LL COOL JBest LL COOL J Albums Ranked
7.1
Avg Score
17
Opinions
20
Albums
5
Reviewers
Summary from 17 ratings
On Wavelength, fans have rated LL COOL J's catalog across 20 albums from 17 opinions, with an overall average of 7.1/10. The top-rated LL COOL J album is Radio (1985) with a 9.5/10 average from 2 ratings, followed by THE FORCE and Mr. Smith. The discography on Wavelength spans 1985 to 2024. Mama Said Knock You Out ranks as the highest-rated LL COOL J song on Wavelength with a 10.0/10 average.
Mama Said Knock You Out
“Even his die-hard fans know the truth: L.L. Cool J needed to change his rap this time out. Blithe one-liners like "I'm so bad I can suck my own dick" dragged 1989's musically fierce Walking With a Panther into self-parody. His fourth album probably won't win any public-service awards, but L.L. Cool J's rhymes and […]”
THE FORCE
“With Q-Tip modernizing his sound, the grandpa and NCIS: Los Angeles star isn't looking backwards as he delivers boastful brags, lover-man vibes, and old-school rap storytelling”
Authentic (Deluxe Edition)
“"Authentic"? What jive. LL Cool J is rap's longest-running act, and it's his pop savvy, his indifference to orthodoxy, his easygoing star power that've kept him going. On Authentic, LL's first LP not released by Def Jam, the guest list is a testament to open-mindedness and crossover ambitions: Snoop Dogg, Travis Barker, Chuck D, Charlie Wilson, Eddie Van Halen, Earth, Wind and Fire, Monica, Seal, ”
The DEFinition
“When a rapper’s cd booklet includes plugs for his upcoming movies instead of for his other albums, you have every right to suspect that he has put his music career on the back turntable. But on the eleventh record of his amazingly consistent twenty-year career, LL Cool J has as much swaggering presence as ever. […]”
Phenomenon
“Self-styled hip-hop puritans reserve special disdain for Top 40 success stories like Salt-n-Pepa and L.L. Cool J. So on the occasion of SNP’s fifth record, Brand New, and L.L. Cool J’s seventh, Phenomenon, let’s get a few things straight: Not only are Salt-n-Pepa and L.L. Cool J as legitimate as hip-hop comes, but in terms […]”
Mr. Smith
“Bold and vainglorious, 16-year-old James Todd Smith was a one-man Run-DMC when he exploded onto the scene as LL Cool J in 1985. He was a cartoon character with ironclad lyrical muscles, venomous enough in spirit to please the gangsters of his Queens, N.Y., hometown but with enough velvet in his voice to make the […]”
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