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Rolling With LL Cool J: Legendary Rapper on ‘The FORCE,’ His Unreleased Album With Dr. Dre, Working With Michael Jackson and More
In this massive interview, LL Cool J talks about his new album 'The FORCE,' his unfinished LP with Dr. Dre. working with MIchael Jackson, and more.
Other rappers came before him, and others have moved more units, but there is no other hip-hop artist who has been on top for as long as he has — he released his first single, “Radio,” 40 years ago — and still has the starpower to sell out arenas, be the featured player on a big-budget network television series, and close out Wednesday night’s MTV VMAs, a show he first played in 1991. As the frenzied but funky beat for the track that would be dubbed “Murdergram Deux” blared from the speakers, Em shouted to Tip, “You are fucking crazy for this!,” before adding breakbeats and production touches to the song, as well as his surgically precise lyrics. L’s workday on September 6 started just a couple of hours after he checked the online reaction to the album, with a 4 a.m. call time for “The Today Show.” He performed a medley of his hits on the show, along with “The FORCE”’s lead cut, “Saturday Night Special,” with fellow New York rap vet Fat Joe.
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