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| Writer = Jennifer Lopez, [[Troy Oliver]], [[Cory Rooney]], [[L.E.S. (producer)|L.E.S]] <small>(album version)</small><br>Jennifer Lopez, Troy Oliver, Cory Rooney, L.E.S., Jeffrey Atkins, [[Irv Gotti|Irving Lorenzo]], [[Rick James]] <small>(Murder Remix)</small>
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| Producer = Tory Oliver, Cory Rooney <small>(album version)</small><br>Irv Gotti, [[Channel 7 (musician)|7 Aurelius]] <small>(Murder Remix)</small>
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| Next single = "[[Livin' It Up (Ja Rule song)|Livin' It Up]]"<br>(2001)
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==Controversy==
==Controversy==
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Despite the success of "I'm Real", there was a bit of controversy over the use of the single's [[sampling (music)|sample]] and the structure of the song. The song contains an uncredited sample from [[Yellow Magic Orchestra]]'s 1978 version of [[Martin Denny]]'s 1959 song "Firecracker" (while the remix on the other hand officially interpolates the [[Mary Jane Girls]]' 1983 song "All Night Long"). There have been reports that the "Firecracker" sample was originally planned to be used for [[Mariah Carey]]'s "[[Loverboy (Mariah Carey song)|Loverboy]]". According to the music publisher of "Firecracker", Carey called to license a sample of the song which had never been sampled months before Lopez called to do the same. Carey rightfully felt that former husband and music executive at [[Sony Music Entertainment|Sony Music]] ([[Columbia Records]]), [[Tommy Mottola]], was interfering with her career by arranging for the sample to go to Lopez. Upset by the conduct of Lopez and her ex-husband, Carey featured a reference to the song on her single "Loverboy", her first single released by her then-record company, [[Virgin Records]]. The verse can be heard in [[Da Brat]]'s rap section, where she sings, "Hate on me, much as you want to, you can't do what the fuck I do, bitches be, emulating me daily" over the melody of "Firecracker". The word "bitch" was used in the song, but when the song aired on the radio, the word "bitch" was deleted and the song was cut down to three and a quarter minutes long.
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Despite the success of "I'm Real", there was a bit of controversy over the use of the single's [[sampling (music)|sample]] and the structure of the song. The song contains an uncredited sample from [[Yellow Magic Orchestra]]'s 1978 hit "[[Yellow Magic Orchestra (album)|Firecracker]]" (an [[Electronic music|electronic]] [[synthpop]] remix of [[Martin Denny]]'s 1959 melody of the same name), while the remix on the other hand officially interpolates the [[Mary Jane Girls]]' 1983 song "All Night Long". There have been reports that the "Firecracker" sample was originally planned to be used for [[Mariah Carey]]'s "[[Loverboy (Mariah Carey song)|Loverboy]]". According to the music publisher of "Firecracker", Carey called to license a sample of the song which had never been sampled months before Lopez called to do the same. Carey rightfully felt that former husband and music executive at [[Sony Music Entertainment|Sony Music]] ([[Columbia Records]]), [[Tommy Mottola]], was interfering with her career by arranging for the sample to go to Lopez.<ref>{{cite web|title=Mariah 'Ripped Off' Twice on Same Record|url=http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,49437,00.html|publisher=[[Fox News Channel|Fox News]]|date=April 4, 2002|accessdate=2011-05-28}}</ref>



Upset by the conduct of Lopez and her ex-husband, Carey featured a reference to the song on her single "Loverboy", her first single released by her then-record company, [[Virgin Records]]. The verse can be heard in [[Da Brat]]'s rap section, where she sings, "Hate on me, much as you want to, you can't do what the fuck I do, bitches be, emulating me daily" over the melody of "Firecracker". The word "bitch" was used in the song, but when the song aired on the radio, the word "bitch" was deleted and the song was cut down to three and a quarter minutes long.


Irv Gotti, who produced the remix of "I'm Real" featuring Ja Rule, openly admitted during an interview with ''[[XXL (magazine)|XXL]]'' magazine that Mottola contacted him with instructions to create a song that sounded exactly like a song he had made with Carey for the [[Glitter (soundtrack)|''Glitter'' soundtrack]]<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,49437,00.html |title=Mariah 'Ripped Off' Twice on Same Record |accessdate=2007-02-25 |date=April 4, 2002 |work=[[Fox News Channel|Fox News]] | first=Roger | last=Friedman}}</ref> entitled "If We" also featuring Ja Rule.
Irv Gotti, who produced the remix of "I'm Real" featuring Ja Rule, openly admitted during an interview with ''[[XXL (magazine)|XXL]]'' magazine that Mottola contacted him with instructions to create a song that sounded exactly like a song he had made with Carey for the [[Glitter (soundtrack)|''Glitter'' soundtrack]]<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,49437,00.html |title=Mariah 'Ripped Off' Twice on Same Record |accessdate=2007-02-25 |date=April 4, 2002 |work=[[Fox News Channel|Fox News]] | first=Roger | last=Friedman}}</ref> entitled "If We" also featuring Ja Rule.

