JLo & Sony Music's Epic Records, where she is spent the bulk of her recording career, have parted ways, according to DeadlineHollywood.com. But Jennifer Lopez is no longer making music for Sony. She'll always be Jenny from the Block.
There's conflicting reports about how the ties were severed, according to the site's editor, Nikki Finke. The disagreeable version is that JLo was dropped by Sony.
The lovely version is that the contract was up & since Lopez fulfilled her obligation with her last four singles, it wasn't renewed. A mutual decision was made not to go ahead with an album.
Whichever version of events is true, a query mark surrounds the future of Lopez's seventh studio album, "Love?", which in the context is an ironic title if ever there was one.
Some Net reports say that "Love?" — which featured a pre-release dance hit "Fresh Out the Oven" as well as a pre-release dance dud "Louboutins" — was done & set to come out in April.
Other reports suggest that JLo has lost her edge, citing the failure of both "Louboutins" & her performance at the American Music Awards to generate heat.
But Lopez's camp told Finke that "Love?" was still a work in progress & "by no means done" & that record release dates tend to be flexible.
Execs "aren't sure who her audience is anymore," a source told Finke. "Where four times he had tiny girls, she is been supplanted by Beyonce, Gaga, & Rihanna." Lopez's manager, Benny Medina, confirmed the divorce between star & studio.
"Jennifer had a wonderful relationship with the Sony Music group," they noted, "and they have shared plenty of successes together, but the time was right to make a alter that best serves the direction her career as an actress & recording artist."
One rumored direction when it comes to her recording career is Island Def Jam, where she is reportedly been in talks.
In the meantime, JLo still has a movie career. Her new rom-com "The Back-Up Plan" is set to come out on April 23rd, when it will go up against "Wall Street 2" & "MacGruber."
All this tumult will give the writers at "Saturday Night Live" plenty of grist for material. Lopez is slated to host the show next weekend.
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