Ghost Writers Exposed

[Guevara]

THIS IS SOME SHIT I GOT FROM ANOTHER WEBSITE. SOME OF THIS SHIT AINT NOTHIN NEW BUT SOME OF IT JUST PLAIN HURTS...


JADAKISS


Diddy’s "Senorita" – ghost-written by Jadakiss
Diddy’s verses on "Victory" – co-written by Jadakiss, Biggie, & ROC
Biggie’s "Mo Money Mo Problems" – (biggie’s & diddy’s verse) – co-written by Mase, Jadakiss, & Ed Bernard
Biggie’s verse on “Last Days” – ghost-written by Jadakiss
Charli Baltimore’s “Money” – ghost-written by Jadakiss
Cam’Ron’s “Horse & Carriage” – hook by Jadakiss, both verses co-written by Jadakiss
J-Lo’s "Jenny From The Block" – (Style’s verse) ghost-written by Jadakiss
MA$E


112’s “Only You” (biggie’s verse) – ghost-written by Mase
112’s “Anywhere” (Lil Zane’s verse) – co-written by Mase & Lil Zane
Biggie’s "Mo Money Mo Problems" – (biggie’s & diddy’s verse) – co-written by Mase, Jadakiss, & Ed Bernard
Camron’s “We Got It” – (both Mase/Cam’s verses) co-written by Mase & Cardan
Diddy’s "Friend" – ghost-written by Mase
Philly’s Most Wanted’s "Cross The Border" – ghost-written by Mase
JayZ’s “I Just Wanna Love You” – co-written by Mase & Pharell Williams
Diddy’s "Come 2 Me" – ghost-written by Jody Breeze
Diddy’s "After Love" – ghost-written by Jody Breeze
Diddy’s "Through The Pain" – ghost-written by Jody Breeze
JAY-Z


M. Bleek on "Coming of Age" – ghost-written by JayZ
M. Bleek’s "All Types of " – ghost-written by JayZ
"Coming of Age (Da Sequel)" – (Memphis Bleek’s verse) ghost-written by JayZ
Foxy’s "If I" – ghost-written by JayZ
Foxy’s "Foxy’s Bells" – ghost-written by JayZ
Foxy’s "Get Me Home" – ghost-written by JayZ
Foxy’s "Ill Na Na" – (Foxy’s verse) ghost-written by JayZ
Foxy’s "I’ll Be" – ghost-written by JayZ
Foxy’s "Big Bad Mama” – ghost-written by JayZ
Foxy’s "Hot Spot" – ghost-written by JayZ
Foxy’s "I Can’t" – ghost-written by JayZ
Foxy’s "JOB" – ghost-written by JayZ
Lil Kim’s "Big Momma Thang" – ghost-written by JayZ
Bugs Bunny – "Buggin" (from Spacejam sdtrk) – ghost-written by JayZ
Jermaine Dupri’s "Money Ain’t A Thang" – co-written by JayZ & ROC
Biggie’s "Hypnotize" – co-written by D-Dot
Diddy’s "Fake Thug Dedication" – ghost-written by JayZ
Timbaland’s "Indian Carpet" – ghost-written by JayZ
Dr. Dre’s "Still DRE" – ghost-written by JayZ
Dr. Dre’s "The Watcher" – ghost-written by JayZ & Rakim
Dr. Dre’s "The Message" – co-written by JayZ, Rell, & Royce Da 5’9"
Snoop Dogg’s "Intrology" – ghost-written by JayZ
Pro The Spectacula’s "Call Ya Boy" – ghost-written by JayZ
Pro The Spectacula’s "Handle Barz" – ghost-written by JayZ
Slim Thug’s “I Ain’t Heard of That” – ghost-written by JayZ
Slim Thug’s “I Ain’t Heard of That RMX” – co-written by JayZ
Fort Minor’s “Where’d You Go” – co-written by JayZ & Mike Shinoda
Smitty


Will Smith’s “Miami” – ghost-written by Smitty
Diddy’s "Bad Boys 4 Life" – Diddy’s verse co-written by Smitty & Black Rob
Diddy’s “And We” – Hook, Diddy’s, & Foxy’s verse ghost-written by Smitty
Loon’s “How You Want That” – ghost-written by Smitty
Diddy’s “Show Me Your Soul” – Hook & Diddy’s verse ghost-written by Smitty
Diddy’s "Shake Ya Tailfeather" – Hook & Diddy’s verse ghost-written by Smitty
Diddy’s “Girl I’m A Bad Boy” – Hook & Diddy’s verse ghost-written by Smitty
Baby & Diddy’s “Do That” – ghost-written by Smitty
Truth Hurt’s “Cop” – Dr. Dre’s verse ghost-written by Smitty
Truth Hurt’s “Benefit of the Doubt” – ghost-written by Smitty
Truth Hurt’s “Hollywood” – ghost-written by Smitty
Dr. Dre’s “The Wash”– ghost-written by Smitty
Dr. Dre’s “On The Boulevard” – co-written by Smitty & Knoc-Turnal
Beyonce’s “Summertime” – co-written by Smitty
T.I.


