What's even more crazy is that LL really thinks he got "bars" and Drake don't. Not saying those weren't good Hip-hop/Rap songs by LL but he acting like Drake don't got those same songs that are just rap and lyrics. All I gotta say to LL is go listen to those times stamps Drake got I mean just Family Matters alone smokes all his "catalog" he speaking about talking like Drake just sang his whole career like he don't know how to rap 😂
@@Michael-H23 I would say it the other way around quite the opposite actually. LL has talent but he's not on Drake level even when it comes to the ladies music LL has had a COUPLE great songs that hit Drake been doing it for more than 10 years Rapping and singing talk about Drake have something he don't LL could never sing like him so that'sjust another reason CATALOG to throw in the debate. LL an OG in Rap but come on now
LL set the template for the well rounded emcee. Making street records, club records and ladies bangers. The same formula 2pac, Biggie, Mase, Fabulous, 50 Cent, Drake end up using.
LL doesn't get enough credit for how versatile his catalog was. He had some crazy flows and verses that were different from what everyone else was doing.
@@baileytate3938 it’s bc most ppl dont know how to value and appreciate real hip hop. They are baseheads/cone heads. They overlook LL and say he just sings and makes songs for the ladies but the man can do it all. He raps for the block, for the radio, for the OGs and for the ladies.
@@mrbrianandrewsmith respectfully you a funny mofo . But yeah he’s def been in many boxes . He was probably In my mom’s and mother-in-law boxes the way they loved and still do till this day . Shit my whole neighborhood in Brooklyn 4ucks with LL . Females and dudes too 💯💯🤣🗣️😩
@@laurenceabilunier9539 in my opinion he’s way better than Jay-Z. His songs hit different they are more relatable to real life than Jay-Z’s although Hov is a monster Mc full of lyrics too, he’s not as dope as LL.
Drake writes, he just uses ghost writers in addition to writing. I personally prefer all MCs write all their material themselves and think Drake is lame asf for not doing so, but we can’t take away that he does write some of his own stuff.
@@Musa-ut6ce we not talking hooks. Dem BARS are in question. Let's not forget when son pulled out the Blackberry 😄😄😄.......Flex should have stopped that shit......how you spitting off the phone B. Is that yours or ya man's 🤔. Matter fact you supposed to memorize then rap. But the powers that be gave him a pass for that too.
👑👑👑 1 of the originals Phenomenal Lyrist Educational Parables Genuine Spirit best to ever do it. Original Skills. Epic Talent Followed him from boy to family man 👑 LL Cool J- Period. The Fan’s Flare
@@Elliott_Elliotthe’s only a goat to the kids because they don’t understand the difference between a real emcee who influenced the whole genre vs a cosplay industry plant who has ghost writers… ones a pop artist the other is all hiphop
@@deeward5572exactly. Don’t play with it. Ladies Love was just a name. He was here for the true lyricist fans. Even his tracks for women were really about his amazing flow and writing.
LL Cool J was making great music in 1985 when I was wearing pull-ups. His career is still going now and he dropped an album the same month I turned 42yo. Nobody else has that kinda longevity in rap music
Bomb is my favorite LL Cool J song. If you have any doubts of him as a true artist and Lyricist go no further. And he been body all his new songs. Dude still got it
LL is one of the most underrated MCs of all time. Dude is a pioneer who stayed relevant throughout hip hop’s evolution into its peak and beyond. I’m guilty of undermining his skills and influence, even on myself. Big ups to Mr. Smith 💪🏽😎
Great Answer...when you look up Rapper or M.C. or hip hop in a dictionary or google this man's photo should be the 1st thing that pops up 💯 👑 THE CROWN KING of RAP.
