Hamilton, Joe Frank & Reynolds

Singles. 2004- R.U.L.E. Gold (as of 01/04/05). Albums. 2003- Blood In My Eye Gold. He succumbed to a stroke on December 23, 1994 (age 48). 2002- Last Temptation- Platinum. Carollo and Dennison faded into the category of "Where are they now?", but Hamilton continued writing songs with his wife, Ann, throughout the eighties. 2001- Pain Is Love- 3X Platinum.

A few minor singles followed (including "Winners and Losers"), but in 1976, the trio disbanded and went their separate ways. 2000- Rule 3:36- 3X Platinum. The next year, the band decided to take a chance and changed their group name to Hamilton, Joe Frank & Dennison. 1999- Venni Vetti Vecci- Platinum. In 1975, they had their first US Top 40 hit in four years - a soft-rock ballad called "Fallin' in Love"; this song proved to be even bigger than their last Top 40 hit, reaching US #1, and became their first (and only) song to chart in the UK; it also gave them their second gold record. Ja Rule has co-starred in a number of action movies such as Half Past Dead, The Fast and the Furious, Scary Movie 3, and Assault on Precinct 13. Soon, they left Dunhill and signed with Playboy Records in the mid-seventies. and Tupac Shakur, though most in the rap community, including Lil' Mo and several others of the aforementioned victims of Ja Rule's bashing, have expressed hope that all rappers could learn a lesson from what happened to Biggie and Tupac and stop serious feuds before someone ends up hurt.

The trio continued to record and perform with very little success. It remains to be seen whether this 'dispute' will elevate to the level of Notorious B.I.G. Although the remaining two members found a replacement in Alan Dennison, they did not even change their group name! It is believed that the members thought it would be foolish to jeopardize the small recognition that the struggling band had had. Dre and Eminem were gay lovers; suggested Dre's newest female protege, Truth Hurts, might be a transsexual; and even claimed that Eminem's young daughter would end up a prostitute. In 1973, Reynolds left the band to join another band called Shango. He referred to Lil' Mo as an ungrateful bitch who had never had a hit single without his help; alluded that Dr. A series of follow-up singles proved to be unsuccessful. Dre, Lil' Mo, Truth Hurts, and Eminem's 6-year-old daughter, Hailie Jade, along with 50 Cent on a single track.

In 1971, their first two singles "Annabella" and "Daisy Mae" were minor hits, but their third single "Don't Pull Your Love (Out)" was an instant smash climbing up to US #4 and going gold. The feud eventually escalated to such a level that Ja Rule mocked Eminem, Dr. The band signed with Dunhill Records in 1970. Initiated by 50 Cent's labelling Ja Rule, among others, a "fake" gangster, or a "wanksta", because of their pop sensibilities, the two rappers exchanged insults and disses in a series of singles and underground mixtapes. Inspired by the AM rock music of Three Dog Night, the three men quit their jobs as studio musicians at the turn of the decade to form their own band. In 2003, it was this very dichotomy which started a rap war between Ja Rule and fellow MC 50 Cent. They recorded with the T-Bones from 1964 to 1966. "Always On Time" with Ashanti, "Put It On Me" with Lil' Mo, and "Between Me And You" with Christina Milian are just three examples of such songs, which have married his thuggish image with more sensitive, relationship-minded topics.

They met when they took part in a studio instrumental group called the T-Bones. Despite culling a gangster image, Ja Rule's biggest hits have, to date, been hip-hop inspired ballads, all of which have contained at least one female singer on the chorus. Dan Hamilton, Joe Frank Carollo, and Tommy Reynolds began their careers as session musicians. in 2001. Members were guitarist Dan Hamilton, bassist Joe Frank Carollo, and drummer Tommy Reynolds. This led Mo to leave Murder Inc. Hamilton, Joe Frank & Reynolds was an AM soft rock trio from Los Angeles. With Ashanti's career on the rise, Mo felt that Ja and Irv Gotti were ignoring her and focussing unfair amounts of time and money on Ashanti.

1976: "Winners and Losers". Lil' Mo, Ja Rule's former friend, had a falling out with Ja shortly after they released the "I Cry" music video together, in 2001. 1976: "Everyday Without You". 5 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. 1976: "Don't Fight the Hands (that Need You)" (US #72). It peaked at No. 1975: "Fallin' in Love" (US #1, UK #33). It debuted at #1 in the UK Singles Chart, giving him his biggest single of his career there (even though at the same time it broke the record of the lowest selling #1 debut single ever).

