LL COOL J premiered his new album with Q-Tip amid the festivities over the 2024 BET Awards weekend in Los Angeles. There was a big viewers at a secret location. The album, which some have already thought to be his biggest ever, has been an enormous secret up till this level.
First issues first, I can inform you that LL COOL J has a track with Nas on the album, the primary time we’ve got heard them collectively on a file. They’re each from Queens. The track is dope and really totally different from what we’ve heard from both of them, sources mentioned. There’s no audio or something like that as a result of everyone’s telephone was taken, and those that had telephones had been instructed to not publish something from it. I’m fairly positive they gained’t violate that order, as a result of LL COOL J supposedly doubled down on that.
Secondly, I’m listening to there’s a track with Saweetie. Once more, there’s no audio, however individuals are telling me that it’s like a modern-day model of “Doin’ It,” one in all his basic information. I don’t know a lot about her, however I do know that she’s one of many greatest modern-day superstars, so I can’t wait to listen to it. The ladies within the constructing turned hot-n-bothered. LL COOL J ran that again twice due to the constructive suggestions from the viewers.
From what I’m listening to, the album is actually dope and the gang was extraordinarily attentive and loved it. If you understand how listening periods go at these events, they often aren’t one of the best locations to listen to music. On this occasion, I used to be instructed that they paid very shut consideration. I’m positive it helped that they didn’t have telephones to distract them, however they may simply have been consuming and speaking. For essentially the most half, they didn’t.
It ought to be famous that LL COOL J did an interview with Datwon Thomas of VIBE journal fame in entrance of everyone, and that additionally helped give individuals info on the album and the ideas behind a few of the songs. Thomas is a veteran journalist, who has moved into the upper realms of TV manufacturing and curation over at Dick Clark Productions.
General, the message appears to be that LL COOL J needs to verify individuals perceive that you could love Hip-Hop and nonetheless do Hip-Hop at a excessive stage, whilst you become older. I believe that’s a great message to maintain pounding into the minds of people that regularly attempt to make it solely a teenager’s sport. Not solely that, however I believe it’s misguided as a result of they should see somebody like him doing it and doing it effectively. No pun supposed.
LL COOL J has licensed classics, so we’ll hear if the rumors are true.