LL Cool J says that he is the most important rapper in Hip Hop history

[get these nets]

Nov 28, 2024
Appearing on an episode of Apple Music’s Le Code published on Thursday , Cool James made his case for why he’s the most important.

“I’ma say this humbly but I really mean this,” he began. “I think one day people are going to wake up and realize that LL COOL J is the most important rapper that ever existed. I truly believe one day people are going to say that. They’re gonna look and they’re gonna say, ‘Wow, when it comes to the jewelry – this is the guy who introduced all the diamonds and the ice and the champagne.’ They’re gonna say, ‘When it comes to the love songs, this is the guy who introduced us to love songs and all the love shyt.'”

He continued: “When it comes to the bad boy vibe, they’re gonna realize, ‘Oh this is the guy who introduced all the rebellious bad boy vibes before it was done.’ When it comes to the G.O.A.T. terminology, they’re gonna say, ‘This is the guy who came up with the G.O.A.T. stuff.’ They’re gonna say when it comes to Def Jam, ‘Wow, this is the first artist that was on Def Jam.’ When it comes to solo [rap] artists, they’re gonna say, ‘Wow, this is the first solo artist to take it all the way around the world.’ I could go on and on and on.

“They’re gonna say when it comes to Fubu, ‘Yo, this guy introduced the whole idea of putting clothing lines. Even before that, he did Troop.’ When it comes to endorsements, ‘Oh this is the guy who did Kangol and made the Kangol popular before people even did that.’ When they talk about television, they gon’ say, ‘Oh this is the guy who did incredible stuff on TV and at the same time was still making incredible records.’ It wasn’t just doing TV and using rap as a launch pad. When it comes to business… I could go on and on and on and on

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Spoiler: the full interview

*excerpt from the top comes at 49:30

 

[Doobie Doo]

One of the most important, yes

Theee most important ever, no.

He was a pioneer but LL's claim to fame is being first not necessarily the best.

The idea of jewelry was related to being from the hood and showing you had paper. So if you weren't the first to do it it's not like someone else wouldn't have

 

[Dafunkdoc_Unlimited]

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[Peter Popoff]

As it pertains to the Eastcoast, yes. Def Jam started Hip Hop off the back of LL. Culturally, he evolved it. Badboy and Andre Harrell wanted another LL when they found Biggie.

The Westcoast and South created their own culture.

 

[MasterThought]

Dude made one hell of an argument for himself, I ain't mad at bro

 

[maxamusa]

Dude made one hell of an argument for himself, I ain't mad at bro

I concur

 

[Diondon]

He has an argument. Not that I agree off rip
Let me think about it

 

[Long Live The Kane]

He has a case

 

[BigMoneyGrip]

Hard to debate .. man’s was around early and still relevant to this day

 

[Tribal Outkast]

Dude made one hell of an argument for himself, I ain't mad at bro

Was going to say something like this. I’m not mad at all

 

[Peter Popoff]

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I watched an interview with Ice T. He brought up a valid point. Back then, DJs were the face of hip hop.

DJ Cool Herc, DJ Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince, Run DMC was a collective but Jam Master Jay was the face.

 

[richaveli83]

I can't argue with this.

 

[BEN23]

As it pertains to the Eastcoast, yes. Def Jam started Hip Hop off the back of LL. Culturally, he evolved it. Badboy and Andre Harrell wanted another LL when they found Biggie.

The Westcoast and South created their own culture.

LIES... you think in them days nikkas was thinking of south and west...nikkas was jut tryna get on...rap was new...fukk is you talking about

 

[newworldafro]

Hard to argue against it.

 

[Monsanto]

Agreed.