By the age of twelve, Jadakiss was a freestyle rapper, engaging in competitions. He and some of his friends were given the opportunity to compete in the "Jack the Rapper Competition" in Florida, where Jadakiss was noticed for his battle rap ability. He met Dee and Wah of the Ruff Ryders (then a management company), and began hanging out and battling outside of the Ruff Ryders' studio where artists like DMX made their first hits.
Jadakiss founded the rap group the Warlox in 1994 with friends Jamaal, Sheek Louch, and Styles P. They later signed to Bad Boy Entertainment, where it was suggested that they change their name simply to "The LOX", which came to stand for Living Off eXperience. They made their first appearance on The Main Source's 1994 LP "Fuck What You Think" on the track "Set it Off".
The group, especially Jadakiss, developed a close relationship with The Notorious B.I.G., during which time Jadakiss was taken under Biggie's wing. The LOX's first multi-platinum hit was the tribute to Biggie called "We'll Always Love Big Poppa" (the B-side to Puff Daddy's "I'll Be Missing You") in 1997. In 1998, the LOX released Money, Power, Respect. Following this album, they left Bad Boy Records.
Jada's debut solo album, Kiss the Game Goodbye, was released in August 2001 under the Ruff Ryders/Interscope label. The album featured popular guests and producers such as Snoop Dogg and Swizz Beatz, but was written off as repetitive and uninspired. Jadakiss has acknowledged the criticism as, generally speaking, valid, saying the record was done less out of inspiration and more out of contract obligations to Bad Boy. The album produced the single "Put Ya Hands Up" with the chorus "Put ya hands up/nah, f**k that/ Put ya hands down" reflecting Jada's distance from the album.
Jadakiss' second album, Kiss of Death, was released in June 2004. Prior to the release, his fans were polled, and most claimed the rapper wasn't personal enough in his lyrical stylings.[citation needed] As a result, Jadakiss released the song, "Why?", which bared his innermost thoughts,[citation needed] and it became one of the biggest hits of that year, spawning a remix featuring Styles P, Common, Nas, and Anthony Hamilton. It remains as his biggest hit, peaking at #11 on the Hot 100. Another single from the record, "You Make Me Wanna" featured Mariah Carey and was a much more commercially driven love song. Kiss of Death did not reflect the popularity of its lead single, but it was better-received than his first effort, eventually achieving platinum-selling status.
Recently, in late 2007, Jadakiss signed to Jay-Z's Roc-a-Fella Records, a move Jay had been trying to arrange for a long period of time. He reportedly will have an as-yet-untitled album on Roc-a-Fella in 2008, executive produced by both Jay-Z and the Ruff Ryders CEOs/management team of Dee and Wah. The move comes on the heels of increased D-Block/Roc-a-Fella collaborations; in 2006, Kiss and former rival Beanie Sigel collaborated on DJ Khaled's album Listen..., and in 2007, on Freeway's album Free At Last, while Styles P has appeared on a radio freestyle with Freeway and Sigel. He has also appeared briefly in Jay-Z's latest video for his American Gangster second single, Roc Boys, in which he appears throwing up the famous Roc-a-Fella sign, "the Diamond."
On May 26th 2008, The New York Post reported in its Page Six section that Jadakiss has signed on to play a gang leader in Russell Costanzo's provocative movie-directing debut, "The Tested"
Cruisin
Jadakiss Lyrics
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"I wanna.."
Cruisin baby (c'mon)
[Snoop] Cruise with me, cruise with me
Come ride with me (ride with me)
[Snoop] Ride, ride
Cruisin baby - come smoke with me
Cruisin baby (c'mon)
Roll down these streets (bounce)
[Snoop] Bounce (yeah)
[Jadakiss]
Yo, yo
"I wanna.." take a trip to the Beverly Center
and scoop a mean model broad up dawg and get head in the renter
Gotta take her home, clean her up before I can finish
Cause ain't no p**** worth gettin burnt while I'm up in it
Then I made her roll up while I was runnin a bath
And she said she do X, I gave her one and a half
Let her get her roll on and made her jump in the bath
I left her standin there sayin.. haha
"I wanna.." come through in the orange M5
And I got them things in the trunk and they goin for ten-five
It could and it will get ugly, but so what?
No matter how it go down, the hood'll still love me
Never cut broads, I let everybody hit 'em
My bullets is like chicken pox, everybody get 'em
You know Ja' blow pud-dy, lookin for somethin to slay
Mixin the 'gnac with Ocean Spray, c'mon
"I wanna.."
Cruisin baby - come ride with me
[Snoop] Ride with me, ride with me, ride with me
Cruisin baby - come smoke with me
[Snoop] Smoke with me, smoke with me, smoke with me
Cruisin baby - roll down these streets
[Snoop] Roll with me, roll with me, roll with me
With me..
