First Time Hearing LL COOL J - I'm Bad

[@freakboy40]

People don't realize this but LL was the first solo Rap Artist to cross over to the POP charts.

[@powerbadpowerbad]

Hammer had a cross over hit-Can't Touch This-and the rap game lost their MINDS. LOL.Several years later rappers started doing the exact samething as Hammer did,but it was okay.

[@myreewilliams8238]

1970's - 1979 was the rise of the DJ's and Rapper's before LL Cool J he more of 1985 + is when he became more popular. Also, he wasn't necessarily the 1st solo artist to cross over to the PC, I could be wrong on that one ... Kurtis Blow was the first rapper signed to Mercury Records in 1979. Fatback Band 1979 single "King Tim III" Sugar Hill Gang 1978,1979 hit "Rapper's Delight and there's others between 1970 - 1979

[@JamesBrown-ty5wp]

Top5 all time

[@SB-jt1ur]

@@JamesBrown-ty5wp yes

[@shhh7762]

He was the first one I ever heard of with a speaker system in his car too!

[@Iwilldoyes]

LL actually created the term GOAT!!

[@westcoastbred7745]

Because he's a capricorn ♑ 🐐

[@TykeilTurner]

Actual fact.... All true, that's first time back then anyone ever said it

[@melissawilliams6324]

LL Cool J is a legend. He deserves respect ❤️

[@leslieburleson1631]

My first rap cassette. Bigger and Deffer

[@deed8915]

❤❤❤❤

[@erwinorellano34]

yep. I was there

[@JohnnyScumbagg]

This lowkey one of LL’s hardest tracks. Complete 80’s vibes.

[@AbrahamPalmer-wj5cb]

Facts

[@valerie8402]

forget oreos eat Cool J cookies is one of my absolute favorite lines ever! Love LL ❤

[@djmaxxhtx]

We used to ask, when they coming out? He could have beat Master P to the snack game.

[@justblessed6492]

I thought I was the absolutely only one

[@tyriffic8824]

Emcees can't win/ I'll make 'em rust like tin/ They call me Jaws my hat is like a sharks fin! After I saw that I fainted.

[@rolltide9547]

​@jamesdeer3129Big daddy kane

[@V12BenzAMG]

I always liked "when I retire I'll be worshiped like an old battleship" 😁

[@TanyaQueen182]

"I'm Gonna Knock You Out" that's an iconic old song of his.

[@chadd3299]

LL was in Halloween H20 and Deep Blue Sea. Anaconda was Ice Cube.

[@sojmike4761]

him playing the chef in deep blue sea.... was his best acting..he was in "any given Sunday" also... he knocked out Jamie fox while it was getting filmed..so that's why he looked so mad in that movie..

[@sga8611]

Wait I thought it was Busta in h20.

[@felix3033]

@@sga8611 that’s Halloween Resurrection w Busta & Tara Banks lol

[@Money132215]

@@sojmike4761 when Bill Bellamy told that story I was crying

[@JP47471]

🤣

[@alfredpickett2166]

I’m glad to see you young brothers looking back on how Rap was back in our era. Rap had a positive message in our younger days. Stop the violence and don’t do drugs. Keep watching and learning.👍🏽

[@thereallyst]

LL was discovered and dropped "I Need A Beat" when he was 16. This was released 3 years later, so he was 18 or 19. He has been on the scene most of his life. That's why he is considered a GOAT, his career has spanned multiple decades, multiple styles, multiple changes in hip-hop and remained on top till he decided to act full time.

[@empire7179]

You know what killed me with these young cats? They keep saying he's spitting bars? like where do they think bars come from. I really hope they don't think their generation invented it.

[@IsraelBordoyJr]

he was around and had a deal still, I don't know about on top though, I bought 14 shots to the dome, that shit went on top of the trash lol.....

[@pricetilghman2217]

yeah L was about 17-18 when this came out.

