His music does not hold any sentimental value to me cause he isn’t the first artists I grew up listening to. Those artists were Pac, Jay, Big Pun & DMX. But to say Ja wasn’t a star is a full blown lie. Look at the reactions from this thread, it’s all coming from stans of Curtis. They mad he was in the mainstream before him and now they trying to erase his existence.
the bolded is beyond false. people have been ducking my posts all thru this thread, and I don't even like 50 cent. I don't even now why his name keeps coming up in this thread.
and I agree that jarule was better than 50 cent in terms of an MC, but that's not saying much.
also, I don't think anybody is denying the fact that jarule was a superstar in the early '00s. the division here seems to be that the younger guys are lacking perspective concerning jarule's run. his base was more in line with the nellys & chingys as opposed to dudes like DMX & jigga. and theres nothing wrong with that, but some people are lacking perspective. that's what this thread is about.
stans gonna stan. how old are u by the way? cause you must of just listened to rap when 50 blew up. All those guys you mentioned destroyed 50 even worse than what he did to Ja. And you guys telling me I don’t know my history. I been listening to hip hop since the 90’s. 50 Cent was not the first artist I listened to and I say that with pride.
he listed nas.
nas dropped a weak response, and then quietly backed away from the beef.
but yea, 50 lost most of his battles. jarule was prolly his only victory.
glad yall calling murder inc out...most of their run was a complete sham thanks to def jam and radio payola...it was the beginning of the end for radio when people started growing tired of the same ja rule song played 24 hrs a day every 5 minutes
yea, but radio dying isn't murder inc's fault.
radio became too much of a monopoly circa '01, and it got to the point where in order to get on the radio, most artists had to have a horrible neptunes beat(before they ramped up & improved their beats) or a knockoff jarule song, or a combination of both.
with that said, jarule ended up being the most influential artist in terms of radio rap, which gets over-looked.
but yea, irv gotti ran murder inc like an analytics nerd and it caught up with him. they had a low-budget '97 bad boy run, but they didn't have the juice & talent of bad boy to avoid being brushed off as a novelty.
.....you were just a kid...Im sure Ja Rule's music holds some sentimental/nostalgia vibes for you but for some one like myself who was in his early 20's and already hitting the club I view Ja as a rappper who rode Pac's wave and then did the r&b hip hop duo thing and rode it till 50 ended him...you claim he is an mc which is laughable but like I said earlier I'll let you tell it....
.....and you in here trying to rewrite history??.....
