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Ja rule mesmerize clean soundcloud11/11/2022 There still existed major generation gaps even back then too. My little feet used to groove to this song to almost every barbecue party I ever been to! Despite the huge popularity, to be honest I didn’t think that most of my elders like this beat. This song came out when a was about 9 years old. This groups was as funky as you could get back in the day! Although, I have absolutely no idea where their song “Seven Minutes Of Funk,” fell on the billboard charts, I was old enough to know that almost every single young Black home was playing this beat. Well, despite the fact that I can’t find virtually squat on this treasured forgotten group called “The Whole Damn Family (which is a hilarious name for a group),” luckily, I have some sort of recollection from my childhood. I am so darn pissed yo!! Black folk need to start blogging! For real. But, this group is an example of why we can’t allow our music history to fade away! It’s such a disgrace that I could only find little information, or sometimes no information at all on these forgotten artist & bands that helped to change history. I don’t mean to annoy my readers by beating that same dead horse. Give him the credit he deserves!Īlbum: The Whole Darn Family Has Arrived (1976) I don’t think Ja is one of those washed up rappers. Ja made some good crowed jumping beats! Did he say something the audience didn’t like? No way the audience should’ve treated him like that. And Ja Rule got up on stage and yelled “Are you Ready for some 90s music!” One of the radio host said it was almost dead silence! I think this was the video they were referring to. You know, I don’t remember the details, but I was partly listening to some radio show, that was discussing how Ja Rule was invited to some kind of benefit/function (something or another). Actually, the soundtrack was the only good thing about that movie. Oh, man!! I almost forgot! My favorite Ja Rule song was “ Holla Holla (1999),” I believe this was from his first self titled album “Ja Rule.” Do you guys remember a soundtrack project Ja Rule did along with Nate Dogg for Mariah Carey’s bombed movie “Glitter (2001)?” The song was called “ If We.” It was one of the very few things good that came from that movie. I’d rather listen to a whinny lama before I listen to her solo music. I never heard a solo album by her I could tolerate. I didn’t think I would like the songs so much, since I cannot stand Ashanti! Sorry, I never thought she had a talented voice. Also I liked “ Always On Time,” still featuring her. I really like “ Mesmerize” featuring Ashanti. I really started liking his music about a year after. Fat Joe, ” and “Simmons Incorporated” feat. It’s old school yet their sound is modern. I love the fact that they continued to kept their same distinct Run-DMC style. It was around that time I stopped listening to mainstream radio and got more into music streaming, so I can’t recall if this album was promoted or not. Also, another rock inspired hit they had was a song called “Rock Box.” Just before Jam Master Jay’s murder, Run DMC recorded an album called “Crown Royal” some time in 2001. Young people today don’t know how huge that song actually was in the 80s. This was a damn shame, because Run DMC actually made history, as they were the first hip hop artists to merge hip hop and rock with their hit “Walk This Way,” featuring Aerosmith. I mean, when you listen all these hip hop documentaries talk about who was a GOAT, I don’t think I’ve heard anyone mention Run DMC. Not that I felt some kind of way… Perhaps we all sort of neglected them. After that whole scandal/tragedy of Jam Master Jay’s murder, for some reason, I haven’t thought much of Run DMC.
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