[@SMJDC]

Like weezy

[@2869may]

"My Radio"....

[@stephanieyoung7678]

Ya’ll need to represent the ladies back then! MC Lyte was NO joke when she came out with Sam & Paper Thin! Latifia killed it with Give It to’em QUEEN! Her first record was Fire!

[@73lyfe96]

Poor Georgie, Cappuccino, Stop look listen. I love Lyte and Latifah!

[@janetta5153]

MC Lyte is the GOAT!

[@ftrevino4493]

To this day she's my favorite female MC. And I would straight holla at her.

[@charnellb9157]

Mc Lyte my all time favorite. Lyte as a rock. Paper Thin and Queen Latifah she is not a lesbo she just likes who likes her and since she pays her own bills she has that right

[@jimedward3843]

I love their movie together... The Vacation Amazing cause they grew up in Queens cutting cutting their teeth rapping

[@TheFunkytownGotcha]

LL is one of the GOATS. He was one of those " your favorite rapper, favorite rapper. "

[@kimberlypage5285]

FACTS! And he’s the one who coined the term GOAT

[@rwh7630]

@@kimberlypage5285 was about to say this. he is responsible for the phrase G.O.A.T. for Greatest of All Time

[@sk8rgurl816]

I'm Class of 91 and I was 14 when this Album dropped in 1987 my freshman year in high school. He was about 17 because we were all crushing on him being a little older than us. Time flies. All the guys in our class was rocking that white Kangol. They wanted to be him! 😍

[@eklipsta]

LL and Rakim, Slick Rick, Kane, Kool G Rap, Biz and KRS 1 are all the names i grew up hearing about in elementary school. They are what I consider the pioneers to this. They were forming the way rap and storytelling would evolve. Oh yeah and LL had everyone with one pant leg up for a couple years

[@JustTheFacts317]

One pant leg up, Kango hat , Fubu , Goat Album LL is so influential to the culture

[@MTwezzy-Magica.MTwice_Mag]

Y'all should do the Firm desperandos or the full album.

[@HN-dp5qy]

Grandmaster Flash and Run DMC

[@TJMoore-gd8ex]

People also need to remember that LL Cool J blew up in an era BEFORE SOCIAL MEDIA!!!!! There was no internet, rap was still not played on most national radio stations on a regular basis, yet LL was still multi platinum!!! Many rappers look at LL as a major influence on their own careers just like many Rock artists look at Blues artist as major influence on their careers!! Imagine how big LL would have been if we has social media in the mid 1980's!!!

[@misslucky5474]

You ain't neva lied!

[@chadd3299]

This came out in 1987. Eminem’s Slim Shady LP was released early 1999 and was written/recorded 1996-1998. Eminem was 26 when that dropped. LL was 19 when this dropped. LL blew up much younger even though he’s only 4 years older. Completely different generations. Also, crack started becoming available in the early 80’s and caught fire around 1985 and peaked from about 87-92. This came out in 1987. They didn’t have to witness the full impact of the crack epidemic to be cool and state not to do drugs in their music. Their generation’s OGs took care of their youth more than the newer generation does.

[@isisatlantis3168]

This is facts!

[@newbuck319]

LL was in HS when he first started getting a lot of play....I want to say he was 15 or 16, also check out the movie Crush Groove(he had a small but memorable scene in that hood classic).

[@Tourist-Q]

Eminem surpassed LL Cool J in every way possible though.

[@isisatlantis3168]

@@Tourist-Q...But Em is a huge LL fan!

[@chadd3299]

@@Tourist-Q that’s not the point of the post at all. They were discussing eras about the two artists during their review. I’m merely commenting about that. Not every post has to be about who did what better, who took what throne, who outsold who, etc…

[@mattblatchley2061]

"Goin Back to Cali" "I'm the Type of Guy" "Mama Said"...SO MANY HITS!!!