Bow Wow’s "Let’s Get Down" – ghost-written by TI
Bow Wow’s "I’ll Move On" – ghost-written by TI
Bow Wow’s "The Future" – ghost-written by TI & ROC
Bow Wow’s "The Don, The Dutch" – ghost-written by TI & ROC
Bow Wow’s "Hey Little Momma" – ghost-written by TI & ROC
THE D.O.C.


Dr. Dre’s “Keepin’ It Dope” – ghostwritten by D.O.C.
Dr. Dre’s “A * Witta Gun” – ghostwritten by D.O.C.
Dr. Dre’s "Little Ghetto Boy" – co-written by D.O.C. & Snoop
Dr. Dre’s “Big Egos” – co-written by D.O.C., Mel Man, & Brian A. Bailey
Dr. Dre’s “Housewife” – co-written by D.O.C. & Mel Man
Snoop Dogg’s “Snoop’s Upside Ya Head” – ghostwritten by D.O.C.
Trina’s “Ain’t ” – song/hook co-written by D.O.C. & Trina; (Snoop’s verse) co-written by D.O.C. & Kurupt
Twista/Mobstability’s “Mobstability” – co-written by D.O.C. & Twista
Ice Cube’s “Once Upon A Time In…2” – co-written by Ice Cube & D.O.C.
Ice Cube’s “Roll All Day” – ghostwritten by D.O.C.
Ice Cube’s “Until We Rich” – (Ice cube’s verse) ghostwritten by D.O.C.
Bone Thugs’ “This Ain’t a Game” song/hook co-written by Trey Songz & D.O.C.; verses co-written by Bone Thugs & D.O.C.
Snoop Dogg’s “Boss Life” – co-written by D.O.C., Stanley Benton, & Akon
Snoop Dogg’s “Round Here” – (Snoop’s verses) co-written by D.O.C. & S. Benton
Snoop Dogg’s “Imagine” – co-written by D.O.C., Snoop, D’Angelo, & Dr. Dre
Snoop Dogg’s “That’s That” – (Snoop’s verses) ghostwritten by D.O.C.

Nas

Will Smith’s “Just Cruisin” – ghost-written by Nas
Will Smith’s “Gettin’ Jiggy Wit It” – ghost-written by Nas
Will Smith’s “Yes Yes Ya’ll” – co-written by Nas & Skillz
Will Smith’s “Chasin’ Forever” – co-written by Nas & Skillz
AZ’s "Mo Money, Mo Murder" – (AZ’s verse) co-written by Nas & AZ
Olu Dara’s "The Jungle" – ghost-written by Nas
Foxy’s Verse on "Affirmative Action" – ghost-written by Nas
Foxy’s Verse on "Hardcore" – ghost-written by Nas
Foxy’s Verse on "Encore" – ghost-written by Nas
Foxy’s Verse on "Firm Fiasco" – ghost-written by Nas
Foxy’s Verse on "Untouchable" – co-written by Nas & Mel Man
Foxy’s Verse on "Firm Biz" – co-written by Nas & AZ
Foxy’s Verse on "Executive Decision" co-written by Nas & Nature
Jermaine Dupri’s "Turn It Out" – co-written by Nas & ROC
Jermaine Dupri’s "I Gotta Have It" – co-written by Nas & Bryan M. Cox
Jermaine Dupri’s "Still Gotta Have It" – co-written by Nas, Monica, & B. M. Cox
Cha Cha’s "Momma" – ghost-written by Nas
Fat Joe’s "Jon Blaze" – (Fat Joe’s verse) ghost-written by Nas
Timbaland’s "To My…" – ghost-written by Nas
Diddy’s “Journey Through The Life” – (Diddy’s verse) ghost-written by Nas
RUN DMC’s "Queen’s Day" – (Run’s & DMC’s verses) co-written by Nas, Prodigy, & Havoc
Capone-N-Noreaga’s "B EZ" – (Nore’s verse) co-written by Nas & Capone
Kay Slay’s "Too Much 4 Me" – (Foxy’s verse) co-written by Nas
The Neptunes’ "Popular Thug" – (Pharell’s verse) ghost-written by Nas
Diddy’s “Everything I Love” – co-written by Common & Nas



