LL COOL J Freestyle on Sway In The Morning | SWAY’S UNIVERSE

The GOAT LL COOL J let some bars off on his latest trip to Sway In the Morning!
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[@DJ_Shenanigan00]

This is why us old heads won't stop talking about the importance of lyrics!

[@troymcdonald]

WORD!

[@nattydredka]

Annnnnnddddddd you could hear every single word........I will always rock with the Old School Hip Hop legends!!! Happy 50th Hip Hop!!

[@lamarcraven2314]

Talk yo shit Homie 🫡

[@mac_fresh8675]

But I jus wanna rock, yadda yadda yah!!! 😂 I couldn't agree more I capped my intake of hiphop as soon as most of the goats started retiring. Only a select few from the new age tick my boxes and that's jcole and kendrick. I'm sick of senseless dribble over a hard beat....... WASTE of a beat 😢

[@nathandaniels8459]

​@@nattydredkaHells MUFUKIN Yeah!

[@Raizen_5151]

"To the parents he's a legend, to the children a myth."

[@therealjordie]

That shit hit different man

[@Harry64278]

​@@therealjordieyea now that we're older, it sure does

[@skoomskaa]

Facts!

[@Arise12Tribes]

Big facts

[@cside2426]

Lyricism. Go LL. 💪🏽

[@atlnla4112]

He gave you a story, vocabulary, metaphors on top of metaphors, all in a clear intelligible, understandable on the beat,in rhythm flow. From the early days of rap to today, still relevant and on top of the game. You’re CRAZY if he’s not in the top all time. No back seat to anybody.

[@KristineToyens]

True meaning of hip hop!! Well said!!

[@jdtrading4465]

Word! I miss raps like these. Straight intelligence on the mic educating on every level of lyricism

[@cry_now_laugh_later]

Yeah, but it wasn’t a real freestyle meaning he wrote all that out before hand not to take away from the verse, but not as impressive as people coming on the show and actually coming up with stuff off the top of their head…

[@pierrecastanets1974]

He prepared and performed. No points deducted.

[@904KenFolk]

Still the goat

[@boproctor]

"Cause age don't count in the booth, when your flow stays submerged in the fountain of youth"

[@robinhooduk8255]

ask the teenagers, OGs and ask the kids, what the definition of classic is......timeless

[@suede100s]

Rakim ya heard

[@charlieroberts690]

i only watched it 22 times since finding it yesterday. everyone does that I'm sure.

[@P.o.e.t-MSR]

Yes, we do

[@Cmelo7100]

I concur with the person above

[@slickrick2685]

Imagine if it was longer

[@ttdanimations1231]

this was very obviously written by black thought. it’s not LL’s flow or style at all, and he was touring with them at the time.

[@ericbenjamin727]

​​@@ttdanimations1231 Just because he was touring with Black Thought doesn't mean he wrote it. It wasn't setup for him to freestyle, he just asked him to freestyle in the midst of an interview. So I doubt Black Thought wrote this.

[@PeterMckenzieJr-jj5oe]

5 decades n still timeless with da flow n lyrics 🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@Pete..]

My name is Peter McNeil Jr and I agree lol

[@willbrock6665]

TIMELESS.

[@manuel_winde]

LL never gets mentioned when people talk about the GOAT but he’s been there consistently since day 1.

[@ramire7heavenz252]

​@manuel_winde he created the term. Amazing 🐐

[@toyotatommy2434]

TO THIS DAY!!!

[@Somethingsomethingmorbid0]

Wasnt expecting to hear a new LL freestyle at all! OG snapped 💯

[@tryrainey1]

Frfr

[@MrfuckinBeilke]

Like a god

[@materialmirage]

Them hyenas got scared.

[@iamhereblossom1588]

Don't think it was really off the top of the head.

[@materialmirage]

@@iamhereblossom1588 Show us ANY proof that it wasn't a freestyle.

