Kiss of Death (Jadakiss album)

Kiss of Death was met with generally favourable reviews from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, the album received an average score of 76 based on eleven reviews. In mixed reviews, AllMusic's Andy Kellman stated: "no matter the number of bright moments, you can't help but feel that Jadakiss has his best days ahead of him". Nick Flanagan of Now found "the choruses aren't always memorable, and when the songs have forgettable R&B; hooks and are forgettable, it can make for aggravating moments. But when Jadakiss has a heavy beat behind him, this record stands with the year's best". Jon Caramanica of Rolling Stone wrote: "when he's undone, it's by tinkertoy production on tracks such as the insipid Mariah Carey Vehicle 'U Make Me Wanna'". ==Track listing==

;Leftover tracks • "The Champ Is Here" ;Sample credits • Track 6 contains samples from the composition "Mandrake" written by Pierre Moerlen and performed by Gong. • Track 8 contains interpolations from the composition "I Wanna Be Your Man" written by Larry and Roger Troutman. • Track 10 contains samples from the composition "Do Do Wap Is Strong In Here" written and performed by Curtis Mayfield. • Track 13 contains samples from the composition "I'd Find You Anywhere" written by Pam Sawyer and Marilyn McLeod and performed by Creative Source. • Track 18 contains excerpts from the composition "Secret Lovers" written by David E. Lewis and Wayne I. Lewis and performed by Atlantic Starr. ;Notes • signifies an additional producer. ==Personnel==

• Jason "Jadakiss" Phillips – vocals, co-executive producer, A&R • Aja Smith – additional vocals (track 2) • Calvin "Snoop Dogg" Broadus – vocals (track 3) • David "DJ Quik" Blake – vocals & recording (track 3) • David "JellyRoll" Drew – additional vocals & producer (track 3) • Saundralin "Mami Gunn" Green – additional vocals (track 3) • Nathaniel "Nate Dogg" Hale – vocals (track 5) • Anthony Hamilton – vocals (track 6) • Mariah Carey – vocals (track 7) • Pharrell Williams – vocals & producer (track 9) • Sean "Sheek Louch" Jacobs – vocals (tracks: 10, 16) • David "Styles P" Styles – vocals (tracks: 11, 16) • Jason Spoor – additional vocals (track 11) • Kanye West – vocals & producer (track 14) • Marshall "Eminem" Mathers – vocals, producer & mixing (track 16) • Ronesha Howard – vocals (track 18) • Hanan Rubinstein – guitar (track 11) • DP – scratches (track 11) • Luis Resto – keyboards & additional producer (track 16) • Steve King – guitar, recording & mixing (track 16) • James "DJ Green Lantern" D'Agostino – producer, recording & mixing (track 1) • Mickey "Black Key" Davis – producer (tracks: 2, 18) • Qaadir "Neo Da Matrix" Atkinson – producer (tracks: 4, 15) • Scott Storch – producer (tracks: 5, 7) • Kejuan "Havoc" Muchita – producer (track 6) • Kaseem "Swizz Beatz" Dean – producer (track 10) • Anthony "Elite" Parrino – producer (track 11) • Alan "The Alchemist" Maman – producer (track 12) • Robert "Baby Grand" Adair – producer (track 13) • Andy "Red Spyda" Thelusma – producer (track 17) • Rene Antelmann – recording (tracks: 2, 17, 18) • Dragan Čačinović – mixing (tracks: 2, 4, 5–8, 10–15, 17, 18), recording (tracks: 4, 5, 7–9, 11–16) • Jason Schweitzer – recording & mixing (track 3) • Randy Williams – recording (tracks: 3, 6, 7, 10, 16) • Shon "Don" Brooks – recording (track 3) • Rouble Kapoor – recording assistant (track 3) • Jeremy MacKenzie – mixing assistant (track 3) • Patrick Viala – mixing (track 9) • Mike Strange – recording (track 16) • Tony Dawsey – mastering • Darrin "Dee" Dean – executive producer, A&R • Joaquin "Waah" Dean – executive producer • Alex Higdon – executive producer • Jay "Icepick" Jackson – co-executive producer, A&R • Drew FitzGerald – art direction, design • Anthony Cutajar – photography • Roger Ericson – photography • Alimah Shamsid-Deen – A&R • Ampora Sapp – A&R coordinator • Craig Brodhead – A&R coordinator • Mike Foster – A&R assistant • Keiwanna Collins – A&R assistant ==Charts==

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