Juvenile - "Ha" appreciation thread

Chief Malik · Jul 23, 2018

One of the most weirdest and revolutionary hip-hop tracks ever. Absolute classic. Mannie fresh is top 5 DoA.

"You really don't want to fuck with them niggas ha
You come up with them niggas ha
You stuck with them niggas ha"
^^^ hit me like a fucking truck. Absolute facts for anybody that grew up in the hood or small towns. Song felt like a lecture from my granddaddy.

The visuals are also classic.

crimzonflame · Jul 23, 2018

Its how I was introduced to him.

Alligatorjandro · Jul 23, 2018

Best Juvenile song

Superpupperbabysassy · Jul 23, 2018

It took me a minute to get used to Juivenile's rapping style of rhyming the same word. But the beat is a monster. Ha.

Neece · Jul 23, 2018

Surprised to see this thread on this site.

But this song is what made me switch from No Limit stanning to Cash Money back in middle school.

Wrapped in Black · Jul 23, 2018

I know Kendrick paid homage to this flow on Element, but did Kanye also do the same on Yikes?

collige · Jul 23, 2018

YOU KNOW WHAT IT IS
TO MAKE SOMETHING OUT OF NOTHING

Superpupperbabysassy said:
It took me a minute to get used to Juivenile's rapping style of rhyming the same word. But the beat is a monster. Ha.

He's not rhyming the same word though, he's rhyming the word before

Deleted member 279 · Jul 23, 2018

Highly influential, still relevant to this day

VCFL · Jul 23, 2018

You think most Era members know this song, ha.

5 star classic album

Conciliator · Jul 23, 2018

this song is totally iconic ha

it also always makes me think of this song too

____ · Jul 23, 2018

Shit STILL gets play in clubs/bars/lounges.

Iconic classic. Album is also made out of flames. Aptly titled.

Aselith · Jul 23, 2018

collige said:
YOU KNOW WHAT IT IS
TO MAKE SOMETHING OUT OF NOTHING

He's not rhyming the same word though, he's rhyming the word before

In the quote in the OP, the word before is the same word too....and the third.......

And the fourth.

What is this dude doing

Barrel Cannon · Jul 23, 2018

I'm a Juve fan and love the track but I was still uncertain this thread was actually about Ha and not something else. Era never stops surprising me.

Benz On Dubz · Jul 23, 2018

You came to Magnolia on New Year's Eve ha
You got stuck and you couldn't leave ha
It was hard for you to breath ha.

You a paper chaser. You got your block on fire...

collige · Jul 23, 2018

Aselith said:
In the quote in the OP, the word before is the same word too....and the third.......

And the fourth.

What is this dude doing

You really don't want to fuck with them niggas ha
You come up with them niggas ha
You stuck with them niggas ha"

Just listen to the song, there's like 4 lines that don't have a corresponding line that rhymes.

Big Baybee · Jul 23, 2018

Listen to his song "Solja Rag" if you want the prequel to "Ha".

Conciliator · Jul 23, 2018

Aselith said:
In the quote in the OP, the word before is the same word too....and the third.......

And the fourth.

What is this dude doing

He's rhyming 'fuck', 'up', and 'stuck.'

Mesoian · Jul 23, 2018

Conciliator said:
this song is totally iconic ha

it also always makes me think of this song too

God this song is almost 20 years old.

I'm so old.

MRYEAH · Jul 23, 2018

I'll never forget how I preferred Smoothe da Hustler Broken language they both came out around the same time
It was the exact same cadence in delivering
But the masses spoke and entire generation now watches as his other hit crowds southern suburban nightclubs outside my perimeter every Saturday night it will get played somewhere ha indeed

aSniperJones · Jul 23, 2018

Iconic flow.

the flow aesthetic has been used repeatedly with all due respect to Juve.

MRYEAH · Jul 23, 2018

Neece · Jul 23, 2018

ITT someone that doesn't get internal rhymes.

CarpeDeezNutz · Jul 23, 2018

collige said:
You really don't want to fuck with them niggas ha
You come up with them niggas ha
You stuck with them niggas ha"

Just listen to the song, there's like 4 lines that don't have a corresponding line that rhymes.

All the times I've listened to this song, I knew what was going on but I never thought about it until you posted this. What a weird feeling.

Saganator · Jul 23, 2018

I didn't like Juvenile when he first came out but I eventually came to appreciate his style.

Kaako · Jul 23, 2018

Haha this was my jam back in 98-00s.
Fucking bless Mannie Fresh for them fiiiiiiiire ass instrumentals. Them songs always stuck in my head cause of them instrumentals. Shit is still fire.

DeaconKnowledge · Jul 23, 2018

I gotta be careful listening to this song because it's catchy as fuck. Guaranteed i'll have it stuck in my head for a week when I hear it.

