But the reason most readers may have never heard of him is because they barely managed to stay together for even a single year. And just to note Lopez had been married prior, again for a single year, to an actor named Ojani Noa during the late 1990s.Īnd at the time “Love Don’t Cost a Thing”, J-Lo actually was dating yet another individual, that of course being Sean “Puff Daddy” Combs himself. Moreover, it did actually win a 2002 ALMA Award in the category of People’s Choice for Outstanding Music Video.īut those who are really adept in J-Lo history are aware that the clip has historical significance also. And that is because it features one Cris Judd in a backup-dancing capacity. Judd is a dancer/choreographer who has worked with quite a few big names himself, including the aforementioned Michael Jackson (1958-2009).Īnd as fate would have it, he and J-Lo got married on 29 September 2001, about a year after this song’s 2 December 2000 release date. In terms of the former, during its day it was one of the most-popular clips on all of the big three music-video networks, MTV, VH1 and BET. And regarding the latter, it went on to receive a couple of MTV VMA nominations. Hunter has worked with some of the biggest names in the game, including being the director of the late Michael Jackson’s 2001 clip “You Rock My World”. And his rendering of “Love Don’t Cost a Thing” did accordingly meet with both general and critical praise.
The music video to this track was a Paul Hunter-directed affair. Instead, even though J-Lo is not a credited writer, all details considered it reads like something that she personally went through. In ConclusionĪnd on that note, let’s conclude by saying that there’s a lot going on in this song, even though the narrative itself is pretty straightforward. That would likely be why many people have concluded that it is about a specific person, as expounded on in the trivia section. In other words, the featured story doesn’t come off as being indicative of a general sentiment per se. So overall the way he is treating her, as someone who is interested in him because of his wealth, is becoming offensive as far as she is concerned. Or stated differently yet again, she feels as if he is hiding his true personality behind his wealth. put up a wealthy appearance, her resources are such that she can adequately do so on her own.Īdditionally, the addressee is such that he is trying to use his money as a “substitute” to actually spending time with her. And in general, the singer feels as if he is “trying to buy” her love, even though he’s already in possession of it. But more specifically said significant other, that being the addressee, is in fact well paid. Moreover he’s the type who likes to flaunt his riches in the name of impressing the vocalist. And this also includes him spending a healthy amount of dough on her directly.īut as noted earlier, she’s not even on it like that. In fact in the grand scheme of the relationship, such actions are turning her off. For instance, if she “wants to floss”, i.e.