Kiss tha Game Goodbye

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Kiss tha Game Goodbye
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Studio album by Jadakiss
Released August 7, 2001
Recorded 2000-2001
Genre Hip Hop
Length 76:50
Label Ruff Ryders, Interscope
Producer DJ Premier, Swizz Beatz, The Neptunes, The Alchemist, Just Blaze, Icepick, Mahogany, Timbaland, Eric mcCaine
Jadakiss chronology
Kiss tha Game Goodbye
(2001)
Kiss of Death
(2004)Kiss of Death2004
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
AllMusic 3/5 stars[1]
The A.V. Club (average)[2]
Entertainment Weekly C[3]
HipHopDX 4/5 stars[4]
RapReviews (6/10)[5]
Robert Christgau (choice cut)[6]
Rolling Stone 3.5/5 stars[7]
Stylus Magazine D−[8]
USA Today 3/4 stars[9]

Kiss tha Game Goodbye is the debut studio album by American rapper Jadakiss. The album was released on August 7, 2001, by Ruff Ryders Entertainment and Interscope Records. The album sold 204,000 units in its first week.[10] It was certified Gold by the RIAA on September 21, 2001.[11] As of June 2004, the album has sold 877,000 copies.[10]

Track listing

No. Title Producer(s) Length
1. "Intro"   Icepick 0:57
2. "Jada's Got a Gun" (featuring E. McCaine & Antoine Stanton) Eric McCaine, Swizz Beatz 4:27
3. "Show Discipline" (featuring Nas) Mahogany 3:39
4. "Knock Yourself Out" (featuring Pharrell) The Neptunes 3:32
5. "We Gonna Make It" (featuring Styles P) The Alchemist 3:33
6. "None of Y'all Betta" (performed by The Lox) DJ Premier 3:37
7. "Stick Yourself (skit)" (featuring Big Will, Cross & Icepick) Grimy, Icepick 1:49
8. "I'm a Gangsta" (featuring Parle) P.K. 3:30
9. "Nasty Girl" (featuring Carl Thomas) Timbaland 3:57
10. "Put Ya Hands Up"   Wayne-O/ Whateva 3:27
11. "Jay Jerkin' (skit)" (performed by The Lox) Icepick, Sheek 2:42
12. "On My Way" (featuring Swizz Beatz) Swizz Beatz 4:21
13. "Cruisin'" (featuring Snoop Dogg) DJ Shok 3:55
14. "Kiss Is Spittin'" (featuring Nate Dogg & Mashonda) Eric McCaine, Swizz Beatz 3:55
15. "Fuckin' Or What?"   Swizz Beatz 3:42
16. "It's Time I See You" (performed by The L.O.X. featuring Drag-On, Eve and Infa-Red & Cross) Just Blaze 4:11
17. "What You Ride For?" (featuring Fiend, 8 Ball & Yung Wun) Fiend 4:30
18. "Uh-Hunh!" (featuring DMX) Mas, Rated R 4:22
19. "Feel Me"   Alchemist 2:00
20. "Keep Ya Head Up" (featuring Ann Nesby) Mahogany, Chucky Thompson 5:27
21. "Charge It (skit)"   Jadakiss 5:06
Sample Credits
  • "Show Discipline" contains a sample of "I've Been Watching You" by Southside Movement.
  • "Put Your Hands Up" contains a sample of "Boogieman" by Jackson 5.
  • "We Gonna Make It" contains a sample of "My Music" by Samuel Jonathan Johnson.
  • "Kiss Is Spittin'" contains a sample of "I Keep Forgettin' (Everytime You're Near)" by Michael McDonald.
  • "Keep Ya Head Up" contains a sample of "Optimistic" by Sounds Of Blackness.
  • "Feel Me" contains a sample of "Noah's Ark" by Kitaro.
  • "It's Time I See You" contains a sample of "Stop In the Name of Love" by Margie Joseph.
  • "Fuckin' or What" contains a sample of "One Man Band (Plays All Alone)" by Monk Higgins.
  • "None of Y'all Betta" contains samples of "Waitin' for the Postman" by Syreeta, "Stick to Ya Gunz" by M.O.P., "Fuck You" by The Lox and "Recognize" by The Lox
  • "It's Time I See You" contains a sample of "Stop in the Name of Love" by Margie Joseph.
  • "Uh-Hunh" contains a sample of "Esperare" by Roberto Yanes and "Breakthrough" by LL Cool J.

Charts

Chart (2001) Peak
position
US Billboard 200[12] 5
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)[13] 2

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  12. Template:BillboardEncode/J/chart?f=305 "Jadakiss – Chart history" Billboard 200 for Jadakiss. Retrieved 2013-09-18.
  13. "Template:BillboardEncode/J/chart?f=333 Jadakiss – Chart history" Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums for Jadakiss. Retrieved September 19, 2013.