Jadakiss

A New York emcee down with Ruff Ryders and The Lox, Jadakiss has earned his stripes as a formidable street lyricist through choice verses and numerous standout cameos. On Kiss tha Game Goodbye, his first solo LP, Jada spits bullet-riddled tales over quality production from Alchemist ("We Gonna Make It") and DJ Premier ("None of Y'all Betta").

On his debut solo album, Jadakiss comes across as a ghetto warlord in a land of drugs, guns
and sex - in other words, your typical New York street rapper. The Lox frontman opens
with "Jada's Got a Gun," toasting his collection of firearms like they were children's toys.
Over a juke-joint blues-piano riff on "Fuckin' or What?," he asks a question that usually
follows dinner and a movie; when he does get the girl, on the Neptunes-produc... More >