LL COOL J took to the stage at this yr’s iHeartRadio 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 simply need to preserve it actual easy, alright?” he instructed the group. “I need you to think about what I’m saying.”
As soon as the viewers fell silent, LL chronicled his journey within the sport: “A crowd gathered ’spherical, 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 newborn within the whip — that’s a automotive/ There was a photo voltaic eclipse/ Then a spirit got here down, wrote his identify in hieroglyphs.”
LL COOL J capped off the bars with a nod and a wink to each Black Panther and one in every of his earlier nicknames.
“Break beats performed, he had a speaker for a crib/ She screamed ‘Jack the Rip!’ and ignited his presents,” he continued. “To the mother and father, he’s a legend, to the kids a fable/ Right here’s ya firsthand expertise with Mr. Smith/ Alias Mr. ‘Killing-Each-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 iHeart Radio efficiency, LL knowledgeable them that “a brand new file 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 identify of which hasn’t but been confirmed, is LL COOL J’s first since 2013’s Genuine.
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However 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 “making an attempt to determine this album out” and adopted that up with a put up that learn, “simply not feeling like this album is worthy of being launched [facepalm emoji] I attempted.”
He additionally added: “not dropping it.”
Nonetheless, LL COOL J returned hours later to make clear that the challenge remains to be transferring ahead and tagged Q-Tip, who’s serving as govt producer. Mr. Smith additionally trolled followers with a boisterous cause behind the delay with the album.
“Okay so everybody’s been asking me in regards to the new file and my resolution and I used to be contemplating not placing the album out as a result of IT’S TOO FUCKING GOOD,” LL mentioned within the clip. “Q-Tip you a genius child this my favourite album I ever made. I can’t look forward to y’all to listen to this. Tracklist coming quickly.”
