Yesterday was the first time I ever bothered to join a phone conference. It turned out to be the greatest phone conference EVER. Oh, and I’m slightly drunk, so don’t quote me on that. Jadakiss arrived late, exchanged pleasantries with some cronies who kept calling in with exciting questions like “Hey Kiss, how can I get you to my barbershop for a buzz cut?” for 30 minutes, smoked a blunt, and then said some really interesting things. And not in that order.

This was the best quote of the entire conference:

Question: Is the recession affecting your album in anyway?
Jadakiss: “The recession is actually why I’m dropping the album, because of the recession of the music. It’s like a CD-Gatorade to help you get your nutrients back. I’m happy that there’s a recession. Get it back buzzing. Crazy.”

More memorable quotables from Jadakiss phone conference after the gap.

On “Letter to B.I.G.”

“That was slated to be on my album but I let the soundtrack get that one.”

On the Production Cast for The Last Kiss:

“I got Bucwild, Black Keys, Pharrell, Trap House — some new cat from Down South, Ne-Yo, and a bunch of fire on there. I don’t go with the names I just go with the flames.”

On Chemistry with Producers:

“I got good chemistry with Pharrell, Premo, Alchemist. I got good chemistry with everybody. But if I ever do more than one song with him, it’s like we become one.”

On 2Pac’s character in Notorious.

“I really didn’t like the ‘Pac character in that movie. They could’ve did better on Pac. I really didn’t like ‘Pac in that movie.”

On the Motivation Behind The Last Kiss:

“Just to get all the rappers -– mostly the New York rappers — cause the south is poppin…I just wanna get everybody off the ass and back to the studio. I just wanna be the inspiration to get this thing poppin’.”