Ja's "New York" was a big tune

[Mike Wins]

the crowds' reaction plus them singing along

Jada singlehandedly sonned em with one verse. "What are we doing here?"

Classic track for sure

 

[Street Knowledge]

New York was a top 30 song in America in 2004 at its peak. Which is kinda hilarious because discussing the versuz with the lox/dispet geeks talk about it like it was some random mixtape song that won of only performance

“Bro it’s not about hits bro, it’s about performance and the feeling”

 

[dora_da_destroyer]

last great NY anthem...miss me with that jay alicia keys song

 

[BulletProof]

50 would've been mad as fukk every time he walked into a club if he didn't flee deep into Connecticut after his first milli

And even still, he was mad as fukk probably breaking shyt in his mansion and making Yayo clean it up.

 

[The Solid One]

last great NY anthem...miss me with that jay alicia keys song

fukking hate that song!

 

[MJ Truth]

Yeah I don't fukk with Joe either.

Song was a banger and it proved that 50 never got Ja out of here. Ja got Ja out of here. He just started making dope records too late. He was enjoying the pop shyt until the beef got lit. People got sick of pop rule. 50 punched him while he was going down.

This has always been facts.

50 didn't get Ja out of here. Ja was gonna fall off regardless, both because naturally his run was dwindling (happens to pretty much everyone in music) and he had ventured so far into the pop lane that shyt wasn't gonna last. Plus Ja wasn't really about making lasting music nor was he ever gonna be some sort of rap vanguard, he was focused on making hit records. Then you add in the whole Preme/Murder Inc legal situation. 50's star rising and attacking Ja definitely helped put the nail in his coffin QUICKER, but the perception that 50 ended Ja is grossly overstated.

 

[Whips-n-Chains]

Overrated af…this wasn’t big in Chicago at least, fukking Knuck if you Buck was 10x bigger fall ‘04

Also, fukk ja rule. Always was a cornball

 

[2stainz]

shyt was fire

 

[R.U.L.E.]

Still bangs brehs

 

[KnickstapeCity]

shyt was fire

Ja got a big dikk, breh

 

[JMD]

last great NY anthem...miss me with that jay alicia keys song

facts

love Alicia but that song was overplayed asf in NY