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This Is Me... Then
This Is Me... Then This Is Me... Then is the third studio album by American
recording artist Jennifer Lopez, released on November
19, 2002 by Epic Records. The album debuted at number
six on the U.S. Billboard 200 selling 314,000 copies during
its first week, then propelled to number two two months
later [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
Studio album by Jennifer Lopez in Brazil, where it appeared on the soundtrack to the te-
lenovela Mulheres Apaixonadas, whereas "The One" was
Released November 19, 2002 released to radio stations in Europe—charting at num-
Recorded March–October 2002; ber forty-one on the Romanian Top 100 in mid-May
The Hit Factory, Sony Music Studios 2003[4]—and Brazil.
(New York City, New York) The track "Dear Ben" was in reference to her then-fi-
The Hit Factory Criteria ance, actor Ben Affleck.
(Miami, Florida)
The Record Plant
(Hollywood, Los Angeles, California)
The Studio
Critical reception
(Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of
100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album re-
Genre R&B, hip hop, pop
ceived an average score of 52, based on 9 reviews, which
Length 47:15 indicates "mixed or average reviews".[13] Stephen
Label Epic
Thomas Erlewine from Allmusic gave to the album a rat-
ing of 4/5 stars, saying that "The feel is sexy, stylish, and
Producer Cory Rooney (also exec.), Troy Oliver, Dan Shea, fun, and there are numerous highlights, all feeling ef-
Poke & Tone, Davy Deluge, Ron G, Dave fortless".[14] The Billboard review was also positive, saying
McPherson, Rich Shelton, Kevin Veney, Loren
Hill, Reggie Hamlet, Focus... that "Even naysayers will have to serve props to Lopez
for the considerable growth she reveals as both a per-
Jennifer Lopez chronology former and tunesmith". Ton Sinclair from Entertainment
Weekly say that "While no one’s likely to confuse any-
J.Lo This Is Me... Then Rebirth
(2001) (2002) (2005)
thing here with high art, the girl has a way with hooks,
even if they’re often borrowed".[15] A mixed review came
from Rolling Stone who gave the album a rating of 2/5
Singles from This Is Me... Then stars, saying that "Most of the songs are pitched too high
1. "Jenny from the Block" for her register, the production sounds cheap, and love
Released: September 26, 2002 has dulled whatever street edge she might have had".[16]
2. "All I Have" Jon Caramanica from The Village Voice was negative,
Released: February 11, 2003
saying that "Jennifer Lopez makes albums for the same
3. "I’m Glad"
Released: August 7, 2003 reasons you and I give holiday gifts to people we don’t
4. "Baby I Love U!" exactly like: vanity and obligation".[17] Sal Cinquemani
Released: March 23, 2004 from Slant Magazine gave a favorable review, saying that
"Rather than rehash her previous hip-hop successes with
Murder Inc., Jennifer Lopez makes a surprising step to-
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Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic [5]
Billboard (positive)[6]
Dot Music (positive)[7]
Entertainment Weekly (B)[8]
Rolling Stone [9]
Slant [10]
The Village Voice (unfavorable)[11]
Yahoo! Music UK [12]
ward more adult-oriented R&B on her third studio al- 5. "Dear Lopez, Rooney, Focus..., 3:14
bum". He conclued saying that "This Is Me…Then man- Ben" Bernard Ed- Cory
ages to find the right formula for Lopez’s slinky vocal and wards Jr. Rooney
is more unified than its predecessors".[18] James Polet-
6. "All I Lopez, Makeba Cory 4:14
ti from Yahoo! Music gave also a positive review and a
Have" Riddick, Curtis Rooney,
rating of 7/10 stars, saying that: "Lopez’ voice frequent-
(featuring Richardson, Ron G,
ly sounds a trifle thin accompanied by the sort of sounds
LL Cool J) Ron G, Lisa Dave
that we’re better used to hearing behind a Creative
Peters, William McPherson
Source or Gwen McCrae vocal but the honeyed backing
Jeffrey
massages any real concerns from your mind. It remains
to be seen what her present blissed-out state might do for 7. "Jenny Lopez, Oliver, Troy Oliv- 3:08
J-Lo’s on-set antics but here it has helped add more than from the Deyo, Samuel er, Cory,
a glimmer of humanity to this Latino Corporation".[19] Block" Barnes, Jean- Rooney,
(featuring Claude Olivier, Poke and
Styles and José Fernando Tone
Track listing Jadakiss) Arbex Miró,
No. Title Writer(s) Producer(s) Length Lawrence Park-
er, Scott Ster-
1. "Still" Jennifer Lopez, Rich Shel- 3:41 ling, Michael
Rich Shelton, ton, Kevin Oliver, David
Kevin Veney, Veney, Styles, Jason
Loren Hill, Loren Hill, Phillips
Leonard Hug- Cory
gins, LeRoy Rooney 8. "Again" Lopez, Rooney, Troy Oliv- 5:47
Bell, Casey Oliver, Reggie er, Reggie
James Hamlet Hamlet,
Cory
2. "Loving Troy Oliver, Troy Oliv- 3:45 Rooney
You" Rooney, James er, Cory
Mtume, Rooney 9. "You Be- Carly Simon, Cory 3:30
Michael Garvin, long to Michael Rooney,
Tom Shapiro Me" McDonald Dan Shea
3. "I’m Lopez, Oliver, Troy Oliv- 3:42 10. "I’ve Lopez, Rooney, Cory 4:42
Glad" Rooney, Andre er, Cory Been Shea Rooney,
Deyo, Jesse Rooney Thinkin’" Dan Shea
Weaver, Jr.
