pop, includes the albums "J.Lo" and "On The 6", a reference to the
subway line she used to take growing up in the Soundview section of the
Bronx.
On The 6 was released in
1999
and featured the massive first single, "If You Had My Love". It also
contained the Spanish-language,
Latin-flavored
duet "No me ames" with
Marc Anthony, which was an international hit and was not released as a
single in the
United States, although the
video
got moderate airplay on American
VH1 and
The
Box as a novelty. The album was so well received that it bumped
Ricky Martin
from the top of the charts.
In the
fall of 1999, the album's second American single, "Waiting For Tonight"
was released. It was not a hit on the same scale as "If You Had My Love",
but was huge nonetheless. The memorable video capitalized on the
millennium craze of the time, featuring J. Lo at a futuristic dance
party in a jungle, while an enormous clock counted down the seconds to the
year 2000.
The video also had a popular dance
remix,
by popular club remixer, Hex Hector. To date, the remix video still gets
occasional airplay on
MTV2,
during
dance blocks.
The album's also included the other hit singles like, "Feelin' So Good",
a
hip hop track which contained guest raps by
Big
Pun and
Fat
Joe and the
latin-dance-flavored
track, "Let's Get Loud".
Towards the end of
2000,
Jennifer Lopez released "Love Don't Cost A Thing", her first single from her second
album,
J. Lo. Upon its release in early
2001,
the album quickly rose to the top of the charts; as did the single, which
became her biggest hit since "If You Had My Love". The second single,
"Play", which was written by rising teen star, Christina Milian, was a huge
dance radio and club hit in early 2001 and was also successful on
pop radio.
The album's next two singles, "I'm Real" and "Ain't It Funny" were her
biggest ever hits both spending many weeks on top of the
Billboard charts. However to capitalize on this, Lopez got
Murda Inc to
remix
both songs, completely changing the lyrics and melodies. Adding raps from
Ja
Rule in both songs, and Cadillac Tah to only "Ain't It Funny" (Remix)
song. The "I'm Real" and "Ain't It Funny" remixes were two of the biggest
pop and
rap
hits in late 2001 and early 2002, respectively, and their more
hip
hop sound gave J.Lo street credibility and brought her music to a whole
new group of fans.
Jennifer Lopez continued the successful trend by getting
50
Cent and
Nas to write rhymes for two remixes of her next single, "I'm Gonna Be
Alright". In mid-2002,
Lopez released a remix album called J To The L-O: The Remixes,
featuring the already popular rap remixes of "I'm Real", "I'm Gonna Be
Alright", and "Ain't It Funny", and well as the dance remix of "Waiting For
Tonight". The album also included rarer dance and hip hop remixes of her
past singles, and a new song, a ballad called "Alive," which was included in
Lopez' movie,
Enough.
In the
fall of 2002, Lopez released her most recent album, "This Is Me...
Then", which has produced three hugely popular singles: "Jenny From The
Block," which included raps from Jadakiss and Styles P; "All I Have," one of
2003's
most popular songs to date, which was a duet with
LL Cool J; and "I'm Glad". Later she released the fourth single "Baby I
Love You" the musical theme for the movie "Gigli." Last, she released her
fifth single "The One", but the video was based on the remixed version of
the song which featured East Coast Rapper Joe Budden, bringing a new song
with a new sensation. This was the last single that closed the chapter of
"This Is Me Then" album.
On
November 18,
2003,
Jennifer Lopez will release her fifth album called "Reel Me" which will include a DVD
having all her music videos from her first video "If You Had My Love" to her
last one "Baby I Love You." This album will include a bonus remix "Baby I
Love You" (Remix) featuring R.Kelly. The first single will be most likely to
be called "Guess Who's Back" featuring Lloyd Banks.
