Jadakiss

East Coast emcee Jadakiss has been yelling into faces since he was a member of the Ruff Ryders way back when. Slowly but surely, the rapper is making people take notice of his lyrical talents and good taste in producers. Toss in some high-powered guests (Snoop, Mariah Carey), and Kiss of Death is no sophomore slump.

Jadakiss raps with a slight rasp and a perpetually arched eyebrow. He's a master of the fine
lyrical detail, and he knows it. On his second solo album, he crows, "When I work the
chrome, the funeral home/ Gonna double they money this year/Off of my work alone." He's
probably more impressed with the rhyme than with the rhyme's boast. When he's undone,
it's by tinkertoy production on tracks such as the insipid Mariah Carey vehicle "U... More >