1971: "Don't Pull Your Love" (US #4). Kelly and Ashanti. 1971: "Daisy Mae" (US #41). The first single from this album, "Wonderful", has been released, and features R. 1971: "Annabella" (US #46). On November 9, 2004, Ja Rule released his next album entitled "R.U.L.E." The album features several guest appearances (such as Jadakiss, Fat Joe, Trick Daddy and many more). 1976: Love & Conversation. The song's video, which was dark and simple and featured a bulked-up Ja Rule, contrasted deeply to the colorful, happier scenes in videos such as "Always On Time" and "Mesmerize".

1975: Fallin' in Love (US #82). Arguably his grittiest single yet, it seemed intended to challenge 50 Cent's comments about him. 1972: Hallway Symphony (US #191). Ja Rule returned in November of 2003 with the new single "Clap Back", on the album Blood In My Eye. 1971: Hamilton, Joe Frank & Reynolds (US #59). The female vocalist who sang the chorus of "Murder Reigns" was not credited as a "featured" artist, though she appeared in its music video. The song also had received criticism for its sampling of Toto's "Africa", something that had just recently been done on another rapper's most recent album.

MTV and other music video channels only played the video with the censored title of "The Reign", and with the word "murder" removed from the chorus' lyrics. The album's final single, "Murder Reigns" also failed to become a huge hit, especially at pop radio, most likely due to the controversial song title. In late 2002 and early 2003, as Ja Rule ruled mainstream radio with "Mesmerize", another single of his, which featured Ashanti and Nas, "The Pledge", was released to radio, but failed to gain pop support. "Mesmerze" featured Ashanti on vocals and was another smash pop and urban radio hit--and an enormous MTV and VH1 video hit--for the duo.

The second single from The Last Temptation, "Mesmerize", followed the pattern used in "Always On Time", hoping to repeat its success; it worked. Thus far, Rule seems to have changed his mind. Around the time of The Last Temptation's release, Ja Rule started saying that it would likely be either his last or second-to-last album, after which he would concentrate solely on other aspects of his life, such as his acting career and the managing of Murder Inc. Brown's attempted return to mainstream music with the single did not succeed.

Despite "Thug Lovin'"'s being the first single from Ja's fourth album, The Last Temptation and Brown's "comeback" appearance on the song, it was relatively unsuccessful compared to many of Ja's previous singles. Ja then featured Brown, Murder Inc.'s newest artist, in his next single "Thug Lovin'" in the fall of 2002, as he had done previously with Baltimore, Lil' Mo, and Ashanti when they were the newcomers. did shortly sign Bobby Brown. Following all this, Murder Inc.

There was even talk that Michael Jackson had enlisted the help of Irv Gotti and Ja Rule and was in the process of signing a contract with Murder Inc. at the time. Some dismissed the claims as rumors, since it seemed that everybody in the industry wanted to be affiliated with Ja and Murder Inc. and was preparing to released a long-awaited comeback album.

Bobby Brown and Whitney Houston had cameos in the video and speculation soon arose that one or both of them had been signed to Murder Inc. The "Down 4 U" video was a hit at MTV in the summer of 2002 because of its beach setting and its party theme. The remix of "Down Ass Chick", called "Down 4 U", fared slightly better at mainstream radio, thanks once again to a chorus sung by Ashanti, in addition to raps from Baltimore, Rule, and Vita. The song heralded the return of Charli Baltimore--who was a "featured" rapper on the track--to the music industry after a five year absence.

In spring of 2002, the third single from Pain Is Love, "Down Ass Chick", was far less successful at pop radio than its two predecessors had been. "Rainy Dayz" became yet another successful song in which a female vocalist's singing complimented Rule's own unique style of rapping. Blige invited Ja Rule to record a song with her, called "Rainy Dayz", which was added to a 2002 rerelease of her most recent album, 2001's No More Drama. Looking to capitalize on the same type of strategy, Mary J.

The only exception to this was American VH1 which played the original pop versions of the music videos rather than the hip-hop versions. Both remixes featured vocals and rap verses from Ja Rule and both far outperformed the song's original versions, in mainstream radio, urban radio, and music video channels, in America and Europe alike. In early 2002, the formula was repeated with Lopez' next single, "Ain't It Funny". The "Murder Remix" of "I'm Real" contained vocals by both Lopez and Rule and went on to become one of 2001's biggest hits.

