This man was really on a different level in 87 when this dropped…”No good scavenger, catfish vulture. My tongue’s a chisel and this composition’s a sculpture”
Yet he wouldn't have even been signed to Def Jam were it not for Ad Rock of the Beastie Boys. He has acknowledged this and the very important role they provided for him by pestering Rick Rubin to hear his demo. The rest was history. But don't mistake the Beastie's role in this. Go watch LL's reaction when MCA died. It's touching. They were brothers.
Man LL got just as much claim to goat as any rapper..1st huge solo rap star in the 80s..signed to Def jam at like 16-17..just a great catalog..I could run off 20 songs of his u got to check for..Mama said knock u out, boomin system, jingling baby, goin back to Cali, Jack the ripper..etc etc
If hip hop ended in 1989, I would say LL was the goat... but since it continued for another 30+ years, I'm not even sure if I would include him in the top 10 all time. He's top 50 for sure, though.
@@KtotheG depends on the measurement. Definitely better lyricists, better flows, better beat pickers, better hook makers, better sales. But hip-hop spans 5 decades now. And he pretty much had one of them on lock. He dominated 85-95 at least. Hard to find 50 people who have done better.
Nice reaction. LL was our first G.O.A.T. Who could do anything. Act, whisper sing to you(I Need Love), and battle anybody. I believe he was the first in rap to use the term G.O.A.T. He kicked in a lot of doors for us as a people.
I remember rapping every word of this song on the playground with my cousin. Like we were in the video. 😂 But seriously this song went hard all summer long, at the time there was nothing else like it!
I was in 6th grade when this came out and to me, it was the first song that was different from that Curtis Blow type shit. The beat goes for days and LL rode that shit (pause)
1987 Classic James Todd smith on his Bigger And Deffer album, LL coined the term goat in hip hop check out: Go cut creator no airplay How I’m coming Ain’t nobody Back seat Around the way girl Jingling baby Imagine that Father Fuhgidabowdit ft Method Man,Redman and DMX Dr Dre & LL cool J - zoom EPMD - rampage ft. LL Cool J B real Coolio method man Busta Rhymes & ll cool j - hit em high No frontin allowed Funkadelic Relic And many more underrated cuts
Man, I had this red Magnavox boom-box with detachable speakers. I'd be at the park blasting this and every other tape. A time when you had to have lyrics that told a story.
"Mama Said Knock You Out", " The Boomin' System" Keep in mind this is a 18-19 year old LL in this I'm Bad video. Compared to today's nineteen year old's he would be highly advanced but then again he was highly advanced for that time The late 80' early 90's, back when you got four strong verses out of a emcee! They don't do that no more🤣🤣🤣
Grest reaction to a classic, bro. Btw, that was LL Cool J at the age of 19 back in 1987. You should definitely check out his hits from when he was only 15-16 years old: "I Can't Live With My Radio", "Rock The Bells" etc.
The Beastie Boys were with Rick Rubin listening to demos. They got to a demo from LL who was just a kid at the time. During that demo LL may have not know he was being recorded and said, "Let me clear my throat". The Beastie Boys thought it was funny so they used it as an inside joke on the song The New Style. Which was then used by DJ Kool on Let Me Clear My Throat.
Quick trivia. AD Rock (Beastie Boys) was going through tapes at the beginning of Def Jam and ran across LL's demo, and told Rick Ruben if you want a artist to start your label with, you better sign this guy.
The brother in the black hat is Earl Shabazz is homie…. If you watch the movie Kush Groove you’ll see them …. The DJ is Cut Creator… Classic Real Hip Hop…. On the Radio Album they did a skit which was funny has hell check the out also
ANOTHER CLASSIC?! Loving it! This was a tough diss track (against Cool Moe Dee) and I stayed blasting it. Thanks for posting. LL Cool J is a national treasure. If you do another track by him try out Boomin System II (Not the 1st one lol.) That song is an original trunk rattler! Lol. Thanks again for posting. These are always great to end the night with.
