I'm back with another blog post in what feels like forever. I apologize to the fans and I'll try to at least blog once or twice a week. Today I wanna give My Thoughts on rapper Ja Rule.
When I was a teenager Ja Rule was on top of the charts. I really respected his hits like "Livin it Up", "Between Me and You", "Put it On Me" and the first hit "Holla Holla". Ja Rule was a decent rapper but he was the king of what I call "Melodic Rap". I would say he originated it. Sounds that guys like Drake use a lot today. Even Ja's rival 50 Cent would do a lot of singing.
Speaking of 50 Cent. He completely flipped the script on Ja Rule. He joked him for singing a lot which is ironic like is said cause 50 would sing a lot of G-UNit's hits. I didn't get my first Ja Rule album till 2003 when Ja's popularity was beginning to decline. The one I got was Last Temptation; and it was really good. I remember a guy once asked me "Is it actually good?" LOL.
Later I got Ja's R.U.L.E. album. This one wasn't as good as the first one I had but it had some heat on it. Songs like "Wonderful" were classic Ja, but then he had "New York" on it which was a great gangster song.
Fast forward to 2008 and I got the remainder of Ja's catalogue. I didn't really listen to them that much but the Pain is Love album from 2001was really good. Overall I feel Ja was fairly important figure in hip hop. He helped bring rap to the mainstream in the early 2000s. I mean sure he handled the beef with Ja and Eminem poorly. He shouldn't have really responded to them. Instead he dropped Blood in my Eye in 2003 which I know turned off some long time fans.
In 2012 Ja dropped PIL2 which stands for Pain is Love 2. It was a good album but I don't really visit that one anymore. Maybe Ja will battle 50 Cent soon. I think that would be a good rap battle. Although both rappers are far past their primes. Its MURRRRDA!
When I was a teenager Ja Rule was on top of the charts. I really respected his hits like "Livin it Up", "Between Me and You", "Put it On Me" and the first hit "Holla Holla". Ja Rule was a decent rapper but he was the king of what I call "Melodic Rap". I would say he originated it. Sounds that guys like Drake use a lot today. Even Ja's rival 50 Cent would do a lot of singing.
Speaking of 50 Cent. He completely flipped the script on Ja Rule. He joked him for singing a lot which is ironic like is said cause 50 would sing a lot of G-UNit's hits. I didn't get my first Ja Rule album till 2003 when Ja's popularity was beginning to decline. The one I got was Last Temptation; and it was really good. I remember a guy once asked me "Is it actually good?" LOL.
Later I got Ja's R.U.L.E. album. This one wasn't as good as the first one I had but it had some heat on it. Songs like "Wonderful" were classic Ja, but then he had "New York" on it which was a great gangster song.
Fast forward to 2008 and I got the remainder of Ja's catalogue. I didn't really listen to them that much but the Pain is Love album from 2001was really good. Overall I feel Ja was fairly important figure in hip hop. He helped bring rap to the mainstream in the early 2000s. I mean sure he handled the beef with Ja and Eminem poorly. He shouldn't have really responded to them. Instead he dropped Blood in my Eye in 2003 which I know turned off some long time fans.
In 2012 Ja dropped PIL2 which stands for Pain is Love 2. It was a good album but I don't really visit that one anymore. Maybe Ja will battle 50 Cent soon. I think that would be a good rap battle. Although both rappers are far past their primes. Its MURRRRDA!