Jadakiss points out the assassination attempt being the primary theme of 50 Cent's lyrics, while simultaneously making fun of it by rapping 'You had to get shot nine times to be rich' and 'Since when has it become cool to get shot and not shoot back?'. In the verse, Jadakiss raps about 50 Cent's perceived weaknesses and shortcomings, including alleged snitching and his lack of originality. Then, the first and only verse of the song starts. Jadakiss starts the song by congratulating 50 Cent on selling 1.1 million copies of his album The Massacre in one week. 'Checkmate' is a diss song, written with the goal to verbally attack 50 Cent. Problems playing this file? See media help. 50 Cent previously used this instrumental for his Murder Inc. Jadakiss decided to use instrumental 'Air It Out' from Big Noyd's album Only the Strong, produced by The Alchemist. He changed his mind once people, including his friends, started asking whether or not he had heard 'Piggy Bank' and if he will respond to it. 'That was really a lot of media hyping it up', he said to Vibe magazine. Īccording to Jadakiss, initially he wasn't interested in beefing with 50 Cent. The album included the song ' Piggy Bank' which contained mentions of a number of rappers 50 Cent had feuds with, including Jadakiss. 50 Cent's second album, The Massacre, was released on March 3, 2005. 50 Cent saw it as them 'helping' Ja Rule while 50 Cent was 'destroying him', so he started feuding with them as well. In 2004, Jadakiss and Fat Joe appeared on Ja Rule's song ' New York'. 'Checkmate' was in heavy rotation on hip-hop radio and reached number 56 on Billboard 's Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart.ĥ0 Cent had a feud with Ja Rule since 1999.

'Checkmate' is a diss track aimed at 50 Cent, a response to 50 Cent's diss track ' Piggy Bank'. The song uses instrumental 'Air It Out' from Big Noyd's album Only the Strong, produced by The Alchemist. ' Checkmate' is a song by the American rapper Jadakiss, released as a promotional single on March 9, 2005, on Ruff Ryders Entertainment/ Interscope Records.

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