[Snoop Dogg]
"I wanna.." bust a b**** upside her motherf***in head
for talkin s*** to a pimp
Limp on 'em, flip on 'em, dip on 'em
Crip on 'em, and put this motherf***in dick on 'em
This sorta fish called a b**** oughta hush up
Rolled a fat blunt and smoked this motherf***in dope up
Cause you know what? (Whattup?)
S*** a n**** know you're so tough, but b**** I want to go f***
"I wanna.." take you upstairs, and do dat dere
Hell motherf***in yeah
See I'm a real player and I won't waste your time
I've been a starter, I ain't never sat the f***in pine
Stay on the frontline, it's all by de-sign
N**** done the crizzime, ain't never dropped a dizzime
Everything is fizzine, rollin up a dizzime
D-O-double-G I got b****es waitin in lizzine
"I wanna.."
Cruisin baby - come ride with me
[Snoop] Ride with me, ride with me, ride with me
Cruisin baby - come smoke with me
[Snoop] Smoke with me, smoke with me, smoke with me
Cruisin baby - roll down these streets
[Snoop] Roll with me, roll with me, roll with me
with me..
[Jadakiss]
Uh-huh, yeah.. yeah..
"I wanna.." do the club thing like in and out in an hour
And then I'm back home bangin shorty out in the shower
Check it I'm chasin the Henny with Coronas
She got in her mind that, she gon' get some Fendi if I bone her
(eh-eh) Backshot was murder from the rear
And she gave me mean top, while I blew the purple in her hair
Oh yeah, after I nutted I was a goner
And still got honey thinkin that
"I wanna.." automatic start on the Aston Martin
Can't beat 'Kiss cause you ain't got half the heart an'
get you hit on the inside for half a carton
Couple of suits - dawg, we f***in with loot
I got enough dough to chill in court
But I know dudes with twenty-five in and they still ain't short
But never mind that, we can't lose
Pour another drink, roll another dutch up
We gon' cruise, let's go
"I wanna.."
Cruisin baby - come ride with me
[Snoop] Yeah, cruise, cruise.. gangsta, gangsta..
Cruisin baby - come smoke with me
[Snoop] Yea yea, yea yea.. yea yea, gangsta, gangsta..
Cruisin baby - roll down these streets
[Snoop] Cruise.. lay low.. hold it down y'all
with me..
[Snoop] Hold it hold it hold it down, hold it down y'all
"I wanna.."
[Snoop] Yea yea, hold it down
.. "I wanna.."
The lyrics to Jadakiss’s song Cruisin’ are about the pleasures of cruising around and living the high life. The song features Snoop Dogg, and both artists engage in a back-and-forth exchange of lyrics about their desires. Jadakiss raps about taking trips to fancy shopping centers to pick up women and have sex with them. He also brags about his car, an orange M5, and the illegal things he carries in the trunk. Throughout his verses, he emphasizes his enjoyment of sex, drinking, and drugs.
Snoop Dogg’s verses continue the theme of living the high life, but his focus is on violent sex acts with women. He raps about hitting a woman in the head and forcing her to have sex with him. The song continues with both artists rapping about their sexual conquests and their desire to live like gangsters. The refrain “I wanna” is repeated throughout the song as each artist discusses his desires.
Overall, Cruisin’ is a song about the pleasures of a hedonistic lifestyle. The focus is on sex, money, and drugs, and the song celebrates living without any regard for consequences.
Line by Line Meaning
I wanna.. uhh
Expressing a desire for something unspecified
"I wanna.."
Again expressing a desire for something unspecified
Cruisin baby (c'mon)
Inviting the listener to go on a cruise
[Snoop] Cruise with me, cruise with me
Requesting the listener to go on a cruise with him
Come ride with me (ride with me)
Inviting the listener to ride along with him
[Snoop] Ride, ride
Repeating the invitation to ride with him
Cruisin baby - come smoke with me (smoke with me)
Inviting the listener to smoke with him
Roll down these streets (bounce)
[Snoop] Bounce (yeah)
Asking the listener to roll down the streets and bounce
[Jadakiss]
Jadakiss is about to start rapping and take over the song
Yo, yo
Starting the rap section of the song
"I wanna.." take a trip to the Beverly Center
and scoop a mean model broad up dawg and get head in the renter
Stating a desire to visit a shopping mall and pick up an attractive woman to perform oral sex in his rental car
Gotta take her home, clean her up before I can finish
Cause ain't no p**** worth gettin burnt while I'm up in it
He wants to take the woman home to clean her up before having sex in order to avoid getting an STD
Then I made her roll up while I was runnin a bath
And she said she do X, I gave her one and a half
He made the woman roll up marijuana while he took a bath, and she mentioned doing ecstasy which he gave her
Let her get her roll on and made her jump in the bath
I left her standin there sayin.. haha
He let the woman smoke and get high while he took a bath, leaving her laughing in the bathroom
"I wanna.." come through in the orange M5
And I got them things in the trunk and they goin for ten-five
Expressing a desire to drive an orange BMW M5 with drugs in the trunk which he plans to sell for ten thousand five hundred dollars
It could and it will get ugly, but so what?
