Pain Is Love (explicit)

~ Release by Ja Rule (see all versions of this release, 9 available)

Tracklist

1▼Digital Media
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Pain Is Love (skit)
Ja Rule11:18
2Dial M for Murder
Ja Rule13:33
3Livin’ It Up
guest performer:
Case (US R&B vocalist Case Woodard)
performer:
Case (US R&B vocalist Case Woodard) and Ja Rule
samples:
Do I Do by Stevie Wonder
recording of:
Livin’ It Up
writer:
Calvin Broadus (aka Snoop Dogg), Leon Haywood (funk and soul singer, songwriter, record producer), Irving Lorenzo, Jeffrey Atkins, Frederick Knight, Robin Andre Mays (songwriter) and Stevie Wonder
Ja Rule feat. Case3.754:17
4The Inc.
Ja Rule feat. Caddillac Tah, Black Child & Ashanti13:57
5Always on Time
performer:
Ashanti (US R&B singer and musician)
recording of:
Always on Time
writer:
Irving Domingo Lorenzo, Jr., Jeffrey Atkins and Marcus Vest
Ja Rule feat. Ashanti4.354:05
6Down Ass Bitch
Ja Rule feat. Charli Baltimore35:31
7Never Again
Ja Rule14:19
8Worldwide Gangsta
Ja Rule feat. Caddillac Tah, Black Child & Boo & Gotti13:20
9Leo (skit)
Ja Rule12:19
10I’m Real (Murder remix)
assistant engineer:
Jay Goin and J.D. Andrew
engineer:
Milwaukee Buck (Buck 3000)
additional producer:
Eddie DeLena (engineer) (task: protools)
producer:
7, Irv Gotti, Troy Oliver and Cory Rooney
mixer:
Brian Springer and Irv Gotti
bass:
Marty Osterer
background vocals:
Ashanti Douglas (US R&B singer and musician)
lead vocals:
Ja Rule and Jennifer Lopez (American singer and actress aka J.Lo)
remixer:
7 Aurelius and Irv Gotti
performer:
Ja Rule
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Epic Records (a division of Sony Music Entertainment; holding company, not a release label) (in 2001) and Sony Music Entertainment Inc. (company owned by Sony Corporation of America from 1991–2004, operated worldwide except in JP; normally not a release label) (in 2026)
produced for:
Top Dawg Productions, Inc.
recorded at:
Crackhouse Studios in New York, New York, United States and The Record Plant (aka “Record Plant” Los Angeles) in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States
samples:
Mary Jane by Rick James (US vocalist, multi‐instrumentalist, composer & producer)
recording of:
I’m Real (Murder remix)
writer:
Irving Lorenzo, Rick James (US vocalist, multi‐instrumentalist, composer & producer), Jeffrey Atkins, L.E.S. (QB hip hop producer), Jennifer Lopez (American singer and actress aka J.Lo), Marcus Vest, Troy Oliver and Cory Rooney
publisher:
Cori Tiffani Publishing, DJ Irv Publishing, Jobete Music Co., Inc., N‐The‐Water Publishing, Inc. (ASCAP), Slavery Music, Songs of Universal, Inc. (BMI), Sony/ATV Melody, Sony/ATV Songs LLC and WC Music Corp.
quotes music from:
Mary Jane
named after work:
I’m Real
Ja Rule feat. Jennifer Lopez34:13
11Smokin and Ridin
Ja Rule feat. Jody Mack & O-124:51
12X
Ja Rule feat. Missy Elliott & Tweet15:02
13Big Remo (skit)
Ja Rule0:20
14Lost Little Girl
Ja Rule15:01
15So Much Pain
Ja Rule feat. 2Pac25:03
16Pain Is Love
Ja Rule45:04

Credits

Release

purchase for download:https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/id1440916647 [info] (ended)
stream for free:https://open.spotify.com/album/2wMavIKnu6feFNOeQ1hVwf [info] (ended)
https://www.deezer.com/album/287984 [info] (ended)

Release group

associated singles/EPs:Always on Time by Ja Rule feat. Ashanti (US R&B singer and musician)
Livin’ It Up by Ja Rule feat. Case (US R&B vocalist Case Woodard)
part of:Grammy Award: Best Rap Album nominees (number: 2002) (order: 34)
Discogs:https://www.discogs.com/master/104670 [info]
reviews:https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/ja-rule-pain-is-love/ [info]
Wikidata:Q934521 [info]