fun fact: they were only in the studio together for that "Veni, vidi, vici" line. The rest of it they did by one verse at a time, then the other would come in listen to the previous verse and then do theirs. and in case you didn't know, "Farmers Blvd" was LL's block in queens, so when LL shouts out "8 mile", its a call back to that farmers line.
Em said “ As far as boulevards, I’m talking about Farmers like insurance claims” LL is from Farmer’s Boulevard & LL says “Professional I’m like a sniper from 8 miles away” paying homage to Em ❤❤
This is one of my favorite reactions to this song. So many people missed SO much in watching and you nailed it. Can’t wait to meet your father in law too!
9:14 Straight facts. 💯🔥Your mom has good taste. When you refer to a rapper as the "Goat" you are looking at who came up with that. I feel like LL doesn't get even close to the props he definitely deserves. Dude is almost 60 and still look fine as hell to. This is like a dream come true for us Xers. It's my favorite rapper with his favorite rapper. ❤❤❤
What I think I love most about this, is Em really let LL shine!!!! Like, LL is Marshalls idol and I think he wanted, when he had this opportunity to rap with his idol, to really let LL be the main attraction and yet bring his own magic too cuz as he says "LL created a monster". It's just really the most beautiful, brilliant song I've heard in years & years! ❤❤❤❤❤💯🔥🔥🎶🎵👏👏👏
They're not really from different eras, L L is 56 and EMINEM🐐 is 52. Eminem has always said L L was his biggest inspiration and his favorite rapper. L L had a front row seat when Eminem was inducted into the Rock 'N Roll Hall of Fame. Saw a short where L L said he was hanging out with Q-tip (from A Tribe Called Quest) and Q-tip played this beat for him. L L said "I bet Eminem would get on a beat like this." And of course L L has Eminem's private phone number so he called up Em and they got it done. 3 legends made this gem!🔥💯❤️✌️
This 'bout makes your head spin at how freaking amazing the combo of these 2 goats bring it!!! ❤👊🥰🎶🎶🎶🎶 Great reaction sir 👏👏👍❤ "Mama said knock you out", my fave LL Cool J song ever! ❤🎶👊 Btw, I'm 53, so LL is only 3 years older than me and Em is like a year and half younger than me. My era, my people, my faves... This is GOLD 💛🎶🔥 Btw, the end is a nod to LL's song "Going Back to Cali", if you've never seen it, look up the video hon 👍
It’s a GOAT (LL) rapping with a GOAT (Em) who’s fan of the first GOAT (LL) paying homage to another GOAT (Kane)… so bleeping good… Go work out listening… Go run while listening… Roll in your car listening… Doesn’t. Get. Old.
Actually you need to look up the interview where LL explains how they recorded. They actually each went into the booth blind, back and forth not knowing what each other was laying down.
Lady's Luv Cool J simply said but, if you really was a fan you know he went hard at anyone who daared to step to him. LL was know for his bars he was know for straight up blasted out the hemisphere.
Check out. "I'm Bad"" "My Radio" "Rock the Bells" by LL. He always snapped, he changed with the times for the ladies..LL Cool L Ladies Love Cool James!
The Cool J album you should react to would have to be "Radio" or "Bigger and Deffer" (B.A.D.). These are Cool J's hardest days. After those bangers, he would come hard every once in a while like maybe "Mama Said Knock You Out."
"Your candy bars will get you killed in the forest..." Dude, LL has A LOT more than just "chick rap". Most of his stuff is definitely not that. I'm Bad, Momma Said Knock You Out, Rock the Bells, I Need a Beat, and the first Murdergram.
Lil bro, L is the man! Listen to Shut Em Down from the Any Given Sunday soundtrack. LL got bizzy on that one too. I appreciate your love for this song and how you heard things that other reactors didn't hear. The OGs are coming back.