ROC aka Rocky

Jermaine Dupri’s "Money Ain’t A Thang" – co-written by JayZ & ROC
Jermaine Dupri’s "Turn It Out" – co-written by Nas & ROC
Diddy’s verses on "Victory" – co-written by Jadakiss, Biggie, & ROC
Jermaine Dupri’s "Hate Blood" – co-written by ROC & Jadakiss
Jermaine Dupri’s "Get Some" – ghost-written by ROC
Jermaine Dupri’s "Get Your shit Right" – ghost-written by ROC & D-Dot
Jermaine Dupri’s "Lay It Down" – co-written by ROC & Lil Mo
Jermaine Dupri’s "Ballin Outta Control" – co-written by ROC & Nate Dogg
Mariah Carey’s “Loverboy REMIX” – song/hook co-written by L.Blackmon, T.Jenkins, M.Carey, & Cardan; (Da Brat’s verse) co-written by ROC & Cardan
Nick Cannon’s "Whenever U Need Me" – ghost-written by ROC
Bow Wow’s "Stick Up" – ghost-written by ROC
Bow Wow’s "To My Mama" – ghost-written by ROC
Bow Wow’s verse on "Hardball" – ghost-written by ROC
Bow Wow’s "I Can’t Lose" – ghost-written by ROC
Bow Wow’s "The Future" – ghost-written by ROC & TI
Bow Wow’s "The Don, The Dutch" – ghost-written by ROC & TI
Bow Wow’s "Hey Little Momma" – ghost-written by ROC & TI

Ne Yo

TQ’s “Westside” – ghost-written by Ne-Yo
Youngstown’s “Let’s Roll” – ghost-written by Ne-Yo
Youngstown’s “Don’t Worry” – ghost-written by Ne-Yo
Youngstown’s “Lose My Cool” – ghost-written by Ne-Yo
Youngstown’s “Pedal to the Steel” – ghost-written by Ne-Yo
Youngstown’s “Away With the Summer Days” – ghost-written by Ne-Yo
Youngstown’s “Dance Floor Pt. 2” – ghost-written by Ne-Yo
Youngstown’s “Down For The Get Down” – ghost-written by Ne-Yo
Youngstown’s “Float Away” – ghost-written by Ne-Yo
Youngstown’s “So Tight” – ghost-written by Ne-Yo
Marques Houston’s “That Girl” – ghost-written by Ne-Yo
Christina Milan’s “I’m Sorry” – ghost-written by Ne-Yo
Christina Milan’s “Y’all Ain’t Nothin” – ghost-written by Ne-Yo
Nivea’s “Still In Love” – ghost-written by Ne-Yo
Mis-teeq’s “Scandalous” – ghost-written by Ne-Yo
Samantha Mumba’s “Always Come Back To Your Love” – ghost-written by Ne-Yo
Rhianna’s “Just Be Happy” – ghost-written by Ne-Yo
Rhianna’s “The Hotness” – ghost-written by Ne-Yo
Cassidy’s “Kick It With Me” – vocals written by Ne-Yo
Jaiden’s “Escape” – ghost-written by Ne-Yo
Jalen’s “All I Need” – ghost-written by Ne-Yo
Boxie’s “Bridging The Gap” – ghost-written by Ne-Yo
Candace Jones’ “You And Me” – ghost-written by Ne-Yo
Heather Headley’s “The Letter” – ghost-written by Ne-Yo
Ruben Studdard’s “Feel Beautiful” – ghost-written by Ne-Yo
Cassie’s “Kiss Me” – ghost-written by Ne-Yo
Joe’s “It’s On You” – ghost-written by Ne-Yo
Mario’s “Let Me Love You” – ghost-written by Ne-Yo
Paula DeAnda’s “Walk Away” – ghost-written by Ne-Yo
Paula DeAnda’s “So Cold” – ghost-written by Ne-Yo
Paula DeAnda’s “When It Was Me” – ghost-written by Ne-Yo
Chris Brown’s “Like That” – ghost-written by Ne-Yo
Snoop Dogg’s “Let Me” – vocals written by Ne-Yo
Mary J Blige’s “Be Without You” – ghost-written by Ne-Yo
Mario Vazquez’s “Gallery” – ghost-written by Ne-Yo
The Blay’s “My Story” – ghost-written by Ne-Yo
Rhianna’s “Let Me” – ghost-written by Ne-Yo
Rhianna’s “Unfaithful” – ghost-written by Ne-Yo
Rhianna’s “We Ride” – ghost-written by Ne-Yo
Beyonce’s “Irreplaceable” – ghost-written by Ne-Yo
Beyonce’s “Hollywood” – ghost-written by Ne-Yo
Marques Houston’s “Wonderful” – ghost-written by Ne-Yo
Elliot Yamin’s “Wait For You” – ghost-written by Ne-Yo
Joe’s “If I Was Your Man” – ghost-written by Ne-Yo
Musiq’s “Ms. Philadelphia” – ghost-written by Ne-Yo
Mario’s “If” – ghost-written by Ne-Yo
Mario’s “What’s It Gonna Be” – ghost-written by Ne-Yo
Rhianna’s “Don’t Stop The Music” – ghost-written by Ne-Yo

