Classics Discussion: LL Cool J

[Inspect Her Deck]

Ok so some of y'all will be familiar with a project I'm deciding to run. I made this thread: The Official 'Classic Album' Discussion Thread, trying to reach a conclusion as to what defines a classic album. After much discussion, I am running with this definition personally, so take it as you will when you consider your classic albums. But this definition in particular was most agreed upon.

Classic: 1. An album considered by consensus of the core hip hop community to be of the highest quality (doesn't have to be perfect or flawless, just an album that the consensus deems the shyt).
2. Assuming that condition 1 is met, is this an album that has stood the test of time amongst the core hip hop community? Is that an album still held in high regard, still referenced at least ten years after its release? By a consensus of the hip hop community?

Props to @mobbinfms for the definition and also for his help generally in helping me with ideas to create these threads.

So I'll be going through one artist per day, and I will list out all their discography or close to all of it until the year 2005, as we decided that an album needs at least 10 years of existence before it can be called a classic or not.

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To help bring even more attention to these threads, I'm gonna create a hashtag (again props to mobbinfms for the idea) and I urge you guys to click on the tag and click on the option to watch the tag.

Here it is: #coliclassics

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Today we got LL Cool J!

Get voting!

I will be making a POLL. For each album I will present a YES or NO option so if you think that particular album is a classic, you click 'yes' on the poll for THAT album and vice-versa. The acceptance rate for an album to be deemed a CERTIFIED classic is 80%.

If you don't think an album is a classic, DO NOT LEAVE THE POLL BLANK. You vote NO for that album instead so at least we register your vote.

I will NOT count any comments in the thread as votes, you must use the poll. The comments section should be used for discussion only.

Tagging some mods:

@FreshAIG @That Singer Guy... @hustlemania @houston911 @SoulController

 

[Inspect Her Deck]

#coliclassics

voted for Radio and Mama Said

couldn't fit all albums because he has a big discography and poll limits...

 

[BmoreGorilla]

#coliclassics

voted for Radio and Mama Said

couldn't fit all albums because he has a big discography and poll limits...

Same but also voted for Bigger and Deffer

 

[Ashtrey]

Radio and Mama Said are certified. I voted BAD though cause that album along with Run DMC's Raiding Hell were the first albums I ever listened to. I also voted Mr. Smith cause it's a personal classic

 

[phatphuck]

radio

mama said knock you out is 50/50 but i went for no

 

[IAmListenin']

LL Cool J is precisely one of the artists I was referring to when I said there would be hip-hop artists covered in this series whose music I was never into when they were actually making music.

I was never into him. There was the occasional song I liked, like "I'm Bad," but I'm an album guy, and he wasn't someone who I would listen to for an entire album.

 

[Inspect Her Deck]

I'll be the first to do it



Don't call it a COMEBACK


one of the greatest and most timeless songs in history! One of the first songs I learnt the lyrics to by heart

 

[mobbinfms]

Radio
BAD
Mama

 

[str8up]

Radio & Mama Said Knock You Out

BAD was close, it's a good album but a step down from Radio, don't think it's quite classic status

 

[Dirty D]

Radio, Mama Said Knock You Out and Mr Smith are classics.

 

[Deltron]

Mr. Smith is my personal favorite outta his discography

so many dope cuts on that

 

[dish lowry]

mama said knock you out is one of the best albums of all time....he covered every topic on that album: cars, women, coming back from a 'weak' album, a song clowning himself, faith, popo, a posse cut w/ his no-name friends, classic dis song to hammer, ice t & kool moe dee, etc

 

[Dirty D]

@ the count for Mr. Smith. Come on y'all, that was the last great LL Cool J album.

 

[Inspect Her Deck]

If y'all could use one word to sum up Cool J's rap career, what would it be?

 

[Dirty D]

Pioneering. LL Cool J was really the first successful solo rapper act.