Revision as of 01:40, 1 June 2011

"I'm Real"
Song

"I'm Real" is the name of two songs by Jennifer Lopez. One is the song taken from her second studio album, J.Lo (2001), and the other is "I'm Real (Murder Remix)", which features rapper Ja Rule of The Inc. Records (formerly known as Murder Inc. Records), included on the special edition of J.Lo, Lopez's remix album, J to tha L-O!: The Remixes (2002), and Ja Rule's third studio album, Pain Is Love (2001). Both versions reached number one on the US Billboard Hot 100 on September 8, 2001, and remained there for five non-consecutive weeks. Ja Rule had been brought in after the moderate US performance of "Play", the second single from J.Lo. Singer Ashanti (also on The Inc.) provided backing vocals on the Murder Remix. The two songs are essentially different songs with the same title.

Music video

The music video for "I'm Real" followed the release of the single in the US. It depicts Lopez driving a motorcycle throughout the highway. The video also featured a cameo appearance by underwear model Travis Fimmel and a dance-break (to "More Bounce to the Ounce" by Zapp) with Lopez's soon-to-be husband Cris Judd appearing as the lead dancer. The video for the Murder remix of "I'm Real" featured Ja Rule and Irv Gotti. It was performed at the 2001 MTV Video Music Awards and won the award for Best Hip-Hop Video at the 2002 MTV Video Music Awards.

Controversy

"Firecracker"
A sample of "Firecracker" from the 1978 album Yellow Magic Orchestra by the band of the same name. This song was sampled in "I'm Real".
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Despite the success of "I'm Real", there was a bit of controversy over the use of the single's sample and the structure of the song. The song contains an uncredited sample from Yellow Magic Orchestra's 1978 hit "Firecracker" (an electronic synthpop remix of Martin Denny's 1959 melody of the same name), while the remix on the other hand officially interpolates the Mary Jane Girls' 1983 song "All Night Long". There have been reports that the "Firecracker" sample was originally planned to be used for Mariah Carey's "Loverboy". According to the music publisher of "Firecracker", Carey called to license a sample of the song which had never been sampled months before Lopez called to do the same. Carey rightfully felt that former husband and music executive at Sony Music (Columbia Records), Tommy Mottola, was interfering with her career by arranging for the sample to go to Lopez.[1]



Upset by the conduct of Lopez and her ex-husband, Carey featured a reference to the song on her single "Loverboy", her first single released by her then-record company, Virgin Records. The verse can be heard in Da Brat's rap section, where she sings, "Hate on me, much as you want to, you can't do what the fuck I do, bitches be, emulating me daily" over the melody of "Firecracker". The word "bitch" was used in the song, but when the song aired on the radio, the word "bitch" was deleted and the song was cut down to three and a quarter minutes long.

Irv Gotti, who produced the remix of "I'm Real" featuring Ja Rule, openly admitted during an interview with XXL magazine that Mottola contacted him with instructions to create a song that sounded exactly like a song he had made with Carey for the Glitter soundtrack[2] entitled "If We" also featuring Ja Rule.

Furthermore, some in the African American community were outraged by Lopez's use of the word "nigga" in the Murder Remix.[3]

Track listings

CD 1
  1. "I'm Real" (Murder Remix featuring Ja Rule) - 4:22
  2. "I'm Real" (Radio Edit) - 4:18
  3. "I'm Real" (Album Version) - 4:58
  4. "I'm Real" (Dezrok Club Mix) - 4:32
  5. "I'm Real" (Dreem Teem Master) - 5:21
  6. "I'm Real" (Pablo Flores Club Mix) - 3:30
  7. "I'm Real" (André Betts Remix) - 3:59
CD 2
  1. "I'm Real" (Murder Remix featuring Ja Rule) (Clean/Edited Version) - 4:22
  2. "I'm Real" (Album Version) - 4:58
  3. "I'm Real" (Dezrok Vocal Radio Edit) - 3:48
  4. "I'm Real" (Dreem Teem UK Garage Mix) - 4:00
  5. "I'm Real" (D. MD Strong Club) - 4:20
  6. "I'm Real" (Pablo Flores Euro-Dub) - 2:59

