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词条 Pain Is Love
释义

  1. Critical reception

  2. Commercial performance

  3. Track listing

  4. Charts

     Weekly charts  Year-end charts 

  5. Certifications

  6. See also

  7. References

{{Infobox album
| name = Pain Is Love
| type = studio
| artist = Ja Rule
| cover = Ja-rule-pain-is-love.jpg
| alt = An image of a shirtless man wearing a white doo rag with the album title tattooed on his left chest breast, standing behind a red brick wall.
| released = October 2, 2001
| recorded =
| studio =
| genre = Hip hop, R&B
| length = 62:07
| label = {{hlist|Murder Inc.|Def Jam|}}
| producer = Irv Gotti, Lil' Rob, Ty Fyffe
| prev_title = 36
| prev_year = 2000
| next_title = The Last Temptation
| next_year = 2002
| misc = {{Singles
| name = Pain Is Love
| type = studio
| single1 = Livin' It Up
| single1date = July 3, 2001
| single2 = Always on Time
| single2date = October 30, 2001
| single3 = Down Ass Bitch
| single3date = March 19, 2002
}}
}}

Pain Is Love is the third studio album by American rapper Ja Rule. Produced by Irv Gotti, it was released on October 2, 2001, by Murder Inc. Records, Def Jam Recordings. The album received a mixed reception from critics. Pain Is Love debuted at number one on the Billboard 200 and was supported by four singles: "Livin' It Up", "I'm Real (Murder Remix)", "Always on Time" and "Down Ass Bitch". It was certified triple-platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for selling over 3,000,000 copies. The sequel of the album, titled Pain Is Love 2 (2012).

Critical reception

{{Album ratings
| MC = 59/100[1]
| rev1 = AllMusic
| rev1Score = {{Rating|4|5}}[2]
| rev2 = The A.V. Club
| rev2Score = Unfavorable[3]
| rev3 = Entertainment Weekly
| rev3Score = B+[4]
| rev4 = HipHopDX
| rev4Score = {{Rating|4|5}}[5]
| rev5 = Los Angeles Times
| rev5Score = {{Rating|2.5|4}}[6]
| rev6 = PopMatters
| rev6Score = Mixed[7]
| rev7 = RapReviews
| rev7Score = 7.5/10[8]
| rev8 = Rolling Stone
| rev8Score = {{Rating|3|5}}[9]
}}Pain is Love received generally mixed reviews from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 59, based on 10 reviews.[1]AllMusic's Jason Birchmeier praised the album for fine-tuning the formula set by 36 of having R&B crossover singles and hardcore rap tracks to balance out the whole record.[2] An editor from HipHopDX said that hardcore tracks like "Dial M for Murder" and "Worldwide Gangsta" felt like forced attempts to bring back Ja's thug persona, but praised the album for having tracks that contain ear-grabbing lines and good beats, saying that "Pain Is Love is another positive establishment that will indeed create more popularity and more fan acknowledgement for Ja Rule."[5]

Steve 'Flash' Juon of RapReviews found Ja's singing voice on some tracks intolerable but gave the album credit for containing tracks that display Irv Gotti's producing talents and Ja's adequate lyricism, concluding that, "Ja Rule will live up to the latter half of his name and dominate the charts for the latter half of 2001 with an album that is undoubtedly his most solid release to date."[8]

Soren Baker of the Los Angeles Times gave credit to the singles "Livin' It Up" and "I'm Real" for being the album's strong points but criticized tracks like "The Inc" and "Worldwide Gangsta" for being bland and less effective, saying they "recycle hard-core themes without adding any clever phrasings or creative beat work to compensate for their ordinariness."[6] Nathan Rabin of The A.V. Club criticized the album for lacking substance to go with the catchy pop hooks and Ja for making what they perceive as failed attempts to copy 2Pac, specifically on the penultimate feature track "So Much Pain" concluding that "even at less than his best, 2Pac still conveys a sense of urgency and purpose that illustrates incontestably the huge chasm separating the real deal from a canny imitation."[3]