Little did you realize This was a appearance from Big Daddy Kane, his words not mine. Real Hip Hop Fans recognized the T-shirt before the bars. And Real Fans have a visual imprint of this classic album and what’s on it 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
Hahaha 😆.... *"Real Hip Hop Fans recognized the T-shirt before the bars...* Hey ppl hopefully y'all were sitting when you found out & heard the news, man hopefully you recognized the shirt cause if you didn't then that would make you just *another fake Hip-Hop fan...*
I'm gonna offer a friendly amendment here... how about "original" vs "real" fans? My kids (one has passed on) are "real" fans, hell they are kids raised by a genx'er who grew up during the infancy of rap. They are not the originals though. This makes them no less than me. They are real even if they never saw the cover of rock the bells, etc. And hell I'm half blind, I could not see the t until he was closer up BUT I am real and original! The last thing any of us need to be doing is separating people by any reason. We have enough that shit coming up for the next four years. Why don't we include people in the fold. Doesn't make me any better that I grew up during the 80s when this began, just makes me more knowledgeable about it so I share the knowledge. I don't beat people up with it, spread love baby not hate.
Everybody that commented on my comment. Im 57 and this is my master class. I wore every color Kangol, I had a Troop and addidas leather jacket. I was breakdancer for The Scanner Boyz and performed in Philladelphia Spectrum Switch Watch Fresh Fest. Same show with Whodini and Jermaine Dupri Danced for them as a kid. So I didn’t listen to Def Jam’s Pop version of LL, I rocked “Jack the Ripper” and “Go Cut Creator” plus the Original “MURDERGRAM”, all these fake fans didn’t even know there was a First. Research everything I say there are receipts 🧾
Apparently according to a behind the scenes of this song, LL and Em did a sort of Freddie Mercury (Queen) and David Bowie type arrangement where LL would go first and di his first bit then Em would go next taking turns in the studio🤙!
That was the radio pop appeal of What Def Jam pushed. Image over artist, that was the late 80s early nineties model labels followed. No internet and they had full control to distribution of the artist music. The day they ran numbers with the release of LL’s video “I need Love” This was the stamp to mainstream, but the streets back then knew L as a battle rapper aka Jack the Ripper. Why do you think he’s Eminem’s idol.
I have seen a lot of reactors who has said similar things to what you have other saying they didn't know did LL Cool J could bring up his game like this. Several people felt that both he and Eminem stepped up to the fact of the other person that they were performing with. Did LL Cool J take it up a notch because he was with Eminem and vice versa. Greatness leads to greatness
First time on your channel it’s a really great room you. Only a men’s I would make is that they’re only about five years apart in age! James been doing this since he’s a teen! NYC represent
To be honest.. when I first heard you saying you were listening to it cuz your father-in-law ask you to and that your mother had loved LL Cool J I didn't expect a lot.. any of the background never been exposed to rap even much less all the background. The three my journey of learning about Eminem I've learned a lot about the history as well from people in the comments in different reactors. And from that journey I also learned that if you don't know some of that a lot of it doesn't click. Anyway.... I wanted to give you a pat on the back that even without that exposure you picked up on things about how they were given a props to each other and how a lot of that goes into it and makes it what it is. Firsttime here. Thanks for teaction.
As far as recs: The album Walking With a Panther has a tarnished reputation because it has some truly rancid mushy love songs, but if you want to hear LL RAPPIN RAPPIN like this, that's the album to hit up: "It Gets No Rougher", "Nitro", "Droppin' Em" just to name a few. (There's also a lot of good stuff on Radio, Bigger and Deffer, Mama Said Knock You Out and, to a slightly lesser extent, 14 Shots to the Dome -- "How I'm Comin" is still dope)
Sorry sir this collab wasn't in person...until the end. Jack da Ripper is LL's alter ego. Em also paid tribute to Big Daddy Kane who influenced EM's word play, with elongation of words that don't rhyme to make them fit. You need to react to Jack the Ripper by LL
You need to check ut his discography, he was not just making songs for chicks : Studio albums Radio (1985) Bigger and Deffer (1987) Walking with a Panther (1989) Mama Said Knock You Out (1990) 14 Shots to the Dome (1993) Mr. Smith (1995) Phenomenon (1997) G.O.A.T. (2000) 10 (2002) The DEFinition (2004) Todd Smith (2006) Exit 13 (2008) Authentic (2013) The FORCE (2024)
GREAT REACTION! If I could make 1 recommendation for the LL Reaction....since he got 20 yrs worth of albums and it's to hard to try recommending just 1, what if you just picked 10 (NON FEMALE) request from people in the comments and react to those while you ride around the city with Melvin. "ILL BOMB" ua-cam.com/video/Bo52wTplkfY/v-deo.htmlsi=KqXsbwZ5wJXi6F3S "Hollis To Hollywood" ua-cam.com/video/ObkNszXGtDc/v-deo.htmlsi=-TTDBjl0gcye0p8D
I need LOVE and DOIN’ It is 8 years apart. 87 and 95, so What era are you claiming ? Yet you only mention 2 songs like there wasn’t any hard joints in between them.
