Verzuz Presents: Fat Joe vs Ja Rule 9/14 @ 9PM ET

[Deltron]

Joe lost clear and I had him winning going in. But he played it wrong because he misread the crowd completely as far as track placement and selection. I feel like going into Verzuz, you need multiple playlist to adjust just in case the crowd reaction isn’t what you was expecting for certain songs, and you feel the vibe is off, you can change momentum.

And I underestimated how much nostalgia plays into those Ja records. I honestly hated Ja Rule’s run, those songs were cheesy as hell to me, but to a lot of people that was the soundtrack to their developing years. So when you have that kinda connection to the music, shyt hits different.

had joe wining too, cause thought he'd read the room and play shyt correctly...but

but them ja records hit that nostalgia for real....that was High school...Ja was right about that.

 

[livindajetlife]

Uh what the hell were you smoking back then. Jadakiss got smacked by 50 on this one, it was over after this.



Props to Jada but old 50 brought the heat

“Keep talking lil nikka I’ll push styles shyt back” “nikka fukk ya punchlines my shirt went platinum”

 

[H. Selassie]

THIS is who they let call black men nikkaz and black women crackheads…

…Nah fam, I’m done. Y’all got it.

 

[thernbroom]

He did destroy ja with help of Eminem and the biggest label at the time. With that being said ja's music aged better than em and 50s

 

[JA_Carter]

I know it’s cool to clown Ja Rule but he was pretty much Drake before Drake, dude has hits for days

 

[SpacelySprockets]

@SpacelySprockets come get your mans. Dude stay thinking everything is about him. No one thinking about you, Curly.

 

[AnonymityX1000]

THIS is who they let call black men nikkaz and black women crackheads…

…Nah fam, I’m done. Y’all got it.

You could always find him and check him for his N word usage. lol

 

[H. Selassie]

You could always find him and check him for his N word usage. lol

Lol I’m overseas right now fr.

Gone head and handle that for me big dog.

 

[Playaz Eyez]

Remy should not be doing any trendy sounding garbage like what premiered last night. That song was horrible.

 

[Wepa Man]

@Wepa Man where you at baby par? It’s ya night

He got washed up

 

[Deltron]

in general, I think it was a decent match up, if joe had played it right, could've been an almost even match up.

Joe tried his hardest to be Kiss...but sorry joe, you aren't kiss! Nowhere near the same mic presence or charisma.

You're best when you just telling stories about your life in hip-hop.

It would've been better if there was less shyt talking and more story telling. I was lowkey hoping we'd get some studio stories for tracks...John Blaze, twinz, etc

same with ja, stories about his tracks

 

[Squirrel from Meteor Man]

Ja cleaned him up. Joe had some awful songs (the track with Dre from Cool and Dre) and just didn’t counter with enough hits until the end

 

[M4T]

Why Jada looked like he was gonna cry after his verse? And is Ashanti broke? Cuz she's was super happy for that purse.

 

[Squirrel from Meteor Man]

Irv been commenting all night..now he silent

I really think she has some type of legal order against him or something. Only reason he wasn’t in the building was because it was more important Ashanti show up. Definitely an either or situation.

 

[mson]

in general, I think it was a decent match up, if joe had played it right, could've been an almost even match up.

Joe tried his hardest to be Kiss...but sorry joe, you aren't kiss! Nowhere near the same mic presence or charisma.

You're best when you just telling stories about your life in hip-hop.

It would've been better if there was less shyt talking and more story telling. I was lowkey hoping we'd get some studio stories for tracks...John Blaze, twinz, etc

same with ja, stories about his tracks

Unless you're completely bias the only conclusion to draw is that Joe lost. It is what it is. I also thought it was a good match up. Joe was just set on playing his hard hitting street shyt early. And I love those records. But the crowd really wasn't there for that, so he should've pivoted to his more radio friendly shyt earlier. Now just because Joe lost last night doesn't mean Ja songs were better. In front of a different crowd it would've been a different story. Joe is right to apologize to the ladies he insulted. He got a little too aggressive last night. Ashanti and Remy looked good. That song Remy debuted wasn't hitting.

 

[NormanConnors]

Why Jada looked like he was gonna cry after his verse? And is Ashanti broke? Cuz she's was super happy for that purse.

Im sure she's received more and some other things over in Dubai