Jadakiss Says It Was Harder to Get Into the Rap Game When He Came In

Speaking on some of his most memorable lyrics from the past during his interview with XXL, Jadakiss said that in the past you had to be lyrical to even have a chance of getting in the rap game. He says now, you can just swag your way to the winning circle. Yea, that's very true. There are a lot of rappers that are more swag and image than actual skills on the mic these days. 







Check out how Jadakiss broke this down.

"Back then—not to take [away] nothing that’s going on now—you had to have lyrics to even get into a certain realm. To get Big’s attention and be recognized by [Jay Z], to Nas, to Wu[-Tang Clan], to Redman, Eminem, all of these dudes. Snoop [Dogg]. You had to have some lyrics. You can swag your way into the winner’s circle now. It’s nothing wrong with that. I am glad I came into the game at the time that I came in. It made me respect it more. If you didn’t have no firepower, they wouldn’t let you in at the time when we got in the show." 








I remember when I would go into a CD store, and just go through all the CD's looking for any rapper's album Jadakiss is featured on, and buy the CD just for the Jadakiss guest appearance. I am talking of the late 90s/early 2000s, when music wasn't all over the Internet as it is now. I always looked for that Jada feature like it was a gem stone, and I was never let down at any time. I tried to put some of my friends unto Jada's music, but they were stuck on the more popular rappers. Then they heard Eminem name Jadakiss amongst the greatest, along with Jay, Pac, Biggie, and Nas., on Till I Collapse (Eminem Show- 2002), and they were like..."Hmm! Kay used to always talk about how Ill that dude was."