Poll Simple question: Did 50 destroy Ja's career?
- Thread starter Disanthrope
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He had a part in it but the feds going at murda inc is the main reason ja career was ended
Disanthrope
Mindfucker. Inconvenient Truth + Necessary Evil
Yes the feds are a factor but i feel they could've bounced back from that if Murder inc got the same love as G unit or the Roc
And then once Em and shady records started piling on Ja it was overwhelming. He didn't bounce back from getting jumped
and that’s his fault. Nobody told ja rule to think he was Tupac and call out the whole aftermath label
50 put a dent in his shit he wasn’t the same afterwards.
Disanthrope
Mindfucker. Inconvenient Truth + Necessary Evil
Idk about that in this case...
i feel like ja was a commercial artist. Streets didn't love him and irv like that so it was nothing to cancel them
Ja & Murda Inc faced the FEDS, 50 Cent, G-Unit, Eminem, Dr. Dre, Shady Records, Aftermath Records, fans wanting something new, Busta Rhymes, D-12, Obie Trice.
They had no chance.
I think what hurt Ja the most is that he just wasn't that great of a rapper.
He was good at making hits, but as far as spitting hot 16s, he wasn't even top 10 of his era.
that's true. The hitmakers have a hard time adjusting whime the rappers that make hits always find a way to rely on their rapping abilities. Nelly, Ja, Fetty...they've all struggled to adapt. No matter how great their career is
I feel like Fetty shouldn't even be mentioned in that equation. Nelly had a hell of run but u can't beat time and music changing. Fetty got bypassed by young dudes that did what he could do better
yeah, he's not in that class but he had his run too. Hit-wise.
Ja could rap. The problem was that he alienated his core audience early and the ones that were fans of his were fickle to begin with.
BRIAN B.
Shittypoobutt
Word....Life
Haa..I threw that shit before I walked in tha ROOM
Shiiiiiiit….
SheerExcellence
Peace
the narrative is always it was fifty or it was fifty and the feds…but from what i seem to remember at the time, ppl were already turning on ja rule in 01. before i had ever heard a gunit mixtape i had the impression the “streets” just viewed ja rule as dmx jr, and it also appeared as if jay z had already been distancing himself from murder inc
i routinely remember people getting clowned for playing ja rule outside, and again this was before fifty cents resurgence…but i seem to be in the minority with my recollection
tl:dr ja rule was already on the downturn before fifty cent came around/established himself
Elzo69Renaissance
Niggas online ratting then calling it content
No hip hop careers have like a 5-7 years shelf life then the fans move on that’s what happened to Ja ...... he’ll same shit happened to Fifty himself