LL COOL J said himself he snapped because everybody started calling him soft when gangsta rap was taking over the music. He was labeled as the ladies man and his last album (walking with a panther) didn't sell that well and made him mad and Kool Moe Dee made it no better 😂
@@olschoolTonyCarter it's my favorite LL album but the marketing killed it. They released those 3 corny dance songs from the album. Everything else on it were bangers 🔥
This was LL’s comeback album, before this people had started calling him soft, saying things like he fell off, Kool Moe Dee was battling him, people were taking shots saying LL had “lost it” LL heard the talk, while having a conversation with his grandmother she had told him to go back out there and “knock they asses out” so when he dropped this album it effectively put LL back on the map and to this day it’s considered a classic.
1. Kool Moe Dee made him mad. 2. Mike Tyson used to come out to this and him and LL were real friends. That's why when Canibus had Mike on the track, it really hurt LL. Mike Tyson said he didn't know it was a diss specifically to LL. They're back friends again 😂
This track was a dis track in response to Kool Moe Dee’s track “How You Like Me Now?” The two of them had a Rap rivalry that went back and forth for several albums. This track was such a monster hit that it ended Kool Moe Dee’s career instantly! LL more than lived up to the threat of this song!
Actually the track LL did for Kool Moe Dee was til da break of dawn where he dissed at least four rappers at the same time. Like the guys said above, his grandma told him to knock them out and it gave him inspiration for the song. LL admitted this in an interview.
That came from the most legendary beef battle in Hiphop. Kool moo dee started it with How you like me now, LL responded with Jack the Ripper, Moo Dee came back with Lets Go, and so on..
Actually, this was a response to anybody in hip hop who was saying he fell off because he blew up and started making more commercial and love songs... because hip hop went through a pro-black era around the late '80s and early '90s, but LL was still doing his thing being a jiggy, lover, playboy gangsta... he acted as if political rap didn't exist and the fans weren't feelin' it. They even threw his cassette tapes back at him on stage at one of his concerts.
Well he was at a low point in his 🚗. Had got booed off the stage at a festival in NYC. He was written off by the public. And his grandmother told him to go "knock em out".
This album set the 90s off perfectly. My favorite LL album and might I add he was probably number 1 or 1(a) of top solo rappers at that time, right after MC Hammer (for what that's worth). Old heads will remember. Glad you're feeling better!
This song, "Mama Said Knock You Out" is the title track of LL's 4th album Consecutive Platinum Record, CD and cassette, also titled Mama Said Knock You Out. The single "Mama Said Knock You Out", is played throughtout the Universal movie The Hard Way, starring Michael J. Fox, James Woods, and LL Cool J as an undercover cop, which he co-starred.
Marley Marl who produced this track (and pioneered golden era hiphop production) said LL was really fired up in the studio and got impatient when the engineer took time to get ready to start recording. LL went ”COME ON MAN!” to the engineer and that become the line that opens the song!
As LL explained...that's his grandmother in the video who raised him in her house and he also called Mama. He was back in Queens at her house mad about how he was being called going soft. And she told him..."well you just need to go out there and knock them out!" And that's how the song was born.....
This song was his return after being labeled soft...what a return!! I still bump this like it was 1990...priceless timeless song...this right here was BOSS and still is!!
Yo Ahmad! Not only is this one of my favorite albums, "Boomin System" is one of my favorite songs Period. Boomin System/ Around the way girl/ Mr. Goodbar/ Milky Cereal/ Illegal Search/ The Power of God/ and others...
Good one! Boomin System is a good one and Pink Cookies in a Plastic Bag (used the Mobb Deep sample before they did. He doesn't get enough credit because he's been around for so long. He made an entire album without cursing just to prove a point. He made a song with an orchestra, just to prove he could. This was probably the 2nd of 3 iterations of his (Angry L....lol), then he went on to say he was the G.O.A.T and did a lot of collabs.
The Industry was taking shots at him specifically Kool Moe's Dee, Ice-T, Hammer and a host of up and coming flash in the pan artist because his previous album was more geared to appeal to flexing his sex appeal and flossing while groups like Public Enemy, BDP and NWA was hardening up the game. He dropped a diss record on that album addressing all 3 of them called Till the Break of Dawn. This album put him back on top and broke him into the mainstream salvaging his rep and career.
Peace King. Peace to the Family. I love this album. You are right this was a shot at the industry that's why he strated with "Don't call it a comeback, I been here for years." 💯🔥🔥🔥🔥
Before you do anything check out the video Death Blow by Kool Moe Dee, he was jealous of LLs success but he did answer him back on that track pretty good.
The aggression stemmed from a few things, but the song is mostly directed at no one and everyone. He was putting the rap world on notice that he was still a force to be reckoned with after a couple bad years.