Commercial performance

Pain is Love spawned two number one hit singles, debuted at number one on the US Billboard 200 chart with sales of 361,000 copies in the first week and was certified multi-platinum in the United States.{{Certification Cite Ref|region=United States|type=album|title=Pain Is Love|artist=Ja Rule}} It also received a Grammy nomination for Best Rap Album in 2002 but lost to OutKast's Stankonia.[10]

Track listing

{{Track listing
| extra_column = Producer(s)
| title1 = Pain Is Love (skit)
| note1 =
| extra1 =
| length1 = 1:18
| title2 = Dial M for Murder
| note2 =
| extra2 = Irv Gotti, Ty Fyffe
| length2 = 3:32
| title3 = Livin' It Up
| note3 = featuring Case
| extra3 = Irv Gotti, Lil' Rob
| length3 = 4:17
| title4 = The Inc.
| note4 = featuring Caddillac Tah, Black Child & Ashanti
| extra4 = Irv Gotti
| length4 = 3:56
| title5 = Always on Time
| note5 = featuring Ashanti
| extra5 = Irv Gotti
| length5 = 4:05
| title6 = Down Ass Bitch
| note6 = featuring Charli Baltimore
| extra6 = Irv Gotti, 7 Aurelius
| length6 = 5:31
| title7 = Never Again
| note7 =
| extra7 = Irv Gotti
| length7 = 4:19
| title8 = Worldwide Gangsta
| note8 = featuring Caddillac Tah, Black Child, Boo & Gotti
| extra8 = Irv Gotti
| length8 = 3:20
| title9 = Leo (skit)
| note9 =
| extra9 =
| length9 = 2:18
| title10 = I'm Real (Murder Remix)
| note10 = featuring Jennifer Lopez
| extra10 = Irv Gotti
| length10 = 4:12
| title11 = Smokin' & Ridin'
| note11 = featuring Jodie Mack & O-1
| extra11 = Irv Gotti
| length11 = 4:51
| title12 = X
| note12 = featuring Missy Elliott & Tweet
| extra12 = Irv Gotti
| length12 = 5:02
| title13 = Big Remo (skit)
| note13 =
| extra13 =
| length13 = 0:19
| title14 = Lost Little Girl
| note14 =
| extra14 = Irv Gotti
| length14 = 5:00
| title15 = So Much Pain
| note15 = featuring 2Pac
| extra15 = Irv Gotti, Lil' Rob
| length15 = 5:03
| title16 = Pain Is Love
| note16 =
| extra16 = Irv Gotti
| length16 = 5:04
}}
Sample credits

"Dial M for Murder"

  • "Castle Walls" performed by Styx

"Down Ass Bitch"

  • "Sweet Sticky Thing" performed by Ohio Players

"Livin' It Up"

  • "Do I Do" performed by Stevie Wonder

"Pain Is Love"

  • "Mind Playing Tricks on Me" performed by Geto Boys

"Pain Is Love (Skit)"

  • "King of Sorrow" performed by Sade

"So Much Pain"

  • "Pain" performed by 2Pac featuring Stretch

Charts

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Weekly charts

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Chart (2001-02)Peak
position
Canadian Albums Chart3
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Year-end charts

Chart (2001)Position
US Billboard 200[11]82
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums[12]49
Chart (2002)Position
Australian Album Chart[13]30
US Billboard 200[14]20
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums[15]6
{{col-end}}

Certifications

{{Certification Table Top}}{{Certification Table Entry|region=Canada|type=album|award=Platinum|number=3|artist=Ja Rule|title=Pain Is Love|certyear=2002|relyear=2001|relmonth=10|certmonth=07}}{{Certification Table Entry|region=New Zealand|title=Pain Is Love Show|artist=Ja Rule|type=album|award=Platinum|recent=website|id=1168|date=June 18, 2017|accessdate=June 18, 2017}}{{Certification Table Entry|region=United Kingdom|type=album|award=Platinum|artist=Ja Rule|title=Pain Is Love|certyear=2002|relyear=2001}}{{Certification Table Entry|region=United States|type=album|award=Platinum|number=3|artist=Ja Rule|title=Pain Is Love|certyear=2002|relyear=2001}}{{Certification Table Bottom}}

