LL COOL J - WELCOME TO THE DEAD POOL (UNRELEASED FROM MARLEY MARL VAULTS)

[Rozay Oro]

What? 1 of his most well known songs(I Need Love) came out in 87 and he was damn near whispering. Going Back to Cali, I’m That Type of Guy, Big Ole Butt, Smokin Dopin, Clap Your Hands, etc. And this was in the late 80’s.

What? 1 of his most well known songs(I Need Love) came out in 87 and he was damn near whispering. Going Back to Cali, I’m That Type of Guy, Big Ole Butt, Smokin Dopin, Clap Your Hands, etc. And this was in the late 80’s.

He was the first to continue to re-invent his style. Who else from the 80's was more relevant in the 90s and early 2000's than LL?

Yea LL was one of the few 80s rappers that could reinvent his style lol

That was a weird comment. Musta confused LL with Kool Moe Dee or sum shyt

Mama Said Knock You Out birthed the 90s

Nah I don't remember that, I honestly ain't followed LL in like 15 years.

But he was still the man in the 90's. "Who Shot Ya", "Doin It", "4, 3, 2, 1", etc.

Keep in mind by that point he was ancient in rap terms. He had been around since the mid 80's.

Fred.

I shot Ya is dope, remix too.
Y’all nikkas ain’t gonna tell me by 13 Shots To The Dome he didn’t start sounding flabby?
lol @ Kool Moe Dee
HOW YA LIKE ME NOW?!!

 

[En Sabah Nur]

I shot Ya is dope, remix too.
Y’all nikkas ain’t gonna tell me by 13 Shots To The Dome he didn’t start sounding flabby?
lol @ Kool Moe Dee
HOW YA LIKE ME NOW?!!

But then he came back with Mr Smith, which was an undeniable smash among a bunch of 95-96 joints from the young rappers

Hey Lover
Loungin remix
I Shot Ya
Doin It
4321
Flavor In Ya Ear RMX
Ripper Strikes Back

LL did just fine in the 90's after trying to go with the gangster trend on 14 Shots....And stayed relevant among other rappers of the time even into the early 2G's with joints like "Ill Bomb", "Luv U Better," "Paradise", "Headsprung"

 

[En Sabah Nur]

Nah I don't remember that, I honestly ain't followed LL in like 15 years.

But he was still the man in the 90's. "Who Shot Ya", "Doin It", "4, 3, 2, 1", etc.

Keep in mind by that point he was ancient in rap terms. He had been around since the mid 80's.

Fred.

Funny thing is he was only 29-30 when the Canibus beef jumped off.

 

[African Peasant]

LL was still going multi-plat in the mid-90's.

Fred.

His flow wasn't elite tho. He never reached that BIG, Jay, Prodigy sophisticated flow.

 

[DontEemTry]

This is the LL that I fell in love with

 

[Rozay Oro]

But then he came back with Mr Smith, which was an undeniable smash among a bunch of 95-96 joints from the young rappers

Hey Lover
Loungin remix
I Shot Ya
Doin It
4321
Flavor In Ya Ear RMX
Ripper Strikes Back

LL did just fine in the 90's after trying to go with the gangster trend on 14 Shots....And stayed relevant among other rappers of the time even into the early 2G's with joints like "Ill Bomb", "Luv U Better," "Paradise", "Headsprung"

Luv U Better is dope. Tf was he talking bout on Flavor In Ya Ear remix lol. nikka said some shyt about Barracuda lol. Haven’t heard that remix in years.
Ripper Strikes Back is for who? Canibus? I remember the first one was for Kool Moe Dee

 

[hex]

His flow wasn't elite tho. He never reached that BIG, Jay, Prodigy sophisticated flow.

I don't disagree but nobody gave a fukk about that in the 90's when those songs dropped.

Fred.

 

[hex]

I shot Ya is dope, remix too.
Y’all nikkas ain’t gonna tell me by 13 Shots To The Dome he didn’t start sounding flabby?
lol @ Kool Moe Dee
HOW YA LIKE ME NOW?!!

"13 Shots To The Dome" was fukking trash because he was trying to trend hop.

Everybody went hardcore in the mid 90's except for a handful of rappers. Either that, or they were already hardcore and ushered the sound in.

Fred.

 

[DaKidFromNoWhere]

LL is like Kareem to me.
Can't really argue with anyone who ranks him high.

 

[SunZoo]

Somebody who knows how to get ahold of Ryan Reynolds should send this to him ASAP lol

 

[TripleAgent]

"13 Shots To The Dome" was fukking trash because he was trying to trend hop.

Everybody went hardcore in the mid 90's except for a handful of rappers. Either that, or they were already hardcore and ushered the sound in.

Fred.

I don't even think it was trash, just below LL's standard. That has some joints on it. I could run it right now and skip half at most.

 

[hex]

I don't even think it was trash, just below LL's standard. That has some joints on it. I could run it right now and skip half at most.

Yeah but my 2022 ears ain't the same as my 1993 ears. I could probably listen to the album right now and think it's dope.

But in 1993 there was so much shyt dropping this album just wasn't good.

Then again I was when one of my boys tried to put me up in "Reasonable Doubt" when it dropped.

Fred.

 

[TripleAgent]

Yeah but my 2022 ears ain't the same as my 1993 ears. I could probably listen to the album right now and think it's dope.

But in 1993 there was so much shyt dropping this album just wasn't good.

Then again I was when one of my boys tried to put me up in "Reasonable Doubt" when it dropped.

Fred.

I bought it in 93

 

[Waterproof]

This shyt had me start hitting the WOP!

 

[Big Mark]

Here is another. This is an early version of Mama Said Knock You Out. It’s ok. Different lyrics but the album version is far superior.

MAMA SAID KNOCK YOU OUT (ORIGINAL VERSION)