Man, yoyoyoyoyo!! This is almost 100% certain a reaction on Micheal Jackson's song: Bad, the bassline is almost the same. Because MJ's is quite uhhm... not bad at all... For fun you should check out MJ's "Bad" video-clip real quick and compare it and you see (i think) why LL's is dancing/moves are a bit exaggerated in his own clip.😸 You should definitly check out LL's "Mama Said Knock You Out"! After that track came out i dont think one rapper at the time had the guts to go 1v1 battle rap against him.
Oldschool LL was Dope. . but u shld Check out A album titled "All World" by him. . my favorite LL album from the 90's. . a lot of good features including Method Man. . . also "My Radio" off this album.
This is the song that sparked the beef. Moe Dee said in an interview that he took offense to the line "the baddest rapper in the history of rap itself".
Can you review ll cool j "father"...this song kinda parallels my life especially about the beating from his mother's boyfriend. My mama's boyfriend really made me strip got a beating at age 10 or 11 as a little girl. This is one of my songs period. The lead vocalist I believe is Tamela Mann that used to sing with kirk Franklin and the family ❤from Louisiana
LL low key the goat. When this came out people lost they mind. People were looking for Cool J Cookies
If ll cool j say "I'm the greatest to ever do it" absolutely no one can doubt that. Top 5 dead or alive
He definitely one of em
Not low key. He is the OG G.O.A.T., ask Em.
Frfr. I was like 8. Shit was crazy!
Facts because I was one of them
LL literally coined the phrase G.O.A.T !! He is a living hip hop legend
This man was really on a different level in 87 when this dropped…”No good scavenger, catfish vulture. My tongue’s a chisel and this composition’s a sculpture”
'my tongue's a chisel and this compostion's sculpture' might be one of my favorite short lyrics
Speaking of energy, LL really does bring the energy. He brings energy to his live concert tours too...
He was Def Jam's first artist, he created the term GOAT so it's only right that he's the ORIGINAL
Yet he wouldn't have even been signed to Def Jam were it not for Ad Rock of the Beastie Boys. He has acknowledged this and the very important role they provided for him by pestering Rick Rubin to hear his demo. The rest was history. But don't mistake the Beastie's role in this. Go watch LL's reaction when MCA died. It's touching. They were brothers.
Man this is one of LL’s hardest tracks 👊🏾
This or the message by Melle Mel is 1/2 in Hiphop history.?
Music was so good in the 80's and 90's. Great time to be young.
LL is the one that created the term GOAT and that's what he is.
What was really crazy was he was 19 when this came out. The attitude and skill at that age back then was 🎤💪
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Man LL got just as much claim to goat as any rapper..1st huge solo rap star in the 80s..signed to Def jam at like 16-17..just a great catalog..I could run off 20 songs of his u got to check for..Mama said knock u out, boomin system, jingling baby, goin back to Cali, Jack the ripper..etc etc
Put it this way. No one is beating LL in a Verzuz. He could just put on Mr Smith and end them.
@@jayhag5481 I'm not even talking to someone about rap if they try to tell me LL ain't in the goat convo period..at all
If hip hop ended in 1989, I would say LL was the goat... but since it continued for another 30+ years, I'm not even sure if I would include him in the top 10 all time. He's top 50 for sure, though.
@@KtotheG depends on the measurement. Definitely better lyricists, better flows, better beat pickers, better hook makers, better sales. But hip-hop spans 5 decades now. And he pretty much had one of them on lock. He dominated 85-95 at least. Hard to find 50 people who have done better.
E love is in the hat. Hip hop fun fact e love is the guy in the public enemy crosshairs symbol
I used to work in them buildings in brooklyn. 3rd base made stepping to the a.m. video there too.
My first tape i ever bought.. this was my fav song forever. Always remember "Oreos eat Cool J cookies!!!!"
This was fight music back in 1987.
E Love is the Public Enemy logo.
Kool Moe Dee - I go to work
And remember, this is 1987!!
Nice reaction. LL was our first G.O.A.T. Who could do anything. Act, whisper sing to you(I Need Love), and battle anybody. I believe he was the first in rap to use the term G.O.A.T. He kicked in a lot of doors for us as a people.
This has been my favorite song since I was NINE and this came out.
I remember rapping every word of this song on the playground with my cousin. Like we were in the video. 😂 But seriously this song went hard all summer long, at the time there was nothing else like it!