You need to watch ll cool j said he went did his verse leave studio then Eminem would go in and do his verse they never where in the studio together when the song was written go look it up look it up LL COOL J TALKING ABOUT HOW THE SONG WAS WROTE
Nope !!!!! Just that ( he talking about retiring rapper ) cause that’s what he did !!!!! 🤨my man is ILL ON THE MIC 🎤., PLEASE LISTEN TO MORE OF HIS SONG YOUNG G!😉🫡👍
Dude, it’s well documented LL Cool J. It was like next to Dre a second mentor for Eminem, specially in the second half of his career. The rope chain you see where he got from LL Cool J as a gift you don’t spend six figures on a fucking rope chain for some random when you LL Cool J . I even think he had M&M is one of his inductors into the rock ‘n’ roll Hall of Fame if memory serves I don’t mean inductors like he was in because LL got him before him, but I think he performed with LL. You know after the induction when they perform. Was definitely there when inducted and was wearing LL’a rope chain
I don't keep up enough with people's personal lives and by people I mean rappers and famous people and so it makes it difficult for me to piece some of this together but thanks to some of the comments it helps but this s*** is f****** amazing holy s*** they went at it now and they get some amazing that I didn't know LL Cool J could go like this all I know him from this is popular s*** that was that s*** and stuff and I'm sorry for that I really am especially to him I'm sorry but f****** hell let's go f*** it I hope they make some more stuff damn teach me some s*** take me to school come on with it f****** hell
LL is Em"s biggest idol. He has said that repeatedly over the years
fun fact: they were only in the studio together for that "Veni, vidi, vici" line. The rest of it they did by one verse at a time, then the other would come in listen to the previous verse and then do theirs.
and in case you didn't know, "Farmers Blvd" was LL's block in queens, so when LL shouts out "8 mile", its a call back to that farmers line.
Em said “ As far as boulevards, I’m talking about Farmers like insurance claims” LL is from Farmer’s Boulevard & LL says “Professional I’m like a sniper from 8 miles away” paying homage to Em ❤❤
Yep... Thank you for sharing that cuz I was going to if nobody else did 😁👍👊💛
This is one of my favorite reactions to this song. So many people missed SO much in watching and you nailed it. Can’t wait to meet your father in law too!
EM and LL killed it big up to Q-tip also real hip hop in the building
This was Q's best production, not only of the album, but of all time.
@@jansenart0 eminem added production was that old school breakbeat part, which, to me, is better than the em type of beat that actually q tip produced
9:14 Straight facts. 💯🔥Your mom has good taste. When you refer to a rapper as the "Goat" you are looking at who came up with that. I feel like LL doesn't get even close to the props he definitely deserves. Dude is almost 60 and still look fine as hell to. This is like a dream come true for us Xers. It's my favorite rapper with his favorite rapper. ❤❤❤
What I think I love most about this, is Em really let LL shine!!!! Like, LL is Marshalls idol and I think he wanted, when he had this opportunity to rap with his idol, to really let LL be the main attraction and yet bring his own magic too cuz as he says "LL created a monster". It's just really the most beautiful, brilliant song I've heard in years & years! ❤❤❤❤❤💯🔥🔥🎶🎵👏👏👏
They're not really from different eras, L L is 56 and EMINEM🐐 is 52. Eminem has always said L L was his biggest inspiration and his favorite rapper. L L had a front row seat when Eminem was inducted into the Rock 'N Roll Hall of Fame. Saw a short where L L said he was hanging out with Q-tip (from A Tribe Called Quest) and Q-tip played this beat for him. L L said "I bet Eminem would get on a beat like this." And of course L L has Eminem's private phone number so he called up Em and they got it done. 3 legends made this gem!🔥💯❤️✌️
LL is a GOAT an EM too!
