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J-Lo's career-maker almost didn't happen
Jennifer Lopez's career-making record, her remixed version of "I'm Real" with
rapper Ja Rule, almost never happened. In court testimony during the contentious
lawsuit which TVT Records recently won against Def Jam, some interesting tidbits
spilled out. They should of most interest, in fact, to Mariah Carey. I'll tell you why.
Lopez, it was revealed in the last year or so, was actually given the "I'm Real"
music from Carey's work-in-progress Glitter album by Sony's then chief Tommy Mottola.
This caused no end of trouble for Carey, who had to scramble and re-record a single
when she realized her idea had been pilfered.
In an interview last year, Ja Rule's manager/producer Irv Gotti revealed that Mottola
had asked him to make the Lopez record. But what's coming out now is that other forces
almost halted Mottola's plan. In court two months ago, Def Jam president Lyor Cohen
revealed that he had tried to put a stop to Ja Rule working with Lopez when he found
out the project was moving ahead.
"Irv in the middle of [recording a] Ja Rule album went and was asked to do a record
for J-Lo. And then he put Ja Rule on it, stripped Ja Rule on it. And I said, you know,
this could be devastating to our release. I don't think you should do this. He went
ahead and did it anyhow. I did send Epic [J-Lo's label, overseen by Mottola] a letter
not to allow them to do it."
Ultimately, pressure was brought to bear on all parties, presumably by Mottola, to
let the Ja Rule/Lopez track proceed. The rest is history: The remixed version of
"I'm Real" was a smash No. 1 hit in 2001. Carey, who'd recorded her own track with
Ja Rule, had to scrap everything she'd done at the last minute.
But it's not like Ja Rule comes out of the TVT/Universal trial with his head held
high. Rapper DMX might like to know that Ja Rule had plans for him, according to Cohen.
In his testimony, Cohen recalls that Ja Rule asked for the same release date for his
album as DMX's new album. Both acts record for Def Jam... Why?
"So he could sell more records than DMX," Cohen says, "and almost squash the beef of
who is more popular." Nice, huh? There's more from the TVT/Universal lawsuit, in which
TVT was awarded $132 million in damages. Half of those damages were assigned personally
to Cohen, who seemed incoherent during much of the testimony. More tomorrow...
(Fox 411)
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