"Always on Time" | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Single by Ja Rule featuring Ashanti | ||||||||||||||||||||
from the album Pain Is Love | ||||||||||||||||||||
Released | October 30, 2001 | |||||||||||||||||||
Format | CD single | |||||||||||||||||||
Recorded | Spring 2001 | |||||||||||||||||||
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Producer(s) | Irv Gotti | |||||||||||||||||||
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"Always on Time" is a song by American rapper Ja Rule, featuring American pop and R&B singer Ashanti, and was produced by Irv Gotti. The song was written by 7 Aurelius, Ja Rule and Irving Lorenzo. The song became a worldwide hit and was Ashanti's first Hot 100 number one single and Ja Rule's second.
The song spent two weeks at the top of the Billboard Hot 100 from February 23, 2002. It was followed by another Ja Rule duet, "Ain't It Funny (Murder Remix)" by Jennifer Lopez, featuring Ja Rule.
In 2009, it was named the 33rd most successful song of the 2000s, on the Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart.