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The year 2003 wasn't a good one for Ja Rule, who had been blasted over and over that year by 50 Cent, the rap industry's latest upstart darling. 50 had blasted Ja Rule for blasphemously impersonating 2Pac and for making pseudo-gangsta pop-rap music -- and by and large, Ja was left speechless. It was simply a matter of fact: Ja Rule had indeed aped 2Pac's persona to an extent, he had indeed made pop-rap duets with Ashanti his stock-in-trade, and he was thus an easy target who was bound to be clapped at some point. So by late 2003, the year of 50 Cent (who had sold millions and millions of records, racked up hit after hit, and saturated the media with his omnipresence), Ja Rule and his camp, Murder Inc, were in a desperate state of damage control. They kept quiet throughout most of the year, waiting for 50 Cent's moment in the sun to pass, yet by the end of the year Ja Rule had readied his inevitable return, Blood in My Eye -- a rushed 45-minute release with a pair of good singles ("Clap Back," "The Crown") and a lot of vengeful return shots at 50 Cent and his camp (notably including Eminem among the targeted). Relative to what Ja Rule had been doing the past couple years, Blood in My Eye is a very focused and heartfelt album, and certainly much more gangsta than anything he'd done since his DMX-modeled debut album, Venni Vetti Vecci, although Ja is much better making catchy pop-rap tracks with grimy posturing and singalong hooks. Still, there's something to be said for pride, particularly in the rap world, so perhaps it was best that Ja Rule vent his frustration here and put this predicament behind him so that he could move on with his career and once again start making the sort of pop-rap singles that he'd experienced so much success with.
© Jason Birchmeier /TiVo
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Ja Rule, Producer, MainArtist - Milwaukee Buck, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Irv Gotti, Producer, Mixer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2003 The Island Def Jam Music Group
Jeffrey Atkins, ComposerLyricist - Irving Lorenzo, ComposerLyricist - Caddillac Tah, FeaturedArtist - Tiheem Crocker, ComposerLyricist - Bruce Washington, ComposerLyricist - Ja Rule, MainArtist - Milwaukee Buck, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Irv Gotti, Producer, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Ashanti, Additional Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Jimi Kendrix, Producer - Kendred Smith, ComposerLyricist - Hussein Fatal, FeaturedArtist - James Gotti, FeaturedArtist - James Floyd, ComposerLyricist - Chairman Of The Board Duro, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Terry 'T-Mac' Herbert, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2003 The Island Def Jam Music Group
Jeffrey Atkins, ComposerLyricist - Irving Lorenzo, ComposerLyricist - Scott Storch, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Ja Rule, MainArtist - Milwaukee Buck, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Irv Gotti, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Ken "Supa Engineer" Duro, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Irv Gotti for Top Dawg Productions, Producer, Co-Producer - Terry Herbert, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2003 The Island Def Jam Music Group
Jeffrey Atkins, ComposerLyricist - Bobby Dixon, ComposerLyricist - Irving Lorenzo, ComposerLyricist - Andre Parker, ComposerLyricist - Ja Rule, MainArtist - Milwaukee Buck, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Sizzla, FeaturedArtist - Chink Santana, Producer - Ken "Supa Engineer" Duro, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Migel Collins, ComposerLyricist - Terry Herbert, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Gotti Irv, Producer
℗ 2003 The Island Def Jam Music Group
Ja Rule, Producer, MainArtist - Milwaukee Buck, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Irv Gotti, Producer, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Terry 'T-Mac' Herbert, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2003 The Island Def Jam Music Group
Ja Rule, Producer, MainArtist - Milwaukee Buck, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Irv Gotti, Producer, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Jimi Kendrix, Producer - Black Child, FeaturedArtist - Ken "Supa Engineer" Duro, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Young Merc, FeaturedArtist - D.O. Cannons, FeaturedArtist - Terry 'T-Mac' Herbert, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Milwaukee 'Protools King' Buck, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2003 The Island Def Jam Music Group
Jeffrey Atkins, ComposerLyricist - Irving Lorenzo, ComposerLyricist - Durrell Babbs, ComposerLyricist - Ja Rule, MainArtist - Milwaukee Buck, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Irv Gotti, Producer - Robin Mays, ComposerLyricist - Jimi Kendrix, Producer - Kendred Smith, ComposerLyricist - Boogz, Producer, Co-Producer - Chairman Of The Board Duro, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Terry 'T-Mac' Herbert, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2003 The Island Def Jam Music Group
Ja Rule, MainArtist - Milwaukee Buck, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Irv Gotti, Producer, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Rebel, Producer - Terry 'T-Mac' Herbert, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Milwaukee 'Protools King' Buck, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2003 The Island Def Jam Music Group
