinson, Rooney, Jennifer Lopez, Tim Kelley Tim & Bob 4:06
6. "I Got U" Jerkins, LaShawn Daniels, F. Jerkins III, Delisha Thomas, Aaron Pearce Rodney Jerkins 3:57
7. "Still Around" Rooney, Antwan Patton, Archie Hall Big Boi, Cutmaster Swiff 3:22
8. "Ryde or Die" Robert "Big Bert" Smith, Brandy Norwood, Blake English Robert Anthony 4:03
9. "I, Love" Kelley, Robinson, Rooney Tim & Bob 3:42
10. "He'll Be Back" Tim Mosley, Chris Nelson, Walter Millsap III Timbaland, Danja 4:18
11. "(Can't Believe) This Is Me" Rooney, Lopez, Marc Anthony Marc Anthony 4:44
12. "Get Right" (featuring Fabolous) 3:50

Japanese edition

"Get Right" (Pop Remix featuring Fabolous)

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)

Samples credits

"Get Right" — Contains elements of Maceo & the Macks' "Soul Power '74" (James Brown)
"Hold You Down" — Contains elements of Shirley Murdock's "As We Lay" (Larry Troutman, Billy Beck)
"Whatever You Wanna Do" — Contains elements of The Nite-Liters' "Con-Funk-Shun" (Delma Anthony Churchill, Harvey Fuqua, Kenneth L. Hawkins)

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 - producer
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

Chart (2005)[8][9] Peak
position
Australian ARIA Albums Chart 10
Austrian Albums Chart 5
Belgian Ultratop 50 Albums (Flanders) 4
Belgian Ultratop 50 Albums (Wallonia)[10] 4
Canadian Albums Chart 2
Danish Albums Chart 15
European Top 100 Albums[11] 1
Dutch Albums Chart 1
Finnish Albums Chart 19
French SNEP Albums Chart 7
German Albums Chart 3
Hungarian Mahasz Albums Chart[12] 3
Irish Albums Chart 9

Chart (2005) Peak
position
Italian FIMI Albums Chart[10] 3
Japanese Oricon Albums Chart[13] 3
Mexican AMPROFON Albums Chart[14] 19
New Zealand RIANZ Albums Chart 22
Norwegian Albums Chart 25
Polish Albums Chart[15] 8
Portuguese Albums Chart 11
Spanish PROMUSICAE Albums Chart 2
Swedish Albums Chart 14
Swiss Albums Chart 1
UK Albums Chart 8
U.S. Billboard 200 2
U.S. Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums 2
U.S. Billboard Top Internet Albums 2

Sales and certifications

Chart Certification Sales/Shipments
Australia ARIA Gold[16] 35,000
Canada CRIA Platinum[17] 100,000
France SNEP Gold[18] 69,300[19]
Hungary MAHASZ Gold[20] 10,000
Ireland IRMA Gold[21] 7,500[19]
Switzerland IFPI Gold[22] 15,000
UK BPI Gold[23] 100,000
U.S. RIAA Platinum[24] 731,000[3]

Preceded by
All Systems Go! by Di-rect Dutch Albums Chart number-one album
March 5, 2005 Succeeded by
Hotel New York by Anouk
Preceded by
American Idiot by Green Day Swiss Albums Chart number-one album
March 13, 2005 Succeeded by
Le train des Enfoirés by Les Enfoirés
Preceded by
American Idiot by Green Day European Top 100 Albums number-one album
March 19, 2005 Succeeded by
The Massacre by 50 Cent