See also

  • List of Billboard 200 number-one albums of 2001
  • List of Billboard number-one R&B albums of 2001
  • List of number-one albums from the 2000s (New Zealand)

References

1. ^1 {{cite web|url=http://www.metacritic.com/music/pain-is-love/ja-rule|title=Reviews for Pain Is Love by Ja Rule|work=Metacritic|publisher=CBS Interactive|accessdate=May 6, 2015}}
2. ^1 {{cite web|url={{Allmusic|class=album|id=mw0000591378|pure_url=yes}}|title=Pain Is Love - Ja Rule|last=Birchmeier|first=Jason|publisher=AllMusic|accessdate=June 17, 2011}}
3. ^1 {{cite web|url=https://www.avclub.com/review/ja-rule-empain-is-loveem-18465|title=Review: Ja Rule: Pain Is Love|last=Rabin|first=Nathan|work=The A.V. Club|publisher=The Onion|date=October 3, 2001|accessdate=May 7, 2015}}
4. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.ew.com/article/2001/10/08/pain-love|work=Entertainment Weekly|publisher=Time Inc.|title=Pain Is Love|last=Browne|first=David|date=October 8, 2001|accessdate=May 6, 2015}}
5. ^1 {{cite web|url=https://www.hiphopdx.com/index/album-reviews/id.101/title.ja-rule-pain-is-love|title=Ja Rule - Pain Is Love|author=DX Staff|work=HipHopDX|publisher=Cheri Media Group|date=October 12, 2001|accessdate=May 6, 2015}}
6. ^1 {{cite news|url=http://articles.latimes.com/2001/sep/30/entertainment/ca-51525|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|publisher=Tribune Company|title=Musicians Craft Sounds That Transcend Pop|date=September 30, 2001|accessdate=June 17, 2011}}
7. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.popmatters.com/review/jarule-pain/|title=Ja Rule: Pain Is Love|last=Robinson|first=Wendy|work=PopMatters|accessdate=May 7, 2015}}
8. ^1 {{cite web|url=https://www.rapreviews.com/archive/2001_10F_painlove.html|title=Feature for October 2, 2001 - Ja Rule's "Pain Is Love"|last=Juon|first=Steve 'Flash'|publisher=RapReviews|date=October 2, 2001|accessdate=June 17, 2011}}
9. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/recordings/review.asp?aid=2043200&cf=8259|title=Recordings: Ja Rule, Pain Is Love|last=Sprague|first=David|work=Rolling Stone|publisher=Wenner Media|date=October 2, 2001|accessdate=June 17, 2011|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20011031191436/http://www.rollingstone.com/recordings/review.asp?aid=2043200&cf=8259|archivedate=October 31, 2001}}
10. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.mtv.com/bands/g/news_feature_grammy02/grammy02frame.html|title=2002 GRAMMY WINNERS|work=MTV News|accessdate=June 25, 2015}}
11. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2001/top-billboard-200-albums|title=Year-End Charts: Billboard 200 Albums - 2001|work=Billboard|publisher=Prometheus Global Media|accessdate=May 6, 2015}}
12. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2001/top-r-b-hip-hop-albums|title=Year-End Charts: R&B/Hip-Hop Albums - 2001|work=Billboard|publisher=Prometheus Global Media|accessdate=May 6, 2015}}
13. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.aria.com.au/pages/aria-charts-end-of-year-charts-top-100-albums-2002.htm|title=ARIA Charts - End of Year Charts - Top 100 Albums 2002|publisher=ARIA|accessdate=June 14, 2015}}
14. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2002/top-billboard-200-albums|title=Year-End Charts: Billboard 200 Albums - 2002|work=Billboard|publisher=Prometheus Global Media|accessdate=May 6, 2015}}
15. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2001/top-r-b-hip-hop-albums|title=Year-End Charts: R&B/Hip-Hop Albums - 2002|work=Billboard|publisher=Prometheus Global Media|accessdate=May 6, 2015}}
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