Ignatius

Last year, we had the chance to enjoy 2 albums from one member of the hip-hop group, The Lox, Styles P and boy did he deliver. This year in early 2020, we get to have a new album from another member of The Lox and one of my favorite lyricists in hip-hop, Jadakiss. Besides featuring appearances in other artists' songs and a mixtape with Fabolous, we haven't heard an album from Jada since his 2015's album called Top 5 Dead and Alive but now, he's back with Ignatius which was released on March 6th, 2020 under Def Jam Recordings. The album features John Legend, Pusha T, Rick Ross, Ty Dolla $ign, 2 Chainz, Emanny, Nino Man, DeJ Loaf and others. I can't tell you folks how excited I was before pressing play for this album so I could hear Jadakiss spit some sick rhymes and lyrics. The album was supposed to release the week before on February 28th, but Kiss delayed the album to honor and respect the late 20-year-old rapper Pop Smoke, and the album is named after the Ruff Ryders A&R and record producer Ignatius "Icepick Jay" Jackson who passed away in 2017 of cancer. He can also be seen be on the center of the t-shirt that Jadakiss is wearing on the album cover.