Brave (Jennifer Lopez album)

Brave is the sixth studio album by American recording artist Jennifer Lopez, released on October 4, 2007 by Epic Records. It debuted at number twelve on the U.S. Billboard 200 with 53,000 copies sold in its first week. It became Lopez's least commercially successful album to date. Brave is the last album Lopez released under Epic Records.

Production

In a MTV News interview while on the music video set for "Me Haces Falta", Lopez promised fans "danceable music" on this album. This album returned Lopez to pop, R&B, and hip hop sound after her previous English-language studio album, Rebirth. She stated the album would be "dance, funk, R&B, hip-hop, all that stuff, all mixed up together to make some great pop music". She described Brave as "a little Jamiroquai, a little Sade. It's real feel-good music". Lopez recruited producers including J. R. Rotem, Bloodshy & Avant, Midi Mafia, and Ryan Tedder. On March 27, 2007, on Total Request Live, Lopez stated there would be no featured appearances and chose between four uptempo songs for the first single. The first single chosen...
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