Ja Rule, Ashanti and Jennifer Lopez

Irv Gotti Presents: The Inc.

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Editor's Review:

Fuck Whitesnake, Bon Jovi and Extreme; today's power ballads have a decidedly different slant. They're now duos comprised of a poppy female with some R&B flavor (think J-Lo) and a hip-pop rapper with just enough street cred to get a pass from the rarely discriminating pop audience (Can you say Ja Rule?). One such track that's all over MTV and top-40 radio is "Down 4 U", the first single off Irv Gotti Presents. Another from the same genre is the Murder Inc. remix of J-Lo's "Ain't It Funny," featuring Ja and Caddillac Tah. Also featured on this respectable summer effort blending gritty murder rap and poppy estrogen-laden hooks are female up-and-coming rappers Charli Baltimore and Vita.
- Robert Green

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Record Label Def Jam

Released July 2002

Tracks

Intro - Irv Gotti/Chink Santana/Caddillac Tah
Gangstafied - Ja Rule/Caddillac Tah/Ronnie Bumps/Chink Santana
Down 4 U - Ja Rule/Ashanti/Vita/Charli Baltimore
No One Does It Better - Charli Baltimore/Ashanti
It's Murder - Chink Santana/D.O./Caddillac Tah
The Pledge - Ashanti/Caddillac Tah
Ride Wit Us - Jody Mack/Black Child/O-1/Merc/Ronnie Bumps/D.O./Caddillac Tah
OG - Black Child
The Rain - Joey Mack/O-1/Ja Rule
Here We Come - Vita/Irv Gotti/Ronnie Bumps
We Still Don't Give A F**k! - Ronnie Bumps/D.O./Merc/Jody Mack/Rah/O-1/Charli Baltimore/Caddillac...
1 Hearse, 2 Suburbans - Black Child/Ronnie Bumps/Merc
Ain't It Funny - Ja Rule/J-Lo/Caddillac Tah
Tha Nexx Nigguz - Chink Santana/Eastwood/Crooked I/Ronnie Bumps/Dave Bing/Black Child/Caddillac Tah
DC Joe Skit
Hold On - Chink Santana