This 'bout makes your head spin at how freaking amazing the combo of these 2 goats bring it!!! ❤👊🥰🎶🎶🎶🎶 Great reaction sir 👏👏👍❤ "Mama said knock you out", my fave LL Cool J song ever! ❤🎶👊 Btw, I'm 53, so LL is only 3 years older than me and Em is like a year and half younger than me. My era, my people, my faves... This is GOLD 💛🎶🔥 Btw, the end is a nod to LL's song "Going Back to Cali", if you've never seen it, look up the video hon 👍
Bro your face when LL let rip 😂
I was blown away lol
It’s a GOAT (LL) rapping with a GOAT (Em) who’s fan of the first GOAT (LL) paying homage to another GOAT (Kane)… so bleeping good…
Go work out listening…
Go run while listening…
Roll in your car listening…
Doesn’t.
Get.
Old.
Check out the original LL Cool J - “Murdergram” off of the Mama Said Knock You Out album and “Rock The Bells (Original Recipe Mix)
You should do LL’s “Mama Said Knock You Out”
Do LL Cool J Headsprung
That's the joint.
Actually you need to look up the interview where LL explains how they recorded. They actually each went into the booth blind, back and forth not knowing what each other was laying down.
"Rock the Bells" and "I Need A Beat"
Lady's Luv Cool J simply said but, if you really was a fan you know he went hard at anyone who daared to step to him. LL was know for his bars he was know for straight up blasted out the hemisphere.
It is amazing!
LL made a i'm bad, moma said knock you out, his first joint rock the bells
Lol they wrrent in the studio together they just legends
Yed they were. .The recorded at Dr Dre's studio.
They were in the studio together, they just weren’t in the booth together
How I'm Comin and Crossroads from "14 shots to the dome", its pretty underrated album
You got an OG, you going to be riding with, let him guide you to the album you going to ride with! He knows, time to go to Hip Hop school!😊
6:56 yes, the Canibus beef is amazing. React to that beef battle. Crazy how it all happened.
And how dizaster slaughtered canibus lol
I don’t think L is out rapping em I think both are even respect each other
LL on record saying they did everything separately except the last section.
Rock the Bells (the original version)...the most vicious and lyrical joint ever written. Check it out. Dope reac.
Murdergram, Jack the Ripper, Go cut creator,etc. Research.
Check out. "I'm Bad"" "My Radio"
"Rock the Bells" by LL. He always snapped, he changed with the times for the ladies..LL Cool L
Ladies Love Cool James!
you have to hear DROPIN EM
The Cool J album you should react to would have to be "Radio" or "Bigger and Deffer" (B.A.D.). These are Cool J's hardest days. After those bangers, he would come hard every once in a while like maybe "Mama Said Knock You Out."
"Your candy bars will get you killed in the forest..."
Dude, LL has A LOT more than just "chick rap". Most of his stuff is definitely not that. I'm Bad, Momma Said Knock You Out, Rock the Bells, I Need a Beat, and the first Murdergram.
totally agree mate work so well together its a classic already
Lil bro, L is the man! Listen to Shut Em Down from the Any Given Sunday soundtrack. LL got bizzy on that one too. I appreciate your love for this song and how you heard things that other reactors didn't hear. The OGs are coming back.
The video is a salute to the 4 elements of hip-hop
Little did you realize This was a appearance from Big Daddy Kane, his words not mine. Real Hip Hop Fans recognized the T-shirt before the bars. And Real Fans have a visual imprint of this classic album and what’s on it 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
Hahaha 😆.... *"Real Hip Hop Fans recognized the T-shirt before the bars...*
Hey ppl hopefully y'all were sitting when you found out & heard the news, man hopefully you recognized the shirt cause if you didn't then that would make you just *another fake Hip-Hop fan...*
@@SupermanShrugZyou sound like a jerk. Ha
I'm gonna offer a friendly amendment here... how about "original" vs "real" fans? My kids (one has passed on) are "real" fans, hell they are kids raised by a genx'er who grew up during the infancy of rap. They are not the originals though. This makes them no less than me. They are real even if they never saw the cover of rock the bells, etc. And hell I'm half blind, I could not see the t until he was closer up BUT I am real and original! The last thing any of us need to be doing is separating people by any reason. We have enough that shit coming up for the next four years. Why don't we include people in the fold. Doesn't make me any better that I grew up during the 80s when this began, just makes me more knowledgeable about it so I share the knowledge. I don't beat people up with it, spread love baby not hate.