[@mattblatchley2061]

Hip Hop evolved decades just between 1985 and 1990... had to start somewhere...and it moved FAST

[@iamangee]

This song is from 1987 and by the early 90s LL was really popular. LL was one of the artists that built Def Jam and took hip hop mainstream, and one of the Beastie Boys was actually responsible for getting him signed. Various combos of Run DMC, Beastie Boys, LL, and Public Enemy did tours together through the 80s. Would have been great to see those legendary lineups back then.

[@jacqueline4514]

Love that you know the history; most don’t! It was actually LL and Chuck D that inducted the Beastie Boys into the Rock and Roll hall of fame, where they both acknowledged the part the Beastie’s played in their success 😊.

[@tajhanwebster6866]

Def jam was built on him and beasties

[@oddmodd]

Whodini as well.

[@jsand2105]

LL came up in Krush Groove @16 y.o. in 1984. Performs his basement produced version of Rock the Bells later remixed in 86 and that BLEW him UP

[@Sticks_of_Truth]

LL just showed up as kid and blew the rap game away. Em was an era later.

[@lorries978]

In 1986 when LL was 16, he gave his demo tape to AdRock (still in high school) from the Beastie Boys who used to listen to all the tapes and hand the ones he liked over to Rick Rubin to hear. Rick Rubin was just starting to produce music - the Def Jam label - from his college dorm room (his dorm roommate was Russell Simmons) LL says it was AdRock & the Beastie Boys who got him his break into the music business. He introduced the Beastie Boys into the R&R hall of fame ceremony in 2012.

[@Korcasandromedaa]

LL COOL J released his first album “Radio” in 1985 He signed to Def Jam in 1984

[@shack_SI]

Rock the Bells is the defining LL track for me. But for a pure banger his big comeback in '91 Mama Said Knock You Out is still the GOAT.

[@Hooderaw]

The original not the 2nd one!!!

[@riothero313]

Mama Said Knock you out is fucking ill. I'll still lift weights to that song. If that doesn't get you hyped you don't have a pulse.

[@kramedog22]

Hell YEAH

[@antoniorobinson6778]

LL started the term G.O.A.T. he has a song called The Goat from the mid to late 90s where he coined the phrase

[@PTaylor1087]

I’ve always been an LL fan. I know these lyrics by heart and always sing along to it. He’s got mad hits. Momma said knock you out, I need love, Jack the Ripper, 4,3,2,1 , rock the bells! You gotta check them out! Also y’all gotta check out the suspect rap lyrics! A ton of legends had some suspect lyrics!

[@mississa2]

If you haven’t seen it, you gotta check out LL Cool J and Eminem performing ‘Rock the Bells’ at the RNR Hall of fame last year. It was fantastic!

[@iwouldliketoorderanumber1b79]

But canibus destroyed him in that second round diss though. That was the first time I ever heard a new rapper come on the scene and really destroy a veteran in a diss.

[@darrenmcadams]

@@iwouldliketoorderanumber1b79 ll cool j reply was so much better.

[@iwouldliketoorderanumber1b79]

@@darrenmcadams naw, he tried to make his diss longer but canibus still stole that one for me.

[@philliplambson9482]

And “Cant live without my radio.”

[@richardmcmillan3987]

ONE OF MY FAVORITE RAPPERS! LL COOL J

[@newbuck319]

When you guys are ranking and comparing rappers from different generations also remember the times they were living in(no social media influence, videos were new for some of them) and the areas they were coming from(every hood is different,every borough in NYC had their own slang and way of dress)....Run DMC(and a lot of the early guys) came from doing Block Parties, just having fun and getting a live crowd hype, then they started making records...the guys slightly after them still did live shows, but more paid shows, more studio work, with more intricate pen skills....for example, you go from Big Daddy Kane to KRS One and Rakim to Nas...it's more of an evolution than a comparison.

[@heyjude1927]

Heck yes! I won't age myself here - but you are taking the words right out my brain! The times!!! May I bring up Beastie Boys for some things too...Oh...just so much to dive into! Could go on for days!

