Jadakiss Quotes

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Jadakiss

Profession : Rapper

Birth : May 27, 1975

I give you everything you want as an artist, for so long. Consistency. Wordplay. Wittiness. You can check the checklist. Only thing I don't check off on is album sales.

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It's a business, when you understand what's going on in America, you'll know that the way they portrayed 9/11 to happen, is definitely not what happened. Do I know what happened? Definitely not.

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I had one of those tape players with a strap on it and the orange button - the old-school recorder - and I'd record songs by Roxanne Shante, Run-D.M.C. and Biz, Markie. I'd try and learn the words. I've been rhyming since I was a young fella. I used to win talent shows by break dancing and rapping.

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My mom had wild records, like Luther Vandross, Michael Jackson and the Whispers. But the first record I bought was 'Rapper's Delight.' It had a sky-blue cover with a rainbow. My aunt gave me money to get it, and I played it over and over on the record player.

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I don't care if I get nominated for fifty-eight Grammys, the day I can't go back to where I came from, I quit.

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The music I do is for the streets.

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A limo is corny. It's extra long. You feel stiff when you get out.

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To be critically acclaimed, to get a Grammy, to be on MTV, you gotta talk about current events. You gotta talk about controversy, just stuff people want to hear. At the same time, you gotta get a message across.

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Creating the perfect lyrics is not a process, it's just something that comes in your brain.

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When I create lyrics, I just go off of energy. Sometimes I write down my lyrics on my phone and most times I remember the lyrics in my head.

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You have to give the crowd energy to feed off of and they will give it back. If you go on stage acting sluggish and nonchalant, that's how the crowd will be. But if you let them know you appreciate them and do call and response, you'll get a good reception.

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The art of remaining consistent is keeping your ear to the street and the new music. Embracing the culture for what it is. You can't get a nice heat wave and then forget about the people. The more you put out music, the more strength and power you possess.

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Controversy sells, politics sell, all that type of stuff sells.

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I think every artist, producer, believe's that it's going to happen at some point and time. You never want to just hear that you not gonna make it.

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Videos is the worst. Let me make it clear: Videos suck. It sucks making a video. It's happy when it's over and edited and online, but making it, it ain't really too much fun.

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Kids give you their most honest opinion and that's a beautiful thing. They don't care about hurting your feelings, they're just getting their point across whether they like it or not and sometimes you need that.

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It's definitely a beautiful thing to have a little trademark or something that sets you out from everybody else.

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If you've got the power of the streets and the people, anything can happen and good music will always come to the top.

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You can't mix your personal feelings up with your job or it'll hurt you in the long run.

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