[@lewismilligan3891]

"back to elevate the culture, that is my only Motive"..... 🎤🎤🎤🎤🎤

[@thesouthsidec646]

Revolutionary with guns loaded Back to "Revlevate," the culture That's my only motive.

[@BoogieBoogsForever]

😂😂 It was dope but yeah he did miss that one.

[@ridge7524]

💯💯💯💯💯

[@Neichus]

​@@BoogieBoogsForeverhe would've missed the pocket it if he pronounced "elevate" instead, so he had to stretch that one a bit

[@toby2k75]

It's a damn shame the younger crowd only know LL from acting. Dude is a legend on the mic.. "moving chess pieces like telekinesis, as a toddler he walked with 2 panthers on leashes"🔥🔥🔥🗽🗽

[@gak4581]

Word. I had to play songs for them to understand...same for Will Smith and Queen Latifah.

[@toby2k75]

@gak4581 facts!!!! Latifah better than half of the rappers today🤣🤣

[@datgood1908]

Shit I grew up in the 90s by then ll was making hits for the ladies but he's a true mc from back in the 80s

[@stackmosayless-1669]

You do know when he was about 19 he had a album called "Walking with a Panther". And on the album cover he posed with a panther and the panther was wearing LL's gold rope chain. Mind you this was 89😮

[@toby2k75]

@stackmosayless-1669 yes sir indeed!!! I was 2 years old when that album dropped ☹️🤣 I'm old.. but that's why I typed that bar. That album was 🔥

[@robertomancha6840]

LL marked his territory on that mic in Sway's studio. I'm still replaying this man's verses catching hidden bars. Mad respect.

[@BeRoyal37]

"The same drugs they gave Hemmingway and Edgar Allen Poe, the whole world is RAVEN for the baby to bell tolls" ... he's on a different level

[@ttdanimations1231]

love LL but this was very obviously written by black thought. it’s not LL’s flow or style at all, and he was touring with them at the time.

[@slumlife119]

LL still got it 🔥🔥🔥

[@retlaw190]

He never lost it

[@michaelwilliamson7626]

That's an understatement.... L is fire ... young rappers take notes!

[@thesouthsidec646]

​@retlaw190 facts

[@angc1456]

still got it?? are you a newbie?? he never lost it !!!

[@DangDudeee]

This is too dope, legendary moment

[@MrfuckinBeilke]

Seriously. This is crazy

[@samcollins7432]

Ya know spit spitting Like daBless 1Amen! Da goAt Master! Mr smith Out Of Many Man mmmany men da #1)😮 #LLCoolj # AL-WAYs1L😊Ve

[@wisegas]

You ain’t lie!!!!!! Sheesh

[@mr.severe514]

The LL Cool J freestyle we didn’t tought we needed! 🔥 Wasn’t expecting him delivering that way, timeless MC 💯

[@jflack6]

*think

[@shauncameron8390]

LL Cool J = still something like a phenomenon.

[@miserablew1zrd916]

That's true Hip Hop, Story telling, poetry and Knowledge! People forget LL can really spit.

[@ttdanimations1231]

love him but this was very obviously written by black thought. it’s not LL’s flow or style at all, and he was touring with them at the time.

[@Koedean]

And thats how you drop lethal bars. No fillers, just straight amo. L been killing it for decades now.

[@marvincaldwell3564]

Z3MCS we started with LL and salt and pepper you had to be dope back then

[@Koedean]

@@marvincaldwell3564 exactly right. I could rattle off a massive list but we both know already.

[@aisubjective]

He Snapped ! It shows how much those from his era took the Freestyles seriously. There were layers in that Freestyle !

[@kudabeen]

Many...the way real MCs are well read and just have a depth of references...history, classic literature, poets, pop, mythology, iconic imagery all while staying in pocket and finding where to play on the beat...nasty and timeless.

[@SuperFunkykool]

​@@kudabeenschool 'em som

[@iamhereblossom1588]

Don't think it was a real freestyle.