[@newbuck319]

@@heyjude1927 yeah, you right, so much to dive into....The Beastie Boys 1st album could be played from beginning to end, hit after hit. I believe they were punk rockers turned hip hoppers (very experimental) they pushed the culture in their own way (beer drinking, partying and got stories to tell).

[@rdub9767]

The Beastie Boys were promoting LL Cool J early in his career to their record label. LL has gone on record to talk about this. If you don't know who the Beastie Boys are, perhaps you can do an upcoming reaction video to them. Good to see the younger generation exploring the rap music from the past. Keep up the work.

[@doug4036]

Old school hip hop forever!

[@carlos64030]

LL was signed to DEF JAM before the Beasties... LL was the first OFFICIAL artist signed to the DEF JAM label.

[@jimedward3843]

Beasties already in rock 🎸 hall of fame... what are you talking about

[@danieljohnson4530]

“So how did we get to this Fuckery”!!! Great question young man!!! Great Question!!

[@geraldjohnson3216]

By allowing anybody to rap that couldn't and the record company did care as long as they were producing garbage.

[@PixelPro-4000]

Yeah, LL Cool J and The Beastie Boys both started mid 80s and stayed in the game for over 25 years.

[@moxmann]

This still goes hard, every time this song came on the intro built anticipation before he even start rapping. His flow just blended perfectly with this beat. I take a muscle bound man and put his face in the sand. Now LL is that muscle bound man. Note: Look how rap has changed? The detective at the end says you kids are causing us a lot of trouble with this anti-drug talk.

[@vanglorious3507]

This was waaaay before Eminem’s debut. This is 1987. Em debuted in the late 90s. He had the benefit of studying all the great spitters. Treach, Twister, Big Daddy Kane, etc.

[@rwj777]

I'm old enough to remember back when this video was first released. All I'm going to say is, what a time to be alive witnessing all this hip hop greatness in real time. Man those were the days! 👌🏽🔥🔥🔥

[@mothertwinkles4198]

Yes!

[@antonytheolddog8626]

Still got the vinyl from when it came out.. Yeah I'm old mf..😂 Saw him live in 87 with the beastie boys...they are god mode of rap.😎

[@donielgreen2778]

Bro me to Kansas City Missouri run DMC , beastie boys,epmd ,and I believe salt& pepper 😂 good ol days

[@tyriffic8824]

Saw both of his 1st tours.Fresh Fest 2 & then RUN-DMC's Raising Hell tour. Tickets sold for like $21 them days were the best.

[@ftrevino4493]

Yeah we all getting old my brother. I'm just glad this younger generation can see how great the music was.

[@reginaldmcqueen5275]

I also saw him live I had the black and white troop sneaker!😂

[@CatIsky]

LL broke the rap industry wide open. I wish rap stayed as clean as it was in those times.

[@Wemfs]

Eminem performed with LL at the Rock and Roll hall of fame show where LL Cool J got inducted in. LL is dope!

[@a.d.medina3708]

He and Em performing on stage was amazing . Em has always said LL was a hero of his growing up .

[@nikkisatchel4699]

LL is the very first artist signed to Def jam...he dropped his first album in 1985 when he was 16...he was the very first hip hop superstar...he is the one who changed rap to what it is today...he was before Rakim, big daddy kane, and krs one...him and rum dmc was at the same time, they dropped their first album six months before his

[@Redsun69813]

Preach

[@kinetic97]

LL was not the first artist signed to Def Jam,it was T-La Rock....

[@JustTheFacts317]

@@kinetic97 he was the first artist signed to Def Jam with a major contract. He had a 10 album deal with def jam.

[@unicron8soundwave724]

When it comes to LL Cool J i kick my volume way pass ten!

