were ppl really gettin sick of it or did 50 just come in the game with so much momentum and steal his thunder.
i am of the belief that if 50 never gets signed by a major then ja's career would have been extended at least another few years. that pain is love run was unstoppable. hit after hit after hit. him and ashanti could have tore it up for years imo.
50 said himself that he may have sped up the process but those domino's were already in a line. As someone who will give Ja his props I was def tired of his shyt long before 50 showed up. He ain't lose the public exclusively because of Fif, he lost it because his sound was played and formulaic with the super famous samples and the sing songy syrupy shyt. It was to the point where when he decided to "clap back" at 50 he kinda had to do a 180 with the tone of his music.
I always thought Ja was better. Better lyrically, more personality, iller voice by far, and had his hip-pop hits as well.
Always thought 50 was a C- rapper with a mumbled voice, who just happened to have banging beats and Em/Dre backin him.
The thing with 50 is he made fun of Ja Rule singing in rap, and shortly after he destroyed Ja's career he did the
EXACT SAME THING![]()
nikkas that say this expose themselves as not really listening to 50 like that.
Vs.

There's a big difference between what was doing (since POD I mind you) and Ja Rule looking/sounding like Marry Poppins.
Life on the line gotta be the most overrated diss song "You get carried away, you can get shot and carried away ,Now here's a list of MC's that can kill you in eight bars 50, umm Jay-Z and Nas" Yeah that sure showed him
@ race against time....shyt is wack. Daddy's little girl isn't a good song either, you giving him points off of merit it seems like, which is aight in a conversation about the artist in his own space...but just because those subjects are more "emotional" doesn't mean the successfully evoked it from the listener. I wasn't moved by that shyt, then or now.
