Kiss tha Game Goodbye | ||||
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Released | August 7, 2001 [1] | |||
Recorded | 2000–2001 | |||
Genre | East Coast hip hop | |||
Length | 76:39 | |||
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Jadakiss chronology | ||||
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Singles from Kiss tha Game Goodbye | ||||
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [2] |
The A.V. Club | (average) [3] |
Entertainment Weekly | C [4] |
HipHopDX | [5] |
RapReviews | (6/10) [6] |
Robert Christgau | [7] |
Rolling Stone | [8] |
Stylus Magazine | D− [9] |
USA Today | [10] |
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 debuted at number five on the US Billboard 200 and number two on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart.
The album debuted at number five on the US Billboard 200 selling 204,000 copies in its first week. [11] It was eventually certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for sales of over 500,000 copies in the United States. [12] As of June 2004, the album has sold 877,000 copies. [11]
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Featured artist(s) | Length |
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1. | "Intro" | 0:57 | ||
2. | "Jada's Got a Gun" |
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| 4:27 |
3. | "Show Discipline" |
| Nas | 3:39 |
4. | "Knock Yourself Out" |
| Pharrell | 3:32 |
5. | "We Gonna Make It" |
| Styles P | 3:33 |
6. | "None of Y'all Betta" |
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| 3:37 |
7. | "Stick Yourself" (skit) |
| 1:49 | |
8. | "I'm a Gangsta" |
| Parle | 3:30 |
9. | "Nasty Girl" |
| Carl Thomas | 3:57 |
10. | "Put Ya Hands Up" |
| 3:27 | |
11. | "Jay Jerkin'" (skit) |
| 2:42 | |
12. | "On My Way" |
| Swizz Beatz | 4:21 |
13. | "Cruisin'" |
| Snoop Dogg | 3:55 |
14. | "Kiss Is Spittin'" |
| 3:55 | |
15. | "Fuckin' or What?" |
| 3:42 | |
16. | "It's Time I See You" |
| 4:11 | |
17. | "What You Ride For?" |
| 4:30 | |
18. | "Uh-Hunh!" |
| DMX | 4:22 |
19. | "Feel Me" |
| 2:00 | |
20. | "Keep Ya Head Up" |
| Ann Nesby | 5:27 |
21. | "Charge It" (skit) | 5:06 | ||
Total length: | 76:39 |
Weekly charts
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Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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United States (RIAA) [12] | Gold | 877,000 [11] |
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