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PAIN IS LOVE was nominated for the 2002 Grammy Award for Best Rap Album. "Livin' It Up" was nominated for the 2002 Grammy Award for Best Rap/Sung Collaboration.
"Always On Time" was nominated for the 2003 Grammy Awards for Best Rap/Sung Collaboration.
Ja Rule has answered his calling. It's the club-friendly beat, the R&B hook and sing-songy, rough-edged vocals that seem to work for Ja. So he's sticking with it. With the backing of Murder Inc. label head (and this album's producer) Irv Gotti, Ja Rule picks up right where he left off with PAIN IS LOVE. Teaming up with the rhythmic crooner Case, Ja Rule reinterprets the Stevie Wonder classic "Do I Do" into the rap jam of 2001, "Livin' It Up." The album also features J. Lo's remix of "I'm Real," which Ja Rule helped turn into a hit. Missy Elliott drops in a verse on "Ex," and with the help of modern technology, Tupac lives on "So Much Pain." For Ja Rule, his pain means a lot more than love, it means success too.
Principally recorded at the Crackhouse, New York, New York.
Personnel: Ja Rule (vocals, rap vocals); Carl "Butch" Small (percussion).
Audio Mixer: Irv Gotti.
Recording information: The Crackhouse, New York, NY.
Photographer: Jonathan Mannon.
Personnel includes: Ja Rule (rap vocals); Jennifer Lopez, Missy Elliot, Case (vocals); 7 (various instruments); Anthony Mazza (guitar); Gimi Taylor (bass); Carl "Butch" Smalls (percussion).
Engineers include: Brian Springer, Milwaukee Buck, Glen Marchese.
Rolling Stone (11/22/01, p.90) - 3 stars out of 5 - "...Most of the album follows the same pattern as his current Number One 'I'm Real': fluffy keyboards, R&B choruses sung by anonymous hook girls and Ja Rule's gritty raps..."
Entertainment Weekly (10/12/01, p.86) - "...Songs about expecting to die at any moment have rarely been conveyed with such blunt precision..." - Rating: B+
Entertainment Weekly (10/12/01, p.86) - "...Songs about expecting to die at any moment have rarely been conveyed with such blunt precision..." - Rating: B+ Ja Rule Pain Is Love Songs Pain Is Love Music Review Average Rating: (3.5 out of 5 stars)   List All Reviews A new age
the cd shows a change in the rap and hip-hop scene by the way artists like ja-rule are adopting new methods of expressing themselves, which in this case is how the tempo of his music is toned down and it still produces the same message and hype you would expect from an artist of ja-rule's caliber. I would advise everyone to go down to a store and buy it.
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Ja Rule new album sound good. It is better than good. Ja Rule did it again to have a #1 album. "Pain Is Love" is the best album that is out now.
Submitted by a reviewer (Putnam, AL, USA)
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pretty good
Not a bad job ja my top tracks are I'm real(murder inc remix), all ways on time,so much pain,and never again. if you're a big fan of ja rule than go out and get this you wno't be sorry
Submitted by whatsupamerica (Searcy, Ar.)
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This cd loaded, and that join with tupac is too hot
Submitted by black_out2334 (Goldsboro, NC, USA)
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Even though Rule sings on most of the songs they're still good quality tracks. I'll give it 5 stars (but I still find it wrong for him to remake Tupac's song Pain)
Submitted by desire-desiree (Orange County, California)
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