No matter how it go down, the hood'll still love me
He's aware that things could go wrong, but he doesn't care since the people from his neighborhood will still support him
Never cut broads, I let everybody hit 'em
My bullets is like chicken pox, everybody get 'em
He doesn't stop other people from having sex with the women he's been with, and compares his bullets to chicken pox saying everyone gets hit eventually
You know Ja' blow pud-dy, lookin for somethin to slay
Mixin the 'gnac with Ocean Spray, c'mon
He's known for having sex with attractive women, and he mixes cognac with Ocean Spray to make a drink
"I wanna.."
Expressing another desire for something unspecified
Cruisin baby - come ride with me
[Snoop] Ride with me, ride with me, ride with me
Asking the listener to ride along with them
[Snoop] Smoke with me, smoke with me, smoke with me
Inviting the listener to smoke with them
Cruisin baby - roll down these streets
[Snoop] Roll with me, roll with me, roll with me
Encouraging the listener to roll down the streets with them
With me..
Reiterating that the listener should ride with them
[Snoop Dogg]
Snoop is about to start rapping
"I wanna.." bust a b**** upside her motherf***in head
for talkin s*** to a pimp
Saying he wants to hit a woman who has disrespected him
Limp on 'em, flip on 'em, dip on 'em
Crip on 'em, and put this motherf***in dick on 'em
Using slang to describe his various actions toward the woman he wants to sleep with
This sorta fish called a b**** oughta hush up
Rolled a fat blunt and smoked this motherf***in dope up
Saying that women who talk too much should be quiet, then rolling a large marijuana joint and smoking it
Cause you know what? (Whattup?)
S*** a n**** know you're so tough, but b**** I want to go f***
Saying that he doesn't care how tough a woman thinks she is, he still wants to have sex with her
"I wanna.." take you upstairs, and do dat dere
Hell motherf***in yeah
Saying that he wants to take the woman upstairs and have sex with her
See I'm a real player and I won't waste your time
I've been a starter, I ain't never sat the f***in pine
Declaring himself as a skilled womanizer who won't waste the woman's time, and noting that he has always been in a position of power
Stay on the frontline, it's all by de-sign
N**** done the crizzime, ain't never dropped a dizzime
Stating that he's always at the forefront of his lifestyle which is the result of careful planning, and that he's never shared/told on any criminal acts he's done
Everything is fizzine, rollin up a dizzime
D-O-double-G I got b****es waitin in lizzine
with me..
Saying that everything is ok, he's rolling up a blunt and he has women waiting for him
Uh-huh, yeah.. yeah..
Ad libs to end Snoop's verse
"I wanna.." do the club thing like in and out in an hour
And then I'm back home bangin shorty out in the shower
Saying that he wants to hit up a club, stay there for an hour, then go home and have sex with a woman in the shower
Check it I'm chasin the Henny with Coronas
She got in her mind that, she gon' get some Fendi if I bone her
Describing his drink of choice and that a woman he's with thinks he'll buy her expensive clothing if he sleeps with her
(eh-eh) Backshot was murder from the rear
And she gave me mean top, while I blew the purple in her hair
Describing the sexual act with the woman he took home, where he had sex from behind and she performed oral sex on him while he exhaled marijuana smoke on her
Oh yeah, after I nutted I was a goner
And still got honey thinkin that
After he finished having sex, he was extremely tired but the woman still thinks that he's interested in her
"I wanna.." automatic start on the Aston Martin
Can't beat 'Kiss cause you ain't got half the heart an'
Expressing his desire for a specific car feature and saying that nobody can beat him because they lack courage
get you hit on the inside for half a carton
Couple of suits - dawg, we f***in with loot
Saying that he can arrange for someone to be beaten up for half a cigarette carton, and noting his success in making money
I got enough dough to chill in court
But I know dudes with twenty-five in and they still ain't short
Saying that he has enough money to pay for legal fees if needed, but that some people he knows still struggle financially
But never mind that, we can't lose
Pour another drink, roll another dutch up
Ignoring the topic of money, saying that they won't lose and proceeding to drink and smoke more marijuana
We gon' cruise, let's go
[Snoop] Yeah, cruise, cruise.. gangsta, gangsta..
Ending the song by saying that they will go on a cruise, with Snoop adding his signature ad libs
[Snoop] Yea yea, yea yea.. yea yea, gangsta, gangsta..
[Snoop] Cruise.. lay low.. hold it down y'all
[Snoop] Hold it hold it hold it down, hold it down y'all
[Snoop] Yea yea, hold it down
More ad libs from Snoop to end the song
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
Written by: CALVIN BROADUS, JASON T PHILLIPS, MICHAEL A. GOMEZ, R MADRID
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