____ · Jul 23, 2018

Kaako said:
Haha this was my jam back in 98-00s.
Fucking bless Mannie Fresh for them fiiiiiiiire ass instrumentals. Them songs always stuck in my head cause of them instrumentals. Shit is still fire.

Almost every single beat on the album is equal in terms of fire.....

collige · Jul 23, 2018

CarpeDeezNutz said:
All the times I've listened to this song, I knew what was going on but I never thought about it until you posted this. What a weird feeling.

Yeah, the rhyming is the verses is really kind of genius when you start analyzing it because the line lengths are variable and they're often done in groups of three rather than two or four so you end up with a flow that's really unpredictable but still rhymes.

Zok310 · Jul 23, 2018

VCFL said:
You think most Era members know this song, ha.

5 star classic album

.......

I Don't Like · Jul 23, 2018

I remember hearing this song for the first time and going "what the fuck?" but it grew on me ha.

Chief Malik · Jul 23, 2018

Aselith said:
In the quote in the OP, the word before is the same word too....and the third.......

And the fourth.

What is this dude doing

lol

R dott B · Jul 23, 2018

Classic album

Cipherr · Jul 23, 2018

We used to wear that "You switched from Nike to Reebok ha!" line out on the bus to/from school senior year man.

Still the best Cash Money Record of all time. Sorry Carter 3.

CopperPuppy · Jul 23, 2018

Absolute classic

Juve was prolific for the better part of decade

Dropped 6 albums in 8 years

Juve The Great was a personal favorite back in the day

donkey · Jul 23, 2018

This, Back That Azz Up and We On Fire were on repeat in my car for ages back then.

Captjohnboyd · Jul 23, 2018

Growing up in Nola these guys were on my radar for a while (buddy of mine sold them some beats back in the day) but this shit was EVERYWHERE when it dropped. Such a great track. You couldn't get away from Juve back in the day

I also really feel like cash money "got" the streets better than a lot of other guys that have come up since but that could just be the Nola specific hoods

Hollywood Duo · Jul 23, 2018

I need a classic BET 3X play of this.

Strangelove_77 · Jul 23, 2018

This was constantly playing in middle school. There was a cable channel that was all music videos back then and there was always at least one Cash Money video in their rotation.

Hip hop and video games are basically the only things from the late 90s that I remember fondly.

Superpupperbabysassy · Jul 23, 2018

collige said:
YOU KNOW WHAT IT IS
TO MAKE SOMETHING OUT OF NOTHING

He's not rhyming the same word though, he's rhyming the word before

In 1998, that style was unheard of.

GLHFGodbless · Jul 23, 2018

This thread made me go back in watch the Back That Azz Up video. Man you got away with some shit on TV back then.

Still a Gray Area · Jul 23, 2018

3 versions on the same album, each w/ different lyrics. Props to Jay-Z for switching cadence for the 2nd remix.

UltimateHigh · Jul 23, 2018

MRYEAH said:

Man, I haven't thought about this classic in a long, long time.

signal · Jul 23, 2018

donkey show said:
This, Back That Azz Up and We On Fire were on repeat in my car for ages back then.

*ejects that nonsense and inserts*

Double 0 · Jul 23, 2018

This is one of those classics you don't hear a lot in the East Coast, but I love it so much.

I've always wondered about that, Hip Hop classics that tend to only be played in certain regions. There's a bunch of Southern Hip Hop like that, but I'm wondering if there are some other regional classics.

Conciliator · Jul 23, 2018

signal said:
*ejects that nonsense and inserts*

lol, that is such a No Limit-ass album cover

Courier 7 · Jul 23, 2018

Conciliator said:
this song is totally iconic ha

it also always makes me think of this song too

That beat is still fire tho

Still a Gray Area · Jul 23, 2018

Double 0 said:
This is one of those classics you don't hear a lot in the East Coast, but I love it so much.

I've always wondered about that, Hip Hop classics that tend to only be played in certain regions. There's a bunch of Southern Hip Hop like that, but I'm wondering if there are some other regional classics.

I remember this being all over the radio and Video Music Box in NYC, especially the remix featuring Jay-Z. Not everything southern hit though.

Deleted member 15326 · Jul 23, 2018

Bwei

This and U Understand

collige · Jul 23, 2018

Double 0 said:
This is one of those classics you don't hear a lot in the East Coast, but I love it so much.

I've always wondered about that, Hip Hop classics that tend to only be played in certain regions. There's a bunch of Southern Hip Hop like that, but I'm wondering if there are some other regional classics.

I can't really think of any DC or Baltimore specific hip-hop since they had go-go and Baltimore Club respectively:

UraMallas · Jul 23, 2018

20 fucking years. Man, I'm old.

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