❄️ 1989- ❤St Louis, Missouri. As I walk up the street to the apartments I lived in, a car drives down the street. All I hear blasting out of the window for the first time!!!....😀 "Milky, and I'm back My ace in the hole was this brand new track I'ma slow it up and speed it up and now you're gonna eat it up Listen to the funky beat, my tongue is gonna beat it up I did it, but the devil didn't make me I did it for the suckers who tried to shake and bake me Proving a point that I'm a serious joint You can roll me up and puff me, and then I'll anoint Your head with oil lots of oil Make it run like water, watch it boil 'Cause I made 'em play it, made 'em say it Made 'em okay it, made 'em obey it huh! Prince of the growl is on the prowl How you like me now punk? You living foul Here's what my game is, here is what my aim is A washed up rapper needs a washer, my name is Jack the Ripper Jack-Jack-Jack the Ripper Jack-Jack, Jack-Jack, Jack-Jack, Jack the Ripper King Hercules! 👑💪🏻 He finished Cool Moe D's ass(pause) off with this song!! That was a real rap battle. 😎
My radio believe me I like it loud I'm a man with a box that can rock the crowd.... I used to listen to that on my Walkman on the way to school... ll is one of the best to ever do it
I was surprised when he did all that I need love stuff. I stopped listening to his stuff at that point. I remember hearing Mama Said Knock You Put and waiting for the dj to say who it was by at the end and I remember thinking LL Cool J is back!!! For me that was his comeback song and he hasn’t put a foot wrong since. 🙌🏾
Plus LL started out making music and transitioned to other ventures such as acting, clothing etc…Drake started out acting and transitioned to music..not hating but that’s kindda backwards if u asked me..🤷🏽♂️
Facts! Interviewers please stop baiting everybody in the game got influenced by LL some people even slowed down His career purposely due to His loyal nature.💡
One thing I’ve learned over this recent LL press run is he is a PRIDEFUL man and doesn’t like anybody questioning anything about him….that super unnecessary Canibus beef is making more and more sense. Also, Girl records are not exclusive to LL but it’s just that women in general flocked to him and Drake more than other rappers on a consistent basis. Also, Drake has “hard” records but he differs from LL when it comes to party records, dance records and introspective records
He's flawed, but this temperament got him to where he is and continued work. Not a bad thing to not want to be compared to another rapper. How did you get triggered by that?
Definitely L's influence is directly reflected on Drake, like for God's sake the guys stage name is "lady's love". Plus Even Drake has the versatility reach he talks about cause he's got "6pm in new york, omerta, what's next, lose you" etc.
He’s been running away from his real musical identity recently. He’s known for making records for women. Majority of his biggest songs were made for women. He’s not known as a gangster rapper or a lyricist. He’s a great MC over all. I just think it’s odd that he’s no longer embracing who he is.
Drake is not even close to LL. LL didn't get questioned when he said he would knock you out or told you how hard he was. It just so happens his biggest songs were made for the ladies. His name has nothing to do with anything. Drake is a pretender like jay-z who stole alot of people's music to stay on top.
He got more depth and he a real MC, he is a real battle Rapper, he is not a created gimmick for entertainment purposes but he is also a great entertainer because he is passionate about the craft he has worked hard for.
Man Cool J is the Michael Jackson of RAP bro first real 15 16 17 year old rapper that was the most popular rapper of the 80's for his age group........ Original hommie
LL is a complete MC that covers all of the bases. Drake makes radio records which is the biggest part of his catalog whereas LL's radio records are probably 30percent of his catalog,big difference!
Whats crazy is ppl forget how diverse LL really is.... He really is the definition of an MC....
No they don’t, a lot of ppl don’t know, but those tht do, WE KNOW LIKE NAS SAID Name a rapper tht he ain’t influenced “
Wasn't he the first rapper or artist on Def Jam?
