Jennifer Lopez Reveals Why She Left Sony Music On ‘The Breakfast Club’

Published: Friday 4th Feb 2011 by Trent

Jennifer Lopez visited ‘The Breakfast Club’ on Power 105.1 recently. Amidst candid discussions with the show’s hosts about her judging position on ‘American Idol’ and her upcoming album, ‘Love?’, the entertainer revealed the real reason why she left Sony Music Entertainment and signed with rival label Island Def Jam in 2010.

Lopez also spoke about the criticism she experienced when she was announced as the new ‘Idol’ judge given her limited ability as a vocalist. Hear what she had to say below:

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  1. Stoney-Brie February 4, 2011

    she has a loud laugh.. her and Ashanti have that in common..

  2. cj prowing February 4, 2011

    Chamone Trent….post the transcript for us folks that can’t view the vid lol or a summary

  3. Robbie February 4, 2011

    She’s is so lovely! I love her on American Idol. I can’t wait to see her on a World Tour!

  4. TIMMI February 4, 2011

    What B*******.

    You don’t need to be able to do master a talent in order to judge another person’s talent, prime example: Simon Cowell, yet nobody has anything to say. When it comes to females, however, people want to b****. (Cheryl Cole, J. Lo, etc.)

    If you do a drawing of a face and it looks more like a pie, then you can’t draw. I don’t need to be Picasso to have that opinion. The same principle applies. 99% of the people on this website probably can’t sing, including Sam and Trent, and you don’t see anybody holding back when it comes to judging people’s vocals… i.e. Rihanna.

  5. liljokerrr February 4, 2011

    see she LEFT sony not the other way around.

  6. hmmmmmmm….ok then??? February 4, 2011

    giiirl…i woulda said i left them tooo lol

  7. SJAMZ27 February 4, 2011

    lmaoooo i love her. shes so funny

  8. Royalkev February 4, 2011

    @ Stoney- Brie, yea she does have a loud outburst. Ashanti too, it’s that Bronx in her(Longn Island in the case of Ashanti)! Lol.
    I always listen to her and just adore her even more. She’s a very down to earth person. She makes so much sense and she actually has a lot of wise words for anyone looking to do what she does. She’s very inspiring. I like that none of their harsh words phase her, she has a great sense of security and she’s above the negativity. I must say that love her attitude.

    Check out my blog: Thepagewithroyalkev.b*******.com (where there’s a place for EVERYTHING and EVERYTHING has it’s place).

  9. Jer February 4, 2011

    i am. LOVIN me some J.Lo right now all that I can say. She’s fierce, she’s knockin the haters back AGAIN and saying “b**** i’ve been here, deal with it”

  10. Dave February 4, 2011

    I’m loving her right now too thou. I see he kept it cute on her (Charmander)

  11. Nichole February 4, 2011

    Has On The Floor been sent to radio, and iTunes yet?

  12. lola February 4, 2011

    TIMMI
    What a dumbass statement? JLO has no room to judge who has talent because SHE IS SUPPOSED TO BE A SINGER HERSELF! Just like Jimmy Kimmel said “If Jlo told me that I couldn’t sing I would say well you can’t either!” It’s one thing to be someone who isn’t a singer, just a person who critiques people, and another to be a horrible vocalist and tell someone that he or she can’t sing. You can’t see how hypercritical that is? How are you going to tell someone that he/she doesn’t have the talent to be the singer when you are a perfect example of how talent doesn’t mean anything, just a hot look/image and good beats. Plus, she hasn’t even taken any damn professional music courses or knows anything about music and singing. All she does on Idol is sit there, smile, and tell someone if she liked how they sounded or not.

    Anyway, JNO is so damn dull. She really isn’t anything special or exciting. Plus, she’s doing all of this promo, yet people still don’t give a damn about her. People are so focused on Britney, Gaga, Beyonce, and Chris Brown.

    Oh and to people who say they love how JNO doesn’t mind the negativity, that’s easy for her to do since she still has people like radio hosts, day time television hosts, and magazines still wanting to talk to her and work with her.

  13. J February 4, 2011

    I love how he is J.Lo is an icon and a brand. TRUTH! And even went on to say that before Kim Kardashian and even before Beyonce she was the first BEST ass! 😉

    @ Nichole not yet. According to sources it will be added to radio on the 8th (although it has yet to be confirmed) and itunes still no date.

