All I Want Is Everything (album)
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Jumping Trains is the forthcoming third studio album
by American recording artist JoJo schelduled to be released through Blackground Records
, Interscope Records
and Streamline Records in early 2012. The album was announced in 2007, for a 2008 release, but has since been in limbo for years due to several issues between JoJo and her now former record label DaFamily Entertainment. This is her first album since leaving her old label. The album spent 5 years in hiatus and was accompanied by many of it tracks leaking during the recording process of the album. This is her first album since leaving her old label and is the follow-up to gold certified sophomore album, The High Road
(2006).
The album was preceded by the release of "Disaster
" as the albums lead single
. It premiered on US radio on August 29, 2011 and was released for digital download
on September 6, 2011. The song debut on the Billboard Hot 100
singles chart at number 87, but has since failed to chart in any international markets.
"—the final single from her sophomore album The High Road
—in late 2007, JoJo stated that she had been writing and working with producers for her third studio album, but would not go into the studio until early 2008. In mid-2008, JoJo revealed that the album, formerly titled All I Want Is Everything, was scheduled for a fourth quarter release that year, to coincide with her eighteenth birthday in December. The title was taken from the self-penned title track, an "inspirational anthem for everyone who has struggled and strives for more". The song is featured on her first mixtape Can't Take That Away From Me
which was released on September 7, 2010 exclusively to Rap-Up.com. The album has spent a long time on hiatus, which was accompanied with a leak of many of its tracks. As of August 2011, thirty tracks leaked, well over an album's worth of material.
On choosing the lead single from the album, JoJo explained that: "We got to the studio and made a few records that the label flipped over. So we thought that maybe we should re-evaluate the plan and go with one of those tracks [as the lead single]. I'm totally comfortable with that. All of these songs are my baby so I'm not necessarily attached to one more than the other. So our plan right now is to shoot another video and move forward, go to radio, and do all of that stuff for one of the new songs. In October of 2011, 4 new songs set to appear on the album leaked online including "Lie To Me", "Jumping Trains" and "Sexy To Me". Outraged of this her fans flooded her managers twitter in hopes that all the links would be shut down, with a lot of them already down in hopes they will appear on the album. JoJo stated that she has some pretty cool surprises for the album, some really cool features that will be on the album but doesn't want to announce the names just yet and thinks people will be surprised.
When speaking on the concept of her video for "Disaster
" she said that she wanted to show young, crazy love and how passionate it can be — how you get wrapped up in it, and it’s awesome and it’s fun and sexy. She also wanted to have a dangerous element, so her boyfriend [in the video] is a motorcyclist. This video is a little rock and roll. It’s colorful. The video for Disaster is set to premiere within the next 3 weeks or by the end of October of 2011. When speaking on the creative process JoJo said that "Independence and finding yourself as a young woman and solidifying your identity and finding that, not having that identity be shared with a guy, not chasing after being apart of a couple, about really being strong, independent, successful. This isn't an album about bashing guys but its about female empowerment, about having fun but its not about begging guys to stay with you or anything like that." She also stated that "sometimes I writes my songs from a perspective of how strong I wish i could be because we all fall short and non of us can be these strong, independent women that we want to be at all times, we still have our emotions and sometimes they can get the best of us but I wanna portray something that's a picture of strength and all that".
, and had signed a new record contract with Interscope Records
. In early 2009, JoJo denied the rumor, saying that she was still signed to Blackground Records. Later in June 2009, JoJo confirmed that the album had been fully completed and will begin its promotion as soon as her record label finalized a new distribution deal
. JoJo, after having waited almost two years to get her album released, decided to file a lawsuit against her label in August 2009. She was asking to be released from Da Family Records and to receive US$500,000 for her troubles. JoJo won the case, and in October 2009 Blackground Records reached a distribution deal with Interscope Records. Through the deal, JoJo owns the final mastered copies of the records.
and Atlanta. She had also lined up producers Jordan Gatsby, Tank
, DJ Toomp
, J. Moss, Toby Gad
, The Underdogs
, Danja
, J.R. Rotem, Billy Steinberg
, Bryan-Michael Cox, Marsha Ambrosius
, Madd Scientist, Tony Dixon and Eric Dawkins to work on the album. In July 2008, JoJo confirmed that she had finished three quarters of the material for the album. At the time, she had written all of the tracks except for one song. JoJo wrote about her experiences in the past year, including her break-up with Freddy Adu
, finding a new relationship, and being a young woman. In February 2009, Kenna
stated that he and Chad Hugo
had produced five or six tracks for the album. In June 2009, JoJo stated that she had finished the album, and was waiting for her record label to sign a distribution deal.
