Rolling Stone

LL Cool J and Eminem Drive Through Hip-Hop History in ‘Murdergram Deux’ Video

LL Cool J‘s “Murdergram Deux,” a bass-heavy track off of his latest album The Force, marked the rapper’s first collaboration with Eminem. The rap legends have now teamed up again for the single’s ...
Miami New Times

Digable Planets Bring Jazz-Rap to Hulaween

Beyond jam bands, Hulaween festival brings a well-rounded lineup of stellar acts to Live Oak, including iconic trio Digable ...
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LL Cool J relearned 'how to rap' on his first album in 11 years, 'The FORCE.' Here's how

74 animatronics surround a home on Fruit Cove Forest Road South for Halloween. 9 minutes ago ‘It’s part of our community’: St. Johns County 17-year-old’s free haunted house becomes local Halloween hit ...

LL COOL J Gets Huge Accolade WIth 2026 Songwriters Hall of Fame Nomination

LL Cool J earned a 2026 Songwriters Hall of Fame nomination, honoring his trailblazing Hip-Hop legacy alongside Taylor Swift, ...
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Taylor Swift, LL Cool J and KISS lead 2026 Songwriters Hall of Fame nominations

The 2026 nominees for the Songwriters Hall of Fame include an impressive mix of styles and eras. Taylor Swift, who has long ...
The Fader

How LL Cool J’s “Rock The Bells” finally got its music video — 40 years later

It's been 40 years since LL Cool J first dropped "Rock The Bells," the third single of the legendary New York City rapper's 1985 debut album, Radio. Now, the Rick Rubin-produced song that's become LL ...
Black Enterprise

LL Cool J Credits Legendary Rap Career To His Mom

LL Cool J would've never gotten his start in music had it not been for the drum machine his mother bought for him. LL Cool J is one of the greats in hip-hop. But he would’ve never gotten his start in ...
Rolling Stone

LL Cool J Proves Traditional Hip-Hop Can Be a Pretty Good Thing on ‘The FORCE’

Scant months after Q-Tip publicly debated the dubiousness of an “adult-contemporary hip-hop” category on social media comes a completely Tip-produced new album by his Queens neighbor LL Cool J — the ...
Uproxx

LL Cool J Announced His First New Album In A Decade, With Features From Eminem, Nas, Saweetie, And More

LL Cool J‘s long-awaited Q-Tip-produced 14th studio album has officially been given a title and a release date. The FORCE (Frequencies of Real Creative Energy) will be LL’s first new album in 11 years ...
Click2Houston

LL Cool J relearned 'how to rap' on his first album in 11 years, 'The FORCE.' Here's how

NEW YORK – The Grammy award winning rapper-actor- author LL COOL J will release his first new album in 11 years, “The FORCE” in September — 40 years into his hip-hop career. Not that he hasn't been ...
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LL Cool J relearned ‘how to rap’ on his first album in 11 years, ‘The FORCE.’ Here’s how

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. NEW YORK (AP) — The Grammy award winning ...
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LL Cool J relearned ‘how to rap’ on his first album in 11 years, ‘The FORCE’

Grammy Award-winning rapper-actor-author LL Cool J describes the process of making his 14th studio album as “going back to the drawing board and learning how to rap again.” NEW YORK (AP) — The Grammy ...