What's even more crazy is that LL really thinks he got "bars" and Drake don't. Not saying those weren't good Hip-hop/Rap songs by LL but he acting like Drake don't got those same songs that are just rap and lyrics. All I gotta say to LL is go listen to those times stamps Drake got I mean just Family Matters alone smokes all his "catalog" he speaking about talking like Drake just sang his whole career like he don't know how to rap 😂
@ericsanchez7008
Drake has talent but not the level of LL
@@Michael-H23 I would say it the other way around quite the opposite actually. LL has talent but he's not on Drake level even when it comes to the ladies music LL has had a COUPLE great songs that hit Drake been doing it for more than 10 years Rapping and singing talk about Drake have something he don't LL could never sing like him so that'sjust another reason CATALOG to throw in the debate. LL an OG in Rap but come on now
Respectful answer that still gently reminds you, “You might want to look thru my catalogue again, bro”
Right
Honestly why would they even ask him that
Respectfully! 😂😂
I know right! Make it make sense
🦾💯👌🏾
LL set the template for the well rounded emcee. Making street records, club records and ladies bangers. The same formula 2pac, Biggie, Mase, Fabulous, 50 Cent, Drake end up using.
Real spit bruh
100 💯 percent 🙌🏾
iirc pac told big to make music for the ladies cuz they're gonna be the ones buying the music.
2pac and biggie biting off LL is a bit of a stretch bro... 😂
@@Wayne3nterprisespac is my goat but I have to agree cause LL came first
LL doesn't get enough credit for how versatile his catalog was. He had some crazy flows and verses that were different from what everyone else was doing.
@@baileytate3938 You could NEVER say all his music sounds the same. He’s truly an artist who experiments with his art.
Not from dumbass interviewers or listeners.
But from people with a working brain, he's always been regarded as one of the best to ever do it.
*Is
@@baileytate3938 it’s bc most ppl dont know how to value and appreciate real hip hop. They are baseheads/cone heads. They overlook LL and say he just sings and makes songs for the ladies but the man can do it all. He raps for the block, for the radio, for the OGs and for the ladies.
To those of us who grew up in his era knows who the goat is and there's is no comparison to his style.
LL said dont put me in a box
LL been in so many many boxes, he's half Styrofoam.
💯
@@mrbrianandrewsmith respectfully you a funny mofo . But yeah he’s def been in many boxes . He was probably In my mom’s and mother-in-law boxes the way they loved and still do till this day . Shit my whole neighborhood in Brooklyn 4ucks with LL . Females and dudes too 💯💯🤣🗣️😩
Or Eat em up L....joints like that!
I’m 44 years old and was singing LL’s songs when I was a kid. This is the dude that INVENTED THE ACONYM: G.O.A.T.
LL is also a Capricorn so it’s a double meaning for him! Sea-GOAT
#Capsbaby
Me too! Im 46 though but the same lol. I used to go to the Tower records and buy LL tapes!
It was actually #MohammedALI so he and family have the copy right till this day. LL just referenced it in the late 90's. Mohammed Ali is the G.O.A.T
Rakim and LL can still go into BEAST mode. Talent, skill and good luck will happen.
That new God MC album is crazyyyyy
Big difference between cocky and confident. LL should be confident because 30 years don't lie
40 Years🫡
Almost 40yrs in hip hop he started in the early 80s
@justinewing1108 I Need A Beat Dropped 1984
@@Michael-H23 1984 to be exact
40 years….dude dropped in 84/85
LL spoke Truth.
You tell them LL💯🎵💯👀
👑💪🏿
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LL influenced drake's ghostwriters.
Underrated comment!!! 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
Too true😂😂😂.
That part
Ong !
Lol...True that
He’s just too intelligent and on a different level and also trouble free, drama free from HipHop stupidity
His troubles were behind the scenes ...
Not petty stuff
From ice T to Kool moe Dee, jay-z 😂😂😂😂😂
@@laurenceabilunier9539 in my opinion he’s way better than Jay-Z. His songs hit different they are more relatable to real life than Jay-Z’s although Hov is a monster Mc full of lyrics too, he’s not as dope as LL.
@@gjergjjiim1615 I don’t do comparison. I enjoy both. He’s song is from an era before jay and still relevant till date?
LL set the tone on how to become a Rap Star.
He had it figured out as a teenager
"Ll cool j is hard as HELL!"
And he ain't got no bbl like drizzy!
