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The last time Jennifer Lopez made an album -- 2002's This Is Me... Then -- she was deeply love with actor/Academy Award-winning screenwriter Ben Affleck, a relationship immortalized in the video for "Jenny From the Block" and "Dear Ben," a ballad that rivals Billy Bob Thornton's "Angelina" as the greatest celebrity love song of the 2000s. Of course, the relationship was also immortalized in the notorious Martin Brest disaster Gigli, released eight months after This Is Me, and that film's abysmal box office was the beginning of the end for the couple, whose engagement was called off in early 2004. Lopez rebounded quickly with a marriage to Latin pop singer Marc Anthony and with the new romance came an opportunity to restart her career -- hence Rebirth, the title of her fourth album. While she doesn't avoid the subject of her highly publicized romantic life, she does bury two seemingly confessional ballads at the end of the record (not counting the album-concluding reprise of the opening single, "Get Right"). Voyeurs may find interest in "He'll Be Back" (a tune not written by Lopez, but a breakup song that certainly recalls the Bennifer saga) and "(Can't Believe) This Is Me" -- a collaboration with her new husband that suggests Lopez may not have learned the lesson of Gigli -- but they're easily the worst moments on an album that's otherwise a sleek, sexy blast. Apart from those turgid ballads, Rebirth is a straight-ahead dance album, alternating between sweet, breezy pop tunes like the irresistible "Still Around" and hard-driving club tracks like the surprisingly heavy, infectious "Cherry Pie." Lopez may not be a flashy singer, but she's appealing on record precisely because she and her collaborators -- chief among them executive producer Cory Rooney -- know those limitations and present them in tuneful packages with big, exciting beats. 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.
© Stephen Thomas Erlewine /TiVo
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Usher Raymond, Composer, Lyricist - Cory Rooney, Producer - Rich Harrison, Composer, Lyricist, Producer, Programmer - Bruce Swedien, Mixing Engineer, Recording Engineer - Peter Wade Keusch, Mixing Engineer, Recording Engineer - JAMES BROWN, Composer - Jennifer Lopez, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, Background Vocal - Chris Avedon, Engineer - Rudaina Haddad, Background Vocal - Scotty Beats, Engineer - E'anna Crawley, Background Vocal
(P) 2005 Epic Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
Cory Rooney, Keyboards, Vocal Producer - Fred Jerkins III, Composer, Lyricist - Rodney Jerkins, Composer, Lyricist, Programmer - Bruce Swedien, Mixing Engineer, Recording Engineer - Hector Diaz, Composer, Lyricist, Producer, Programmer - Delisha Thomas, Composer, Lyricist, Vocal Arranger, Background Vocal - Peter Wade Keusch, Mixing Engineer, Recording Engineer - Rodney "Darkchild" Jerkins, Producer - Jennifer Lopez, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, Background Vocal - Jeff Villanueva, Engineer - Chris Avedon, Engineer, Assistant Engineer - Fred "Uncle Freddie" Jerkins, Producer
(P) 2005 Epic Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
Cory Rooney, Composer, Lyricist, Producer - Makeba Riddick, Composer, Lyricist, Background Vocal - Joseph Cartagena, Composer, Lyricist - Fat Joe, FeaturedArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Bruce Swedien, Mixing Engineer, Recording Engineer - Gregory Bruno, Composer, Lyricist, Producer - Larry Troutman, Composer, Lyricist - William Beck, Composer, Lyricist - Gregory Christopher, Composer, Lyricist - Peter Wade Keusch, Mixing Engineer, Recording Engineer - Jennifer Lopez, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, Background Vocal - Chris Avedon, Engineer - NYCE BOY, Producer - Jennifer Lopez feat. Fat Joe, AssociatedPerformer
(P) 2005 Epic Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
Cory Rooney, Producer - Rich Harrison, Composer, Lyricist, Producer - Bruce Swedien, Mixing Engineer, Recording Engineer - Kenneth L. Hawkins, Composer, Lyricist - Delma A. Churchill, Composer, Lyricist - Peter Wade Keusch, Mixing Engineer, Recording Engineer - Jennifer Lopez, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, Background Vocal - HARVEY FUQUA, Composer, Lyricist - Chris Avedon, Engineer - Scotty Beats, Engineer
(P) 2005 Epic Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
Bob Robinson, Composer, Lyricist, Electric Guitar - Tim Kelley, Composer, Lyricist, Keyboards, Drum Programmer, Bass - Cory Rooney, Composer, Lyricist, Producer - Bruce Swedien, Mixing Engineer, Recording Engineer - Tim, Producer - Peter Wade Keusch, Mixing Engineer, Recording Engineer - Jennifer Lopez, Composer, Lyricist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Bob, Producer - Chris Avedon, Engineer
(P) 2005 Epic Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
Cory Rooney, Vocal Producer - LaShawn Daniels, Composer, Lyricist - Fred Jerkins III, Composer, Lyricist - Rodney Jerkins, Composer, Lyricist, Programmer - Bruce Swedien, Mixing Engineer, Recording Engineer - Delisha Thomas, Composer, Lyricist, Background Vocal - Aaron Pearce, Composer, Lyricist - Peter Wade Keusch, Mixing Engineer, Recording Engineer - Rodney "Darkchild" Jerkins, Producer - Jennifer Lopez, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Jeff Villanueva, Engineer - Tim Stuart, Guitar
