Rap icon, LL Cool J, recently voiced his frustration with the current trend of rappers focusing solely on bread in their music. Basically thinks all that repetitive money talk is getting old, tired and outright whack. Maybe we’re embellishing a bit but you get the gist.
It all went down during an interview with Baller Alert, where the “Around the Way Girl” rapper turned NCIS actor went in on his peers for their narrow lyrical content, saying:
”When a rapper comes out, and he’s talking that money talk, you love it. But 12 years later, he’s still talking that money talk, and now you’re looking at him like, ‘Dude, do you have anything else to talk about?’”
LL Cool J is no spring chicken who’s been in a many GOAT conversations so he has the right to make his points on any and all things Hip Hop. At 56, he emphasized the importance of meaningful lyrics, citing Bob Marley as an example:
”He talked about something. He had something to say. And guess what? You don’t care what Bob Marley had in the bank. Because that’s not the metric for success. It’s not the metric for cultural success. Bob Marley did not have to be rich. He was rich in what he did and what he created and what he put in the world. That s**t matters,” he went on to explain.
LL added, “The wallet can’t un-corny you.” Boom, that part.
If you need a history lesson, LL Cool J, born James Todd Smith, achieved commercial success with his debut single “I Need A Beat” in 1984. He continued to release hits like “I Need Love,” “I’m Bad,” and “Mama Said Knock You Out.”
ICYMI, in 2021, he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame for his significant contributions to music. We listed a few. Basically, he’s a star, and like we said, in the GOAT conversation for a multitude of reasons and if he thinks a lot of these so called rappers are corny then maybe he has a point.
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