“I’m one of the most influential rappers of all time”-Ja Rule

[patscorpio]

Nah...not at all

 

[old boy]

funny i was just listening to clap back not too long ago at the gym

that is a HARD record that he swagged the fukk out on. i have no problems with ja rule, he's alright with me

 

[Nighthawk]

Im not even a ja rule fan and i was glad 50 came and smashed the nikka out the game but ja has a point

 

[AJaRuleStan]

He didn't. Missy existed before Ja. Lauryn existed before Ja. Domino existed before Ja.

I've touched on this point before(and this is not really aimed towards you) but when people cite X rapper to counter the idea that Ja didn't pioneer anything, they are either confused on what's actually being said or they're being dishonest.

No one is or has ever argued that Ja was the first to be melodic or blend singing and rhyming as a rapper(though i'd argue he was the first, or either one of the first, to popularize the male/female call and response type records). What people argue is that Ja(and Nelly too) were the main artists to incorporate and popularize a more vulnerable, relationship heavy, soft-female oriented take on the rap-R&B hybrid sound.

I'm sure I said this in a past post, but acts like Bone, Snoop, and Nate Dogg was giving us hood harmony type tracks, not your shower singing sort of records that Ja was known for. From that perspective, I'd argue Ja(and again, Nelly too) were touching on more defining elements of the R&B genre then what came before because of that. For example, was 50 using melodies and such before Ja got over...yeah, but was 50 making records like 21 questions before Ja got over.

 

[Jplaya2023]

he's right most of these rappers today like drake bit ja's singing style. ja was dope from 00-05

 

[Pop123]

/thread

 

[Detroit Wave]

ITT lames who just started listenin to rap in 2013

All these singin ass nikkas was birthed from ja

 

[RennisDeynolds]

That "where is Ja?" chapelle joke that turned into a meme every time he is mentioned fukked up his credibility nowadays (among other things)

Hit after hit after hit. Every body singing raps now

 

[L&HH]

Yall nikkas saying it's true. Who exactly did Ja Rule influence? And nobody better say Drake.

 

[Hardaway]

the rappers who sing today can either really sing on an R&B level like a Drake or they're just speaking in melodies like a Future, Nav etc not bellowing from the stomach and shyt like Ja did with his terrible voice

 

[CrimsonTider]

That "where is Ja?" chapelle joke that turned into a meme every time he is mentioned fukked up his credibility nowadays (among other things)

Hit after hit after hit. Every body singing raps now

No one is singing like or because of Ja

 

[avon barksdale]

Yall nikkas saying it's true. Who exactly did Ja Rule influence? And nobody better say Drake.

Trying to be like ja rule with Ashanti Ashant,jlo,mary j blige and lil mo...








And he had the nerve to call ja the cookie monster

 

[Methodical]

I like Ja Rule but it's LL Cool J

 

[GoFlipAPack]

Drake took Rules whole style

 

[I love Latina women]

Doesn't mean that's a good thing when u look at Hip Hop's years post Ja Rule's popularity in hip hop