KOOL MOE DEE DID IT🤷🏾♀️,at the end that's his real grandma who he love and cherish...NOW U GOTTA REACT TO KOOL MOE DEE-HOW U LIKE ME NOW.DISS FOR LLCOOL J
His Dj/ Producer from the B.A.D Album Dj Bobcat. They were in the studio drinking 40's when Marley Marl came in and said the song was wack, so Bobcat told LL to go harder. When you here the come on man in the beginning Bobcat had pissed him off that's where the aggression came from. Plus, the fans and rappers said he had gone soft since his early days. So his grandmother, who appears at the end of the video told him he has to knock the competition out. Check out future of the funk on RU-vid it's an LL Cool J video documentary.
This song and by extension the album itself was a response to all the critics that had said LL fell off. His previous album before this, Walking with a Panther, was not well received and people was saying LL ain't have it anymore. So really it was the critics that made him mad.
Y'all really need to go watch the LIVE performance at the awards show by in the day. It was hella ridiculous! Here's the title... L.L. Cool J - The Power Of God ~ Mama Said Knock You Out.
Kool Moe Dee felt that a young new artist by the name of LL COOL J was being disrespectful and arrogant when he claimed that he was “only 18 makin' more than ya pops.” Moe Dee responded with 1987's “How Ya' Like Me Now,” LL COOL J responded with “Jack The Ripper,” and the two went back and forth over several songs
Beef with Kool Moe Dee (and a few others...he had beefs with Kool Moe Dee, Ice T, and a few others....). This whole album is fantastic. The title track is his Grandma told him to knock 'em out. If you want some DEEP CUTS off this album: Eat Em Up L Chill and Farmers Blvd. Also a fan of Boomin' System, Milky Cereal, Jinglin' Baby, Mr. Goodbar, Around the Way Girl, and 6 minutes of Pleasure.
This was a diss track towards Kool Moe Dee (one of many back and forth). It was also, amusingly, the main hit-song to Arnold Schwarzenegger's movie: Last Action Hero. I'm pretty sure the song did better than the movie lol.
Oh and LL actually box - and he got that one-hitter-quitter power. And if you diggin LL then you need to check out "I Shot Ya" Remix (and the original with just LL) with him, Foxy Brown, Keith Murray, Prodigy from Mobb Deep, and Fat Joe. One of the ALL TIME street BANGERS of the 90s.
LL was amazing. He had multiple battles going on during the time this song was made. LL established himself as a hard core/battle rapper, but he always had at least one song that appealed to the ladies on every album. His name Ladies Love Cool J says it all. “I Need Love” is the song that put him commercially on the map. It made him the mega star that he is. Because of this fact, he lost credibility from the streets and was seen as going soft. He was also in a battle with first generation rapper Kool Moe D. This was nothing more than a passing of the torch type of thing. Because when it was all said and done, LL’s career continues, and KMD’s career ended. In the end, Cool J had to show and prove that he was the lyrical beast we thought he was when he just came in the scene. Then he was able to be both the fighter and lover. To this day, LL’s bars are still 🔥
This album he went the no cussin route....before & after is another story lol. The "I excel, they all fail" line comes from his 1st single called 'Rock The Bells'.
Story is This is LL 4th album. While his 3rd was a cool listen. It didn't have anything for the STREETS n that was His blueprint. Hard song then commercial joints for the ladies. Between his 3rd n 4th album it was the Westcoast Takeover. So LL went back to Gma basement to write these Raps after Nana said..."Just Knock um out Baby". Basically he went back to his roots here like a boxer that goes back to thr old dusty gym for motivation feel me young 👑
This is a diss to Kool Moe Dee who started beefing with LL Cool J with his diss track How Ya Like Me Now, you gotta react to their battle and here's some other LL Cool J diss tracks Jingling Baby (Kool Moe Dee Diss) To Da Break Of Dawn (Kool Moe Dee, MC Hammer, EPMD, Ice-T Diss) Back Where I Belong - feat. Ja Rule (Canibus Diss) LL Cool J - feat. Kandice Love (Canibus Diss) U Can't F**k With Me - feat. Snoop Dogg, Xzibit and Jayo Felony (Jamie Foxx Diss) Queens - feat 50 Cent, Prodigy, Kool G Rap & Tony Yayo (Jay-Z Diss) New York (Jay-Z Diss)
Props on the Back where I belong and Queens mention. GOAT album was a solid album. I remember Queens was part of the backlash from artist when Jay-Z became Def Jam president and he felt Def Jam was treating him like a has been.
The beat on that song sucks. It already sounded dated when the song was new. That's why Jack the Ripper and Mama Said Knock You out won LL the whole beef. Marley Marl was supplying Cool J with monster beats. With the exception of How Ya Like Me Know, every beat Moe Dee used during this LL feud was garbage.
I guess that means, it's time for you to Discover Kool Moe Dee - my recommandation is "Let's Go". Imo super underrated but lyrically genius and made LL feel bad ;p
Kool more dee was part of the reason...go listen to his song called jack the ripper, he firing Kool more dee tail up...rock the bells is aggressive like this too
