 Expected to be released on November 12, 2002 in the United States, the album was eventually put on hold after it had experienced heavy bootlegging following its Japanese release and became widely available through Internet file-sharing services.The album was then partially re-recorded and retooled as "After the Storm" in 2003 with original album cut, "U Should've Known Better", released as its fourth single in 2004.In June 2000, in an interview with "MTV News", Monica revealed that she was planning to start working on a follow-up to her 1998 album, "The Boy Is Mine", throughout the summer season, with a first single to be released by October of the same year.