About a decade ago, a young Todd Smith spoke candidly to “Yo! MTV Raps” about his disgust with “pop rap.” Fast forward to 2006 and LL Cool J embodies the very “pop rap” that he so viciously dismissed on television. Apparently muscles and girly hooks are far superior to needing a beat, a radio [cont.]

When you brick at the time when you are billing yourself as the G.O.A.T. (Greatest Of All Time) it has to do a little something to your self-confidence.  Yet, while LL Cool J has undeniably proven himself to be one of hip-hop’s most iconic figures, he has also proved to be just as resilient. After all, [cont.]

After turning heads with last year’s “Ill Bomb” on Funkmaster Flex’s The Tunnel, LL hopes to regain his spot in the sunshine with his forthcoming release G.O.A.T. “Imagine That” gives us the usual player shit that we?ve grown to expect from Cool J, but this one takes it back to the “Big Ol’ Butt” / [cont.]

It’s no secret that LL Cool J has had an incredible career, not only producing a number of old school and new school classics, but crossing over into the worlds of television and film. It can be said, at least in the course of his rap career, that he has released some of the greatest songs [cont.]