LL Cool J is the Tracy McGrady of rap

[PatCake]

Incredibly prolific, but underrated because he's rarely mentioned in the upper echelon of the greatest ever.





Also battled with some heavy weights(kool moe dee, Ice t, canibus) and remained standing


Influence and pioneering shouldn't always be beclouded by relevance.

 

[ZEupTWN]

Don't know if TMac is the right comparison...

 

[O.T.I.S.]

I actually kinda agree

He never got career ending injury like T-Mac, but is very well respected but never really mentioned in the goat convo despite self-proclaiming and being worthy of being a GOAT

 

[O.T.I.S.]

Technically, if you look at his body of work in both music and film, he is a goat of entertainment

 

[Kyle C. Barker]

The guy literally brought the word goat to the rap conversation lol

 

[moniemane]

I grew up on ll his albums where disappointing good singles but the albums are week 14 shots to the dome mr smith album I could go on he is a singles rapper

 

[moniemane]

I was a big time east coast head living in bama until 1997 when somebody left a three six Mafia album in a rental car and I was south from then on

 

[Rekkapryde]

The guy literally brought the word goat to the rap conversation lol

I know right.

 

[Canada Goose]

I loved playing with T Mac and Yao Ming on NBA 2K5, Rockets were my favorite team in that game even though I'm a Knicks fan in real life.


Those T Mac/Yao Ming teams didn't win anything IRL but they was fun to play with in 2K5

 

[BlackMajik]

Naw...bad comparison lol

 

[Juliano Soprano]

You gotta compare him to somebody that got rings and was considered a top 3 in his prime and changed the game

 

[Geek Nasty]

I'm old enough to remember when LL started doing rap love songs and started getting dissed by other rappers, on wax too. Mama said knock you out was his "comeback" record that squashed all of that.

 

[blockburna420]

more like Julius Erving don't even ask me how

 

[UNCLE JAM]

 

[Canada Goose]

It's crazy how LL bought the term GOAT to rap when he isn't even considered the GOAT in his own borough to most ppl.

He also was musically relevant in the mainstream for like 20+ years which is impressive, Jay is the only other rapper to do that.