Jadakiss was the pen behind Diddy’s traces on some traditional tracks however The Lox member says it wasn’t a job he loved in any respect.
On Tuesday (Sept. 20), Kiss was visitor on Smoke DZA’a The Private Get together Podcast. In the course of the chat amongst colleagues, DZA remarked about Jadakiss’ potential as a ghostwriter for different artists when the Yonkers, N.Y. native revealed it is the reward and curse.
“I actually hated it,” Jadakiss admitted on the 38:38-mark of the interview. “Puff, after giving him ‘[All About] the Benjamins,’ ‘Señorita,’ ‘Victory,’ a pair remixes, I used to really feel prefer it was taking away an excessive amount of from me. I ain’t know how you can morph. It ain’t like he a nigga that I knew my entire life that I can simply scribe him how I feel he must be. I ain’t really feel like I might write the bars for myself and provides it to him, as a result of I ain’t really feel prefer it match him. He had an excessive amount of cash. I used to be nonetheless further grungy. My thoughts could not consider that a lot Versace or being on that kind of economic degree.”
He continued, “It used to battle with me writing for him. However he simply used to inform me, ‘Give me the shit that you’d say for you.’ I am like, ‘It ain’t gon’ match for you.’ He used to know how you can make it work.”
Jadakiss is one among many rappers who’ve made a facet hustle penning rhymes for different artists. Following The Lox and Dipset’s now-famous Verzuz hits battle final yr, Diddy congratulated Jadakiss’ stellar efficiency and recommended Kiss for penning his “Benjamins” lyrics.
