Kiss tha Game Goodbye

Kiss tha Game Goodbye is the debut studio album by American rapper Jadakiss. Originally scheduled for an April 18th, 2000 release, the album was ultimately 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.

Kiss tha Game Goodbye
Studio album by Jadakiss
Released	August 7, 2001[1]
Recorded	2000–2001
Genre	East Coast hip hop
Length	76:39
Label	Ruff Ryders Interscope
Producer	Icepick (also exec.) The Alchemist Chucky Thompson DJ Premier DJ Shok Eric McCaine Fiend Grimy Jadakiss Just Blaze Mahogany Mas The Neptunes P.K. Rated R Sheek Swizz Beatz Timbaland Wayne-O/ Whateva
Jadakiss chronology
Kiss tha Game Goodbye (2001) Kiss of Death (2004)
Singles from Kiss tha Game Goodbye
"We Gonna Make It" Released: 2001 "Knock Yourself Out" Released: 2001 "Put Ya Hands Up" Released: 2001

Professional ratings

Review scores
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]

The album was produced by high profile producers such as The Alchemist, Timbaland and DJ Premier, amongst others and features guest vocals from Eric Mccaine, Antoine Stanton, Nas, Styles P, Sheek Louch, Big Will, Cross, Icepick Parie, Carl Thomas, Swizz Beats, Snoop Dogg, Nate Dogg, Mashonda, Drag-On, Eve, Infa-Red & Cross, Fiend, 8Ball, Yung Wun, DMX and Aan Nesby. It contains three singles.

Commercial performance

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]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Featured artist(s)	Length
1.	"Intro"			0:57
2.	"Jada's Got a Gun"	Jason Phillips Kasseem Dean Eric McCaine	Eric McCaine Antoine Stanton	4:27
3.	"Show Discipline"	Phillips Nasir Jones David Styles Imsomie Leeper James VanLeer Bobby Rush	Nas	3:39
4.	"Knock Yourself Out"	Phillips Pharrell Williams Chad Hugo		3:32
5.	"We Gonna Make It"	Phillips Styles Alan Maman	Styles P	3:33
6.	"None of Y'all Betta"	Phillips Styles Sean Jacobs Christopher Martin	Styles P Sheek Louch	3:37
7.	"Stick Yourself" (skit)		Big Will Cross Icepick	1:49
8.	"I'm a Gangsta"	Phillips Anthony Fields	Parle	3:30
9.	"Nasty Girl"	Phillips Timothy Mosley Paul Laurence	Carl Thomas	3:57
10.	"Put Ya Hands Up"	Phillips Shandel Green Wayne Brown Deke Richards		3:27
11.	"Jay Jerkin'" (skit)		Styles P Sheek Louch	2:42
12.	"On My Way"	Phillips Dean	Swizz Beatz	4:21
13.	"Cruisin'"	Phillips Michael Gomez Calvin Broadus	Snoop Dogg	3:55
14.	"Kiss Is Spittin'"	Phillips Dean McCaine Jerry Leiber Mike Stoller	Nate Dogg Mashonda	3:55
15.	"Fuckin' or What?"	Phillips Styles Dean Linda Creed Thom Bell		3:42
16.	"It's Time I See You"	Phillips Styles Justin Smith Jacobs Eve Jeffers Melvin Smalls Green Shawn Martin	Styles P Sheek Louch Drag-On Eve Infa-Red & Cross	4:11
17.	"What You Ride For?"	Phillips Richard Jones James Anderson Premro Smith	Fiend 8Ball Yung Wun	4:30
18.	"Uh-Hunh!"	Phillips Earl Simmons Thomas Weisman Ralphy Solas Jr.	DMX	4:22
19.	"Feel Me"	Phillips Maman		2:00
20.	"Keep Ya Head Up"	Phillips Leeper Chucky Thompson James Harris III Terry Lewis Gary Hines	Ann Nesby	5:27
21.	"Charge It" (skit)			5:06
Total length:				76:39

Personnel

• Swizz Beatz - production (2, 12, 15); co-production (14)
• Icepick - production (1, 7, 11)
• Mahogany - production (3, 20)
• The Alchemist - production (5, 19)
• Jadakiss - production (11, 21)
• The Neptunes - production (4)
• DJ Premier - production (6)
• Grimy - production (7)
• P.K. - production (8)
• Timbaland - production (9)
• Wayne-O - production (10)
• Sheek - production (11)
• DJ Shok - production (13)
• Eric McCaine - production (14)
• Just Blaze - production (16)
• Fiend - production (17)
• Rated R - production (18)
• Mas - production (18)
• Chucky Thompson - production (20)

Charts

Weekly charts Chart (2001) Peak position US Billboard 200[13] 5 US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)[14] 2

Year-end charts Chart (2001) Position Canadian R&B Albums (Nielsen SoundScan)[15] 87 US Billboard 200[16] 127 US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)[17] 46

Certifications

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA)[12]	Gold	877,000[11]

References

1. Conaway, Matt. "Kiss tha Game Goodbye - Jadakiss". Allmusic.
2. Matt Conaway (March 27, 2001). "Kiss tha Game Goodbye - Jadakiss | Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards". AllMusic. Retrieved March 15, 2015.
3. Rabin, Nathan (March 27, 2001). "Review: Jadakiss: Kiss Tha Game Goodbye · Music Review · The A.V. Club". The A.V. Club. Archived from the original on June 19, 2013. Retrieved March 15, 2015.
4. Weingarten, Marc (August 24, 2001). "Kiss tha Game Goodbye". EW.com. Retrieved May 23, 2022.
5. "Jadakiss - Kiss The Game Goodbye | Read Hip Hop Reviews, Rap Reviews & Hip Hop Album Review". HipHopDX.com. August 1, 2001. Retrieved March 15, 2015.
6. "Jadakiss :: Kiss Tha Game Goodbye :: Ruff Ryders/Interscope". Rapreviews.com. August 10, 2001. Retrieved March 15, 2015.
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8. "Jadakiss: Kiss Tha Game Goodbye (edited) : Music Reviews : Rolling Stone". Rolling Stone. August 20, 2001. Archived from the original on September 1, 2007. Retrieved March 15, 2015.
9. "Jadakiss - Kiss Tha Game Goodbye - Review". Stylusmagazine.com. Archived from the original on March 3, 2016. Retrieved March 15, 2015.
10. "Jadakiss plays gritty 'Game'; Mystic's 'Cuts' go deep". Pqasb.pqarchiver.com. August 7, 2001. Archived from the original on October 25, 2016. Retrieved March 15, 2015.
11. "Jadakiss Tops Billboard 200 With 'Death'". Billboard.com. Retrieved March 15, 2015.
12. "American album certifications – Jadakiss – Kiss tha Game Goodbye". Recording Industry Association of America.
13. "Jadakiss Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved September 18, 2013.
14. "Jadakiss Chart History (Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved September 19, 2013.
15. "Canada's Top 200 R&B; albums of 2001". Jam!. January 8, 2002. Archived from the original on November 22, 2002. Retrieved January 22, 2023.
16. "Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 2001". Billboard. Archived from the original on January 3, 2015. Retrieved October 3, 2021.
17. "2001 The Year in Music". Billboard. Vol. 113, no. 52. December 29, 2001. p. YE-43. Retrieved October 3, 2021.