LL Cool J ''THE FORCE'' Discussion Thread

[Malcy86]

It always amazing to hear people different opinions on songs or albums. LL went in on that song and the young nikkas were nice. I like that song

Yeah it’s a good outro to have him putting unknowns on the track as well.

 

[erker]

Funny how the Q-Tip produced Danny Brown album stalled his career yet this one somewhat revives LL's. It's a good album. Not great but good. The last song is a terrible finale though.

What the fukk? That's verse of the year material.


There was smoke when the mother's water broke
The doc saw the horns, oh my god, it's a goat
The nurse cut the cord, got shocked with a million volts
Almost dropped him on the floor, but the baby started to float
Umbilical cord turned into a gold rope
A mic appeared in his hand, body started to jolt
Angels injected him with lyrical dope
The same drug they gave Hemingway and Edgar Allen Poe
The whole world's raven for the baby, the bell tolls
A crowd gathered 'round, throwin' punches and elbows
Then his mama arose and recited a poem
Todd's a hip-hop god, fukk rock and roll
Put the baby in the whip, there was a solar eclipse
Then a spirit came, wrote his name down in hieroglyphs
Breakbeats played, he had speaker for a crib
She screamed, "Jack the Rip" and ignited his gifts
To the parents, he's a legend, to the children a myth
Here's some firsthand experience of Mr. Smith
Alias Mr. Killin'-Every-Rapper-In-His-Radius
Ciphers to stadiums, bars is vibranium
Molecular structure of the nucleus of his cranium
Platinum, uranium, lyrical titanium
In other words, whoever it concern
If you fukk around with fire, you gon' get that ass turned to ash
True story, I'm a walkin' crematorium
Helpin' rappers earn obituaries from historians
Bangin' on 'em, yellow tape and red sheets layin' on 'em
Carved hands, tombstones, prayin' for 'em
Movin' the chess pieces like telekinesis
As a toddler, he walked with two panthers on leashes
Learned early on where the mark of the beast is
By the time he hit puberty, he richer than Croesus
Slicker than Odysseus on a odyssey, intellect is part of me
So pardon me if it's harder to follow me, what does that mean?
He's a mythological melanated progeny of royalty, sprayin' you with soliloquies
Gil Heron with the camouflage gear on
Ignorance is the virus, my ink is the interferon (Yeah)
The last poet, revolutionary with guns loaded
Back to elevate the culture, that's my only motive

 

[Lootha VanDraws]

I ordered the LL joint but I haven't listened yet. All I want to know is does LL do it to those meatballs like he said he would?

 

[mundL]

Holy fukk

This joint with Em is the hardest shyt I've heard all year

 

[Lonj]

Passion>>>>>>

Q-tip still got it

 

[Zero]

It's like this on YouTube music

They fixed the explict version

 

[Zero]

Beat shakin' like flour in paper bags
See 'em salutin' and recruitin' and wavin' flags
Spice in the hot sauce, crispy on the chicken
The screen door slammin' and the young boy crippin'
Mama when she dancin', your uncle when he trippin'
The spirit of Stevie Wonder when "Superstition" was written
I'm the, first bop when you walk into the party
I'm the, Chris Rock when you snappin' on somebody
I'm the, ingenuity, the mental acuity
Duke Ellington dexterity, I'm truly a rarity
I'm the sound of Miles Davis, it's impossible to bury me
The slow pimp walk, it's impossible to hurry me
The, red cup, brown liquor, spades all night
Shower cap, house slippers, braids just right
Feelin' when that itch in your weave is relieved
I'm your tastebuds bitin' on the sunflower seeds
Only crossover I support is Kyrie
W.E.B. mentality
I'm the Biz goin' off, Diana, I'm the boss
Or you could say Ross, I'm Pirelli's with the gloss
I'm the underground Harriet, the swing low chariot
Backyard smoker, fried okra and asparagus
The look in the eyes of someone who can relate
I'm the knowin' that it's love and couldn't possibly be hate
I'm the prayer of a mama want her son to walk straight
I'm the prisoner released when he walkin' out the gate
I'm Black, I'm Black, I'm Black, I'm Black

 

[Art Barr]

Maybe coasted isn't the right term. We got a lot of Common music in the last few years and he's been consistent

The jump in quality from LL last album to this one is staggering lol

I would not say it was a jump in quality.
As all ll albums since 2004 have been fye low key.
Just sonically this album did what we never thought we would get from ll.
as fsr as direction.


Art Barr

 

[Nostalgic]

LL copying Nas on 30 Decembers

 

[erker]

LL copying Nas on 30 Decembers

27 summers , it wasn't even the goal!


Kinda puzzled on the significance of the 30 decembers though, as LL's last album dropped in 2013. And his first album dropped almost 40 years ago. He wasnt out of the hip hop game for 30 years and he has been rapping for longer than 30. So, what happened 30 years (1994) ago?

 

[Piff Perkins]

love this

 

[Toe Jay Simpson]

27 summers , it wasn't even the goal!


Kinda puzzled on the significance of the 30 decembers though, as LL's last album dropped in 2013. And his first album dropped almost 40 years ago. He wasnt out of the hip hop game for 30 years and he has been rapping for longer than 30. So, what happened 30 years (1994) ago?

It’s about the last time he rode the train in Queens

 

[Newark88]

I had no interest in checking for an LL album in 2024 but after going through this over the weekend, I'm glad I did.

 

[beenz]

love this

the fact that he's in a gap commercial wearing a fubu hat while rapping the line "for us by us" in the commercial had me thinking he had an ownership stake back then cuz it seemed pretty obvious. I mean LL was on fubu when NO ONE even knew what it was. daymond john probably had to give him an equity stake just to get him to endorse the brand.

 

[bigdaddy88]

not feeling most of the production