[@Sldejo]

Yes! 🎧💥

[@MyDogSteppedOnaBeee]

LL Living Legend, your favorite rappers, favorite rapper. You may be only familiar with his pop/love song for the ladies, but don’t get it twisted. He’s been doing it since 1984. Don’t sleep on LL‘s bars he could spit and battle 🎤 He's got so many hits I don't think anyone has a fair chance in a Versuz with him.

[@ericsmith6615]

Wife here..., WOW.., I remember bumping this in 1987.., This REALLY brought RAP to the Mainstream!!!...I listened mostly to Rock and R&B at that time..(Like alot of my friends)..But this song turned us into RAP Fans Forever...Very Multi talented!!!...This is STILL FRESH!!

[@chantellecline6945]

I am loving you guys have been watching these 80s and 90s, hip-hop artists. Music back then was so good. Everyone was so different. LL has some great songs out there. I Need Love, Mama Said Knock you Out, Going back to Cali, and Round Away Girl are just a few to check out.

[@ItsMeRockyBalboa]

I love "around the way girl!"

[@sga8611]

All good songs. Then also hey lover and doin it. Oh and the boomin system. Lol

[@chantellecline6945]

@@sga8611 Oh yes Boomin System. I forgot about that one.

[@antipaganda5635]

I remember being 13 listening to the BAD album in a record store in the late 90s. This was the first song on the album and the moment he started rapping I fell in love with hiphop.

[@ThisisStephennn]

This whole album is 🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@rocketk1442]

LL is da GOAT!

[@BKLYN_TZU]

It's crazy to think LL was 19 years old when he dropped this song.

[@MrGrifter123]

How old was he supposed to be 😂😂😂😂😂

[@BKLYN_TZU]

@@MrGrifter123 bigmoethedon at that time he was the first teenage rap super star STUPID

[@michaeln3044]

It’s crazy he dropped deepest bluest my head is like a sharks fin 25 years early lol…

[@73lyfe96]

I was 14

[@tyriffic8824]

Rock the Bells (original) =16 years old!!

[@PsalmsPoetic]

This is the best channel on KZbin. I'm 54 and I can tell you guys for a fact that the rap artists in the 80s and 90s were not sure that their value would last until your generation. They are somewhere super proud that you guys are showing them this kind of love. Please keep up this incredible work and I wish you guys so much success. I love seeing your reaction to the music of my childhood. Did you guys do Eric B is President by Eric B and Rakim? Or The Message, Grand Master Flash and the Furious Five, Whodini - 5 Minutes of Funk, Rappers Delight, Sugar Hill Gang... lol...

[@ULATAN.]

Thanks for reacting to this one. I'm Bad is my favorite LL song. Reactors sleep on this track but hopefully now, they won't! Next time, check out Naughty by Nature - Uptown Anthem

[@blackbutterfly3364]

I second that💯

[@andreabrantley6951]

😎..💭Yall notice he said 'His hat is like a sharks fin, then he was in that movie about sharks years later. (like he manifested it.)

[@adnanojd]

LL Cool J coined the term goat in hip hop, Certified legend hip-hop’s first superstar💯🇯🇲✊🏾 Check out these LL classics Mama said knock you out Rock the bells I can’t live without my radio Jingling baby Around the way girl I need love Loungin Doin it Jack the Ripper Paradise Luv u better 4321 Father Hey lover Backseat Imagine that Jack the Ripper And many many more Classic LL is the first goat of hip-hop

[@shoecharmscity8302]

First time WHOA! This was the absolute ILLEST record that came out way back then. I was like 17 years old. Sick now Sick then.

[@legacyns1]

When this dropped LL took over hip hop. Certified banger also on alot of people all-time greatest lists...

[@Hooderaw]

He took over Hip Hop for me when he said "Box" in Crush Groove right after he almost got shot by jam master jay!!!

[@rochellelove3785]

@@Hooderaw YESSS!!! My Radio believe me I like it loud...

[@iansmith5416]

It’s really amazing to see the younger generation take time to to give these legends there flowers Shows good music is good music regardless of the era Thank you

[@Ironmanpwnz]

Now y'all gotta do Big Daddy Kane! Another giant from the 80's. He had everything, the bars, the flow, the smoothness, charisma. I recommend It's Hard Being the Kane, Ain't no Half-Steppin, or Warm it up Kane But there's so many bruh

[@heatherdale5571]

DOOOD!! Y'all just blew my mind! The track LL does at the end of Deep Blue Sea (that shark movie) references the "my hat is like a sharks fin" line. That's awesome!! Thanks!!

[@kbob9625]

Young people don’t know about LL but he was a pioneer. Rappers back when LL came up rappers were about being hard and were making music for men. LL was the first to really target women. He was the first guy to really try and use sex appeal to get fans.

[@Korcasandromedaa]

I can’t believe these guys think LL came out at the same time like EM 🤦🏻‍♀️ LL had released 6 albums by the time EM released his first one in 1996.

[@MicPhenom206]

This is the song that made me wanna rap as a kid. Salute to y’all for this gem

[@marionl.mealing968]

LL Cool J was & still is the shytttt...

[@llcooljj]

LL is hard as hell guys

[@meboy76]

LL came out during run dmc days but then 90s was starting do more R&B/rap classic uncle L was the best 80s 90s classics so many great songs I need love, Hey lover,round the way girl, mama said knock you out,doing it, and jlo song I have, going back to Cali ,and rock the bells is another song all those songs are must watch and many more you guys defiantly got listen to more uncle L LL Cool J love love love smooth and hard rapper

[@kennydeez..1774]

Good Reaction. And I like how ya'll respect the classics..

[@webbdean3132]

I love your reaction s to this ole Skool music! I’m an old-school dude. This was my time. The coldest line is the very last line wwhen he says “my tongue is a chisel in this conversation sculpture.”

[@adnanojd]

I’m loving y’all channel more and more with these latest reactions, Keep it up young men💯✊🏾✌🏾 LL Cool J coined the term goat. Check out these LL classics Mama said knock you out Rock the bells I can’t live without my radio Jingling baby Around the way girl I need love Loungin Doin it Jack the Ripper Paradise Luv u better 4321 Father Hey lover Backseat Imagine that Jack the Ripper And many many more Classic LL is the first goat of hip-hop

[@Chessbox09]

Yes I'm glad you mentioned that. LL was the one who coined the term GOAT but he never really gets credit for it.

[@TheycallmeMo1111]

The wop was a popular dance back then. I'm from NYC (Queens)...back in the day all of the rappers used to hang outside in front of my highschool. I remember seeing LL on Jamaica Avenue...he ALWAYS wore a kangol hat. Sidebar...Pepa (from Salt n Pepa) graduated from my hs too. The good ol days

[@keriannb11]

Awe, Brandon wearing the glasses ready to drop the facts! Good job guys! LL is the man invented the 🐐for a reason!

[@Sunshinethegodly1]

One of the best of all times🔥🔥🔥no cursing or calling woman out of their names. Im 33 i love old school music.

[@obad.iah.]

LL Cool J is one of the greatest, the way he's been able to adapt through all the years and stay fire. He was on top in the 80's, 90's, AND 00's.

[@irvingbrown2389]

Oh man LL , I’m not kidding when I tell you I had this record when it first came out! So many don’t even know LL was a rapper anymore, they think he’s just an actor. Crazy! Oh man, I got chills and you haven’t even started. I introduced my son to rap music with this song and some others, I know this song word for word from beginning to end, when I first sang this my sons jaw hit the floor because he had no clue that not only could his father rap but has skills as well!! Ahhhhhhhhh, when I retire I LL be worshiped like an ole battle ship! Big Irv is bad other rappers know when enter the center they say yo yo there he go! , Wow this really brings me back! This when people were battling and break dancing! This should be listened to back to back with mama said knock you out! Two great songs! When I listened to this I also listened to Easy-E , We want easy, Biz Markie , make the music with your mouth, The vapors, pickin boogers, Big Daddy Kanye. If you haven’t heard this old rap compilation song with a lot of rap legends, it Called Self destruction. Please listen to some or all of these you won’t be disappointed. Thanks again guys! Making me feel young again tonight!!

