Good look for A Smith to bring a pro for this convo

Perfect Answer "can't hide behind diamonds and ferraris"

Who remembers Jadakiss vs Beanie segal? 🔥

The Lox did a whole album dissing No Diddy 😂

KRS 1- The bridge is over was my first battle heard. KRS 1 killed that shit. Jada is in my top 5. Us Baltimore guys have the upmost respect for Jada and the Lox

I think the harsh reality is hip hop is just not competitive anymore. It's shows in the music, it shows in the artists. This generation didn't grow up watching hip hop be competitive. It's just different now

Hell yeah!!!! One of the hardest rapper bar for bar

"Your raps are pre school you made a lot of money now be cool Before I swell up your lips like sea food."🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 Jada dissing 50 CENT My era can't be matched we had the best of the best

That’s the problem with rap beef’s today. The drill genre convoluted the rap game. We loved creativity and originality now the violence dominates the internet and rap😢

One of the most consistent, underrated, cultural pillars in Hip Hop. Jada the Tim Duncan of the rap game. Flawless fundamentals, true to the game, a dog and stays out the way. His name is automatically respected and when you look back at the resume, you cant deny the greatness. Classic albums, classic verses, love on every coast. Battles w 50, Beans, multiple time Verzuz winner and his authenticity/integrity has never been questioned. Kids, do your homework. Hes one of them.

Jadakiss and styles p. destroyed 50 cent with the three of the most underrated diss tracks checkmate, ms. Jackson and Problem Child

See, Jada is an MC, and that's my favorite MC hands down.. And that's the difference between nowadays Music too many rappers and not enough MCs..

realest guest hes ever had on the show, I've never in my life heard a bad kiss verse

The money and social media made everyone soft. Back in the day you had to prove yourself, you had to hustle to get on and you had to compete against top talent. It's like the NBA yesterday vs today, everybody is paid now and too friendly. It's like a well-fed cat, it no longer needs to hunt.

KRS 1 said he had a battle rap for anyone who was on top, just in case... 😂😂😂 Preparation for him was different. "Victory loves Preparation"

There will be forever: ONE MIC! Battles are necessary!

Jadakiss is the truth ❤

Jay-Z at Summer Jam was the first internet troll 😂

I think J Cole sees kendrick as a real friend. I dont think he was affraid.

Mock neck w/ the track suit is diabolical

1.NAS 1A. Jadakiss

They're not REAL fans of hip hop and RAP if they don't care about lyrics. Period. That's the problem with today's fans. They are pop fans and listeners making these rappers famous. They don't understand RAP music in it's entirety like fans 30 years ago.

Great interview .. salute to these gentlemen moving the culture responsibly forward! Let’s go🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

I love you Jadakiss my favorite rapper of all time ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

Rap beef changed after 2pac made Hit em up

"Kiss Of Death"......very underrated track! Steven A. gave this man his flowers!

I love interview interviews like this.

I'll never give Drake any kind of lyrical props until he gets back in the ring and spars with Pusha T.

“no im not cocky, im confident/ so when you tell me im the best, its a compliment” top5doa

Great interview!

😂😂😂 why is we playing golf 🔥💯

Jada has lived through seeing big and pac and also competing against beans and state prop. Listen to what he says about this.

That sweatsuit is 🔥

Much respect for your contribution to the game, Jadakiss ✊🏾.

Fire jadakiss’s stylist for that sweatsuit

We definitely need that energy

Boy did this convo age well

Drake is a pop star not a rapper or hip hop 😂

Nice concept

Cole failed us all

Mean while a rapper named king Los been keeping hip hop alive giving us crazy lyrics and freestyles and battling the best battle rappers on url and rare breed ent. Like Jada said people really dont want to hear that anymore and they just in tune because it’s Kendrick, Cole and Drake.

Everybody too rich to battle

We really wanted a collaboration project for years

Back in the day you really had to prove yourself. I remember hearing MC and DJ battles on the radio Live. Finger glued to the record button. Not to mention, artists used to frequent the clubs and battle on the spot along with the Breaking crews. There was no freebies! And what's crazy there was no internet, yet you heard about the battles immediately.

Stephen A is a solid dude! And Kiss! Have the convo ppl want to here! Don’t throw another under the 🚌 💯

It’s definitely different now because ppl dnt look into battles , it’s like these young dudes are crazy. If you diss them they retaliate in violence, because they take things personal

*Animal is still one of the best rap disses of all time 👍 50 didn't know what to do with that at all* 😂

Stephen A killing it with Jadakiss! I’m starting to like this new platform of yours cause he real life can call the shots and bring guess like Kiss on and talk about WHATEVER!

Real talk ... hip hop music became pop music

Hip hop needed these recent battles.

Tuning in

I love Jada because he was a huge artist that never got involved in the industry

Stephen A. , I’m gonna need you to take that mock turtleneck off with a sweatsuit bro.😢😂😂

1:33 #KrushGroove Word Up. Waddup Big Homie #Jadakiss - Good Look U Roc N Wif #StephenASmith ~ Queen Chyna Doll 💛💛💛

I remember how Piggy Bank dropped and the next morning Hot 97 was playing Checkmate. Jadakiss was like, "yo I was just chilling and some kid was like 'Yo Kiss what you gonna say back to 50?' and I was like what?, they played it and I ran straight to the studio."

Jada vs Beans🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

Amen🙏🏼

I love this topic.. S.A. knows.his HIP-HOP.

Is this the whole interview??