In January 2010, JoJo said that she was going to be working with Timbaland
, Jim Beanz
and Pharrell
. She also revealed that she had finally finished her album. However, the album's release was delayed due to issues with her record label Da Family Entertainment, which had encountered financial difficulties and were thus unable to release the album. Eventually, she decided to sue the label in order to be released from her contract. In an interview with Rap-Up
, JoJo revealed that many of her records leaked since the recording process began. She acknowledged that most of them were demos for other artists but one or two of them could make the album. To prepare for the release of the album in 2011, JoJo decided to release a mixtape, Can't Take That Away from Me
, in September 2010.
According to JoJo's manager, she was set to release the name of her first single by the end of February 2011. On February 18, JoJo begun her album packaging photoshoot for the album and released a sneak peek at the album's packaging through her Twitter
account. In a recent interview with Teens With A view, JoJo confirmed that she had most recently been working in the studio with Rodney "Darkchild" Jerkins
, who has worked with Brandy
, Jennifer Lopez
, Destiny's Child
, Britney Spears
and others. She also confirmed that she will be shooting a video very soon for the first single which will be out in a few months and the album's release will follow after that. In mid-March 2011, the songs making the final track listing were selected, as hinted by JoJo in a tweet.
When speaking about the mixtape and album, JoJo said: "The album is more cohesive than the mixtape, The mixtape was kind of a compilation of songs from different genres that we put together, which I loved. But this album is more of a journey in my mind, the sound I like to describe as 'pop with an anger management problem,' so it’s aggressive, it's edgy, it's... woo! It's a little kooky! But it's still a pop album but it still has that feminine vulnerability and that transparency that I wanted. I want it to be honest, and I wanted it to just be truthful. So um, the album is just a more purpose-driven project, whereas the mixtape was more... just an assembly of songs."
JoJo stated that the majority of the songs for the album's body of work was recorded after her mixtape
was released and only a few songs that had been recorded "a significant amount of time ago" would make the album and that the title track is one of the oldest records on the album.
which was released on September 7, 2010 exclusively to Rap-Up.com. She has confirmed that it will be her most personal album to date coming from her breakup with Freddy Adu
to finding a new relationship, as well as feeling sexier and more confident in becoming a woman.
When speaking of the concept of the album she said:
In December 2010, it was announced that the album was no longer titled All I Want Is Everything On February 28, 2011, JoJo revealed the new title in a viral video. She said, "My third album will be called Jumping Trains and it's very symbolic for a variety of reasons... Moving from Boston to L.A., transitioning from being a girl to being a young woman, living on my own, taking a different direction sonically, and just really finding myself and just jumping into a new chapter of life."
, Philippines
. These two songs briefly appeared in an interview with E! news in December 2009. In fall 2009 the song "Safe With Me" leaked onto the internet. In an interview with Rap-Up.com she stated that "if any of the songs had to make the album it would only be one or two". She has performed the song several times before, including at the NOH8 Campaign Lounge in 2009. JoJo later premiered the album's title track live on June 10, 2011 during the Girls Who Rock concert at New York's Gramercy Theatre.
On February 18, JoJo went ahead with a planned photo shoot for the album's cover and future singles. A picture from the photo shoot was released by JoJo herself through her Twitter account which shows her wearing a slim fitting black dress with white lace over it and a red skirt, she was also seen wearing a pair of Dr. Dre Beat headphones with her arm bent forward looking into the distance. In preparation for the album's release, JoJo released a promotional mixtape titled Can't Take That Away from Me with Clinton Sparks and Chester French. The mixtape was released on September 7, 2010 exclusivley to Rap-Up.com.
"The Other Chick" was initially announced as the album's lead single and they were ready to mover forward with it, however, after JoJo went back in the studio and recorded more songs for the album, the label decided to release one of the new songs as the lead single instead and turned "The Other Chick" into a buzz single, "It’s something cool that’ll introduce people to a more mature me, I suppose. It’s edgy, but it’s a buzz single."."The Other Chick" was released on May 14, 2011 via JoJo's official website, after the unfinished version of the song was leaked a week prior. Kai Regan directed a music video for the song on April 20, 2011.