L was the man for a very very long time
I was in 6th grade when this came out and to me, it was the first song that was different from that Curtis Blow type shit. The beat goes for days and LL rode that shit (pause)
Straight up classic
The Goat. Hip hops first Superstar. I'll take him in a battle v anyone...
This record holds a special place in my heart. It's the album that got me into hip hop. First cassette I ever bought with my own money.
1987 Classic James Todd smith on his Bigger And Deffer album, LL coined the term goat in hip hop
check out:
Go cut creator
no airplay
How I’m coming
Ain’t nobody
Back seat
Around the way girl
Jingling baby
Imagine that
Father
Fuhgidabowdit ft Method Man,Redman and DMX
Dr Dre & LL cool J - zoom
EPMD - rampage ft. LL Cool J
B real Coolio method man Busta Rhymes & ll cool j - hit em high
No frontin allowed
Funkadelic Relic
And many more underrated cuts
That’s my favorite song of ALL TIME!!!
Man in the black hat is E Love, his Silhouette was used in Public Enemy's famous crosshair target symbol.
Man, I had this red Magnavox boom-box with detachable speakers. I'd be at the park blasting this and every other tape. A time when you had to have lyrics that told a story.
"Mama Said Knock You Out", " The Boomin' System" Keep in mind this is a 18-19 year old LL in this I'm Bad video. Compared to today's nineteen year old's he would be highly advanced but then again he was highly advanced for that time The late 80' early 90's, back when you got four strong verses out of a emcee! They don't do that no more🤣🤣🤣
nope...sure don't
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LL the original G.O.A.T 🐐
Top 10 fav' hands down. Not many new artists with the cat in the hat flow can even compare
LL Cool J--How I'm Comin. The video is insanity.
LL birthed alot of future MCs, I was one of them 💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯
The first super lyrical song, ever.
LL COOL J - DOIN IT
The dude with the black hat is his main man e love. Been with him from the time now.
Mama Said Knock You Out (Acoustic, MTV version)
Grest reaction to a classic, bro. Btw, that was LL Cool J at the age of 19 back in 1987. You should definitely check out his hits from when he was only 15-16 years old: "I Can't Live With My Radio", "Rock The Bells" etc.
100% 💪🏾🎤
He was 18.
That's Special Agent Sam Hanna before he joined the navy and NCIS: Los Angeles
LL's Ain't no Body! See how many stars you know!
Now you know! ICON!
The Beastie Boys were with Rick Rubin listening to demos. They got to a demo from LL who was just a kid at the time. During that demo LL may have not know he was being recorded and said, "Let me clear my throat". The Beastie Boys thought it was funny so they used it as an inside joke on the song The New Style. Which was then used by DJ Kool on Let Me Clear My Throat.
This whole album is great.
That beat was from an old cartoon called Courageous Cat and Minute Mouse
Take a look at Rock the Bells(super classic) and Boomin' systems(super smooth classic)
Ok den!!!! "Rock the Bells" next! And have the lyrics up when you do it bc he was dropping so many words in each bar.
The guy with the hat is Earl (E-Love)
That shit is forever hard as hell
Brother with the hat is E-Love. Part of LLs crew.
The man was only 19 when he dropped his second album, rap’s first superstar
Another cold, cold one by Cool J? The breakthrough.
Big up ahmad salute general!, from edmonton,alberta Canada
Yeah this song was swaged out you couldn't tell LL nothing in this video lol
Quick trivia. AD Rock (Beastie Boys) was going through tapes at the beginning of Def Jam and ran across LL's demo, and told Rick Ruben if you want a artist to start your label with, you better sign this guy.
This is my hype song on the way to the gym
I listen to this every week this hard
If you want to hear his hardest shit ever do the Original Rock the Bells! Not the one off album! Over 7 min of straight fire!
Nah the young king isn’t ready for this type of heat haha
Co-sign
Yo Rich....The Original Rock the Bells is a Master piece...It should be in a museum...Greatest song ever written.
My favorite ll cool j song ever.ll cool j im bad is a masterpiece
Easily top 25 rap music and videos ever made.word up son
The brother in the black hat is Earl Shabazz is homie…. If you watch the movie Kush Groove you’ll see them …. The DJ is Cut Creator… Classic Real Hip Hop…. On the Radio Album they did a skit which was funny has hell check the out also
Dude wit the hat is E Love, Cool J's right had man!