[@robf900]

@@iamhereblossom1588it wasn’t. He’s rapped it before

[@retrokidbk83]

Freestyles meant writtens free of style, structure, bridge, hook, chorus. Off the dome is the improvised on the spot verse.......that gets mixed in as what a freestyle is. LL spit written aka a Freestyle.

[@tjinks7530]

40 years at it...still 🔥

[@DontplaywithKingYahorHis55555]

Less than 2 minutes he just killed every new modern day rapper career.

[@denrico777]

It was good but naw. You obviously aint seen King Los's la leakers freestyle.

[@bobby6009]

@@denrico777 his songs terrible man, he can freestyle only LL does both, Legend

[@denrico777]

@@bobby6009 we talking bout a freestyle though.

[@ttdanimations1231]

love LL but this was very obviously written by black thought. it’s not LL’s flow or style at all, and he was touring with them at the time.

[@TreDogOfficial]

He doesn't just rap, he tells a story!

[@carlosizz89]

Us old heads grew up with lyricism and freestyles were the stone where you sharpen your tongue. Keep bringing the legends back to drop some bars for the culture.

[@samuelsmall6328]

Yo, a lil freaking louder please

[@meechgangsports7119]

As an 80's baby.. My soul Needed this!! 🙌🏾

[@OGFitzRoy]

Word. Just saw him live last week. Never missed a step

[@jamesdavis8205]

76, I always make my son play me two songs when I'm hanging out with his peeps. To show them the difference between hip hop and rap.. cause they don't really know

[@MiguelGonzalez-nx6gn]

💯

[@MiguelGonzalez-nx6gn]

“Watch yaself don’t ever step outta line, LL Cool J --, greatest of all time.” LL COOL J

[@ralphmeta7533]

It's crazy how his style is almost identical to what it was 30 years ago and still relevant and CRUSHING it.

[@kareemeternal5914]

This is why I will always say, when it comes to hip hop, no one cares about age. I don't care if a rapper is 40,50 or 60, if they can still flow, they can still flow. LL Is a legend

[@toddmaek5436]

SO aint nobody gonna mention how LL came on Sway and got into his CANIBUS BAG with the bars???

[@BubbleboyJ]

In 5 years we will be back here listening to this freestyle. This will forever be TIMELESS. Giving you, your flowers while you're still with us LL🎉

[@steezybarzSTZ]

Whattt he killed that & just when you thought he was going to say burned, he said Ash then went onto more fire barz saying crematorium 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 This whole rap was fire 💯🔥🔥🔥

[@youngvic22]

That's funny you say that cuz I was like why didn't he say burn lol

[@steezybarzSTZ]

@@youngvic22 Most artists would but he lyricist to be different you got to think out of the box i do it in my music 🙏

[@killah_disciple1]

Glad I wasn't the only one who noticed it. GOAT.

[@h-bo123]

This!

[@Harry64278]

Dam bro I had commented this same thing on another sway LL upload, I’m surprised no one had caught that until now I read this comment. Very clever!

[@OMARNOIR]

I Was nervous for him to be way off, But he sounded better to me here than a lot of his previous material! AND unc is humble in giving game, LongLive Cool J ✨🙌🏾👑

[@365RatedR]

Nervous of the Goat?

[@miwill2create]

Factuals

[@JustTheFacts317]

His stuff is always different and unique. He don't need the beat to make him good he makes the beat good whether the beat is good or bad

[@jflack6]

This is a pro… c’mon now

[@lyrical-T-cm1gu]

LL will serve it 2 any m.c. that would try him in 2024 still the g.o.a.t real m.c. lyricist menace since 85

[@tajirikingking2619]

"Umbilical cord turned into gold as a mic appeared in his hand..." WHAATTTT!!! THIS FAYAAA!! THE LEGEND IS TALKING ON HIW HIS BORN INTO THIS WORLD IN A LEGENDARY WAY!! FAYAAA!!💥💥

[@oldschoolq4327]

LL Cool J Is Hard As Hell 😊😊😊😊😊

[@Freshlygrazed]

Battle anybody, I don't care who you tell

[@TheQANinja]

PAUSE

[@mr.spencer3950]

Rock the bells 🔔

[@IamRipplehead]

That is what’s missing in 90% of music. I have no idea what to call it but that is it.