4. "The Lopez, Rooney, Cory 3:36 11. "Baby I Lopez, Rooney, Cory 4:29
One" Linda Creed, Rooney, Love U!" Shea, John Bar- Rooney,
Davy Deluge, Davy Del- ry Dan Shea
Thom Bell uge, Dan 12. "The One Lopez, Rooney, Cory 3:32
Shea (Version Creed, Deluge, Rooney,
2)" Bell Davy Del-
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uge, Dan view.php?page_id=41&template=artist. Retrieved
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[4] "Romanian Top 100–18/2003" (in Romanian). Vento
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• Track listing and credits from album booklet.[20] Consultanta SRL. http://www.rt100.ro/
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"Set Me Free" (LeRoy Bell, Casey James) Retrieved 2008-11-27.
• "Loving You" — Contains a sample of Mtume’s "Juicy [5] "Allmusic review". http://www.allmusic.com/
Fruit" (James Mtume) and George Benson’s "Never album/r618219.
Give Up on a Good Thing" (Michael Garvin, Tom C. [6] "Billboard review". http://www.billboard.com/
Shapiro) billboard/reviews/
• "I’m Glad" — Contains a sample of Schoolly D’s review_displayprint.jsp?vnu_content_id=1770863.
"P.S.K. What Does It Mean?" (J.B. Weaver, Jr.) [7] "Dot Music review". http://www.dotmusic.com/
• "The One" — Contains an interpolation of The reviews/Albums/December2002/
Stylistics’ "You Are Everything" (Thom Bell, Linda reviews27535.asp.
Creed) [8] "Entertainment Weekly review".
• "All I Have (song)" — Contains a sample of Debra http://www.ew.com/ew/article/
Laws’ "Very Special" (Lisa Peters, William Jeffrey) 0,,397181~4~0~thisismethen,00.html.
• "Jenny from the Block" — Contains an interpolation [9] "Rolling Stone review".
of Enoch Light and the Light Brigade’s "Hi-Jack" http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/
(Fernando Arbex), a portion of Boogie Down jenniferLopez/albums/album/97260/rid/
Productions’ "South Bronx" (Lawrence Parker, Scott 5944943/.
Sterling), and a portion of 20th Century Steel Band’s [10] "Slant review". http://www.slantmagazine.com/
"Heaven and Hell Is on Earth" (Michael Oliver) music/music_review.asp?ID=260.
• "Baby I Love U!" — Contains an interpolation of John [11] "Village Voice review".
Barry’s "Midnight Cowboy" (John Barry) http://www.villagevoice.com/2003-02-04/music/
In Europe and other non North American Countries, the made-in-manhattan/1.
album was issued with "I’m Gonna Be Alright (Trackmas- [12] "Yahoo review". http://uk.launch.yahoo.com/
ters Remix featuring Nas)" as track 13.[21] A Limited Edi- l_reviews_a/27535.html.
tion of the album was also issued (as This Is Me...Then: +9 [13] This is Me...Then at Metacritic Metacritic Retrieved
Bonus Tracks!) with 8 more tracks (in addition to the orig- 2010-11-23
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Chart (2002)[24][25][26] Peak
position
Australian ARIA Albums Chart 14
Austrian Albums Chart 7
Belgian Ultratop 50 Albums (Flanders) 6
Belgian Ultratop 50 Albums (Wallonia) 6
Canadian Albums Chart 5
Danish Albums Chart 13
Dutch Albums Chart 7
European Top 100 Albums[27] 3
Finnish Albums Chart 10
French SNEP Albums Chart 4
German Albums Chart[28] 4
Greek International Albums Chart[29] 1
Hungarian Albums Chart[30] 9
Irish Albums Chart 15
Italian Albums Chart 11
Japanese Oricon Albums Chart[31] 9
Norwegian Albums Chart 13
New Zealand RIANZ Albums Chart 19
Polish Albums Chart[32] 19
Portuguese Albums Chart 22
Swedish Albums Chart 7
Swiss Albums Chart 3
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
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Territory Certifier Certification Sales
Australia ARIA Platinum[33] 70,000
Austria IFPI Gold[34] 15,000
Belgium Gold[35] 15,000
Canada CRIA 2× platinum[36] 200,000
Europe IFPI Platinum[37] 1,000,000
Finland Gold[38] 19,998
France SNEP 2× gold[39] 320,000[40]
Germany IFPI Gold[41] 150,000
Greece IFPI Gold[42] 15,000
Hungary Mahasz Gold[43] 3,000
Netherlands NVPI Gold[44] 30,000
New Zealand RIANZ Gold[45] 7,500
Portugal AFP Gold[46] 10,000
Sweden IFPI Gold[47] 20,000
Switzerland Platinum[48] 40,000
United Kingdom BPI Platinum[49] 300,000
United States RIAA 2× platinum[50] 2,500,000[2]
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