Jadakiss hopes artists will stop attempting to recreate what’s already been done in an effort to achieve the same level of success.
On a new episode of Carmelo Anthony’s 7PM in Brooklyn show published on Thursday (February 20), Kiss emphasized the importance of originality in what he says has become a diluted game – using Kendrick Lamar‘s recent run as an example.
“It’s all about balance. Some dudes can rap and sing. Some dudes should just rap,” he said. “Some dudes should do some other shit. But rap is for rapping. Start doing a bunch of everything else, it’s getting away from the elements and it’s diminishing the culture. We don’t need to hear 53 more ‘Not Like Us’es.
“Just because that got him five Grammys and Super Bowl, this and that – when you go to create, don’t try to make that. We do have a lot of people that once one thing hits, everybody’s calling the producer [to get a similar beat]. And [it] never works.”
The convo begins around the 1:05:29 mark below.
In other news, Jadakiss and 50 Cent may soon be teaming up to launch the first brick-and-mortar location for Kiss’ coffee line.
In an Instagram post in December 2, 50 shared the logo for Kiss Café, which the LOX rapper launched in 2022 alongside his father and his oldest son.
“It’s a go @jadakiss SHREVEPORT is ready let’s get it,” 50 wrote, referencing the Louisiana city he recently made home to his G-Unit Film & TV Studios.
In the comments, Jada seemed to imply things weren’t totally in motion yet, however, as he wrote, “@50cent i’m waiting on YOU.”
For now, Kiss Café coffee and merch is available online and in select locations, but Kiss’ father Bob Phillips has expressed his desire to open up a physical location in the near future.
50 Cent has purchased a ton of land and property in Shreveport as he expands his G-Unit Film & TV brand, so the inclusion of a coffee shop from his peer (and former enemy!) would make perfect sense.
Over the summer, 50 actually revisited the beef with Kiss while speaking to The Hollywood Reporter.
Asked if he regrets anything over the course of his lengthy and controversial career, the “In Da Club” legend replied: “Look, I think we wasted too much time arguing, me and Fat Joe, me and Cam’ron. There’s other guys like Jada[kiss], we cleared it up easier.
“But we wasted time because it was just the competitive nature. It wasn’t like we crossed paths and had real heat for each other.”
More like we don’t need 53 Future and Young Thug ripoffs
Be original
It’s true respect to them.in their own right but it’s crazy hearing these young guys say Future is the goat and imitate him look at Yeat and Carti
not like us…OVERRATED ASS JUICE and ps: FUCK DRAKE!!!➖💥👈
it’s not a popular opinion til someone popular states it ~Kennyken
We need more musicians back in the game. A lot of the rappers back in the day had music training and thus understood how to put a song together from playing in bands or whatever background they had. Now, you have these crack babies picking up the mike and getting on with this wack shit that’s validated by social media.
Mic* but yeah agree
coming from the guy who has a history of having the go to producers of the time (Scott Storch, Neptunes, Timbaland, DJ Premier, Kanye, Swizz and more) all give him their generic “type beats” that never equated to hits.
His biggest hit came from an unknown at the time Elite (ghost produced for Havoc) “Why”
That “why” track was guh-bage 🗑️ and Kiss lyrics showed his stupidity “why Bush knocked down the towers” when everyone knows it was the small hats.
It’s true. Kiss go link with Ye that’s who drives the sound.
Lol, yes we do.
When someone makes something hot except 1 million black people to copy everything they’re doing . Y’all are copy cats not originals anymore..
Hip hop sound used to change every one and a half to two years. Just think of how different Pac’s last three albums sounded just because he knew he had to reinvent himself. That G-Funk shit was played out by the end of 1994, which is why Snoop’s second album didn’t do as well. Dudes from the late 80s to early 90s were basically considered old school rappers by their second or third album because the game changed at the speed of light. Juxtapose that with today where dudes are making the same album like Drake for 15 years straight or putting out this watered down shit that passes for good music. It all starts with a lot of them have no training in how to make music and thus have no concept of how to make good songs.
Dope post.
Jadakiss dried up and hatin… 🥱
We don’t need anymore cat-in-the-hat, autotune mumbling or twerking, bruh. Keep your eye on the ball and stop sneak dissing.