LL COOL J took to the stage at this yr’s iHeartworkRadio Music Awards to pay tribute to the tradition that made him well-known with a set of blazing sizzling bars.
On Tuesday (March 28), Mr. Smith addressed the group on the Dolby Theater in Los Angeles wearing a black shirt, skullcap, and denims whereas rocking a pair of darkish black shades and dripping in some gold jewellery.
“I just want to keep it real simple, alright?” he advised the group. “I want you to imagine what I’m saying.”
Once the viewers fell silent, LL chronicled his journey within the sport: “A crowd gathered ’round, throwing punches and elbows/ Then his mama arose, and recited a poem/ That’s a Hip Hop God, not rock’n’roll/ She put the baby in the whip — that’s a car/ There was a solar eclipse/ Then a spirit came down, wrote his name in hieroglyphs.”
LL COOL J capped off the bars with a nod and a wink to each Black Panther and one in all his earlier nicknames.
“Break beats played, he had a speaker for a crib/ She screamed ‘Jack the Rip!’ and ignited his gifts,” he continued. “To the parents, he’s a legend, to the children a myth/ Here’s ya firsthand experience with Mr. Smith/ Alias Mr. ‘Killing-Every-Rapper-In-His-Radius’/ Ciphers like a stadium, bars is vibranium.”
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— LLCOOLJ (@llcoolj) April 1, 2023
After the group burst into thunderous applause following his iHeartwork Radio efficiency, LL knowledgeable them that “a new record is coming!”
This proclamation confirmed a tweet written by the “Mama Said Knock You Out” rapper again in January, the place he teased that he was “competing with himself on this album.” The album, the title of which hasn’t but been confirmed, is LL COOL J’s first since 2013’s Authentic.
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But again in February, the NCIS: Los Angeles star trolled his followers when he teased that he’d be “canceling” his upcoming album.
In a sequence of now-deleted tweets, he revealed that he’s nonetheless “trying to figure this album out” and adopted that up with a submit that learn, “just not feeling like this album is worthy of being released [facepalm emoji] I tried.”
He additionally added: “not dropping it.”
However, LL COOL J returned hours later to make clear that the mission remains to be transferring ahead and tagged Q-Tip, who’s serving as government producer. Mr. Smith additionally trolled followers with a boisterous motive behind the delay with the album.
“Okay so everyone’s been asking me about the new record and my decision and I was considering not putting the album out because IT’S TOO FUCKING GOOD,” LL stated within the clip. “Q-Tip you a genius baby this my favorite album I ever made. I can’t wait for y’all to hear this. Tracklist coming soon.”
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