{"id":1777,"date":"2018-12-30T19:51:44","date_gmt":"2018-12-31T02:51:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hiphopnewsjournal.com\/?p=1777"},"modified":"2018-12-30T19:53:19","modified_gmt":"2018-12-31T02:53:19","slug":"ja-rule-and-cash-money-click-boom-bap-beginnings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hiphopnewsjournal.com\/staging\/ja-rule-and-cash-money-click-boom-bap-beginnings\/","title":{"rendered":"Ja Rule and Cash Money Click: Boom Bap Beginnings"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ja Rule\u2019s career has largely been defined by his radio hits. Many forget that prior to the Murder Inc movement of the late 90\u2019s through the early 2000\u2019s he was a member of Cash Money Click. The other members were O-1 and Chris Black who later went by Jody Mack. The group was signed to the label TVT Records and put out that true authentic New York \u201cboom bap\u201d music that was prominent in the early to mid-90\u2019s.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>VladTV \u2013 Ja Rule Interview regarding Cash Money Click<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><iframe width=\"1080\" height=\"608\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/-zWpq5rXnpQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>In 1994 they put out two singles with videos, \u201c4 My Click\u201d with Mic Geronimo and \u201cGet tha Fortune\u201d which had a remix as well. The music had a nice local buzz on New York radio. Irv Gotti also cleverly managed to have the video for \u201cGet tha Fortune\u201d on heavy rotation on \u201cThe Box\u201d a channel where one would pay to call in to request music videos to play. This tactic would pay off for Ja Rule later on.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Cash Money Click \u2013 4 My Click feat. Mic Geronimo<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><iframe width=\"1080\" height=\"810\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/9sG8qODqiSQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3><strong>Cash Money Click \u2013 Get tha Fortune<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><iframe width=\"1080\" height=\"608\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/l3n_tchsKXU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3><strong>Cash Money Click \u2013 Get tha Fortune (remix)<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><iframe width=\"1080\" height=\"810\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/VgKsqT-NaxM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>A couple additional tracks floated around the mixtape circuit including \u201cRecognize\u201d, \u201cWartime\u201d, and \u201cIf It\u2019s On It\u2019s On\u201d which also featured DMX and Jay-Z. The group went on the Stretch &amp; Bobbito show to promote the album which was to drop in 1995. Unfortunately, though Chris Black caught a case of dealing drugs and was sent to prison for five years. Ultimately the label dropped the group and the album was shelved.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Cash Money Click \u2013 Recognize<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><iframe width=\"1080\" height=\"810\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ZquMnTsvZus?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3><strong>Cash Money Click \u2013 Wartime<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><iframe width=\"1080\" height=\"608\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/mXPVlAg4LIM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3><strong>Cash Money Click \u2013 If It\u2019s On It\u2019s On feat. DMX &amp; Jay-Z<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><iframe width=\"1080\" height=\"810\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/EFpetj-sA9k?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3><strong>Cash Money Click &#8211; Stretch &amp; Bobbito Freestyle<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><iframe width=\"1080\" height=\"608\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/98oMPsDK2Cg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Eventually Ja Rule caught the eye of Def Jam record executive Lyor Cohen and signed a solo deal with the label. Ja Rule was reunited with his Cash Money Click cohorts on Ja\u2019s 2001 album <strong><em>Pain is Love<\/em><\/strong> with the track \u201cSmokin\u2019 and Ridin\u2019\u201d. Then on 2002\u2019s \u201cRain\u201d from the compilation.<em> <strong>Irv Gotti Presents: The Inc<\/strong><\/em><strong>.<\/strong> During this time the trio began recording tracks with releasing an album that was going to be a joint venture between the Def Jam and TVT record labels.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Ja Rule &#8211; Smokin\u2019 and Ridin\u2019 feat. Jody Mack &amp; O-1<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><iframe width=\"1080\" height=\"810\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/99mkVj1ZCt0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3><strong>Ja Rule \u2013 Rain feat. Jody Mack &amp; O-1.<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><iframe width=\"1080\" height=\"810\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/DCtYzN9Ohck?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>However, the group would get caught up in record label politics again and the album was shelved. Over time tracks would surface that were intended for the project. The songs \u201cWe Back\u201d and \u201cNasamean\u201d best captured the spirit of what Cash Money Click was originally about. I implore Ja Rule fans as well as critics to look into the group\u2019s early work. It is an opportunity to see what Ja was about at his core before going mainstream and \u201ccorporate\u201d.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Cash Money Click \u2013 We Back<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><iframe width=\"1080\" height=\"810\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/OgsR0HlfKE8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3><strong>Cash Money Click \u2013 Nasamean<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><iframe width=\"1080\" height=\"810\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/IgfmcrvekXE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"vyi1NwFkM4\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/hiphopnewsjournal.com\/mic-geronimo-underrated\/\">Mic Geronimo: Underrated<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" src=\"https:\/\/hiphopnewsjournal.com\/mic-geronimo-underrated\/embed\/#?secret=vyi1NwFkM4\" data-secret=\"vyi1NwFkM4\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;Mic Geronimo: Underrated&#8221; &#8212; Hip Hop News Journal\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"yvNZXnpMB9\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/hiphopnewsjournal.com\/jay-z-with-dmx-and-ja-rule-murder-inc\/\">Jay-Z with DMX and Ja Rule: Murder Inc<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" src=\"https:\/\/hiphopnewsjournal.com\/jay-z-with-dmx-and-ja-rule-murder-inc\/embed\/#?secret=yvNZXnpMB9\" data-secret=\"yvNZXnpMB9\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;Jay-Z with DMX and Ja Rule: Murder Inc&#8221; &#8212; Hip Hop News Journal\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ja Rule\u2019s career has largely been defined by his radio hits. Many forget that prior to the Murder Inc movement of the late 90\u2019s through the early 2000\u2019s he was a member of Cash Money Click. The other members were O-1 and Chris Black who later went by Jody Mack. The group was signed to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":346,"featured_media":1779,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":""},"categories":[2,4,3],"tags":[2247,896,1154,2041,2244,718,2248,200,600,153,719,2246,1002,589,667,2245,602,464,599,2243,2249,1771],"yst_prominent_words":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hiphopnewsjournal.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1777"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hiphopnewsjournal.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hiphopnewsjournal.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hiphopnewsjournal.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/346"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hiphopnewsjournal.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1777"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/hiphopnewsjournal.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1777\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1792,"href":"https:\/\/hiphopnewsjournal.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1777\/revisions\/1792"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hiphopnewsjournal.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1779"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hiphopnewsjournal.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1777"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hiphopnewsjournal.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1777"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hiphopnewsjournal.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1777"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hiphopnewsjournal.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=1777"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}