In support of the album, JoJo was the supporting act for Joe Jonas & Jay Sean
co-headlining 19 city fall tour, from on September 6 at the House of Blues in Boston, MA through till October 6 at the Best Buy Theater in New York. Two days before the release of "Disaster" JoJo performed the song for the first time at Perez Hilton
second annual VMA pre charity event One Night In… Los Angeles event. where she also premiered a new track from the album tentatively titled "Lie To Me", which is currently set to appear on the album. JoJo gave her first TV performance of the song on Good Day Dallas on September 29. She then made her second TV performance of the song on KTLA LA morning show on October 11, 2011. On October 18, 2011 it was announced that JoJo will be performing a series of free shows to benefit breast cancer awareness month (Pinktober) at Hard Rock Café locations across the country. She will be performing some of her past hits such as “Too Little Too Late” and “Leave (Get Out),” her new single “Disaster,” and other songs from the forthcoming album. Fans will also be able to purchase copies of her CD single “Disaster” to be autographed at each event. JoJo is set to appear at the 107.9 years end 2011 Jingle Ball on December 1st and is set to perform the song at the end of the show. She has also performed the song on Boston's Fox News morning show on October 28, 2011. Philadelphia’s Q102 will also be hosting it’s annual Jingle Ball on December 7th and they have invited JoJo to perform.
" had its radio premiere on August 29, 2011. It was made available for purchase as a digital download on September 6, 2011. JoJo filmed the video for the single on September 14, 2011. Disaster debuted at number 87 on the Billboard Hot 100
, becoming JoJo's first charting single on the Hot 100 since her 2006 hit, "Too Little Too Late
". It was set to officially impact U.S. Top40/Mainstream radio on November 1, 2011, however the song's release was pushed up 8 days and will now officially impact U.S. Top 40/Mainstream radio on October 25, 2011. The Benny Boom
directed music video for "Disaster
" premiered online November 1, 2011.
Studio album
A studio album is an album made up of tracks recorded in the controlled environment of a recording studio. A studio album contains newly written and recorded or previously unreleased or remixed material, distinguishing itself from a compilation or reissue album of previously recorded material, or...
by American recording artist JoJo schelduled to be released through Blackground Records
Blackground Records
Blackground Records is an American record label owned by entertainment attorney and artist manager Barry Hankerson and his son Jomo Hankerson.-History:...
, Interscope Records
Interscope Records
Interscope Records is an American record label owned by Universal Music Group that currently operates as one third of UMG's Interscope-Geffen-A&M label group.-History:...
and Streamline Records in early 2012. The album was announced in 2007, for a 2008 release, but has since been in limbo for years due to several issues between JoJo and her now former record label DaFamily Entertainment. This is her first album since leaving her old label. The album spent 5 years in hiatus and was accompanied by many of it tracks leaking during the recording process of the album. This is her first album since leaving her old label and is the follow-up to gold certified sophomore album, The High Road
The High Road
The High Road is the second studio album by American recording artist JoJo, released in the United States on October 17, 2006 by Da Family Entertainment and Blackground Records. Recording sessions for the album took place during late 2005 to mid 2006 in California, New York City, and Miami...
(2006).
The album was preceded by the release of "Disaster
Disaster (song)
"Disaster" is a song performed by American recording artist JoJo. It was written by JoJo, Gino Barletta and Mario Marchetti who had also produced the track for JoJo's upcoming third studio album Jumping Trains. The song was released to US radio on August 29, 2011 via Interscope Records as the lead...
" as the albums lead single
Lead single
A lead single is usually the first single released by a musician or a band before the release of its home album.During the era of the grammophone record, all music arrived in the marketplace as what is now termed a single, one potential hit song backed by an additional song of generally less...
. It premiered on US radio on August 29, 2011 and was released for digital download
Music download
A music download is the transferral of music from an Internet-facing computer or website to a user's local computer. This term encompasses both legal downloads and downloads of copyright material without permission or payment...
on September 6, 2011. The song debut on the Billboard Hot 100
Billboard Hot 100
The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on radio play and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday, while the radio play tracking-week runs from Wednesday...
singles chart at number 87, but has since failed to chart in any international markets.
Background and development
Following the release of "AnythingAnything (JoJo song)
"Anything" is a song by American pop-R&B singer JoJo from her second studio album, The High Road . Written by Beau Dozier, Mischke Butler, and Justin Trugman and released as the album's third and single in May 2007, the track contains a sample from Toto's 1982 song "Africa"—a former number-one...
"—the final single from her sophomore album The High Road
The High Road
The High Road is the second studio album by American recording artist JoJo, released in the United States on October 17, 2006 by Da Family Entertainment and Blackground Records. Recording sessions for the album took place during late 2005 to mid 2006 in California, New York City, and Miami...
—in late 2007, JoJo stated that she had been writing and working with producers for her third studio album, but would not go into the studio until early 2008. In mid-2008, JoJo revealed that the album, formerly titled All I Want Is Everything, was scheduled for a fourth quarter release that year, to coincide with her eighteenth birthday in December. The title was taken from the self-penned title track, an "inspirational anthem for everyone who has struggled and strives for more". The song is featured on her first mixtape Can't Take That Away From Me
Can't Take That Away from Me
Can't Take that Away from Me is the first mixtape by American pop-R&B singer JoJo. The free mixtape was released exclusively to Rap-Up.com on September 7, 2010, as a prelude to her third studio album Jumping Trains, formerly titled All I Want Is Everything.-Background:Following the release of...
which was released on September 7, 2010 exclusively to Rap-Up.com. The album has spent a long time on hiatus, which was accompanied with a leak of many of its tracks. As of August 2011, thirty tracks leaked, well over an album's worth of material.
On choosing the lead single from the album, JoJo explained that: "We got to the studio and made a few records that the label flipped over. So we thought that maybe we should re-evaluate the plan and go with one of those tracks [as the lead single]. I'm totally comfortable with that. All of these songs are my baby so I'm not necessarily attached to one more than the other. So our plan right now is to shoot another video and move forward, go to radio, and do all of that stuff for one of the new songs. In October of 2011, 4 new songs set to appear on the album leaked online including "Lie To Me", "Jumping Trains" and "Sexy To Me". Outraged of this her fans flooded her managers twitter in hopes that all the links would be shut down, with a lot of them already down in hopes they will appear on the album. JoJo stated that she has some pretty cool surprises for the album, some really cool features that will be on the album but doesn't want to announce the names just yet and thinks people will be surprised.
When speaking on the concept of her video for "Disaster
Disaster (song)
"Disaster" is a song performed by American recording artist JoJo. It was written by JoJo, Gino Barletta and Mario Marchetti who had also produced the track for JoJo's upcoming third studio album Jumping Trains. The song was released to US radio on August 29, 2011 via Interscope Records as the lead...
" she said that she wanted to show young, crazy love and how passionate it can be — how you get wrapped up in it, and it’s awesome and it’s fun and sexy. She also wanted to have a dangerous element, so her boyfriend [in the video] is a motorcyclist. This video is a little rock and roll. It’s colorful. The video for Disaster is set to premiere within the next 3 weeks or by the end of October of 2011. When speaking on the creative process JoJo said that "Independence and finding yourself as a young woman and solidifying your identity and finding that, not having that identity be shared with a guy, not chasing after being apart of a couple, about really being strong, independent, successful. This isn't an album about bashing guys but its about female empowerment, about having fun but its not about begging guys to stay with you or anything like that." She also stated that "sometimes I writes my songs from a perspective of how strong I wish i could be because we all fall short and non of us can be these strong, independent women that we want to be at all times, we still have our emotions and sometimes they can get the best of us but I wanna portray something that's a picture of strength and all that".
Record label conflict
Near the end of 2008, it was rumored that JoJo had parted ways with Da Family Entertainment and Blackground RecordsBlackground Records
Blackground Records is an American record label owned by entertainment attorney and artist manager Barry Hankerson and his son Jomo Hankerson.-History:...
, and had signed a new record contract with Interscope Records
Interscope Records
Interscope Records is an American record label owned by Universal Music Group that currently operates as one third of UMG's Interscope-Geffen-A&M label group.-History:...
. In early 2009, JoJo denied the rumor, saying that she was still signed to Blackground Records. Later in June 2009, JoJo confirmed that the album had been fully completed and will begin its promotion as soon as her record label finalized a new distribution deal
Distribution deal
A distribution deal is a legal agreement between one party and another, to handle distribution of a product....
. JoJo, after having waited almost two years to get her album released, decided to file a lawsuit against her label in August 2009. She was asking to be released from Da Family Records and to receive US$500,000 for her troubles. JoJo won the case, and in October 2009 Blackground Records reached a distribution deal with Interscope Records. Through the deal, JoJo owns the final mastered copies of the records.
Recording
JoJo stated that she is writing and producing her new album as early as 2008 in BostonBoston
Boston is the capital of and largest city in Massachusetts, and is one of the oldest cities in the United States. The largest city in New England, Boston is regarded as the unofficial "Capital of New England" for its economic and cultural impact on the entire New England region. The city proper had...
and Atlanta. She had also lined up producers Jordan Gatsby, Tank
Tank (singer)
Tank is an American R&B singer, songwriter and producer.-Career:Tank was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and moved with his family as a child to the Washington, D.C. suburb of Clinton, Maryland. He was a multi-sport athlete at Crossland High School and was offered the opportunity to play college...
, DJ Toomp
DJ Toomp
Aldrin Davis, better known as DJ Toomp, is an award-winning American record producer and DJ who works in Atlanta, Georgia. In the late 1980s he was MC Shy-D's DJ and went on tour with him and the 2 Live Crew as they performed at various venues across the country with other artists such as N.W.A...
, J. Moss, Toby Gad
Toby Gad
Tobias "Toby" Gad is a Los Angeles-based hit producer and songwriter from Germany, perhaps best known for co-writing Fergie's Grammy nominated hit song "Big Girls Don't Cry" as well as co-writing and producing Beyoncé's worldwide #1 hit "If I Were a Boy", and The Veronicas multi-platinum #1...
, The Underdogs
The Underdogs (duo)
The Underdogs is an R&B/pop production duo composed of Harvey Mason, Jr. and Damon Thomas.-Biography:Harvey Mason, Jr. is the son of Harvey Mason, Sr., a noted session drummer...
, Danja
Danja
Floyd Nathaniel Hills , professionally known as Danja or Danjahandz, is an American record producer, composer and songwriter.-History:...
, J.R. Rotem, Billy Steinberg
Billy Steinberg
William Endfield "Billy" Steinberg is an American songwriter. He has achieved most of his success as part of a song writing team, most notably with Tom Kelly. He has also co-written several hit songs with Rick Nowels.-Biography:...
, Bryan-Michael Cox, Marsha Ambrosius
Marsha Ambrosius
Marsha Ambrosius or Marsha is an English singer/songwriter. A former member of the English Soul/R&B duo Floetry, she released her first solo album Late Nights & Early Mornings on March 1, 2011.-Early career with Floetry:...
, Madd Scientist, Tony Dixon and Eric Dawkins to work on the album. In July 2008, JoJo confirmed that she had finished three quarters of the material for the album. At the time, she had written all of the tracks except for one song. JoJo wrote about her experiences in the past year, including her break-up with Freddy Adu
Freddy Adu
Fredua Koranteng "Freddy" Adu is a Ghanaian-born American soccer player who currently plays for Philadelphia Union in Major League Soccer. He plays primarily as an attacking midfielder, but he is also used as a winger or forward....
, finding a new relationship, and being a young woman. In February 2009, Kenna
Kenna
Kenna Zemedkun, known professionally as simply Kenna, is an Ethiopian-born American musician. His track "Say Goodbye To Love" was nominated for Best Urban/Alternative Performance in the 2009 Grammy Awards.-Personal life:...
stated that he and Chad Hugo
Chad Hugo
Charles Edward Hugo is an American musician and record producer. He is best known as one half of the music production and writing duo The Neptunes and as a member of the funk/rock band N.E.R.D. He is a saxophonist, pianist and guitarist...
had produced five or six tracks for the album. In June 2009, JoJo stated that she had finished the album, and was waiting for her record label to sign a distribution deal.
In January 2010, JoJo said that she was going to be working with Timbaland
Timbaland
Timothy Zachery Mosley , better known by his stage name Timbaland, is an American record producer, songwriter and rapper....
