LL Cool J - Mama Said Knock You Out Love is the King (Clear Vinyl)

LL Cool J - Mama Said Knock You Out Love is the King (Clear Vinyl)LL Cool J's egotism is his m. o., his sex appeal, his greatest strength. He'd been on top of the world since he started scoring hits as a teenager, but anyone who's been in the rap game for five years, as he'd been when Mama arrived, has something to prove. So he came out swinging literally with the title track, which claims boxing trash talk as proto rap and turns it into a declaration of ongoing mastery. Beyond that, Mama, with it's ultra hard

This brand new release for Record Store Day 2023 captures the band’s complete show in Brussels

Julia layers walls of guitars

the music - and band

de la Soul's uniquely positive style made them an oddity beginning with the first single

It reached #2 for four consecutive weeks and remained on the chart for an unprecedented 89 weeks

" And with his pure lyrical skill on full display and Michels' custom-made approach to making beats

all recorded at the famed Electric Lady Studios

the band had recorded and released its follow up

2 Pledging My Time

and released during a critical historical juncture

made significant contributions

including the self-titled debut album