6 Feet Underground

"6 Feet Underground" is the third single of Ja Rule's second studio album Rule 3:36. The song peaked #53 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs and #25 on the Hot Rap Songs chart. In this song, Ja Rule raps about confronting his demons and his enemies who would love to see him six feet underground. Rule 3:36 was released on October 10, 2000. It debuted at number 1 on the Billboard 200 with 276,000 copies in its first week, making it Ja Rule's first number one album. The album would be certified triple platinum by the RIAA.[9]

Music Video

The music video for "Six Feet Underground" was released in 2000. What separated this video from others like it was that it was done completely in circa 2000 video game style animation. The plot is simple. The main character, presumably Ja Rule, is approached by ominous shadowy figures with red eyes at night. Like a true video game hero, a long samurai sword manifests into his hand, and he slays the malicious figures. Intermittently, he is shown posing on a park bench as two small devils drinking beer dance around him. In the next scene, Ja Rule stands a top of the Apollo Theater, search lights announcing his presence as he performs.

In the next scene, he is lounging in the back of a blue Cadillac, chauffeured by the same two small devils. The car comes to a stop and a police officer approaches the vehicle, flapping his arms as he rants and raves at Ja Rule. Slowly, his head and body start to become misshapen and he begins to turn the same color as the small devils driving the car. The Cadillac suddenly drives away and the police officer spontaneously combusts in an explosion of red gore.

Ja Rule returns to the dark park from the beginning of the video and sure enough, the shadowy figures do as well, this time too scared to confront him, knowing their ultimate fate. Ja Rule dances back to the park bench, sits down, and disappears in a brilliant flash of light.

External links

• Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics