LL COOL J has recruited Rick Ross and Fat Joe for a new Q-Tip-produced single titled “Saturday Night Special.”
On the old school cut, which dropped on Friday (June 14), swinging drums and woozy synths offer the perfect backdrop for the MCs to exchange bars.
The track finds LL breaking down all the different hustlers in rap, beginning with “the greedy killer.”
He raps: “So many different hustlers you meet in the game/ Shit is cold, don’t put your trust in ’em, let me explain/ The greedy killer, he wanna fuck hoes and get the money/ But he quick to feel disrespected.”
Speaking about the song, LL said: “‘Saturday Night Special’ is just the beginning. There’s a lot more where this came from, and I’m hype for y’all to hear this new record. We’re doing this for the fans and for Hip Hop culture.”
“Saturday Night Special” is the first single to be released from LL’s 14th studio album The FORCE (Frequencies of Real Creative Energy), set for release this fall following an over a decade long hiatus.
Check out the new song below.
LL began teasing the new project and first single last week.
He took to Instagram and wrote: “Album’s coming in the fall. It’s the real deal, baby. It’s go time. I’ll let you know about the features in a couple of days. Tracklisting for the album is coming.”
LL’s last album was 2013’s Authentic, which served as his 13th studio effort and his first after leaving Def Jam. It debuted at No. 23 on the Billboard 200 with 14,000 units in its first week.
In May, LL COOL J reflected on his decorated career while visiting LeBron James’ The Shop, admitting he made some “bad albums” and can relate to André 3000‘s pivot to playing the flute.
“I make bad albums, but I also have some smack, some crazy shit too,” he acknowledged. “But I made bad shit, or shit that people didn’t respond to because that was where I was at.”
Lena Waithe, who was also a guest, then interjected and said: “But at the time you thought it was good!”
LL bluntly replied: “Not always. I’m a little bit of a weirdo, B. Sometimes I make records in a vacuum just because it’s for me and then sometimes I make albums for the culture.
“I’m very different in that regard, so you can’t really gauge my albums like that ’cause I don’t make all my records for the culture.”
Can’t take seriously a rapper who invites Rick “the fraud” Ross on a joint.
Can’t take seriously someone who calls themself Will Smith
But you can take seriously someone who calls himself after a former drug lord even though that someone was a correctional officer and went to college to study criminal justice. Double standards huh?
@Little Mikey I’m not a Rick Ross fan . Stop getting so emotional
@Willy you just need to know that I hate when people hate on my chocolate bear.
Damn. This shit is DOPE. Salute L… 40 fuck n years!.
7 out of 10 as these other clowns ruin the track. Fat Joe is tolerable but no one was looking for a feature from him. Ross instantly makes this delete bin fodder. Too bad as it’s a nice beat and lyric from LL. Look erase these clown dudes from the album only have one feature some unknown dude from Queens. Thank me later
co sign…….ross walked this shit up and joe’s content is terrible to be 50 +…..hopefully the album is much better than this garbage
BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!
Nope! This ain’t it.
Nah B Joey Crack floated on this and looks Hella healthy and wealthy (No Diddy)
Dope
I have dreams of my daddy Drake pulling down my panties and spanking me. I’ve been a bad boy drizzy, you can spank me hard, boo
Tough crowd. I hate Fat Joe’s weak clout chasing ayah being in there but this is a dope reintroduction after all the time off.
The best is hard! LL is still rapping at an elite level!
Good song. Even Rick Ross couldn’t ruin it.
I like the song. LL looks great. Guy gets younger as he gets older. I fuks with this
This is really good song. This gonna be on repeat for a while for me.
This is dope AF