Everybody that commented on my comment. Im 57 and this is my master class. I wore every color Kangol, I had a Troop and addidas leather jacket. I was breakdancer for The Scanner Boyz and performed in Philladelphia Spectrum Switch Watch Fresh Fest. Same show with Whodini and Jermaine Dupri
Danced for them as a kid. So I didn’t listen to Def Jam’s Pop version of LL, I rocked “Jack the Ripper” and “Go Cut Creator” plus the Original “MURDERGRAM”, all these fake fans didn’t even know there was a First. Research everything I say there are receipts 🧾
Im not gonna lie LL cool J was giving me old school Dre vibes with his flow. Even with the aggression in his tone.
Do ‘Mama Said Knock You Out’
Or I’m That Type of Guy!
Momma Said Knock You Out
Is aggressive LL. It's definitely worth it, dude. 😅
Apparently according to a behind the scenes of this song, LL and Em did a sort of Freddie Mercury (Queen) and David Bowie type arrangement where LL would go first and di his first bit then Em would go next taking turns in the studio🤙!
“cmon man “ 99 % of your fans don’t even exist….. is all you need to know about the canibus beef 🥩
That was the radio pop appeal of What Def Jam pushed.
Image over artist, that was the late 80s early nineties model labels followed. No internet and they had full control to distribution of the artist music. The day they ran numbers with the release of LL’s video “I need Love”
This was the stamp to mainstream, but the streets back then knew L as a battle rapper aka Jack the Ripper. Why do you think he’s Eminem’s idol.
My favorite LL albums with a Panther" and "Bigger And Deffer".
You should check out LL's song, Headsprung. :)
Don't get it fucking twisted. LL is the OG 🐐! He termed the phrase. Shout out to BDK was 🔥!
Go listen to Original (Rock the Bells) by LL........ also great collaboration
I have seen a lot of reactors who has said similar things to what you have other saying they didn't know did LL Cool J could bring up his game like this. Several people felt that both he and Eminem stepped up to the fact of the other person that they were performing with. Did LL Cool J take it up a notch because he was with Eminem and vice versa. Greatness leads to greatness
Check out I’m Bad, Momma Said Knock You Out…. There are so many that didn’t cater to just the female vibe… he definitely is timeless💪🏽
Great Reaction...
First time on your channel it’s a really great room you. Only a men’s I would make is that they’re only about five years apart in age! James been doing this since he’s a teen! NYC represent
Start with Rock the Bells
I heard L said (allegedly) Dre helped him with this rap style.
I imagine it was a lot of breathing techniques bc he usually doesn't rap this fast
To be honest.. when I first heard you saying you were listening to it cuz your father-in-law ask you to and that your mother had loved LL Cool J I didn't expect a lot.. any of the background never been exposed to rap even much less all the background. The three my journey of learning about Eminem I've learned a lot about the history as well from people in the comments in different reactors. And from that journey I also learned that if you don't know some of that a lot of it doesn't click. Anyway.... I wanted to give you a pat on the back that even without that exposure you picked up on things about how they were given a props to each other and how a lot of that goes into it and makes it what it is. Firsttime here. Thanks for teaction.
Great reaction bro!
Mint!
As far as recs: The album Walking With a Panther has a tarnished reputation because it has some truly rancid mushy love songs, but if you want to hear LL RAPPIN RAPPIN like this, that's the album to hit up: "It Gets No Rougher", "Nitro", "Droppin' Em" just to name a few. (There's also a lot of good stuff on Radio, Bigger and Deffer, Mama Said Knock You Out and, to a slightly lesser extent, 14 Shots to the Dome -- "How I'm Comin" is still dope)
🔥 reaction bro
Why is everybody surprised at LL he is HIP HOP
I love it when everyone misses the meatballs lol
you got a couple of trained Killasagna gets missed a lot as well
💜💜💜💜
His name stands for Lady Love Cool James
😅they weren't in the studio recording together.
