We use cookies to personalize your experience and for measurement and analytics purposes. Ja-Rule & Ashanti Explicit, B2K - Bump, Bump, Bump (B2K and P. Pain Is Love (2001) followed the same template, serving up a few rap-R&B hybrids for the singles ("I'm Real," "Livin' It Up," "Always on Time," "Down Ass Chick") and. Ja Rule and Ashanti released a number of songs together including 'Mesmerize' and 'Always On Time'. Songs similar to Ja Rule - Mesmerize, such as Ja Rule - Wonderful, Fat Joe - Whats Luv - feat. On his second album, Rule 3:36 (2000), he began collaborating with female R&B singers, and a string of radio-friendly hits resulted ("Between Me and You," "Put It on Me," "I Cry"). Born Jeffrey Atkins on February 29, 1976, in Queens, New York, Ja Rule established himself with Venni Vetti Vecci (1999), a hardcore debut album similar in style to the rugged thug rap then popularized by DMX and the Ruff Ryder collective.
label, Ja Rule became one of the rap industry's most commercially successful artists during the early 2000s, working closely with the hitmaking producer and his stable of talent. Its all good (Murder Inc.
As the flagship artist for producer Irv Gotti's Def Jam-affiliated Murder Inc. From 1999 to 2005, Ja Rule had several hits that made the top 20 of the US Billboard Hot 100 chart, including 'Between Me and You' with Christina Milian, 'I'm Real (Murder Remix)' with Jennifer Lopez, 'Always on Time' with Ashanti, 'Mesmerize' also with Ashanti, and 'Wonderful' with R.