CLASSIC shit🔥🔥🔥...The ORIGINAL GOAT...Had an album called THE GOAT.
The dude in the hat is E Love LL killer
that whole album was 🔥🔥🔥
ANOTHER CLASSIC?! Loving it! This was a tough diss track (against Cool Moe Dee) and I stayed blasting it. Thanks for posting. LL Cool J is a national treasure. If you do another track by him try out Boomin System II (Not the 1st one lol.) That song is an original trunk rattler! Lol. Thanks again for posting. These are always great to end the night with.
You need to react to LLs Bigger and Deffer album with this song on it. It's way ahead of it's time
Peace King. Peace to the Family. Another classic💯💪🏿🔥🔥🔥🔥
The GOAT! 🔥 check out Boomin System and his Walking with a Panther album...you really can't go wrong !
You have to check out jingling baby the Marley Mal remix by LL another classic.
Real hip hop.
Told you so
Man that cat with the black hat on standing in the back that's e love his sole purpose was to stand on stage with the radio that's it.
That’s easy money 😂💪🏾🔥
E. Love is also the silhouette on Public Enemy's logo.
Hell yeah!!! 🔥✊🏾🫡
REACT TO "ORIGINAL ROCK DA BELLS"... LL COOL J
DATS WHEN HE WAS HUNGRY!! U CAN HEAR IT IN DA GROWL OF HIS VOICE!!!
The Great Adventures Of Slick Rick 🔥🔥🔥
He was 16 in this video. The hardest line was ( so forget Oreos, eat cool j cookies)
When i retire I'll be worshipped like an old battle ship. (Worship =War Ship)
The beat is a sample from courageous cat and minute mouse a cartoon from the 1960s
I was waiting for someone who was old enough, to post this.
@@seanluv1 I’m only 38 I know the sample because my dad told me
@@mackinshizzaveli4202 🙂
Man, I never knew that! 45 and I've never heard of the cartoon either. Going to have to check that out.
that was fun! lol
I would recommend Jingling Baby and I’m the type of guy (dirty Mack anthem)
"i got so many girls on my lock i keep my phone in tack"
Triple 6 Mafia sampled this for Tare Da Club Up 97. R.I.P. Gangsta Boo
🔥🔥🔥
Man, yoyoyoyoyo!! This is almost 100% certain a reaction on Micheal Jackson's song: Bad, the bassline is almost the same. Because MJ's is quite uhhm... not bad at all... For fun you should check out MJ's "Bad" video-clip real quick and compare it and you see (i think) why LL's is dancing/moves are a bit exaggerated in his own clip.😸
You should definitly check out LL's "Mama Said Knock You Out"! After that track came out i dont think one rapper at the time had the guts to go 1v1 battle rap against him.
M first favorite solo artist.
One of the best LL songs is Jingling Babyl ...check it out
Oldschool LL was Dope. . but u shld Check out A album titled "All World" by him. . my favorite LL album from the 90's. . a lot of good features including Method Man. . . also "My Radio" off this album.
It's funny he using the first cell phone that came out that year.
Great reaction ❤ from Louisiana..Can you do Fiend-"Talk it Like I Bring It"
Teenage LL is the best version of LL for me.
He got on Kool Moe Dee's @$$ with this one!!!!
This is the song that sparked the beef.
Moe Dee said in an interview that he took offense to the line "the baddest rapper in the history of rap itself".
❤
Ll Cool J - The Doo Wop..... Its on the same album!!!
LADIES LOVE COOL JAMES.
LL was in his bag.....
You did The Ripper Strikes Back. Now you gotta do "Jack The Ripper".
But he didn’t write I’m bad or I need love they was written by bobcat 👊🏾💯🔥
Can you review ll cool j "father"...this song kinda parallels my life especially about the beating from his mother's boyfriend. My mama's boyfriend really made me strip got a beating at age 10 or 11 as a little girl. This is one of my songs period. The lead vocalist I believe is Tamela Mann that used to sing with kirk Franklin and the family ❤from Louisiana
Momma Said KNock you Out
Pls sum reactions to some of cypress hills first 3 albums👻