| Jadakiss one of the illest lyricist out there the man got skills that are just devistating.... thats my word but yall can see for yall self.! |
| Sometimes when you talk to Jadakiss, it's hard to get a straight answer out of him. Take discussing the casting of the video for his next single, "Knock Yourself Out," for example. "I might not get kids this time," explained the MC, who featured dancing children in his video for "Put Your Hands Up." "I might get midgets, or some fat girls to do the [Harlem] Shake." Produced by the Neptunes, "Knock Yourself Out" features Jada "miseducating them like Lauryn Hill" as he promises one member of his harem a blank check to buy jewelry, among other things. "I just called [the Neptunes] up," Jadakiss recalled nonchalantly of the cut's origins. "I needed them [to appeal to] the bitches and the clubs. It's still grimy, though." The rapper is more serious when discussion turns to his first solo LP, Kiss Tha Game Goodbye. Originally scheduled for a May release, the album was pushed back to August 8 despite the strong buzz created by "Put Your Hands Up," the instant underground classic "We Gon' Make It," and his many guest appearances on R&B tracks. The delay is only helping to build anticipation, Jadakiss explained. "The same thing happened with Big's [Life After Death] and it went seven times platinum," he said. "It's comin' now. The wait is up. I'm happy with it." While he was not able to secure an Eminem appearance as planned ("Jadakiss Finishing Up Solo LP; Joined By Eminem, Nas, Dre"), 'Kiss recently finished a track called "Ugh Huh" with his longtime compatriot DMX, and Nas finally laid down his rhymes for "Show Discipline." "Dirty South Scenario" features Fiend, 8Ball and Yung Wun and was produced by Swizz Beatz. Swizz also supplied the haunting, piano-powered track "Jada's Got a Gun," with a chorus that plays off of Aerosmith's "Janie's Got a Gun." Jadakiss, who spent a few weeks recording some tracks in Los Angeles, also teams up with Snoop Dogg, spreading California love on "Cruisin'." Here, Jada keeps the party going by scoping girls at the Beverly Center before spreading bullets around like chicken pox. "We Gon' Make It," an underground hit last year, featured Jada and his fellow LOX member Styles interchanging lines about street mayhem. The two MCs plan to do a whole album following in the vein of that song. "We sit there and write the whole thing together," Jadakiss said of how the track developed. "He says the parts he wants to say, and I say what I want to say. When we throw the beat on, we make the whole sh-- pop." The song's beat caused controversy earlier this year when Ras Kass threatened to sue the track's producer, the Alchemist, claiming he had been sold the same beat ("Alchemist Responds To Claims Of Double Dealing"). "That controversy is with Alchemist and Ras Kass," Jadakiss said. "He played the beat for me, I paid him his money and I laid my vocals on it. I ain't got nothing to do with that other sh--. I ain't get a call from Ras Kass, no nothing, so I'm good. The album is my only concern for the next six to eight months." Jadakiss will soon be heard alongside Prodigy and Butch Cassidy on "Livin' the Life" from the compilation Violator the Album: V2.0, due July 24 ("Busta Rhymes Leading Violator 2.0 Charge"). 'Kiss is also being rotated on Jermaine Dupri's white-label release "Hate in Your Blood," which also features Freeway. �Shaheem Reid |
| Currently enjoying the heavy buzz he's getting as a guest with Mary J. Blige on DJ Clue's hit single "Back 2 Life 2001" and his own "Put Your Hands Up," the LOX's Jadakiss says he's two weeks away from finishing his solo debut, tentatively titled Kiss Tha Game Goodbye. Trying to meet his scheduled late May release date, Jada is in L.A. recording with a host of hip-hop luminaries, including Eminem, Nas and Dr. Dre. The MC has also recorded with producers Swizz Beatz, the Alchemist and DJ Premier for the LP. "I can't wait to get it out," said Jadakiss, 25. "I done been everywhere, and [everyone is] asking me for it � little white kids, rappers, notorious murderers. The anticipation I've got is crazy. This is my six or seventh project, so I'm a little more focused. "The music I do is for the streets," he continued. "The gunplay, the drugs, I gave 'em that on this album, but I also gave 'em some big hits that I didn't even expect to do. You could hear a lot of maturity." Among the tracks already completed are "Cruisin" with Snoop Dogg and the Timbaland-produced "Good Girls." Timbaland previously worked with Jada on the LOX's hit "Ryde or Die Bitch" last year. As for the status of the Yonkers, New York, trio, Jada says that his album and the planned upcoming solo LPs by rhyme cohorts Sheek and Styles do not signify the group's end. "Nah, they with me now," he said. "They go everywhere with me, it's all love. We're doing another LOX album right now. We're just getting more money to cop more houses. We're playing the game." Speaking of playing games, Jada claims to a victim of industry politics. He blames record executives for the reason why his cameo on R. Kelly's "Fiesta" didn't make the final cut of the singer's 2000 LP, TP-2.com. The MC was surprised when the album hit stores and vocals by newcomers Boo and Gotti had replaced his verse on the song. "This game is full of cowards," he said. "Kelly didn't even know about [me being taken off the song]. You gotta learn how to rub shoulders." Jada, who's already done his fair share of shoulder-rubbing � appearing on songs by everyone from his Ruff Ryder family members Eve and DMX to the likes of the Notorious B.I.G., Big Pun and Mariah Carey � is also considering offers to cameo on the remix of Jay-Z's "Guilty Until Proven Innocent" and an untitled Jermaine Dupri cut. �Shaheem Reid |
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