, Jim Beanz
Jim Beanz
James David Washington, better known under his stage name Jim Beanz, is an American vocal producer, songwriter, musician, singer and record producer from Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, now working out of Philadelphia, signed to Timbaland Productions and Sunset Entertainment Group...
and Pharrell
Pharrell Williams
Pharrell Williams , commonly known simply as Pharrell, is an American rapper, singer, record producer, composer, and fashion designer. Williams and Chad Hugo make up the record production duo The Neptunes, producing hip hop and R&B music...
. She also revealed that she had finally finished her album. However, the album's release was delayed due to issues with her record label Da Family Entertainment, which had encountered financial difficulties and were thus unable to release the album. Eventually, she decided to sue the label in order to be released from her contract. In an interview with Rap-Up
Rap-Up
Rap-Up is a magazine launched in 2001 by founder Devin Lazerine. The publication was originally a website devoted to hip hop, until Lazerine decided to pitch the possibility of a magazine to several publishers. The magazine is focused on the hip hop and R&B aspect of the music industry, and...
, JoJo revealed that many of her records leaked since the recording process began. She acknowledged that most of them were demos for other artists but one or two of them could make the album. To prepare for the release of the album in 2011, JoJo decided to release a mixtape, Can't Take That Away from Me
Can't Take That Away from Me
Can't Take that Away from Me is the first mixtape by American pop-R&B singer JoJo. The free mixtape was released exclusively to Rap-Up.com on September 7, 2010, as a prelude to her third studio album Jumping Trains, formerly titled All I Want Is Everything.-Background:Following the release of...
, in September 2010.
According to JoJo's manager, she was set to release the name of her first single by the end of February 2011. On February 18, JoJo begun her album packaging photoshoot for the album and released a sneak peek at the album's packaging through her Twitter
Twitter
Twitter is an online social networking and microblogging service that enables its users to send and read text-based posts of up to 140 characters, informally known as "tweets".Twitter was created in March 2006 by Jack Dorsey and launched that July...
account. In a recent interview with Teens With A view, JoJo confirmed that she had most recently been working in the studio with Rodney "Darkchild" Jerkins
Rodney Jerkins
Rodney "Darkchild" Jerkins is an American songwriter, record producer, and musician. Jerkins received two Grammy nominations in 2011.-Biography:...
, who has worked with Brandy
Brandy Norwood
Brandy Rayana Norwood , known professionally as Brandy, is an American singer-songwriter, producer, actress, and dancer. In 2009, she introduced her rap alter-ego Bran'Nu....
, Jennifer Lopez
Jennifer Lopez
Jennifer Lynn Lopez is an American actress, singer, record producer, dancer, television personality, and fashion designer. Lopez began her career as a dancer on the television comedy program In Living Color. Subsequently venturing into acting, she gained recognition in the 1995 action-thriller...
, Destiny's Child
Destiny's Child
Destiny's Child was an American R&B girl group whose final line-up comprised lead singer Beyoncé Knowles alongside Kelly Rowland and Michelle Williams. Formed in 1997 in Houston, Texas, Destiny's Child members began their musical endeavors in their pre-teens under the name Girl's Tyme...
, Britney Spears
Britney Spears
Britney Jean Spears is an American recording artist and entertainer. Born in McComb, Mississippi, and raised in Kentwood, Louisiana, Spears began performing as a child, landing acting roles in stage productions and television shows. She signed with Jive Records in 1997 and released her debut album...
and others. She also confirmed that she will be shooting a video very soon for the first single which will be out in a few months and the album's release will follow after that. In mid-March 2011, the songs making the final track listing were selected, as hinted by JoJo in a tweet.
When speaking about the mixtape and album, JoJo said: "The album is more cohesive than the mixtape, The mixtape was kind of a compilation of songs from different genres that we put together, which I loved. But this album is more of a journey in my mind, the sound I like to describe as 'pop with an anger management problem,' so it’s aggressive, it's edgy, it's... woo! It's a little kooky! But it's still a pop album but it still has that feminine vulnerability and that transparency that I wanted. I want it to be honest, and I wanted it to just be truthful. So um, the album is just a more purpose-driven project, whereas the mixtape was more... just an assembly of songs."
