Thread to remember that period when Ja Rule was one of the most popular artists

[Cackling Co Pilot Kamala]

http://youtu.be/b5NXlIlygts
http://youtu.be/HtggWqmekmY


I don't feel like it's a coincidence that this era started just as the War on Terror was starting.

 

[Cackling Co Pilot Kamala]

http://youtu.be/VcP96KbFIIU
http://youtu.be/xKFogwqKd8s
^Why Big Dave is main eventing WrestleMania this year!

 

[Ed Wood Caulfield]

50 Cent ruined his career and then Kanye ruined 50's. Karma.

 

[Mickey Massuco]

....someone needs to take back the ghetto pass that Still Fly gave you.

 

[Gary]

I think I mentioned this, but in high school I tried to spend a day sounding like him. I only lasted 10 minutes.

 

[Ed Wood Caulfield]

....someone needs to take back the ghetto pass that Still Fly gave you.

Wait, what?

 

[Cackling Co Pilot Kamala]

http://www.therealtsm.com/index.php?topic=9364.0
Thread in which Still Fly awarded my a 'hood pass.

 

[MFer]

I could do a decent Ja Rule impersonation back in the day...


Ja Rule ft Case - Livin It Up (Official Music Video)



Ja Rule - Always On Time ft. Ashanti


Anyways, my music tastes are as derivative as they come, so of course I loved Ja Rule when he was one of the hottest artists going. Couldn't tell me nothing about the Jay-Z/DMX/Ja Rule triumvirate circa '99. Even though 50 busted through the mainstream gate with GRODT, I still hated him for killing Ja's career (to be fair, Ja was already starting to dig his own grave).

 

[Ed Wood Caulfield]

"Mesmerize" sealed his fate. He was never the same after that.

EDIT: Or getting name dropped on Lizzie McGuire.

 

[Cackling Co Pilot Kamala]

....someone needs to take back the ghetto pass that Still Fly gave you.

I think I regained it tonight! I went to a Hannibal Buress show tonight and the rapper that was the direct support for the show* was playing a bunch of quick clips from '70s/'80s slow jams and asking the audience who they were by and I was the only person who knew who Minnie Ripperton was!


*I'd say it's pretty weird that a rapper was the opening act for a comedy show but then I might get my ghetto pass revoked again!

 

[Cackling Co Pilot Kamala]

Ja Rule and Treach from Naughty by Nature are playing the House of Blues across the street from Fenway Park in May. Starting a Kickstarter to buy tickets.