[@dominiccampbell181]

LL blew up at like 16.

[@susanmurray7654]

Momma said knock you out...my fave. I met and took a picture of him in Hilton Head. He was there for a charity basketball tourney. I was in the Marine Corps and there with 5 other female Marines. His video came on TV and everyone went quiet and watched it. It was cool because hecwas still into seeing himself on TV. It was like 86.

[@jacobahtone220]

This was, still is, and forever will be my jam!!! Bringing back grade school memories!!!! I will take a muscle bound man and put his face in the sand!!!

[@tmay9049]

LL Cool J was the FIRST Blaq rap artist on MTV. You all should do ‘Funky Enough’ by DOC. Classic Banger!👍🏼

[@fadlidemoonchild537]

This is real Hip Hop bruh 🔥

[@Nikki-kh8tt]

LL Cool J has been out since he was 16 years old.

[@TrollGeezus]

Ya'll should react to LL Cool Js rival, Kool Moe Dee, the first rapper to diss a rival personally. Specifically Kool Moe Dee vs Busy Bee - first documented freestyle battle where Moe Dee targeted and talked about Busy Bee personally. Back then, you only dissed crews, hoods or cities. Dissing personally was something new.

[@heyjude1927]

SO much awesome with LL. I'm The Type of Guy or Doin' It. Going Back to Cali... Can't keep a butt in a seat still to any of these...

[@decosherry69]

Speaking about Run DMC...you can't compare them to hard core rappers....they literally bridged a gap in music. I mean, Aerosmith and Run DMC,... 'Walk This Way'!!!! Literal game changer in music, imo

[@thebiz218]

My sons are 33 and 21, They knew the words to every LL song before they were 3yrs.

[@N3rdburgring]

What struck me the first time I heard this, as dated as it feels, the CONFIDENCE in his voice makes you rock with it no matter what he’s saying. Dude had all kind of swag

[@audram1295]

i can't believe they've never heard this. i am so glad that i shared all of these songs with the younger generation in our family, i ESPECIALLY SHARED #LLCOOLJ 's music. LL Cool J literally BUILT the record label he came in under. You guys should know what contributions all of the pioneers gave to the music industry.

[@audram1295]

that Why Me Baby with Keith Sweat and I Need Love, Going Back to Cali, i listen to more of his older music, and I'm Bad is also one of my favs.

[@1scorpiogem]

"HEY LOVER" STILL DOES SOMETHING TO MY SOULLLLLL ❤

[@jasondawson92]

Ohhh lord that’s a baby maker with Boyz 2 Men

[@1scorpiogem]

@@jasondawson92 i was so obsessed with that song when it came out! i used to sit in the house and wait all day for the video to come on tv 🥴😂

[@tgatchi402]

Canibus was around when Eminem was about. Both battle rappers and Em wanted none of it, until Canibus' career veered off. Check out his freestyles with DJ Clue. Check out 5,4,3,2,1 with LL and Canibus on the same track

[@pakman3777]

The way he said cassette and walk man makes me feel like I'm 80

[@sharkfinz6]

hahaha me too!!!!!

[@rochellelove3785]

Right. In another video the hat guy couldn't remember the name for record player (phonograph for older folks).

[@nuckythomson9244]

I just turned 50! And trust me summers 88-90 this was bangin down the block here in Akron Oh!!! Let's go!!

[@n.c.40g41]

He was not in Anaconda that was Ice Cube lol 😆 when this song came out he was the King of the Rap Game P.S. Ice T started this Gangsta Shit listen to 6 in the morning

[@10SecondZ06]

This came out when I was in 6th grade and was my favorite song. LL was Bigger And Deffer, he’s B.A.D.