Lopez had enlisted the help of Ja Rule and Irv Gotti in the production of an urban remix for her unsuccessful, pop-sounding song "I'm Real". Ja's popularity in the hip-hop industry was cemented even further in the summer of 2001, thanks to a hugely popular duet with Jennifer Lopez. Christina Aguilera, NSYNC, Britney Spears, Destiny's Child, Jennifer Lopez, and Gaye's own daughter, Nona, among others, sang the original lyrics to Gaye's song. He, along with Nelly, Eve, and Fred Durst, added their own original rap lyrics about the disease to the song.

Ja Rule had a memorable part in the song. The song went on to become associated with the terrorist attacks and the subsequent war in Afghanistan more so than with AIDS. However, in December, the song was rereleased as planned, with several new versions/remixes of both the song and the video, in order to benefit AIDS charities as originally planned. After 9/11, however, the song was rush-released to radio and to MTV; its video having been hastily thrown together "home-movie" clips from the very recent studio recording of the song. It was to be released in December.

Just days before the tragedy of September 11th, around the same time that "Livin' It Up" was breaking big, the American supergroup lineup known as the "All Star Tribute" was recording a cover of Marvin Gaye's "What's Going On", in order to raise international AIDS awareness as well as money to combat the disease. The song and video were also notable because they provided MTV viewers and listeners of mainstream radio the first introduction to singer Ashanti, who was the featured singer on the single's chorus. The followup single and video, "Always On Time", was released in December of that same year and was even bigger than "Livin' It Up", becoming Ja Rule's biggest pop radio hit to that point. The song, which featured guest vocals by R&B singer Case, went on to become another smash hit for the rapper thanks in part to its familiar sample of Stevie Wonder's "Do I Do".

In the fall of 2001, after "I Cry" had run its course, Ja Rule released "Livin' It Up", the first single from his third album, Pain Is Love. The album's third single, "I Cry", also featured singing from Lil' Mo, but the song failed to blow up as the two prior singles had, even despite getting respectable video play on MTV2. In late 2000, Rule released his second album, Rule 3:36, which spawned the huge hits "Between Me And You", featuring young newcomer Christina Milian on vocals, and "Put It On Me", featuring his label-mates Vita and Lil' Mo. He later started his own record label, with friend Irv Gotti, called Murder Inc.

The same year, he released the "How Many Wanna" single off of a movie soundtrack. It spawned the singles "Holla Holla" and "Daddy's Little Baby", which only achieved minor success compared to his later singles. After his auspicious start on "Can I Get A...", Ja wasted little time preparing and releasing his debut album, Venni, Vetti, Vicci, in 1999. Jeffery Atkins (born February 29, 1976, Hollis, Queens, New York City), better known as Ja Rule, is a rapper who made his name on several tracks of recordings by his mentor Jay-Z, the most notable of which was the smash 1998/1999 hit "Can I Get A...".

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Fat Joe & Jadakiss) #44 US. 2004 "New York" (feat. Kelly and Ashanti) #5 US, #1 UK. R.

2004 "Wonderful" (feat. 2003 "Clap Back" #44 US, #9 UK (double A-side with Reigns in the UK). Ashanti) #2 US, #12 UK. 2002 "Mesmerize" (feat.

Bobby Brown) #42 US, #15 UK. 2002 "Thug Lovin'" (feat. Case - re-release) #5 UK. 2002 "Livin' It Up" (feat.

2002 "Down 4 U" (Irv Gotti presents The INC featuring Ja Rule, Ashanti, Charli Baltimore and Vita) #6 US, #4 UK. Charli "Chuck" Baltimore) #21 US. 2002 "Down Ass Chick" (feat. Ja Rule) #12 US, #17 UK.

Blige feat. 2002 "Rainy Dayz" (Mary J. Ja Rule and Caddillac Tah) #1 US, #4 UK. 2001 "Ain't It Funny (Murder Remix)" (Jennifer Lopez feat.

Ashanti) #1 US, #6 UK. 2001 "Always On Time" (feat. Ja Rule) #27 US, #6 UK. 2001 "What's Going On" (All Star Tribute feat.

Case) #6 US, #27 UK. 2001 "Livin' It Up" (feat. Ja Rule) #1 US, #4 UK. 2001 "I'm Real (Murder Remix)" (Jennifer Lopez feat.

Lil' Mo) #40 US. 2001 "I Cry" (feat. Lil' Mo and Vita) #8 US. 2001 "Put It On Me" (feat.

Christina Milian) #30 US, #26 UK. 2001 "Between Me And You" (feat. Amil and Ja Rule) #27 US, #24 UK. 1998 "Can I Get A..." (Jay-Z feat.