Music
On June 17, 2011, it was revealed that JoJo recorded about 100 songs for the album so far. In an interview with Hollywoodthewriteway.com, JoJo revealed that since they were still mixing the album and choosing the song titles they would be looking our for a fall release date. She also revealed that they were ready to move forward with the buzz single "The Other Chick" and release the video but says that "We got to the studio and made a few records that the label flipped over. So we thought that maybe we should re-evaluate the plan and go with one of those tracks.(as the lead single) I’m totally comfortable with that. All of these songs are my baby so I’m not necessarily attached to one more than the other. So our plan right now is to shoot another video and move forward, go to radio, and do all of that stuff for one of the new songs.JoJo stated that the majority of the songs for the album's body of work was recorded after her mixtape
Can't Take That Away from Me
Can't Take that Away from Me is the first mixtape by American pop-R&B singer JoJo. The free mixtape was released exclusively to Rap-Up.com on September 7, 2010, as a prelude to her third studio album Jumping Trains, formerly titled All I Want Is Everything.-Background:Following the release of...
was released and only a few songs that had been recorded "a significant amount of time ago" would make the album and that the title track is one of the oldest records on the album.
Concept and title
In mid-2008, JoJo revealed that the album, titled All I Want Is Everything, was scheduled for a fourth quarter release that year, to coincide with her eighteenth birthday in December. The title was taken from the self-penned title track, which sums up her feelings about what she wants in life and how she can go about getting it as being an "inspirational anthem for everyone who has struggled and strives for more". The song is featured on her first mixtape Can't Take That Away From MeCan't Take That Away from Me
Can't Take that Away from Me is the first mixtape by American pop-R&B singer JoJo. The free mixtape was released exclusively to Rap-Up.com on September 7, 2010, as a prelude to her third studio album Jumping Trains, formerly titled All I Want Is Everything.-Background:Following the release of...
which was released on September 7, 2010 exclusively to Rap-Up.com. She has confirmed that it will be her most personal album to date coming from her breakup with Freddy Adu
Freddy Adu
Fredua Koranteng "Freddy" Adu is a Ghanaian-born American soccer player who currently plays for Philadelphia Union in Major League Soccer. He plays primarily as an attacking midfielder, but he is also used as a winger or forward....
to finding a new relationship, as well as feeling sexier and more confident in becoming a woman.
When speaking of the concept of the album she said:
In December 2010, it was announced that the album was no longer titled All I Want Is Everything On February 28, 2011, JoJo revealed the new title in a viral video. She said, "My third album will be called Jumping Trains and it's very symbolic for a variety of reasons... Moving from Boston to L.A., transitioning from being a girl to being a young woman, living on my own, taking a different direction sonically, and just really finding myself and just jumping into a new chapter of life."
Marketing and promotion
A number of songs from the album were performed prior to the album's release. In May 2010, JoJo performed two new songs, "Play This Twice" and "Safe with Me", from the album on the Then & Now Concert Tour in ManilaManila
Manila is the capital of the Philippines. It is one of the sixteen cities forming Metro Manila.Manila is located on the eastern shores of Manila Bay and is bordered by Navotas and Caloocan to the north, Quezon City to the northeast, San Juan and Mandaluyong to the east, Makati on the southeast,...
, Philippines
Philippines
The Philippines , officially known as the Republic of the Philippines , is a country in Southeast Asia in the western Pacific Ocean. To its north across the Luzon Strait lies Taiwan. West across the South China Sea sits Vietnam...
. These two songs briefly appeared in an interview with E! news in December 2009. In fall 2009 the song "Safe With Me" leaked onto the internet. In an interview with Rap-Up.com she stated that "if any of the songs had to make the album it would only be one or two". She has performed the song several times before, including at the NOH8 Campaign Lounge in 2009. JoJo later premiered the album's title track live on June 10, 2011 during the Girls Who Rock concert at New York's Gramercy Theatre.
On February 18, JoJo went ahead with a planned photo shoot for the album's cover and future singles. A picture from the photo shoot was released by JoJo herself through her Twitter account which shows her wearing a slim fitting black dress with white lace over it and a red skirt, she was also seen wearing a pair of Dr. Dre Beat headphones with her arm bent forward looking into the distance. In preparation for the album's release, JoJo released a promotional mixtape titled Can't Take That Away from Me with Clinton Sparks and Chester French. The mixtape was released on September 7, 2010 exclusivley to Rap-Up.com.
