Yonkers very own, stopped by Genius’ For The Record to discuss an array of different topics but, one story caught the attention of many hip-hop purists regarding ‘s verse on ‘s “Reservoir Dogs.” During the interview, the 44-year-old emcee recalled the instance where Jay Z had requested himself and his Lox brethren to come to the studio to be featured on a song on his iconic LP, . Theo Wargo/Getty Images
While were willing to collaborate on a the track, which also featured Beanie Sigel and Sauce Money, they had just landed from a flight and requested if they’d be able to drop off their bags. Unfortunately, Hov wasn’t patient enough to be willing to fulfill their request as Jada recalls:
“So we’re like, ‘That’s cool. We’re gonna go home, put our luggage (away).’ And they were like, ‘Nah, (Jay Z) wants you to come there right now.'” Jada continued, “We ain’t got carry-ons. We got big shit we had to check. So that put us on edge a little, ’cause we always lookin’ at it like, ‘If (Hov) just landed, would he just come to the studio with his luggage? No!’ But that was a good edge.”
Jadakiss remembers The Lox obliging and Sheek Louch and Beanie Sigel laying down their verses the first evening. Styles P recorded his contributions to the track the following day, but still held some animosity towards Jay for having them come straight to the studio after a tiresome flight. The Ghost kicks off his “Reservoir Dogs” verse rapping:
“I don’t give a FUCK who you are, so FUCK who you are
I don’t care about a pretty bitch, watch or a car
I don’t care about your block and whoever you shot
I don’t care about your album and whenever it drop
I don’t care about your past if I did I woulda asked”
Jadakiss told Rob Markman:
“He was going at Hov on there. Hov was like, ‘Well, it sounded like you talking about me on it.'”
The rapper also revealed that he , in the wake of and Kobe Bryant’s deaths. He also spoke on Ignatius being a memorial album for Ruff Ryders’ very own, Icepick Jay and stated that he featuring out of respect for the recently slain 20-year-old rapper.
Check out Jadakiss’ full On The Record interview with Genius in the video provided below.