Jeffrey Atkins, ComposerLyricist - Irving Lorenzo, ComposerLyricist - Ja Rule, MainArtist - Milwaukee Buck, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Irv Gotti, Producer, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - W. Thomas, ComposerLyricist - The Blackout Movement, Producer - Chairman Of The Board Duro, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Terry 'T-Mac' Herbert, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2003 The Island Def Jam Music Group
K. Robinson, ComposerLyricist - Kasseem Dean, ComposerLyricist - Jeffrey Atkins, ComposerLyricist - Irving Lorenzo, ComposerLyricist - Ja Rule, MainArtist - Milwaukee Buck, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Irv Gotti, Producer, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Shadow, FeaturedArtist - Black Child, FeaturedArtist - Ramel Gill, ComposerLyricist - Sekou 720, Producer, FeaturedArtist - S. Branch, ComposerLyricist - Chairman Of The Board Duro, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Terry 'T-Mac' Herbert, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2003 The Island Def Jam Music Group
Kasseem Dean, ComposerLyricist - Jeffrey Atkins, ComposerLyricist - David Styles, ComposerLyricist - Jason Phillips, ComposerLyricist - Sean Jacobs, ComposerLyricist - Irving Lorenzo, ComposerLyricist - Ja Rule, MainArtist - Milwaukee Buck, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Irv Gotti, Producer, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Rebel, Producer
℗ 2003 The Island Def Jam Music Group
Jeffrey Atkins, ComposerLyricist - Irving Lorenzo, ComposerLyricist - Lee Oskar, ComposerLyricist - Morris Dickerson, ComposerLyricist - Bruce Washington, ComposerLyricist - Leroy Jordan, ComposerLyricist - Ja Rule, MainArtist - Charles Miller, ComposerLyricist - Thomas Allen, ComposerLyricist - Irv Gotti, Producer, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Jimi Kendrix, Producer - Kendred Smith, ComposerLyricist - Harold Ray Brown, ComposerLyricist - Hussein Fatal, FeaturedArtist - Harold Scott, ComposerLyricist - Chairman Of The Board Duro, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Terry 'T-Mac' Herbert, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Milwaukee 'Protools King' Buck, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2003 The Island Def Jam Music Group
Jeffrey Atkins, ComposerLyricist - Irving Lorenzo, ComposerLyricist - Bruce Washington, ComposerLyricist - Ja Rule, MainArtist - Milwaukee Buck, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Irv Gotti, Producer, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Hussein Fatal, FeaturedArtist - Terry 'T-Mac' Herbert, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Milwaukee 'Protools King' Buck, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2003 The Island Def Jam Music Group
Jeffrey Atkins, ComposerLyricist - Irving Lorenzo, ComposerLyricist - Tajuan Perry, ComposerLyricist - Bruce Washington, ComposerLyricist - Ja Rule, MainArtist - Milwaukee Buck, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Irv Gotti, Producer, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - ALBERT JOHNSON, Composer - Kejuan Waliek Muchita, ComposerLyricist - Hussein Fatal, FeaturedArtist - Terry 'T-Mac' Herbert, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2003 The Island Def Jam Music Group
Albumbeschreibung
The year 2003 wasn't a good one for Ja Rule, who had been blasted over and over that year by 50 Cent, the rap industry's latest upstart darling. 50 had blasted Ja Rule for blasphemously impersonating 2Pac and for making pseudo-gangsta pop-rap music -- and by and large, Ja was left speechless. It was simply a matter of fact: Ja Rule had indeed aped 2Pac's persona to an extent, he had indeed made pop-rap duets with Ashanti his stock-in-trade, and he was thus an easy target who was bound to be clapped at some point. So by late 2003, the year of 50 Cent (who had sold millions and millions of records, racked up hit after hit, and saturated the media with his omnipresence), Ja Rule and his camp, Murder Inc, were in a desperate state of damage control. They kept quiet throughout most of the year, waiting for 50 Cent's moment in the sun to pass, yet by the end of the year Ja Rule had readied his inevitable return, Blood in My Eye -- a rushed 45-minute release with a pair of good singles ("Clap Back," "The Crown") and a lot of vengeful return shots at 50 Cent and his camp (notably including Eminem among the targeted). Relative to what Ja Rule had been doing the past couple years, Blood in My Eye is a very focused and heartfelt album, and certainly much more gangsta than anything he'd done since his DMX-modeled debut album, Venni Vetti Vecci, although Ja is much better making catchy pop-rap tracks with grimy posturing and singalong hooks. Still, there's something to be said for pride, particularly in the rap world, so perhaps it was best that Ja Rule vent his frustration here and put this predicament behind him so that he could move on with his career and once again start making the sort of pop-rap singles that he'd experienced so much success with.
© Jason Birchmeier /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 14 track(s)
- Total length: 00:44:05
- Main artists: Ja Rule
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: I.G. Records, Inc. - Universal Records
- Genre: Pop/Rock Pop
© 2003 The Island Def Jam Music Group ℗ 2003 The Island Def Jam Music Group
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