Cardan (Pierre Jones)

Lil Kim’s “Queen bitch” – co-written by Biggie, Cardan, & Kurt Gowdy
Mariah Carey’s “Loverboy REMIX” – song/hook co-written by L.Blackmon, T.Jenkins, M.Carey, & Cardan; (Da Brat’s verse) co-written by ROC & Cardan
Camron’s “We Got It” – (both Mase/Cam’s verses) co-written by Mase & Cardan
Camron’s “Confessions” – co-written by Camron & Cardan
Murphy Lee’s “Hold Up” – (Murphy Lee’s & Nelly’s verses) ghost-written by Cardan
Nelly’s “This Goes Out” – (Nelly’s verse) co-written by Cardan & Lil Jon
Nelly’s “Never Let ‘Em C U Sweat” – ghost-written by Cardan
Mase’s “Love U So” – ghost-written by Cardan
Mase’s “Will They Die 4 You” – (Diddy’s verse) co-written by Cardan & Mase
Mase’s “I Need 2 Me” – co-written by Cardan & Mase
Brian McKnight’s "All Night Long" – (Nelly’s verse) ghost-written by Cardan
Jevon Hawkins’ (NFL football player) “Ve Clique” – ghost-written by Cardan
Jevon Hawkins’ (NFL football player) “My Dubbs” – ghost-written by Cardan

 

[AMG]

...whoa!

 

[StressWon]

Mase and Jada writin Biggie's shit? Woooooooowwww, this can't be......lol,,,,,woooowwwwww....

 

[dahkter]

Dope post.
Those cats must be getting GIANT ascap checks...

 

[StressWon]

Does know one find that Mase and Jadakiss wrote some of Biggie's shit depressin? I guess this would explain how he "memorized" his rhymes,,,,wow.

 

[Relic]

Dr. Dre’s "The Watcher" – ghost-written by JayZ & Rakim
GD I gotta go back and listen to that...

Good post

 

[Maknbeats]

haha i feel you stress. Shit is crazy, propz on the post Guevara

 

[Ash Holmz]

jeezz .... most of that is not a suprise though ... the biggie shit is news to me, snopp too (although his shits been horrible since doggystyle so he needs to go back to whatver hes was doin then) .. but foxy,jermain,bow wow,dre,diddy, i knew them niggas been using ghostwriters, and i know neyo basically supplies half of the R&b hits u hear on the radio..... its funny .. "horse and carraige" was a dope song and i always thought cam sounded real diffrent on that record compared to his other music. i know some shit has been left off this list ... i know eminen has written some dre joints.. and aasim and pharoah monch wrote alot of diddys later stuff ...


technically tho .. alot of shit is co written or ghostwritten .. i mean by evryone .. even me ... on our album i take ideas and phrases from a couple diffrent people... sometimes other people hear something in the beat that u dont and u take it and run with it.... my boy who doesnt even rap came up with two hooks on my album and a bridge section for one of the joints... class gave me ideas and lines.... shit my girl even came up with a hot line that i threw in there ... techinally thats co-writing and I see no problem with that... but in a case like foxy brown thats sad because her whole career is made off of having niggas write her shit ... i guess thats why she lives in a regualr ass brooklyn brownstone down the street from my boy ... and BOW WOW .. whoa dont even let me start that one....

 

[StressWon]

word co-writin is one thing,,,but damn,,,,,thats some shit,,,especially if you "Rap",,,aint nobody supposed to be writin ya shit. I feel u Ash.

 

[Haze47]

at least biggy wrote unbelievable

 

[classic]

Man... all them other artists i could care less about ,
but Biggie??? !!!
wow... that kinda hurt... but before i jump to conclusions i gotta know what they mean by ghostwrite...

Like ash already said... if dudes is sitting in the studio and gives biggie and idea for a line in a song or whatever.. then cool that shit is normal... you take ish from your enviroment...

But if they penned the ENTIRE song and gave that shit to biggie and was like.. here... read this... Then man... that shit hurts ALOT.....

