Classics Discussion: LL Cool J

Which of these LL Cool J albums are classic?


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Best commercial rapper ever? :jbhmm:

I mean he really is the blueprint on pushing singles. Hard song for the clubs, songs for the women (that aren't corny), great and memorable videos. And he's respected and stayed relevant long after his debut, he really is the GOAT.
 

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fukk ME I WAS GOING TO VOTE YES FOR MAMA SAID KNOCK YOU OUT BUT THEN I WAS TOO LATE

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the thing i respect most about ll is you could really tell he loves his hip hop. when other cats are performing you could see ll rhyming along to every word
 

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You could make cases for Radio and Bigger and Deffer, but Mama Said Knock You Out is the only album from LL I really play on a continuous basis. But I'm not really a fan of his, so I might come off as biased.
 

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The best thing about LL and his discography is,...the records people diss usually has a staple record.
where the blueprint to hit making in hiphop for that era is present on that very release.

Like on phenomenon,....
People shyt on that album yet father is one of the most important and awe striking content records ever made.
Plus, anotha dollar is essentially the defjam blueprint for a rapper who can't sing hooks but incorporates hooks with melody in the late nineties to the early 2000's.
Plus if you look further like on the timbo record.
There are standout girl songs that are untouched and won't be touched in execution by any artist moving forward.
Including the truth remix which was available as one of the first records I ever purchased as a bside online only exclusive.
Plus, imo one of the only must have bside online song purchases that are featured for sale as bonus cuts on an LP.

The timbo record is unheralded.
Also, earlier when I talk about series of records...

LL actually recreated a mama said style, series record that imo is every bit as good if not better in the ufc soundtrack song:

It's time for war

To the point you can hear where Eminem also sharked hordes of LL skill set from.

All from lose yourself to jealousy woes in eminem's discography.

Which if we are being honest.
Most white fans of rap have a negative uneducated or cultured take on LL.
Yet LL is the person who created the genre most white fans have as their gateway into rap with emo.
LL is the father of emo, with diggy down.
Plus, has given some of the most important content records which went overlooked and he was never given credit for.
Similar to:

All we got left is the beat
Which deals with all the black male and female gender issues you face and the sides of racism.
Plus, one of the best conscious records with extreme clarity ever made.
LL also has the greatest relationship song ever made as well in:
This is us

Which imo, every guy should make as required listening when driving with that female who you see as a prospective long term committal mate.
So she gets her mind right by it being played.
So, the record can say what you can't say in that exact verbiage without it being taken the wrong way.

So, LL really has gone unheralded for hordes of his content based records and the knock in LL.
Really was spawned by so called journalist who took him the wrong way.


LL cool j : "fukk you know about hip hop,..i'm LL COOL J"


ART BARR

fukk YOU KNOW ABOUT HIPHOP,.... I AM:


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Radio: 29/34 - 85%
Bigger & Deffer: 19/34 - 56%
Mama Said Knock You Out: 32/35 - 91%
 
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