2 times the pause ⏸️ 😂
Major pause
NO DRIZZY
actaully ryhmed too
BBL DRIZZY... BBL DRIZZEY eww... eww... eww😅
LL is so under rated to be honest! A lot of people get hyped but everyone acts like he did not DO so much from his swag and everything!
Uncle L writes drake don't..... stop comparing greatness with popularity 💯
Simple
Drake writes, he just uses ghost writers in addition to writing. I personally prefer all MCs write all their material themselves and think Drake is lame asf for not doing so, but we can’t take away that he does write some of his own stuff.
The question is what is his and what are the ghost lol. You can't right those wrongs.
LL has had hooks written by 50 Cent and mad other rappers before. He had used collaborators a bunch of times.
@@Musa-ut6ce we not talking hooks. Dem BARS are in question. Let's not forget when son pulled out the Blackberry 😄😄😄.......Flex should have stopped that shit......how you spitting off the phone B. Is that yours or ya man's 🤔. Matter fact you supposed to memorize then rap. But the powers that be gave him a pass for that too.
LL got a wide variety in his catalog, he don't just got joints for ladies only.
A true aficionado of LL’s music would NEVER have asked that question!
Doing it was & is the epitome of the spirit of the 90’s
Mase Fabolous Drake ABoogie etc template is all cool J in hindsight
LL was the original 🐐 his run was crazy. He influenced a lot of rappers whether they know it or not
In order words, Drake is a creampuff and LL is a certified MC. Now I get it😭😭😭🤣😂
Lol...Do you agree bro?
@@deeward5572 Yep 👍
Zero to 100, back to back, push-ups? Cream puff? Yall have so much delusion its almost not funny 😂
@@GuerrillaSM To paraphrase the words of Yasin Bey, Drake makes music that has you "shopping with edge"😭😭😭🤣😂
The phrase is in other words
One of my fav LL songs is “Father”
GOATED
👑👑👑
1 of the originals
Phenomenal Lyrist
Educational Parables
Genuine Spirit
best to ever do it.
Original Skills. Epic Talent
Followed him from boy to family man 👑
LL Cool J- Period.
The Fan’s Flare
Missed the word Versatile 😂
There is No Comparison LL is a Living Legend and Drakes Halfway out the door like Minnie Vanilli, please.
Be nice
😂🤣🤣🤣😭😭😭
Yall need to stop the Drake shade. He is a goat too.
@@Elliott_Elliotthe’s only a goat to the kids because they don’t understand the difference between a real emcee who influenced the whole genre vs a cosplay industry plant who has ghost writers… ones a pop artist the other is all hiphop
The production on ill bomb was IMPECCABLE!!! 🔥🤦🏾♂️💪🏾🤢🤮
He is speaking Facts! Stop comparing these new artists to Legends!
Rock the bells
You’ll rock
Radio
Bad
It gets no rougher
4,3,2,1
Beast!
@@deeward5572exactly. Don’t play with it. Ladies Love was just a name. He was here for the true lyricist fans. Even his tracks for women were really about his amazing flow and writing.
Rock the bells 12 inch remix
LL Cool J was making great music in 1985 when I was wearing pull-ups. His career is still going now and he dropped an album the same month I turned 42yo. Nobody else has that kinda longevity in rap music
LL wrote his ish and always has
Drakes music is not only about ladies. No hip hop artist makes ladies only songs
Exactly
He's POP ! cut it out
U right …the other songs are about Money and haters ..😂😂..and old classmates who knew him when he was just “wheelchair jimmy” 😂😂
What he is saying is I write my rhymes
He's pop so that also checks out
I see his influence in Tupac and all the rappers after
Bomb is my favorite LL Cool J song. If you have any doubts of him as a true artist and Lyricist go no further. And he been body all his new songs. Dude still got it
LL is one of the most underrated MCs of all time. Dude is a pioneer who stayed relevant throughout hip hop’s evolution into its peak and beyond. I’m guilty of undermining his skills and influence, even on myself. Big ups to Mr. Smith 💪🏽😎
Great Answer...when you look up Rapper or M.C. or hip hop in a dictionary or google this man's photo should be the 1st thing that pops up 💯 👑 THE CROWN KING of RAP.