Big up Steven A for dope Jada interview

Shout out to Jadakiss,,Steel #SHARPEN Steel

This is probably the best thing that happened to us 50 really helped at the time

My point exactly what's wrong with competition if it's just on wax Jordan was cool with Barkley with a few other players but when it's time to compete it's time to compete

Sure Knight changed the whole hip hop/rap culture.

Like nba all the players are to friendly not to kill but we as the fans love to see the competition like when amare staudemire dunked on shane battier was gonna pick him up then moved his hand, when Shawn keep used to dunk and point on u ish like that....

Wow 👀💎🎬

If cole comes back and retracks his apology that will blow hip hop in the right direction cause i know if he comes back with some serious lyricalness addressing his apology and then goes in right at all them dudes to prove why he suppose to be here! I think Cole might have something ready incase it goes that route i just mentioned... HIP HOP needs this friendly comp to get us back to the roots of rap battles.

616-20 Kiss getting his thoughts together is HILARIOUS! 😂💪🏾🐐

i think a call was made to j cole saying hey, apologize and stay out of it. were gonna say something but don't respond. that's how em used to do it. he would have royce call the person to squash it, than em would respond to make it seem like the other person was scared. that's what i think happened.

SA and JADA great convo🗽🔥🔥

Anybody know what brand the hoodie jadakiss is wearing??? 🙏

The moment rap went from competitive to friendly: 50 cent: We got beef Diddy: I want your beef

Rap used to be a sport. They called it "the game" for a reason. The music was better because of it!

“Why Jadakiss as hard as it gets?!”

I wanna have no meeting and I don't wanna talk to Russell 😂😂😂

Is part 2 the group gonna sit down.

Battlerap is definitely great for the culture. We definitely need more of that like back in the day. Display your skillz as an MC. Keep it on wax!!!!

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Still one of the hardest bar for bar... The Kiss of Death

no lies told from Jada

Preach Jadakiss! show your skills!

Great point 10:11🔥🔥🔥

Great Interview with#Facts

What we forget is these guys were gangstas and they were really beefing. It didn’t stay on wax. People got hurt behind some of these rap beefs. As a fan, I want a good battle. As a human, I don’t want to see fake beefs that may lead to serious consequences. I see clearly that they have skills.

Jadakiss Checkmate is the best diss of all time. Nas, Cube, Em, all up there but Checkmate is S Tier.

Then you have these young kids getting upset over these "beefs" and question why it has to be like this.

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Love Kiss. DBlock General

It's deeper than Rap...

Show and prove. a thou wow percent!

We need rap battles in hip hop

Did jada just call Cole the most lyrical one of em 3??? I mean jadakiss is a legend and I respect that

Rap is not competitive anymore because it's much easier to make money from it now and to create a platform for yourself whereby you can be seen. Back in the day rappers had to put out mixtapes and battle a plethora of other talented emcees with unique styles just to get record deals . Rappers had to get the respect of the streets before an A&R looked in their direction and they were judged on skill more than anything else. In the 90s when the G-Funk era rose to prominence Hip Hop started to slowly stray away from pure lyricism which New York prided itself on and sound ,song construct and themes began to take priority. This allowed for rappers like Tupac to overshadow so many because while not being the most lyrical , Tupac's song making ability was much greater than alot of his peers and this made hip hop more digestible and accessible to mainstream America. Ofc New York and the east coast had to adapt to this and rappers like Biggie and Jay Z and Nas were able to balance lyricism with song making ability. Later artistes like Jah Rule ,50 cent , Nelly would prove that the ability to make good songs that people could feel or vybe to would outweigh lyricism but alot of New York emcees continued to fight against this and kept lyrically beefing and battling one another to prove who is the best and that was no longer a priority for record labels who saw how much money Hip Hop could make once incorporated into Pop Culture. Dumbed down lyrics ,catchy hooks and catchy beats became the most important thing and Atlanta became the centre of attention in Hip Hop as a result. This has only increased as time has gone by and old traditions of what it was to be an emcee is no longer valued and many have lost the art. It's all about money and the soul of it has been taken away.

So basically jadakiss said talking down the next man on wax (which means they don’t mean what they say they will do) is what the culture (black community) needs. Instead of linking up for the culture

Jada called it... Jada the best out the Lox and HE needs his flowers himself...

JADA SHOWED NO MERCY FOR FAB IN THAT VERSUZ 😂😂😂😂😂😂

I’m grateful to hear that The Lox function as each other’s brothers. It’s not just one leader, they all have a responsibility to play. Salute to Jada!🎤🎤🎤🎤🎤🔥 As far as J. Cole , I like that he stood on his own and humbled himself for reasons we may not understand. I can assume it wasn’t for lack of battle skills, because he’s definitely nice.🎤 So- I only came up with this, it’s a possibility he thought it could lead to the streets. Who gets in this industry to have a real fight? That just doesn’t make sense to me. So perhaps, that’s the reason he chose not to battle. Remember , words have power, and some people have too much pride. Although, I still believe in lyrical battles. None of us can guarantee that these lyrical battles won’t lead to bloodshed without it being understood by the artist and audience. With that said, I could see this as gaslighting, which could cause serious feuding that could lead to people getting hurt. (Not Worth It!) Let’s make sure it stays in the studio and then have the lyrical battles.🎤🫡

Lol 😂.. I felt the spirit of jeffery osbourne. When he said, Where we went wrong?

SHOT OUT TO JADA ALL LOVE DROM CAMDEN NJ

I think the issue is it does not matter who is the best lyricist It's who has the most hype. Case and point, Checkmate by Jadakiss Body 50 cent. No one in my high school played that track. We were bumping The Massacre.