After performing a set at Def Jam’s 30th Anniversary Concert in Brooklyn last week, Ja Rule spoke with MTV about his career and collaborations with Jay Z and DMX. Recalling early plans to record a group album under the Murder Inc. group moniker, Ja Rule admitted that there is likely unreleased material from that recording period.
“We tried to deliver that album,” he said of working alongside Jay Z and DMX. “It was a situation where egos all just played a part in its demise. We couldn’t get X and Jay in the same room, from long ago, their storied battle on the pool table, guns out and all of that.
“That carried over into our careers and we was all trying to do our thing separately and it carried over,” he added. “It was hard to get all of us into a room to do what we needed to do.”
Referring to songs like 1995’s “Time to Build” on Mic Geronimo’s debut The Natural, Ja Rule said the tracks the trio collaborated on “will always be classics.” The three emcees also appeared together on the cover of XXL’s ninth issue in June of 1999.
“We did a few records together and those records will always be classics to a lot of people in the history of Hip Hop,” he said. “I wish that album would’ve came to fruition, it would’ve been real dope,” he said. “I think there might be one—one or two joints that’s still out there that you haven’t heard.”
As for who would have the tracks stashed away, Ja Rule said, “Gotti got’em.”
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Separately, Ja Rule addressed his upcoming reality show to air on MTV called Follow The Rules.
“Man, it’s a fun show, family oriented show,” he said. “I parent a little bit differently but I don’t think it’s too different from what’s going on in society today. A lot of people grew up on Hip Hop and the beautiful thing about Hip Hop is I’m a Hip Hop dad, my kids listen to Hip Hop. It just keeps growing and growing. The generations are closing the gap on music and culture and all these different things.”
In early September, MTV announced that Follow The Rules will chronicle Ja Rule’s family and household which includes his wife and children and both of the couple’s mothers. Ja Rule has two teenage sons and a daughter in college.
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Ja has nothing to talk about if he’s not talking about someone else.
it’s an interview idiot
its the rule nigga!! you already know!!
its murdaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!! feat jay z and dmx classic joint
DMX kilt this fool on wax
the only thing x KILT was his career on crack
X still getting money
played the Def Jam 30th anniversary and recently paid the IRS $250K so his EX wife could keep her home
X fucked up but hes still one of the best. Now this is murder inc the group before irv decided to make it a shitty label hope this happens if anything it might save x and ja’s career and im also glad to see the unit come back and mobb deeps album was tight real hip hops coming back you trap fuck boys is in trouble.
^ Learn to spell like adults before trying to insult anyone.
96 Mixtapes DJs Westcoast cut him out…DMX Jay Jaz are on it…so are the other CMC peeps…tell Gotti he is Saso…release them demos out for free…since they couldn’t stay supreme…
Not classics, but above average songs.
PIL 2 has some decent songs, but Ja’s older stuff is other than terrible. These group tracks could be okay, though.
ja rule, jayz and dmx in their primes..those songs r prob nice.
ja rule iz da best! ya heard negro?
ja is a mafukkin legend !! yall niggas forgot this nigga catalog!!
they had classic tracks together
Jay-Z, DMX, Ja Rule, Jaz-O… RARE ’95 Collabo [HQ]
Search on youtube crazy ish!!
“X still getting money”
Def Jam still raping the poor guy. Heard they compensated him after the show with a crack pipe, and a set of new tires for his truck.