Chart performance

"I'm Real" debuted on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 at number sixty-six the week of July 7, 2001. By its fourth week, the song had reached the top twenty, fueled by increasing airplay of the single. By September 8, 2001, the single topped the chart, dislodging Alicia Keys' "Fallin'" from a three-week stint at number one. "I'm Real" spent the next three charting weeks at the summit and was subsequently knocked out of the top spot by "Fallin'", which boasted an additional three consecutive weeks at number one. After three weeks stalled at number two, "I'm Real" returned to number one again for a final two weeks, through October 27, 2001. "I'm Real (Murder Remix)" was a staple on R&B/hip hop and pop radio during the summer and fall of 2001, spending fifteen weeks on the top five of the Billboard Hot 100. In 2009 the single was named the 30th most successful song of the 2000s, on the Billboard Hot 100 Songs of the Decade.[4]

The chart position of the Murder Remix was boosted by radio play of the album track, which led to complaints of unfairness and change of Billboard policy in 2002. Afterwards, airplay of identically named songs but with substantially different melodies was not combined when computing chart positions. Lopez's follow-up was "Ain't It Funny (Murder Remix)", another Ja Rule-featured remix, which also reached number one on the Hot 100.

Charts

References

  1. ^ "Mariah 'Ripped Off' Twice on Same Record". Fox News. April 4, 2002. Retrieved 2011-05-28.
  2. ^ Friedman, Roger (April 4, 2002). "Mariah 'Ripped Off' Twice on Same Record". Fox News. Retrieved 2007-02-25.
  3. ^ "Mis-Education About the N-Word". Teaching Tolerance. February 24, 2003. Retrieved 2008-11-22.
  4. ^ Hot 100 Decade Songs
  5. ^ "Jennifer Lopez – I'm Real". ARIA Top 50 Singles.
  6. ^ "Jennifer Lopez – I'm Real" (in German). Ö3 Austria Top 40.
  7. ^ "Jennifer Lopez – I'm Real" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50.
  8. ^ "Jennifer Lopez – I'm Real" (in French). Ultratop 50.
  9. ^ "Jennifer Lopez Chart History (Canadian Hot 100)". Billboard.
  10. ^ "Jennifer Lopez – I'm Real". Tracklisten.
  11. ^ "Jennifer Lopez – Chart Search" Billboard European Hot 100 Singles for Jennifer Lopez. [dead link]
  12. ^ "Jennifer Lopez: I'm Real" (in Finnish). Musiikkituottajat.
  13. ^ "Jennifer Lopez – I'm Real" (in French). Les classement single.
  14. ^ "Chart Track: Week 45, 2001". Irish Singles Chart.
  15. ^ "Jennifer Lopez – I'm Real". Top Digital Download.
  16. ^ "Jennifer Lopez – I'm Real" (in Dutch). Single Top 100.
  17. ^ "Jennifer Lopez – I'm Real". Top 40 Singles.
  18. ^ "Jennifer Lopez – I'm Real". VG-lista.
  19. ^ "Jennifer Lopez – I'm Real". Singles Top 100.
  20. ^ "Jennifer Lopez – I'm Real". Swiss Singles Chart.
  21. ^ "Jennifer Lopez: Artist Chart History". Official Charts Company.
  22. ^ "Jennifer Lopez Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard.
  23. ^ "Jennifer Lopez Chart History (Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs)". Billboard.
  24. ^ "Jennifer Lopez Chart History (Pop Songs)". Billboard.
  25. ^ "Jennifer Lopez Chart History (Latin Pop Songs)". Billboard.
  26. ^ ARIA Charts – End of Year Charts – Top 100 Singles 2001
  27. ^ ARIA Charts – End of Year Charts – Top 100 Singles 2002
  28. ^ "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 2001 Singles". ARIA. Retrieved 2009-04-19.
  29. ^ "Certifications Singles Or – année 2002". SNEP (in French). February 13, 2002. Retrieved 2009-04-19.
  30. ^ "Les Certifications (Singles) du SNEP (see "LOPEZ J. & JARULE")". InfoDisc (in French). Retrieved 2009-04-19.
  31. ^ "New Zealand Top 50 Singles (see "Chart #1284 – Sunday 4 November 2001")". RIANZ. Retrieved 2009-04-19.
Preceded by U.S. Billboard Hot 100 number-one single
September 8, 2001 – September 22, 2001
October 20, 2001 – October 27, 2001 		Succeeded by
"Fallin'" by Alicia Keys
"Family Affair" by Mary J. Blige

External links

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