[@GDUBMX]

Actual talent

[@stuckinthe90sThegoldenera]

Call it real hip hop

[@ragnarlothbruk5090]

True MC Skills!!! Honed to razor sharp perfection!! 40 plus years in the industry and he has just gotten better and better! This clip made my day!!

[@Fudge_Fantasy]

Bars.

[@RobertFroese]

What they all said + story telling

[@emramirez7846]

...and THAT is why he is on my top 5 of ALL time. You betta' remind them Todd. 🔥🐐

[@TeeToppDesigns]

Your favorite rapper ain’t here without the impact of LL

[@CoolHandLukeDuke]

Verse is on The Force album, song is called The Vow. GOAT album...literally 🐐

[@akustyxmusic]

“Gil Heron with the camouflage gear on” He rappin rappin!!!!! 🔥

[@DeTriniJam]

That part of the verse reminded me of AZ tbh not LL sound like he been bumping that Doe or Die 2 and got inspired

[@jhunter213]

A dying art. Had me walking with him focused in on the rhymes he was spittin. Absolutely a legend in the game.

[@bobdigi500]

he's such a clean rapper. Every word is perfectly pronounced. kinda has a Wu Tang sound in this one.

[@WingoTribe704]

Inspectah Deck approves this msg 🤣

[@nattydredka]

Clean and Crisp!!!! Yesssss!!!

[@timblighton6216]

I was thinking Black Thought

[@Divinelytuned7]

@@timblighton6216if ya thinking black thought fam, might need listen again, and also understand LL was first. No diss to black thought because is 🔥🔥🔥 but the comparison is way off Fam

[@timblighton6216]

@@Divinelytuned7 I hear you. I just meant his lyricism was on par with and metaphorical more like Black Thought than Wu Tang. But I understand how my short, drive by response could lend to that interpretation of my post. No disrespect taken. Peace fam!

[@Wetrockstah2116]

Ll cool J is one special individual. Dude is timeless and a true living legend. 💯💯

[@kapitolp7460]

People in 2023 want to act as if LL didn’t coin himself the goat back in the 90s and nobody said anything about it because we all respected it.

[@jeremyrichmond82]

The inventor of G.O.A.T giving us a reminder...🙌

[@toddmaek5436]

THIS is true.

[@chernoa.jalloh3660]

For LL COOL J to freestyle is the last thing that I’ll ever think about. This is a blessing for us. He handled that beat legendarily✊🏾

[@MaloneMantooth]

Do you even know who and what he is? Lol 😂

[@danielstephenson5162]

He kept it so casual and was able to burn the studio down! 🔥 No wonder why Marshall respects this man so much, I love it .. .. keep the bars coming LLegend!

[@jeremymyrick9465]

And Tupac

[@pdmore123]

I honestly think em made ll step his game up in a good way

[@HatianHurricane]

THAT'S WHAT IS KNOWN AS REAL HIP HOP!!! YOU YOUNG BOYS COULD NEVER UNDERTSTAND!!!!

[@DerekJones-l8q]

My favorite rapper since 1984 is still dropping 🔥🔥🔥🔥!! The 🐐 LL Cool J! This freestyle is 🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@Pegaseus]

Man’s hasn’t aged a day and still dropping bars + substance. 🔥

[@Ptrixle]

His demeanour changed when he went into his MC mode, that was fucking cool to see. OG Hyena.

[@deyontahopkinsofficial9040]

LL is a legend 🔥

[@montybennett5220]

One of the best rap I ever heard and I am 52.

[@lyrical-T-cm1gu]

1 of the best freestyles 🥶🥶🥶🥶😱😱😱😱💪👑LL cool J still got it 💯

[@timelesscoley]

LL Cool J 🔥 Was the one who Coined the phrase G.O.A.T. 🐐It’s no secret why he’s considered the GREATEST OF ALL TIMES 🐐🐐🐐🐐

[@Chessbox09]

Man, he never gets credit for it either.

