Throwback Thursday: "Rampage" -- EPMD ft. LL Cool J

A little 1-9-9-0 up in ya face. Slow down, baby...

Throwback Thursday: "I Shot Ya (Remix)" -- LL Cool J ft. Keith Murray, Prodigy, Fat Joe, & Foxy Brown

*turns up the volume*

I'm back in high school on this one. What brother didn't want to wife Foxy after this track came out? And P & Joe's verses tho.......

Throwback Thursday: "2nd Round KO" — Canibus

This song blew up overnight. Most people (beyond the underground scene) had barely ever heard of Canibus when he appeared on LL's "4, 3, 2, 1" (where the virtual-unknown stole the show). Then a few weeks after that track hit the airwaves, "2nd Round KO" came out of nowhere like an assassin in the night to wipe Cool James's days as a feared emcee off the planet. From the the coup of getting Iron Mike Tyson to cameo, to the line-for-line lethal lyrics—many of which call out LL on everything people were afraid (at the time) to say about him in public, this track was like a audio guerrilla warfare, polarizing and downright brutal. LL tried to respond with "The Ripper Strikes Back," a god awful attempt at flexing lyrical muscle he just didn't have at that point in his career.

At the time of this song's release, I actually had some people tell me—speaking from some kind of ridiculous slave mentality—that Canibus, no matter how badly LL had wronged him, was wrong for challenging LL, simply because he was a hall of fame emcee. Fuck. That. LL deserved everything he got. Like Chris Rock said, "ain't no one above an ass-whoopin'."

Throwback Thursday: "Mama Said Knock You Out" -- LL Cool J

There's a whole bunch of "fuck the world" in me today. Consider this a warning.

Big Fans

Here's a great skit from last night's Saturday Night Live (Maya Rudolph and Jay Pharoah kill).

Throwback Thursday: "Loungin (Who Do Ya Luv?)" LL Cool J ft. Total

People tend to forget about this banger, since it was near the end of both LL and Total's runs as consistent producers of hot tracks. But the slick Trackmasters production, coupled with simple but effective vocals from Total and some still-in-his-prime lyrics from LL make this a party track that still holds up 15 years after it was originally released. And you know Hershey's chocolate syrup was flying off the shelves after this video premiered.

Thursday Throwback: "Flava in Your Ear [Remix]" -- Craig Mack

One of the all-time sickest tracks—not to mention one of the sickest lineups for a remix.

Eminem is alive! Eminem pranks LL on radio

This is a call/tribute that Eminem makes to the radio while LL is a guest. It's just good to see that Em is still breathing.

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