True!
LL can never answer a question straightforward 😂 still a legend
They need to let LL perform at the Super Bowl
Without LL you wouldn't gotten that diversity in today's rap. The GOAT!
LL cool j is a legendary 🙌 👌 👉 Back in the days I used to rock LL music all day, still to this day here and there. Love it's ❤️ ✌️
ill bomb beat 🔥🔥🔥
Translation: "don't ever compare me to that soft sugar music that Drake makes", LOL.
Drake is what Ja Rule was in the early 00's
Tell a again ❤❤❤❤
I forgot about that Ill Bomb joint🎶🎶🔥
❄️ 1989- ❤St Louis, Missouri. As I walk up the street to the apartments I lived in, a car drives down the street. All I hear blasting out of the window for the first time!!!....😀 "Milky, and I'm back
My ace in the hole was this brand new track
I'ma slow it up and speed it up and now you're gonna eat it up
Listen to the funky beat, my tongue is gonna beat it up
I did it, but the devil didn't make me
I did it for the suckers who tried to shake and bake me
Proving a point that I'm a serious joint
You can roll me up and puff me, and then I'll anoint
Your head with oil lots of oil
Make it run like water, watch it boil
'Cause I made 'em play it, made 'em say it
Made 'em okay it, made 'em obey it huh!
Prince of the growl is on the prowl
How you like me now punk? You living foul
Here's what my game is, here is what my aim is
A washed up rapper needs a washer, my name is
Jack the Ripper
Jack-Jack-Jack the Ripper
Jack-Jack, Jack-Jack, Jack-Jack, Jack the Ripper
King Hercules! 👑💪🏻 He finished Cool Moe D's ass(pause) off with this song!! That was a real rap battle. 😎
'The Boy' is about to buy an LL Cool J artifact/heirloom . You know he is collecting 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Ha! sadly he would do that. He a F.A.N
Way to put the question in it's proper perspective. That's a stunningly brilliant answer...
Love me some LL and how he carries him. Always confident, never cocky. 😎💙
I see LL Cool J's influence in almost every rapper and singer today
Ayo, this right here was a POWERFUL💥 RESPONSE!!! Mad respect for LL!!!
His influence is super underrated cause ever rapper after him has made joints for the ladies
LL the GOAT
I still think L got the best opening verse in hip hop history. Mama said knock you out
Like Mary J about the versus battles
She said
“ all I gotta do is pull out WHATS THE 411💯
My radio believe me I like it loud I'm a man with a box that can rock the crowd.... I used to listen to that on my Walkman on the way to school... ll is one of the best to ever do it
Thats crazy I had ill bomb on repeat for a while today
I was surprised when he did all that I need love stuff. I stopped listening to his stuff at that point.
I remember hearing Mama Said Knock You Put and waiting for the dj to say who it was by at the end and I remember thinking LL Cool J is back!!! For me that was his comeback song and he hasn’t put a foot wrong since. 🙌🏾
Comparing LL to Drake is like comparing a F150 truck to a pinto!🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣😂😂😂😂
It's True, LL is way above Drake as a complete Hip Hop Artist. Drake is a pop star that flirts between genres.
I’ll bomb such an underrated classic. Perfect beat, perfect flow…love that song
Drake is nothing like LL . LL is a versatile Mc .
Drake isnt?
Fam, i recently had a friend try to compare Drake to L and i felt direspected for L. Drake can be compared to Ja Rule or Vanilla Ice but never LL.
Lol...true
Stop the cap man. Yeah the comparison is flawed, but because Drake is like 50x bigger, maybe not better but 50x bigger for sure.
LL put in crazy work in the booth facts you can't compare the body of work
GOAT MUCH HOTTER LATELY !!!
Mic Dropped
That was the most humble flex ever lol. I fool with it. Sometimes, you have to correct people.
LL is Hip Hop at its Finest and purest
LL Should Never Be Compared To drake, LL IS THE GOAT😌
True that!
LL is DEFINITELY a pioneer of hip hop..