[@WalkingWallet]

It was actually Ali, but modern times your right

[@dbceltics11]

@@WalkingWallet Correct. Ali coined the phrase and named his company GOAT.

[@Funksgroove1]

At age 55, LL still has some "gun boats" on him. I think he has been lifting weights for a couple of decades now. He is an example of longevity in strength and muscle conditioning; and he is also an inspiration to start exercising if you haven't been.

[@RonaldJames-eo2hc]

He's 56

[@kevintroyharrington]

That was F'n badass!

[@DerekJones-l8q]

The 🐐 LL Cool J!!!!

[@nathanjones8732]

L killed it like he always do...had to wipe the tears away from my face after that 😢

[@moetivation1]

The legendary wordsmith! 🙌 good lord he was spittin flames!

[@G5_GABE]

LL still got it.

[@MTwezzy-Magica.MTwice_Mag]

Sway chill with these shootouts

[@MrfuckinBeilke]

That's hip hop

[@t-gunz4209]

I see why Eminem looked up to this man🎉🎉

[@heruapocalypse2021]

Everyone looked up to L

[@t-gunz4209]

Ino....just talkin about slim though 👌

[@jeremymyrick9465]

Em looked up to 2pac

[@GalaxyNexus1]

​@@t-gunz4209cuz he needed a good representative from the culture to steal from.

[@IllIllIllIllIII]

​@@jeremymyrick9465 go do your research kid, he doesn't have one specific idol

[@merciless41582]

Now we know why Canibus looked up to this man and was idolized by him. I heard a lot of Canibus in that freestyle!! That was too dope!!!!

[@kenstevens7855]

These youngins need to take notes. LL was hard without ever having to pose as a criminal. He could make joints for the ladies without having to sing melodies. Just an elite MC in every way.

[@NitoNova]

OMG!🔥🔥🔥 LL is a pure legend! I wasn't expecting that.

[@aaronjohn416]

He married that beat and own it forever 🔥

[@TheBulletzgottishow20]

Uncle L still got them the bars the greatest of all time man

[@MrfuckinBeilke]

Hip hop

[@Dreday12344]

The Goat.. nobody can't out rap him...👑🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 freestyle off the dome he could've make this a rap song straight vet to ever do it.. the Greatest of all time...💯👌🏽

[@danielhoward6558]

Made me scrunch my face in the best way. This verse was a masterpiece. Incredible wordplay. Masterful storytelling.

[@rhyme70Four]

LL obliterated the mic. Shit!!! #LivingLegendCoolJ

[@MrfuckinBeilke]

On em's station.. I bet he hyped

[@bumpiejohnson]

This is why he will always be in my top 5... #FAVORITERAPPER

[@MrfuckinBeilke]

Hip hop

[@MrCamwilliams7]

To the parents he’s a legend to the children a myth! 🔥🔥🔥 LL a real storyteller! Real MCs use to get on the mic & tell stories! I also hate the division in hip-hop where it’s this era vs that 1, that’s WACK! If everyone collabed this would be a much different world

[@katlehonkoe8502]

Mama Said Knock You Out is one of the reminders that ''Ladies Love Cool James" can spit. No doubt he's the real one.

[@jessearmstead2237]

LL refuses to Lose, he was ahead of the class, ahead of his time, he’s still ahead of his peers, see a theme here? One word… 💯GOAT💯…..

[@tfe5956]

When something is unsurprisingly and surprisingly fire at the same time 🔥 🔥

[@kamohelomoholo9508]

Uncle of hip hop showed youngers why they should respect OGs😭🔥💪🏾

[@sycofya1677]

The energy the words the pictures he killt that fr fr 🔥🔥🔥🫡

[@suede100s]

One-word.... Magnificent!!

[@wannitafindley6911]

There will never be any body on there to spit that type of fire! Venom!

