Poll Simple question: Did 50 destroy Ja's career?

[A-List]

Rule had the average hip hop run of like 5 years. 50 came in at the tail end and maybe played a small roll but na he didnt destroy Ja's career, fans were moving on to something else. As a matter of fact they moved onto the next cat that was harmonizing even when he criticized Rule for harmonizing which was Curtis....lol

 

[SeaSnake]

destroyed the street image

 

[aka_og]

a lot of revisionist history going on here

the majority of people who stopped listening to ja rule from early 2000s to mid 2000s was because of 50

he went from running the clubs to a chappelle joke

 

[Rickyrich]

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.

he only changed up cuz people were comparing him to dmx

 

[grYmes]

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.

Exactly. I was a Ja fan around ‘98-‘00. Once he started veering towards the route he took I was done with him. 50 played a big part even tho he jacked his sing-song style to an extent. We were just too caught up in the Ja backlash to care at the time.

 

[5th Letter]

he only changed up cuz people were comparing him to dmx

I think he wanted to go pop.

 

[Rickyrich]

I think he wanted to go pop.

nah he and him irv both side it was cuz of ppl saying he trying to be like X

 

[Disanthrope]

I fucked with this

 

[PhenomTheMac]

50 out flanked him on the gangsta tip (I know niggas from your hood, you have no history) and then replaced him on the pop tip: 21 questions, candy shop, etc.