  14. J February 4, 2011

    Anyway, JNO is so damn dull. She really isn’t anything special or exciting. Plus, she’s doing all of this promo, yet people still don’t give a damn about her. People are so focused on Britney, Gaga, Beyonce, and Chris Brown

    Oh and to people who say they love how JNO doesn’t mind the negativity, that’s easy for her to do since she still has people like radio hosts, day time television hosts, and magazines still wanting to talk to her and work with her

    ============================================

    I love how you contradict yourself hun. You claim that she really isn’t anything special or exciting, but yet you state yourself that people like radio hosts, daytime television hosts, and magazines still want to talk to her and work with her. Wtf? So she’s exciting/special or she’s not? LMFAO! B**** sit the f*** down you don’t know what you’re saying. You sound like a straight up hater. Goodbye!

  15. Trosto07 February 4, 2011

    @LOLA She is a good enought vocalist to critiq those idiots on idol! OMG and NO ONE ON THE PANEL IS AN EXTREME VOCALIST, HELL NOT EVEN PAULA! SO STOP IT!

  16. ヅ•·.·´¯`·.·•-ΛalexisR- ΑΛΕΞΙΣ\♩ ♪ ♫ ♬ ★ ☆ ✰ T.I.P.•·.·´¯`·.·•ヅ February 4, 2011

    MOST INFLUENTIAL LIVING FEMALE> YEAH BOY

    LOVE ME SOME J-LO

    Her vocals are good. That is all.

  17. ヅ•·.·´¯`·.·•-ΛalexisR- ΑΛΕΞΙΣ\♩ ♪ ♫ ♬ ★ ☆ ✰ T.I.P.•·.·´¯`·.·•ヅ February 4, 2011

    @TROSTO07

    Exactly.

    Not to mention it doesn’t take a great voice to be able to tell whther someone has talent or not. J Lo is more than a quadruple threat. You do the math.

  18. TIMMI February 4, 2011

    @LOLA

    F*** up, you’re a straight hater. Tell me why you ain’t bitching about the fact Simon Cowell, Randy Jackson, Louis Walsh, Sharon Osbourne, etc. (I could go on all day) can’t sing a note? The BIG MAJORITY of ALL the judges in ALL these types of programmes ACROSS THE WORLD aren’t singers. So do your research and sit your ignorant ass down.

    In response to your “argument”, NO it isn’t hyp*o*critical. If your mum walked down the stairs right now in a bogie green PVC dress that made her look a hot mess, would you have to be able to pull off the dress yourself in order to tell her she looks a mess? The answer is NO. So that’s that argument done, game over, well done for trying but you fail.

    And first and foremost, J.Lo is an all-round entertainer. She was acting long before she got into music. Once you get into one part of the entertainment industry, it’s easier to and people often experiment with slipping into another part of it. “American Idol” is not an “all-round entertainment” competition. It is primarily a singing competition, which is why you did not see Kelly Osborne or Fantasia doing back flips and shaking their asses around the stage. If people want to become stars based on being an all-round entertainer like J.Lo, then they should try by other means rather than entering a SINGING competition, where they are going to be primarily judged on their SINGING. So that argument is also done. Thanks and goodbye.

  19. Nichole February 4, 2011

    LOL @ this mess! I guess Britney Spears, and Rihanna should be AI judges next!

    Gotta love how people are acting as if they don’t understand why people are refuting Jennifer being a judge on a singing talent show. How ironic of her.

  20. TIMMI February 4, 2011

    @NICHOLE

    Read my post, come back with a valid argument, explain why you have nothing to say on the matter of Simon Cowell, Randy Jackson, etc. etc. judging yet they cannot sing…

    Or STFU with your jealous ass and move on…

    An afterthought, can you sing like Mariah or Whitney? Because going by your own rules, if you can’t sing amazingly, you have no right to judge whether Jennifer can sing well enough to judge on American Idol.

    EXACTLY. Now f*** up, seriously, you have no argument. *NO* argument.

  21. X_POSED99 February 4, 2011

    Wasnt J Ho the one that got in a fight or diva attitude with a sound guy coupla of years back and he recorded her singing in-studio?? Yep it was her… and she sounded like CRAP!! It went viral and all blogs latched onto it, lol.

