High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! "Jenny from the Block" is a song by American singer Jennifer Lopez, featuring American rappers Styles P and Jadakiss. Written by Lopez, Troy Oliver, Mr. Deyo, Samuel Barnes, and Jean-Claude Olivier and produced by Cory Rooney, Oliver, and Poke Tone, it was released to radio in late September 2002 as the lead single from Lopez`s third studio album, This Is Me... Then (2002). In its lyrics, she insists that success has not spoiled her yet and that she remains the same girl she has always been. It received mixed reviews from music critics, some of whom noticed that it was silly whereas others felt it was infectious. The song reached number one in Canada and entered the top ten on the majority of all other charts it appeared on.