[@kudabeen]

COLD!!!🥶🥶🥶 Love the way real MCs are well read and just have a depth of references...history, classic literature, poets, pop, mythology, iconic imagery all while staying in pocket and finding where to play on the beat...nasty and timeless.

[@ericdavis2790]

Love the way you laid that out. Choice words and so forth. SALUTE!!

[@HnHcDivineSHYNE]

Killed it

[@MrfuckinBeilke]

Hip hop

[@EliteBlackSash]

I’ve heard him kick this rhyme before, but, he sounds good. Glad to see an OG doing well, and looking healthy.

[@press3048]

Where?

[@TheLWebb100]

This is from a weeks ago.

[@Harry64278]

This is not the first comment to say this BS. And just like the other comments, none have sources to back it up

[@1CHOZN7]

​@Harry64278 I did it acapella on award show. Still dope either way! Better now

[@truthhurts78RTM]

Still cold.... that whole birth poetry... gave me this image of the rise of hip hop royalty... him

[@MrfuckinBeilke]

LL FREESTYLING ON SHADE45!!! HISTORY IN THE MAKING!!!

[@ButchBrown7]

OMG drop the Mic LL killed that Freestyle 🔥🔥🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆

[@ButchBrown7]

Rewind so nice had to play it again OMG👑👑👑

[@jhutchtv1]

He started off chill and took it to another level before he got to the end! That was a drop the mic type rap! Dang!!! 😮❤

[@amnesh]

Sway is ALWAYS going to be that dude. Nothing but love and respect. LL is definitely the GOAT!

[@mikewallace9261]

This should have a million views 🔥🔥

[@thesmoovest]

Dreams do come true. My favorite artist of all time doing freestyle on Sway. Legendary man. Goodness I needed that. LL BABY!! 😎🕺🏾 G.O.A.T.🔥🔥💯💯🙏🏾🙏🏾

[@CallMeMrTibbs]

About time. I kept going back to the interview to listen. Added to the playlist.

[@ibeberger]

Fr had to keep sending it to people w the timestamp lol

[@520ghost2]

THAT'S WTF I'M TALKING ABOUT LL!!!!!! GET EM GODDAMMIT!!!!! 💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯

[@MrfuckinBeilke]

Hip hop shit

[@520ghost2]

@@MrfuckinBeilke Yessir!!!

[@terrellrogers7645]

This shit gave me chills, straight raw & 🔥 and he still got it like it never left

[@rocketk1442]

The best to ever do it ! LL's sword is still sharp! Always perfecting his craft! GOAT! 40 yrs of excellence!

[@eazy9two]

Damn why i aint hear a real verse in 20 years after that. Wow. Props to a GOAT.

[@benjonyc]

👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽 LL you killed that shit!

[@jamesrobinson6965]

True and living Goat. This was incredible!! He still has it? Never lost it apparently. Thank the most high for this display of skill.

[@jamesrobinson6965]

P.S. LL Cool J is such a goat that he is not aware how much he crushed the mic. That was a seasoned jay electronica style flow to me.

[@GuiltyByPigmentation]

G.O.A.T.

[@fromtheinvisibledeskofmiked]

Hes bad since 80s,🔥 in 2024

[@livelifejolly8608]

Motherfucking LL!! SO MANY PPL SLEEP IN HIM AS GREATEST OF ALL TIME!!! ❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥 knowledge in a storyline with the rhythmic flow .. ❤❤❤ LL FIRE

[@DimetriusRitchey]

He still got it he went in 💯💯👍👑

[@allireynolds1430]

This guy needed to be the host of the celebration of 50 yrs of hip hop fam! These bars from Everyone is just love. Thank you sway!

[@blkdmnd06]

Uncle LL Cool J🤬-TOP 10 of all time! Straight off the dome!

[@jordanahr6594]

The one, the only, the originator of the g.o.a.t. and lives up to it every time he blesses the mic

[@calicojames4820]

1 of the greatest performers ever on stage too. LL is the standard.