Sorry sir this collab wasn't in person...until the end. Jack da Ripper is LL's alter ego. Em also paid tribute to Big Daddy Kane who influenced EM's word play, with elongation of words that don't rhyme to make them fit. You need to react to Jack the Ripper by LL
Gotta do the new Eminem album.
The best song is "I'm Bad" it's the same cover picture from the beginning of this song
LL always put stuff like this on his albums but not released as singles
You need to check ut his discography, he was not just making songs for chicks :
Studio albums
Radio (1985)
Bigger and Deffer (1987)
Walking with a Panther (1989)
Mama Said Knock You Out (1990)
14 Shots to the Dome (1993)
Mr. Smith (1995)
Phenomenon (1997)
G.O.A.T. (2000)
10 (2002)
The DEFinition (2004)
Todd Smith (2006)
Exit 13 (2008)
Authentic (2013)
The FORCE (2024)
🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
The Ripper Strikes Back (Canibus Diss)
Brother, i didn't know LL was a rapper until the Cannabis beef. PLEASE check that out.
On the way !
He also had beef with Kool Moe Dee
React to the ripper strikes back if you wqnna see ll going insane
Fucking dope reaction
"Jack the Ripper"
I Shot Ya Remix
Do eminem - canibich
No Complaints!!!!!
Go listen to"Jack The Ripper" by LL.
Check out Story of Adidon
GREAT REACTION! If I could make 1 recommendation for the LL Reaction....since he got 20 yrs worth of albums and it's to hard to try recommending just 1, what if you just picked 10 (NON FEMALE) request from people in the comments and react to those while you ride around the city with Melvin.
"ILL BOMB" ua-cam.com/video/Bo52wTplkfY/v-deo.htmlsi=KqXsbwZ5wJXi6F3S
"Hollis To Hollywood" ua-cam.com/video/ObkNszXGtDc/v-deo.htmlsi=-TTDBjl0gcye0p8D
look up momma said knock you out.
On the way!
listen to 4321
I"m Bad the album he's recreating...
I need LOVE and DOIN’ It is 8 years apart. 87 and 95, so What era are you claiming ? Yet you only mention 2 songs like there wasn’t any hard joints in between them.
Am bad
Why does everyone always thinks it's a contest you miss the whole point .
You need to watch ll cool j said he went did his verse leave studio then Eminem would go in and do his verse they never where in the studio together when the song was written go look it up look it up LL COOL J TALKING ABOUT HOW THE SONG WAS WROTE
Nope !!!!! Just that ( he talking about retiring rapper ) cause that’s what he did !!!!! 🤨my man is ILL ON THE MIC 🎤., PLEASE LISTEN TO MORE OF HIS SONG YOUNG G!😉🫡👍
Outrap em....???? Edit that sh
Dude, it’s well documented LL Cool J. It was like next to Dre a second mentor for Eminem, specially in the second half of his career. The rope chain you see where he got from LL Cool J as a gift you don’t spend six figures on a fucking rope chain for some random when you LL Cool J . I even think he had M&M is one of his inductors into the rock ‘n’ roll Hall of Fame if memory serves I don’t mean inductors like he was in because LL got him before him, but I think he performed with LL. You know after the induction when they perform. Was definitely there when inducted and was wearing LL’a rope chain
The cannabis shit was the 90s.
I don't keep up enough with people's personal lives and by people I mean rappers and famous people and so it makes it difficult for me to piece some of this together but thanks to some of the comments it helps but this s*** is f****** amazing holy s*** they went at it now and they get some amazing that I didn't know LL Cool J could go like this all I know him from this is popular s*** that was that s*** and stuff and I'm sorry for that I really am especially to him I'm sorry but f****** hell let's go f*** it I hope they make some more stuff damn teach me some s*** take me to school come on with it f****** hell
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