LL Cool J responds to Akademiks calling pioneers "dusty"

[Don Jesus]

akademiks is partially right. too many ogs want respect but have nothing to their name. why would you expect young kids to look up to you when you sold all your publishing to jews for a house

i respect the older hip hop legends. in terms of talent. in terms of business? no. because if they were respectable in that realm then we would own the genre. we do not because the old heads failed in acquiring ownership and was more interested in cars houses jewelry. even worse they suck at budgeting their money. which is why most of them are dusty. they have no money for personal upkeep. and all the drugs and alcohol they took in the 90s and 2000s is catching up to them

and nikkas need to stop saying akademiks woulda never been allowed in the culture back then. the culture had wendy williams and star and both went untouched. the romanticizing of the past is corny and has to stop

 

[Don Jesus]

and LL shoulda never responded to this. Ak will troll him to death and the true message will get lost. his 10 second comment should not warrant long rants from older rappers. this looks emotional and this type of shyt is why hip hop never evolved. pointless ego towards nikkas like akademiks like he’s not a byproduct of something older rappers created

 

[Formerly Black Trash]

Let a nikka who yell laughing like a bytch
East Coast needs to take care of their bytchmade scumbags

 

[FS4LFE]

Can’t wait for the day someone puts hands on Ak. Going around disrespecting legends and pioneers. Not everything is about money.

 

[Mastamimd]

This is why LL should have just let it go

 

[RennisDeynolds]

You never see other genres shytting on their past gen artists who paved the way, they celebrate them

 

[get these nets]

and LL shoulda never responded to this. Ak will troll him to death and the true message will get lost. his 10 second comment should not warrant long rants from older rappers. this looks emotional and this type of shyt is why hip hop never evolved. pointless ego towards nikkas like akademiks like he’s not a byproduct of something older rappers created

LL's commentary went over your head, because it was directed at objective younger dudes who may not know better than what they see in front of them. Others will read/interpret it differently

 

[Brandsdale]

another W for Akademiks

hes an internet troll and getting people to respond/react is why they have a platform

 

[BK The Great]

You never see other genres shytting on their past gen artists who paved the way, they celebrate them

People love trolls and violence.

 

[The God Poster]

This has absolutely nothing to do with what he was talking about, and it’s not even completely factual

I didn’t listen just pointing out the hypocrisy coming from someone like him and it’s absolutely true.

All you have to do is play his records.

I didn’t type that for a discussion.

TheColi

 

[Edub]

Akademiks gonna over talk his way right outta the culture …. Cannot have a GOAT like LL checkin him over his foolish nonsense …can’t be healthy for his career in hip hop

 

[tuckgod]

Meanwhile in 2022 LL is playing and Kool Moe Dee's new song on his Rock The Bells Sirius XM channel and showing him major love and support.

After he relegated him to “Old School Sucka” status and killed his career with his Def Jam machine?

50 years later, that’s the least he could do.

 

[Fanservice]

LL makes a good point. But there’s a good reason young brehs wanna be like Jay-Z instead of KRS one

 

[Apprentice]

This is exactly how I feel bout the NBA nikkas disrespecting older players

 

[Apprentice]

LL makes a good point. But there’s a good reason young brehs wanna be like Jay-Z instead of KRS one

It’s the same point he’s makin though, there’s no Jay-Z without KRS one, if they ain’t pioneer hip hop; Jay Z would be the pioneer and not the innovator.