LL Cool J doesn’t hold back when it comes to his thoughts on who is the most important rapper of all time — because according to him, it really is him.
In conversation with Apple Music’s Le Ma, LL was asked about the possibility of making a movie based on his career. This prompted the rapper to complain about why he claims to be the most influential rapper of all time.
“I think that one day people will wake up and realize LL Cool J is the most important rapper that ever lived. I truly believe that one day people will say that,” he said.
LL Cool J says he believes one day people will wake up and realize he’s the most important rapper that ever lived.
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He then goes on to break down the areas he believes rank him as the greatest of all time.
“They’ll look and say, ‘Wow when it comes to jewelry, this is the guy who introduced all the stones, jewelry and champagne.’ They would say when it came to love songs, they would say, ‘This is the guy who introduced love songs and all love songs,'” LL begins.
“When it comes to bad boy style, they will realize that this is the guy who introduced all the bad boy style before it was done. When it comes to the term GOAT, ‘This is the guy who came up with it all GOAT stuff.’ They would say when it came to Def Jam… ‘Wow, this is the first artist to be on Def Jam,'” he continued.
LL went on to talk about his work as one of the first rap artists to reach a global audience, popularize endorsements, and pursue multiple passions at once while acting on TV while Still producing music.
However, he avoids being called the GOAT
“There are too many rappers who have done too many important things for me to claim that I am the only one,” he explains.
LL’s latest comments come after being revealed in an interview with XTRA capital breakfast that Phife Dawg encouraged the rapper to return to music.
“He came to me in a dream, and he said, ‘Oh, this is amazing. This album might be crazy. Blah, blah, blah, blah, blah.’ It was a weird dream, because I was working on another album at the time, but when he came to see me, when I woke up, I decided to call Q-Tip and call it a day,” he said. .
His latest album is called The frequency of true creative energy or FORCE and was released in September this year to much critical acclaim.
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