Atleast i dident my boys OUTKAST on that list... if there names would have been up there, i may have done something drastic!!!!!!!!!!!

Desprite that this is RAP not R&B when somebody writes your shit in hip hop ... its like whats the point ,why are you rappin??

 

[StressWon]

Man... all them other artists i could care less about ,
but Biggie??? !!!
wow... that kinda hurt... but before i jump to conclusions i gotta know what they mean by ghostwrite...

Like ash already said... if dudes is sitting in the studio and gives biggie and idea for a line in a song or whatever.. then cool that shit is normal... you take ish from your enviroment...

But if they penned the ENTIRE song and gave that shit to biggie and was like.. here... read this... Then man... that shit hurts ALOT.....

Atleast i dident my boys OUTKAST on that list... if there names would have been up there, i may have done something drastic!!!!!!!!!!!

Desprite that this is RAP not R&B when somebody writes your shit in hip hop ... its like whats the point ,why are you rappin??

word up son,,,And it said that Mase was writin Biggie? LOL.

 

[NobleWordz]

Half of those songs are credited, thats not ghostwriting. When someone writes a song and is not credited, then it is. Open up your booklets.

NW

 

[Sacred One]

Dr. Dre’s "The Watcher" – ghost-written by JayZ & Rakim
GD I gotta go back and listen to that...

Good post

I figured that, his verse was just too well rounded, but like everyone said, peeps writin Biggie's shit is unbelievable, even Jay-Z's

"We don't believe you, you need more people" - Jay-Z

 

[Chrono]

aint nobody supposed to be writin ya shit.

for me an mc is the whole package.. knowing what they came through, their perspective, the stories and the voice. you can experience a lot by this. but seeing all of these ghostwritten songs shows exactly how commercialized hiphop has been for a long time.

was any of the wu in there??? hahah please tell me mace didn't ghost for big L too

 

[woohff]

I remember some Snoop interview where he basicly said that they (I remember it was Kurupt and someone else?) wrote eachothers verses for a song...

That biggie shit was a surprise... could it been just a hook or something that was ghostwritten?

Jada being such a popular ghostwriter was a little suprise too.

 

[Ash Holmz]

those are just commercial radio singles .. ... all the real heat seems to have come from biggie himself tho ... sometimes artists need help writin stuff thats gonna crossover like that... i hear what u guys are sayin ... but in a case like biggies ... i can give him a pass ... evryone knows puffy was in control for that second album anyway ... and if ur gonna rate biggies career on 2 songs then do u but its not like when i go listen to biggie i throw in "mo money mo problems" ..... im throwin on "warning", machine gun funk.back in the days, unbelivable, long kiss, etc .... u get the point. i mean this news is suprising, but i wouldnt go so far as to say it "hurts" lol ... u guys are dramatic as hell lol .... if unbelievable or warning or another crazy vivid geniusly laid down inticate classic was ghost written them i might be "hurt"....

 

[Relic]

Desprite that this is RAP not R&B when somebody writes your shit in hip hop ... its like whats the point ,why are you rappin??

Couldnt agree more...Remember when "Biting" was a cardinal sin???

 

[StressWon]

those are just commercial radio singles .. ... all the real heat seems to have come from biggie himself tho ... sometimes artists need help writin stuff thats gonna crossover like that... i hear what u guys are sayin ... but in a case like biggies ... i can give him a pass ... evryone knows puffy was in control for that second album anyway ... and if ur gonna rate biggies career on 2 songs then do u but its not like when i go listen to biggie i throw in "mo money mo problems" ..... im throwin on "warning", machine gun funk.back in the days, unbelivable, long kiss, etc .... u get the point. i mean this news is suprising, but i wouldnt go so far as to say it "hurts" lol ... u guys are dramatic as hell lol .... if unbelievable or warning or another crazy vivid geniusly laid down inticate classic was ghost written them i might be "hurt"....

son, i dont care who ya are. No pass! I understand what ya sayin, but ghostwritin,,,come on bro. I can't let that slide. And I would be sayin this if it were anyone else too. It's one thing to have a co=writer which in most cases means they helped wit the hook or even some back ups,,,but no ghostwriters. None. Never. Ever. ........Ever. I wish this thread didn't exist. I was never a big Biggie fan, but I enjoyed some of his tracks,,,and thank God nuttin from Ready to Die is on there!


PS:
NEVER.

 

[Relic]

That reminds me Stress that song you wanted me to write for ya is done....lol..j/k

NO !!!! NOT IN THE FACE !! DONT HIT ME IN THE FACE!!! LOL