(P) 2005 Epic Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
Antwan Patton, Composer, Lyricist - Cory Rooney, Composer, Lyricist, Producer - Archie Hall, Composer, Lyricist - Bruce Swedien, Mixing Engineer, Recording Engineer - Peter Wade Keusch, Mixing Engineer, Recording Engineer - Big Boi, Producer - Jennifer Lopez, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Chris Avedon, Engineer - Cutmaster Swiff, Producer
(P) 2005 Epic Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
Cory Rooney, Producer - Makeba Riddick, Background Vocal - Bruce Swedien, Mixing Engineer, Recording Engineer - Brandy Norwood, Composer, Lyricist - Blake English, Composer, Lyricist - Robert "Big Bert" Smith, Composer, Lyricist - Peter Wade Keusch, Mixing Engineer, Recording Engineer - Jennifer Lopez, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Chris Avedon, Engineer - Robert Anthony, Producer
(P) 2005 Epic Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
Bob Robinson, Composer, Lyricist, Electric Guitar - Tim Kelley, Composer, Lyricist, Keyboards, Drum Programmer, Bass - Cory Rooney, Composer, Lyricist, Producer - Bruce Swedien, Mixing Engineer, Recording Engineer - Tim, Producer - Peter Wade Keusch, Mixing Engineer, Recording Engineer - Jennifer Lopez, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Bob, Producer - Chris Avedon, Engineer
(P) 2005 Epic Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
Nathaniel Hills, Composer, Lyricist - Bruce Swedien, Mixing Engineer, Recording Engineer - Walter Millsap, Composer, Lyricist - Peter Wade Keusch, Mixing Engineer, Recording Engineer - Danja, Co-Producer - Timbaland, Producer - Jennifer Lopez, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Timothy Mosley, Composer, Lyricist - Candice Nelson, Composer, Lyricist, Background Vocal
(P) 2005 Epic Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
Cory Rooney, Composer, Lyricist - Bruce Swedien, Mixing Engineer, Recording Engineer - Peter Wade Keusch, Mixing Engineer, Recording Engineer - Jennifer Lopez, Composer, Lyricist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Marc Anthony, Composer, Lyricist, Producer - Marco Britti, Drums - Erben Perez, Bass - Mario Guini, Guitar
(P) 2005 Epic Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
Usher Raymond, Composer, Lyricist - Cory Rooney, Producer - Rich Harrison, Composer, Lyricist, Producer, Programmer - Bruce Swedien, Mixing Engineer, Recording Engineer - Peter Wade Keusch, Mixing Engineer, Recording Engineer - JAMES BROWN, Composer, Lyricist - Fabolous, FeaturedArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Jennifer Lopez, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, Background Vocal - JOHN JACKSON, Composer, Lyricist - Chris Avedon, Engineer - Rudaina Haddad, Background Vocal - Scotty Beatz, Engineer - Jennifer Lopez feat. Fabolous, AssociatedPerformer - E'anna Crawley, Background Vocal
(P) 2005 Epic Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
Album review
The last time Jennifer Lopez made an album -- 2002's This Is Me... Then -- she was deeply love with actor/Academy Award-winning screenwriter Ben Affleck, a relationship immortalized in the video for "Jenny From the Block" and "Dear Ben," a ballad that rivals Billy Bob Thornton's "Angelina" as the greatest celebrity love song of the 2000s. Of course, the relationship was also immortalized in the notorious Martin Brest disaster Gigli, released eight months after This Is Me, and that film's abysmal box office was the beginning of the end for the couple, whose engagement was called off in early 2004. Lopez rebounded quickly with a marriage to Latin pop singer Marc Anthony and with the new romance came an opportunity to restart her career -- hence Rebirth, the title of her fourth album. While she doesn't avoid the subject of her highly publicized romantic life, she does bury two seemingly confessional ballads at the end of the record (not counting the album-concluding reprise of the opening single, "Get Right"). Voyeurs may find interest in "He'll Be Back" (a tune not written by Lopez, but a breakup song that certainly recalls the Bennifer saga) and "(Can't Believe) This Is Me" -- a collaboration with her new husband that suggests Lopez may not have learned the lesson of Gigli -- but they're easily the worst moments on an album that's otherwise a sleek, sexy blast. Apart from those turgid ballads, Rebirth is a straight-ahead dance album, alternating between sweet, breezy pop tunes like the irresistible "Still Around" and hard-driving club tracks like the surprisingly heavy, infectious "Cherry Pie." Lopez may not be a flashy singer, but she's appealing on record precisely because she and her collaborators -- chief among them executive producer Cory Rooney -- know those limitations and present them in tuneful packages with big, exciting beats. 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.
© Stephen Thomas Erlewine /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 12 track(s)
- Total length: 00:48:13
- Main artists: Jennifer Lopez
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Epic
- Genre: Pop/Rock Pop
(P) 2005 Epic Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
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