LL Cool J has been promising a new solo album for years, but nothing has ever materialized. His last album, Authentic, was released in 2013 and talk of a follow-up has been ongoing ever since.
According to a recent tweet from the Grammy Award-winning MC, he’s been in the studio with A Tribe Called Quest luminary Q-Tip working on a project.
“I just started recording new music produced by my lil bro @QtipTheAbstract,” he wrote.
LL later added in the comment section, “I’m putting this new music out on @defjam,” the label that started his entire career. [apple_news_ad type=”any”]
Q-Tip has been busy on the production side. More recently, he executive produced Danny Brown’s most recent album uknowhatimsayin¿.
Mr. Ladies Love Cool James, on the other hand, has been focused on his acting career, which includes his longstanding role on NCIS: Los Angeles.
In a 2016 interview with HipHopDX, the Radio legend talked about collaborating with Dr. Dre and was adamant an album was on its way.
“I got an itch so crazy right now, I need to find a hydrocortisone connect,” he said at the time. “What I’m going to do is make something for [the fans]. Like a special record that’s really going to be for Hip Hop. I get into experimental mode and I get in my creative scientist mode and I like to do different things.
“Every now and then, I like to do weird shit. I’m going to give them something special, you’ll see. And what it’s gonna do is, it’s going to change the game because a lot of people are getting away with 25-point games right now and they need someone to drop 50 on ’em. This shit is crazy to me!”
Perhaps 2020 will be the year.
Queens Kings.
It already sounds boring
Based on what? Take your clueless, know-nothing ass out of here.
That’s what’s up!!!
He definitely isn’t lying about wanting to do weird shit every now and then. (Pink cookies, etc). But that shit always works man!! That’s a true artist.
Without LL hip hop wouldn’t be where it is today with how much its dominated air ways
Great!!! Super excited with Q-tip on board! The dude was doing Drake before Drake (chick records). If he brings those hardcore raps and some joints with the ladies (with Q-tips aid) this should be an interesting project.
LL had music produced by Dr. Dre. Needless to say it never came out lol! That joint he produced for Jay Z was garbage!!!
The snippet of LL Cool J with Dre on Beats 1 radio was dope, surprisingly. Look it up! Very seldom that Dre actually has good shit now.
And Zoom was released on the Bulworth soundtrack. Great song from LL & Dre
I for one will not be participating in this buffoonery. Myself and Kimberley much prefer the nuance sounds of Da Baby, Lil Uzi Vert and Cher. After all we will be eating foise groise, drinking sauvigonon and plucking goose feathers. Oh how is life in the callabasses, when you brainwash the masses, making records about religion whilst making millions. Good day and don’t forget to confess your sins. Yours truly archbishop kanye west of canterbury.
You know you’re old when you can still remember the last LL Cool J album that was worth a damn. The man is a legend to me but lets be real, last century was the last time he put out anything worth buying so I’m not getting my hopes up about this project even though it has the potential to be cool.
Actually sounds very good, I dont think Tip has ever produced anything for L, but Tip still has it, and I think can bring the emcee out of LL. However, based on L’s tweets, he didnt exactly say Tip is producing the whole project, just that he’s in the studio with Tip cooking up some beats for him. It’d be dope if Tip did the whole LP, but unless this is based on other info, doesnt necessarily sound like thats the case. Being that its coming out on Def Jam (if it even materializes), I would highly doubt ANY major label would have Tip producing the entire album in this current music industry climate.
LL is the man.I hope he comes out with something close to ‘ROCK THE BELLS”!!!
Music
G.O.A.T!!!!!!’