In a recent interview with MTV, LL Cool J explains his frustrations with Jay-Z.
To begin, LL says that he isn’t “Anti Jay-Z” but instead “Pro LL” and he doesn’t have any hard feelings toward Jay as a rapper. But the President Carter who sits behind the Def Jam desk? Different story.
Uncle L first questions Jay’s resume before becoming president.
“I just don’t feel like he had the necessary experience to do that job,”LL states. “I don’t’ know any other record company that he worked for where he learned how to run this business.”
He also suggest that Jay was hired for all the wrong reasons.
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“This is a label that started in 1984 and you just can’t give somebody a job because you want to attract talent and look sexy…because there are artists that suffer,” he continued
LL says that he wasn’t one to underestimate Jay-Z initially, but after having him as president for some time now, LL says he knows the deal.
“The bottom line is – you gotta do your job man! And if you don’t know how to do your job then maybe universal needs to pay you the money you deserve as an artists and give somebody who really knows the job, the job.”
As the interview continues, LL turns his attention to Jay’s recent release of American Gangster.
“I haven’t spoken to him in a long time,”LL says when asked when was the last time he spoke with Hov. “I think it’s unfortunate.”
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LL then delves deeper into his distaste for Jay by asking why there were no Def Jam artists on his album.
“Let’s take this soundtrack for instance, shouldn’t there be other Def Jam artists on this soundtrack,” he asks.
“Shouldn’t this be the big Def Jam project with Def Jam artists involved? Nas has a record, (another Def Jam artist) has a record,”LL says. “You have LL working on an album for a year and then you have the president putting out his album in the middle of the schedule. I mean… really look at what’s going on!”
But even though others may feel the same as he, LL knows why nobody is speaking up.
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“Nobody’s talking about it and the reason nobody is talking about it is because nobody wants to be perceived as the guy who’s attacking someone that people love.”
We’ll see where this ends up.
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