ja rule singles poll

the one that sounds like dmx. that one.

the best are obv "holla holla" and "new york" (and "clap clap" is good too) but in the spirit of the thread i'm voting for "i'm real" with "always on time" behind that

lol clap clap = clap back

new york vs. im real

"livin it up" is good too

im happy that he made the songs in the "between me and you"/"mesmerize" string and even happier that 50 went after him for being a pop rapper and ended his career - such a hilarious arch

new york is so fucking dope

though i do love "clap back" because they used to show this video on the jumbotron before vikings cames of duante culpepper and cory chavous dancing to that song

buddy that i used to carpool w/ to high school would blast these tunes every day at like 7am

ha when i was thinking about these at least 3-4 separate memories popped up of me hearing these on the radio on the way to/from middle school

to all my voters that be livin it up

my LOOOOOOOOOOOVE for u

yea at like 7am i'd be like 'cmon dude i'm trying to sleep' but on the way home on a friday 'livin' it up' would make us feel all fresh on the way to buy beer. dude was also one of the few guys i knew w/ a fake id. haha all these songs, wow

yea 'livin' it up' it is

livin it up followed closely by thug lovin'.

"Put It On Me" is his masterpiece.

I mean that song was to 106 & Park what "I Want It That Way" was to TRL. And I never got sick of it, somehow.

yeah that song is crazy dope

im about to go on an itunes binge

http://randomscreaming.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/somebody_help_me.jpg

i reviewed the best-of, Exodus, when it came out, can't really go wrong with that (although "Put It" is the album version w/o Lil Mo, which pissed me off to no end)

new york is a cool n dre beat right? i just listened 2 it like four times in a row. so ill.

i dont really understand what the runnins about/but we hunters we take pride in airin our prey out/leavin em laid out dead, just for sport/cuz we aint playin out here in new york

yup cool & dre when they were good

shit is ice cold

i'm in the hood like them little motorcycles

sisqo ft. ja rule - "u are everything"

Wanted to vote for the one that samples Toto, but apparently it wasn't a single?

Ja Rule = lame.

haha nah that was a single, it's on the poll as "The Reign":

haha i almost forgot, this was the video that the 106 & Park audience booed when it premiered

I've not heard some of these songs, but I have trouble believing any of those could top Mesmerize. It's a fucking classic.

just listened to these ominous synths again and felt even better about my new york vote

http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=5664441

100 guns 100 clips

makes me sad to see fat joe before he became such a video ho

lifes a bitch
depending on how u treat her

i'm in the hood like them lil motorcycles

I've not heard some of these songs, but I have trouble believing any of those could top Mesmerize. It's a fucking classic.

― ablaeser, Thursday, April 23, 2009 4:34 PM Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

wow, "Mesmerize" is totally the low point, at least before he faded into irrelevance

voted for "Holla Holla" btw. was going to vote for "Thug Lovin'" until it occured to me I like it more for Bobby for Ja.

"Mesmerize" >> all other Ja/Ashanti duets (although they both did better songs apart)

sorry, but it really is one of my least favorite songs ever :/

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i'm not saying "Mesmerize" is great (wouldn't even be in my top 5 here), i'm just saying "Always On Time" is fucking awful

Oh man how the hell did I forget about Ja Rule?

I had an extreme vendetta against all the Murder Inc. people when I lived alone in 2k2 in a tow where I didn't know anyone and therefore formed unduly heavy relationships with the radio.

'Mesmerize,' god, he sounds like he's still in bed trying to rebut someone's demands that he get up and work.

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"livin' it up" is nice and all but i dunno, i can't really see repping for a song where 90% of the enjoyment comes from the song it samples/interpolates

saw the video for this last nite...might change my vote if i had it to do again

0
"Uh-Ohhh!" (feat. Lil' Wayne) 0

honestly don't remember if the album that was supposed to be on ever dropped

::goes to wikipedia::

yeah i guess not

good song tho

what a weird winner, it feels like that song was popular for about a week, when most of his big hits were ubiquitous for months on end. not a bad song, but not one of the first i'd think of even among good ja rule singles at all

i think the top 4 here are unimpeachable, include "new york" and you got the quintessential 5, pretty much

"livin it up" is really exuberant & luxurious in the way that bad boy singles of era were

with less good rapping

"i'm real" is totes the best song here tho

"Between Me And You" is so easily one of his top 3 best imo

i don't remember how that one goes

that song he did for the fast and the furious was dope

I f/w all these

"Holla Holla" 2
"I'm Real (Murder Remix)" (with Jennifer Lopez) 3
"Thug Lovin'" (feat. Bobby Brown) 0
"New York" (feat. Fat Joe & Jadakiss) 1
"Put It On Me" (feat. Lil' Mo & Vita) 3
"Between Me and You" (feat. Christina Milian)
"Clap Back" 1
"Livin' it Up" (feat. Case) 4
"I Cry" (feat. Lil' Mo) 0

I kinda appreciate the fact that after Fiddy came out and MC Shanned him, he started putting out all these grimy hardcore singles to try to reboot his rep.

it's too bad that no one tried to MC Shan 50 once he turned into a softbach self-parody of his softbach self

wayne never took the bait

and the game does not count

I'm really hoping that happens to Drake tbh.

it could if there was a. a legitimately popular street rapper b. drake wasn't about to give rap/r&b a reason to exist commercially (jay-z & eminem aside)

for some reason everyone respects him, prob cuz he's not a troublemaker & is respectful & laudatory towards dudes like bun b -- even gucci collab'd with him even tho "we don't bump the blueprint 3"

50 Cent wasn't a legitimately popular rapper during Ja Rule's strongest run. Not sure what you mean by "b".

I don't recall Ja Rule being a troublemaker, either.

"Between Me And You" is so easily one of his top 3 best imo

― cozen frustard (some dude), Tuesday, May 11, 2010 4:26 AM (50 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

i don't remember how that one goes

― J0rdan S., Tuesday, May 11, 2010 4:28 AM (48 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

what the hell, song was huge

what a weird winner, it feels like that song was popular for about a week, when most of his big hits were ubiquitous for months on end. not a bad song, but not one of the first i'd think of even among good ja rule singles at all

― jagger edge (The Reverend), Tuesday, May 11, 2010 3:23 AM (2 days ago) Bookmark

u could say stevie wonder does a lot of heavy lifting :D

new d/n

"Always on Time" (feat. Ashanti)
beautiful song

i've been listening to "thug lovin" a lot lately

a day late to the rest of the internet discovering the real lyric as well as 15 years late generally!

I cannot believe that entire thing is real tbh but fortunately it's really fucking funny

current rap production has made me really nostalgic for irv gotti's kind of exuberant widescreen musicality

swear to god if you listen to this too much you'll sprout a bubble goose and timberlands

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X4yDzAMOGqI

WHAT'S MY MOTHERFUCKING NAME

current rap production has made me really nostalgic for irv gotti's kind of exuberant widescreen musicality

― J0rdan S., Thursday, May 12, 2016 1:48 PM (seven years ago)

i still have this thought every time i hear "livin it up," "put it on me" etc