    I have to keep repeating this cause peeps are stupid.

    Steven Tyler – member, RRHOF. #99 on Rollingstones all time best singers list.

    J Ho – 5 Razzie awards, repeat offender Razzie Awards Voting Committee. Won worst actress 2003 Gigli. Grammy awards? NONE.

    #EPIC FAIL

  22. Nichole February 4, 2011

    Oh…Timmi…Timmi. Don’t try to shut me down. It won’t work, hun.

    *Wink*

  23. TIMMI February 4, 2011

    @X_POSED99

    LOL. Where is Simon Cowell, Randy Jackson, Sharon Osborne, ETC ETC ETC on that list of all time best singers?

    @NICHOLE

    LMAOOOOOOO
    I’M DYING.
    Is that SERIOUSLY your argument? IF SO, CONSIDER THE DEED DONE!

    *Climbs in coffin and closes casket*

  24. TIMMI February 4, 2011

    @X_POSED99

    If your mum walked down the stairs right now in Lady Gaga’s meat dress and looked a hot mess, would you have to be able to pull off the dress yourself in order to tell her she looks a mess? The answer is NO.

    FAIL. YOU LOSE. GAME OVER. YOU DIE.

    DON’T RESPOND UNLESS YOU HAVE AN *ARGUMENT*.

  25. Pliss February 4, 2011

    THERE IS ONLY , ONE, COCA COLA.
    BEFORE NICKI,Beyoncé, and Kim Kardashian. LOL

  26. Jayla February 5, 2011

    @TIMMI

    I TOTALLY AGREE, PEOPLE ARE SO IGNORANT THAT ITS RIDICULOUS, RANDY CANT SING, AND ELLEN SURE AS HELL CANT SING, SO WHY HATE ON J.LO WHO IS A RECORDING ARTIST AND WHO HAS SOLD MILLIONS

  27. hp February 5, 2011

    my mom think she is the best singer out there.she also think rihanna can sing she also think p-diddy raps better then jay-z,,,,,,when she told me these things i almost s*** myself

  28. Go Jlo February 5, 2011

    i really hate SONY MUSIC, for all the WRONG thing they did with her
    BRAVE alfum would be A BIG HIT!, but they do nothing to promote, Jennifer says, When Tommy was on the label its was really good

  29. Steve February 5, 2011

    To all the HATERS – U can’t sing either so why are you judging her!! And let me say this once more J.Lo CAN SING. Does she have a big voice – no! but big voice isn’t necessarily an indication of singing capabilitly. Besides if i were gonna go compare everyone – who’s a better singer, who’s a better actor, model, designer etc.. ur just nevrer gonna find the perfect person.

  30. Princess February 5, 2011

    She did the right thing when she left SONY cos for example the album BRAVE was a Hit from the 1rst to the last song,it got beautiful lyrcs and great music but they didn`t give a damn and they didn`t promote it at all and that put a black stain on Jennifer carreer but Def Jam know she still got it and they believe in her,you don`t have to have Christina Aguliera voice to be said that ure a great singer cos J.lo`s voice is so relaxing and soft and that`s what Def Jam see in her,they know she`s talented and that about 40 million album they were sold for a reason for sure.
    Keep on going Jen can`t wait for LOVE? album to be realesed and ON THE FLOOR is a HIT!!!!!!!!!!!

  31. WELLLLLLLLLLL February 5, 2011

    Regardless of whether you can think she can sing or not, surely you’re smart enough to understand the distinction between singing and judging (otherwise I don’t know how you could be smart enough to find your way to on the internet :D).
    Surely you can see the bigger picture; the judges aren’t personally judging them according to their own singing abilities. By approving of a singer she’s not saying she’s “you’re as good as singing as me or better”, just as she is not saying “you’re worse than me” if she rejects.
    Much like the other judges, they’re RELYING on their EXPERIENCE in the music industry to contribute a sense of what they feel (based on what they’ve seen and experienced) is appropriate to “make it”. Otherwise wouldn’t the producers of American Idol make a bit more of an obvious effort to pick 3 judges who are of the best voices in the country??

  32. traytaisa February 25, 2012

    jlo is very cute and taltend. b*** the only thing i dont get is why she always lip singing and cant sing . she rely on her back up singers!

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