Jenny from the Block

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"Jenny from the Block"

Single by Jennifer Lopez featuring Styles P and Jadakiss
from the album This Is Me... Then
Released	November 2002
Format	7", 12" plus CD
Recorded	March 2002 at The Hit Factory, New York City, New York The Studio, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Genre	Pop/R&B/Hip-hop
Length	3:08
Label	Epic
Writer(s)	Jean Claude "Poke" Olivier, Samuel Barnes, Jennifer Lopez, Troy Oliver, Mr. Deyo, Lawrence Parker, Simon Sterlin, Jose Fernando Arbex Miro
Producer(s)	Cory Rooney, Troy Oliver, The Trackmasters
Chart positions
#1 (Argentina, Canada) #3 (UK, U.S.) #5 (Australia)
Jennifer Lopez singles chronology
"I'm Gonna Be Alright (Track Masters Remix)"/"Alive" (2002)	"Jenny from the Block" (2002)	"All I Have" (2003)
Alternate cover

CD 2 cover

"Jenny from the Block" is the first single released from Jennifer Lopez' fourth studio album This Is Me... Then (2002). Released in 2002, it features rappers Styles P and Jadakiss.

The song attempts to contrast the life of Lopez growing up in The Bronx, New York City, with her later life as a celebrity. She claims that despite her success, she is still "Jenny from the block", which had some critics deriding both the song and her as being "hypocritical".

The music video, directed by Francis Lawrence, shows how publicized her relationship with Ben Affleck was, and it is meant to emphasize her Bronx roots. Ironically, Styles P and Jadakiss are from Queens and Yonkers, respectively.

On a Channel 4 documentary telling of Jennifer's rise to popularity, former friends and residents from Castle Hill, her neighbourhood in The Bronx, told of how she had not been in contact with them since she had left her hometown or even visited since she became successful and found it hypocritical of her to film the video for "Jenny from the Block" on luxury yachts with Ben Affleck rather than in her hometown.

Despire not reaching number one on the Billboard Hot 100 like many of her previous singles, "Jenny from the Block" is considered to be one of Lopez's signature songs. The song title has been referenced many times in the media, similar to that of Madonna with "Material Girl" and Christina Aguilera with "Dirrty".

The song was voted as being the 10^th Worst Pop Song of all time in a 2004 poll on Channel 4.^[1]

The song's instrumentals are sampled from Boogie Down Productions's 1987 "South Bronx".

1 Track listings
2 Charts
3 External link
4 References

[edit] Track listings

CD 1

"Jenny from the Block" (Trackmasters Remix)
"Jenny from the Block" (Rap A Cappella)
"Jenny from the Block" (Bronx Remix No Rap Edit)
"Alive" (Thunderpuss Club Mix)

CD 2

"Jenny from the Block" (Trackmasters Remix)
"Jenny from the Block" (Bronx Instrumental)
"Love Don't Cost a Thing" (HQ2 Club Vocal Mix)

[edit] Charts

Chart (2002/2003)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Hot 100	3
U.S. Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks	22
U.S. Billboard Latin Pop Airplay	25
U.S. Billboard Latin Tropical Airplay	15
U.S. Billboard Top 40 Tracks	2
U.S. Billboard Top 40 Mainstream	2
U.S. Billboard Rhythmic Top 40	3
Argentina Top 40 Singles	1 (3 weeks)
Australia Top 100 Singles	5
Canada Top 50 Singles	1
Japan Oricon Top 200 Singles	19
Mexico Top 100 Singles	2
Switzerland Top 100 Singles	4
UK Top 75 Singles	3
World Top 100 Airplay	1

[edit] External link

Music video for "Jenny from the Block" at YouTube

Preceded by "I'm Gonna Getcha Good!" by Shania Twain	Canadian number-one single January 11, 2003 (4 non-consecutive weeks)	Succeeded by "The Ketchup Song" by Las Ketchup