LL is the man and will always be
Plus LL started out making music and transitioned to other ventures such as acting, clothing etc…Drake started out acting and transitioned to music..not hating but that’s kindda backwards if u asked me..🤷🏽♂️
Facts! Interviewers please stop baiting everybody in the game got influenced by LL some people even slowed down His career purposely due to His loyal nature.💡
Yeah it's tru it's kind of a insult still.
L so smart an so pass the lil labels they try to put on ppl the lil categories that’s lit so dope to hear him talk these days💯🦾
Shout to LL cool j 😎.
One thing I’ve learned over this recent LL press run is he is a PRIDEFUL man and doesn’t like anybody questioning anything about him….that super unnecessary Canibus beef is making more and more sense. Also, Girl records are not exclusive to LL but it’s just that women in general flocked to him and Drake more than other rappers on a consistent basis. Also, Drake has “hard” records but he differs from LL when it comes to party records, dance records and introspective records
He's flawed, but this temperament got him to where he is and continued work. Not a bad thing to not want to be compared to another rapper.
How did you get triggered by that?
He said in an interview that beef should not have happened. He learned from it.
@@jumpsurfer I wasn’t triggered it was just an observation.
@@jumpsurfer I’m befuddled, nothing about the comment read as being “triggered”. They simply provided a succinct observation.
Drake has hard records?🤔 Drakes not a hard guy from a hard place that had a hard life how does that make sense🤷🏽♂️
Definitely L's influence is directly reflected on Drake, like for God's sake the guys stage name is "lady's love". Plus Even Drake has the versatility reach he talks about cause he's got "6pm in new york, omerta, what's next, lose you" etc.
He’s been running away from his real musical identity recently.
He’s known for making records for women.
Majority of his biggest songs were made for women.
He’s not known as a gangster rapper or a lyricist. He’s a great MC over all. I just think it’s odd that he’s no longer embracing who he is.
@@josephkanu2778they won't listen man, they turned full cult
@josephkanu2778 he can't embrace who he is when he never knew who he was in the first place. Plus, his writers carry him.
Drake is not even close to LL. LL didn't get questioned when he said he would knock you out or told you how hard he was. It just so happens his biggest songs were made for the ladies. His name has nothing to do with anything. Drake is a pretender like jay-z who stole alot of people's music to stay on top.
@@darrellp8172Is Jayz better than LL
Facts, LL the goat of all goats!
He got more depth and he a real MC, he is a real battle Rapper, he is not a created gimmick for entertainment purposes but he is also a great entertainer because he is passionate about the craft he has worked hard for.
There is no comparison to LL- in a league of his own😊❤
I like his answer
LL had hits of every type...very few can say that...
Jack the Ripper, one of the all time best hardcore tracks 💪🏾
LL and drake aren't really a comparison. LL writes ✍️drake doesnt
🎶 “LL Cool J, the baddest around!” 🎵
Untouchable. Come on man. Llcool J n and everyone is different level. Give it up
Lol. they gettin paid 2 belittle Legendz... respect your elders no comparision...that's disrespectful FAM...LOL WOW ✌️
I was only introduced to the battle style version of LL i didnt know the ladies version songs till years later.
LL’s saying, respectfully put some respect on my name 💯
Man Cool J is the Michael Jackson of RAP bro first real 15 16 17 year old rapper that was the most popular rapper of the 80's for his age group........ Original hommie
Ll cool j - all world album was my first album I brought with my own money aged 11
Jack the Riper waas and still one of my Fav
4321 , I need a Beat , Radio ,Rock the Bells so many others.
That’s why he’s the GOAT
LL is a complete MC that covers all of the bases. Drake makes radio records which is the biggest part of his catalog whereas LL's radio records are probably 30percent of his catalog,big difference!
His first two albums are classics
the man that created the word G.O.A.T. ....now is all over the world
Drake is influenced by every body.
That’s why he stay stealing bars and flows 😂
LL is a true MC. I can't talk down about Drake. I never heard his album
Living Legend Cool James