"The Other Chick" was initially announced as the album's lead single and they were ready to mover forward with it, however, after JoJo went back in the studio and recorded more songs for the album, the label decided to release one of the new songs as the lead single instead and turned "The Other Chick" into a buzz single, "It’s something cool that’ll introduce people to a more mature me, I suppose. It’s edgy, but it’s a buzz single."."The Other Chick" was released on May 14, 2011 via JoJo's official website, after the unfinished version of the song was leaked a week prior. Kai Regan directed a music video for the song on April 20, 2011.
In support of the album, JoJo was the supporting act for Joe Jonas & Jay Sean
Joe Jonas & Jay Sean Tour
The Joe Jonas & Jay Sean Tour is the first co-headlining tour by American singer Joe Jonas & British singer-songwriter Jay Sean in support of their studio albums Freeze Time & Fastlife. The 19-city intimate club trek kicks off in Boston on September 6 and will stop in major cities across North...
co-headlining 19 city fall tour, from on September 6 at the House of Blues in Boston, MA through till October 6 at the Best Buy Theater in New York. Two days before the release of "Disaster" JoJo performed the song for the first time at Perez Hilton
Perez Hilton
Mario Armando Lavandeira, Jr. , better known as Perez Hilton , is an American blogger and television personality. His blog, Perezhilton.com , is known for posts covering gossip items about celebrities...
second annual VMA pre charity event One Night In… Los Angeles event. where she also premiered a new track from the album tentatively titled "Lie To Me", which is currently set to appear on the album. JoJo gave her first TV performance of the song on Good Day Dallas on September 29. She then made her second TV performance of the song on KTLA LA morning show on October 11, 2011. On October 18, 2011 it was announced that JoJo will be performing a series of free shows to benefit breast cancer awareness month (Pinktober) at Hard Rock Café locations across the country. She will be performing some of her past hits such as “Too Little Too Late” and “Leave (Get Out),” her new single “Disaster,” and other songs from the forthcoming album. Fans will also be able to purchase copies of her CD single “Disaster” to be autographed at each event. JoJo is set to appear at the 107.9 years end 2011 Jingle Ball on December 1st and is set to perform the song at the end of the show. She has also performed the song on Boston's Fox News morning show on October 28, 2011. Philadelphia’s Q102 will also be hosting it’s annual Jingle Ball on December 7th and they have invited JoJo to perform.
Singles
The lead single "DisasterDisaster (song)
"Disaster" is a song performed by American recording artist JoJo. It was written by JoJo, Gino Barletta and Mario Marchetti who had also produced the track for JoJo's upcoming third studio album Jumping Trains. The song was released to US radio on August 29, 2011 via Interscope Records as the lead...
" had its radio premiere on August 29, 2011. It was made available for purchase as a digital download on September 6, 2011. JoJo filmed the video for the single on September 14, 2011. Disaster debuted at number 87 on the Billboard Hot 100
Billboard Hot 100
The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on radio play and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday, while the radio play tracking-week runs from Wednesday...
, becoming JoJo's first charting single on the Hot 100 since her 2006 hit, "Too Little Too Late
Too Little Too Late
"Too Little Too Late" is a song written by Billy Steinberg, Josh Alexander, and Ruth-Anne Cunningham for JoJo's second studio album The High Road. It was co-produced by Alexander, Vincent Herbert, and Billy Steinberg. "Too Little Too Late" was released as the album's first single in North America...
". It was set to officially impact U.S. Top40/Mainstream radio on November 1, 2011, however the song's release was pushed up 8 days and will now officially impact U.S. Top 40/Mainstream radio on October 25, 2011. The Benny Boom
Benny Boom
Benny Boom is a music video director and current director of Gorilla Flix, Inc. He trained at Temple University's School of Radio, Television, & Film, and also served as a protégé of veteran director Little X and Hype Williams....
directed music video for "Disaster
Disaster (song)
"Disaster" is a song performed by American recording artist JoJo. It was written by JoJo, Gino Barletta and Mario Marchetti who had also produced the track for JoJo's upcoming third studio album Jumping Trains. The song was released to US radio on August 29, 2011 via Interscope Records as the lead...
" premiered online November 1, 2011.