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

[RennisDeynolds]

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

50 Cent who influenced all the new NY rappers. Therefore you could say Ja singlehandedly destroyed the NY rap scene

 

[KingJudah2]

nikka was a tupac knockoff he was never the most influential

 

[West Coast Avenger]

Please explain to me how a Tupac clone was ifluential???....did he drop melodic hip hop songs with catchy hooks??...he did....and that's about where it ends....talking bout influential.......and people in here co signing it........

 

[KingJudah2]

Please explain to me how a Tupac clone was ifluential???....did he drop melodic hip hop songs with catchy hooks??...he did....and that's about where it ends....talking bout influential.......and people in here co signing it........

nikkas just rewriting history now when Ja Rule first appeared in the cant I get a fukk you video nikkas was calling him 3pac at the time. Buncha of 90s and 2000s nikkas in here speakin on shyt they no nothin about

 

[ReturnOfJudah]

Pimp C >>>>> waaaay before Ja

 

[Bondye Vodou]

he influenced curtis woodface jackson

 

[FeloniousMonk]

People usually cite who influenced them..

Can someone posts receipts of a artist saying Ja Rule influenced them?

 

[Mʀ2ᴋDᴇᴇᴢ]

Idk about all that but his run was better than many give him credit for.

 

[Blankthawtz]

 

[KillKenny]

 

[KnickstapeCity]

One of the greatest verified this statement :lupemperor:

These Coli nerds think they know better/more than one of the best, most lyrical nikkas ever.

 

[JustCKing]

Those are female rappers tho

Still rappers who were successfully merging sing and rapping before Ja. Domino isn't a female.

 

[JustCKing]

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.

Neither Ja or Nelly pioneered "vulnerable, relationship, heavy, soft female take on the rap-R&B hybrid sound" because Missy had already done it to that degree before they even impacted.