[@jasonrodriguez463]

This whole album was great.Bigger and Deffer..L.L. ran things for a minute.

[@JustTheFacts317]

86-2000 he did very well. He is one of the Goat for sure

[@leslieterry2429]

Glad to see you young men catching up on your old school HIP HOP… this yaw can understand and appreciate 💯🫵🏾

[@cflournoy1529]

The best thing about old school rappers is that no two sounded the same. The were all unique and brought something different to the table. Nowadays all that mess sounds the same except for maybe J Cole and Kendrick. I’m old school so I haven’t kept up with too many other rappers since.

[@BadgerBJJ]

Can’t bite someone’s style back in the day

[@JustTheFacts317]

Same here and I agree with you 100%. All the newer generation rappers sound the same

[@bernardgreenjr.3571]

My tongue’s a chisel in this composition’s sculpture!

[@BiggJeff36]

I’m not trying to be funny, but you have a lot of catching up to do on the history of hip-hop. But you guys do a good job of reacting to these old school videos. Keep up the good work!!!!

[@suave_d]

I agree with you. I believe that their hearts are in the right place, and I'll give them some level of respect for even listening to Hip Hop two or three generations before their time. They called Run DMC "corny." They're entitled to their opinion, but Run DMC was far from corny -- they were very pivotal in bringing Hip Hop to the mainstream, and they were very talented.

[@greenguided4646]

Public Enemy,,Rebel without a pause,is timeless...

[@jeremyhovey1468]

You guys gotta do Jack the ripper returns by LL. It's a cannabis diss track.

[@davidvargas7407]

I concur

[@Shawn_Dark_Heart]

4321

[@Shawn_Dark_Heart]

@Chris King exactly

[@ChristopherHicksSEO]

Then do Second Round KO by Cannabis

[@imyourdaddy396]

Kool Moe Dee I go to work or Let's go

[@carmenmonroe7]

Our Artists leaped decades. Back in the day, our STARS were rocking the charts for LONG PERIODS OF TIMES. It's not like it is today. We were able to see many of our Artists grow, change and outlast the test of times. We 80s kids were kids when LL Cool J was rocking the charts.

[@Ohioman01]

If you guys want to know who Eminem admired and got his flow from then you need to check out Trech from the group Naughty by Nature. I recommend you react to the song and video "Everything is going to be all right".

[@Chessbox09]

Also "Yoke The Joker", Treachs' flow was nuts on that.

[@adnanojd]

Wickedest man alive also and guard ya grill

[@pacluv]

My favorite early song by LL was Jingling Baby. Now that song for me would get the party started. I even loved the video to the song 🥰🥰

[@erniesydow959]

No respect for their bars the way you talk over every verse SMH I eliminate punks, cut 'em up in chunks You're a suit you heard me, and your ego shrunk I'm devastating, I'm so good it's a shame 'Cause I eat rappers like a cannibal, they call me insane I'm as strong as a bull, of course you know I have pull I enjoy what I'm doin', plus I'm paid in full Not Buckaroo Bonsai but bust it out as I Say the kind of rhymes that make MC's wish that I died Never retire or put my mic on the shelf The baddest rapper in the history of rap itself Not bitter or mad, just provin' I'm bad You want a hit? Give me a hour, plus a pen and a pad

[@ProDynamixTV]

Old school rap from the 80's and 90's owned it. It puts todays hip hop to shame. Some of the best beats, stories and overall music.

[@Jermainehearn67]

LL The first artist to sign to Def Jam

[@nando19751]

I remember when this came out many of us were all hyped out! Music back then was on whole other level!

[@wyattrush7595]

The bar where he says "I eat rappers like a cannibal they call me insane" was not based on Jeffrey Dahmer. I'm Bad dropped in 87', Dahmer case became public in 93'.

[@jamiebrown5777]

LL cool J had many songs! I grew up during time drooling over L