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Pop Pantheon

JA RULE, NELLY, LUDACRIS & 50 CENT (with Jordan Sargent)

Pop Pantheon

DJ Louie XIV

Music Commentary, Music, Pop Culture, Pop, Pop Music

4.7630 Ratings

🗓️ 2 March 2023

⏱️ 114 minutes

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Summary

Writer and A&R person Jordan Sargent returns to Pop Pantheon to explore a definitive moment in establishing hip hop’s centrism in mainstream pop music – the early 2000s. Jordan and DJ Louie explore the careers and legacies of a quartet of performers, Ja Rule, Nelly, Ludacris and 50 Cent, who hit their cultural peak during a moment when pop first fully allowed rappers to be mainstream pop stars. They discuss the sound of crossover rap in the 2000s and the biggest hits of the era from ‘In Da Club’ to ‘Hot in Herre,’ ‘Always on Time,’ and ‘One Minute Man’ and then rank all four hip hop stars in the Pop Pantheon.

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0:00.0

Welcome to Pop Pantheon, the podcast where we completely overanalyze all of your favorite pop stars and then rank them in the official Pop Pantheon.

0:17.2

This is your host, DJ Louis X.J. Louis X. And I'm here to to rate, review, and subscribe to Pop Pantheon wherever you get your podcasts.

0:24.6

We will be revealing our favorite rating of the month in next week's episode and sending out a free Pop Pantheon, niche legend, dad hat.

0:33.6

So leave your ratings and reviewings.

0:35.6

Five-star entries only are considered for the contest.

0:40.2

Don't forget to follow us on social media at Pop Pantheon Pod and me at DJ L-O-U-I-E-X-I-V.

0:45.4

If you want to cop your own merch, our Dad Hat, and our Mere Superstar T-shirt are available at

0:50.7

PoppantheonPod.com. And my last piece of housekeeping before we get into this week's episode

0:55.5

is that my queer pop party,

0:58.1

gorgeous, gorgeous. L.A.'s finest

0:59.7

is back on March 25th

1:01.7

at resident in downtown Los Angeles.

1:03.7

If you want to come,

1:04.8

if you're queer, if you're an ally,

1:06.1

if you love pop,

1:06.9

which I would assume encompasses

1:08.0

this entire audience that I'm speaking to

1:09.9

and you are in the broader L.A. area. Please come to Gorgeous, March 25th. The ticket link will be in the show notes of this episode. And remember that if you are a Pop Pantheon, all-access, Patreon subscriber at the icon tier, you have free access to the guest list. So feel free to DM if you'd like to get on the guest list, if you're a Patreon subscriber. And otherwise, see you there. Tickets in this show notes, March 25th, resident downtown

1:32.5

Los Angeles. All right, this week's episode is a return to my favorite format of last year,

1:37.8

which was our Omnibus episodes, episodes where we wrap a bunch of artists together who might not

1:42.6

necessarily qualify for their own Pop Pantheon episodes,

1:45.0

but feel as though they need to be mentioned.

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