Ja Rule released "R.U.L.E." On November 9, 2004, and had hits with "Wonderful" (featuring R. Kelly), "New York" (featuring Fat Joe and Jadakiss), and "Caught Up" (featuring Alexi & Lloyd). The album was certified Platinum in the U.S and has gone on to sell 2.4 million copies worldwide making R.U.L.E. a successful return to the music industry after his feud with various other rap artists.
In fall 2005, Ja released his Greatest Hits album, Exodus which included three new songs. Although the album didn't garner massive sales, it was put together just so Ja could fulfill his 7 album commitment to Universal and Def Jam Records. The Sub-Label Murder Inc, in which Irv Gotti And Ja Rule founded collapsed soon after. Ja Rule stepped down as an artist of Def Jam in a mutual agreement late 2005. It is rumoured though that Rule could be back at Universal under the Universal/Motown imprint of the label. Clearly they can't get enough of The Rule.
Ja recently released new tracks from his upcoming mixtape M.I.3 on his myspace page, the mixtape features contributions from other artists such as Ashanti, Lil' Wayne, Nas, Black Child, Caddillac Tah and 0-1 and brand new signees Harry O, Young Life and The Gift. He also is releasing his first single from his upcoming album "Love is Pain" titled "Get Up".
Wherever Ja Rule makes a strong come back only time will tell, but his career for now has seemed to come to it's natural end.
On October 2,2001, Ja Rule released his third album, Pain Is Love. The first single, "Livin' It Up" was a hit which featured guest vocals by R&B singer Case and sampled Stevie Wonder's "Do I Do". The follow up single, "Always On Time", was released in December of the same year and was yet another mega success for the rapper. The song was notable as it introduced the public to singer Ashanti, who performed on the songs chorus. The album also featured the successful remix "I'm Real" with Jennifer Lopez. Finally, the album included the song "So Much Pain", a tribute to Tupac Shakur, and went on to become 5x platinum.
His fourth studio album The Last Temptation was released on November 19,2002. Although the album was fairly successful (it was certified double platinum), it failed to carry the momentum brought by Rule's previous album. Lead singles, "Thug Lovin" (featuring Bobby Brown) and "Mesmerize" (featuring Ashanti) were successful
During early 2000 Ja Rule was also Featured on Irv Gotti's successful album, "Irv Gotti Presents... The Murderers". This album featured other Murder Inc. record label artists as well as DMX, Jay-Z and Busta Rhymes. In 2000 Ja Rule released Rule 3:36, his second album. The first released single was "Between Me & You" featuring Christina Milian, which proved to be a hit and was followed by another successful single, "Put It On Me" featuring Lil' Mo & Vita. The last single, "I Cry" featured Lil Mo. The album received an unexpected level of support, and went on to become 4x platinum.
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