LL Cool J has spent almost 40 years within the highlight. Since his teen years, the Queens, New Yorker captivated audiences along with his confidence, attraction, and knack for making unimaginable songs. Whereas James Todd Smith has expanded to movie, tv, radio, and many charitable efforts, he can nonetheless make time to poke enjoyable at himself—particularly in the case of his intensive music video catalog.
This week, Uncle L launched two clips that present the opposite aspect of a G.O.A.T.-level MC. “[It is] time to interrupt the silence: yeah, I used to be positively ridiculous; that’s my objective,” begins the visible. LL reacts to feedback that followers have made about his movies, stating a few of the meme-worthy antics that Cool J has been a part of. With one in every of his movies enjoying within the background, LL explains that enjoying a mannequin’s leg like a guitar was impressed by an expression his father used to make. Retrospectively, he needs it had been a number of ladies. In one in every of his romantic Mr. Smith-era visuals, LL feels equally about pouring Hershey’s chocolate syrup on the apple of his eye. “I ought to’ve used extra chocolate,” says the MC of “Loungin’.” Later within the first vignette, he maintains that washing a girl’s hair within the bathe whereas absolutely clothed was a pure motivation. “Completely, I needed to do it,” and provides that hygiene is essential.
Breaking my silence… https://t.co/1dm2Be9fyu pic.twitter.com/iAXppGTQK3
— LLCOOLJ (@llcoolj) March 11, 2022
LL Cool J Tells The Full Story Of When He Knocked Out Jamie Foxx (Video)
The Any Given Sunday star additionally vehemently defends stiff-arming a a lot youthful soccer participant in LSG’s “Curious” music video. Then, LL confronts his “my hat is sort of a shark’s fin” lyric and imagery—one thing that was born early in his profession on “I’m BAD” after which grew to become the foundation of a complete track within the late Nineteen Nineties. LL admits that he nonetheless holds that comparability intently and stays a fan of sharks. Relating to one other humorous video, “Pink Cookies In A Plastic Bag,” LL insists that his character leaving the scene of a flat tire to hop on a bus was appearing from an actual place. “I ain’t too good for public transportation; what’s happening, man?”
Going again to the ’80s, LL Cool J maintains that the storyline to the “I’m That Kind Of Man” video matches a fantasy he’s had. One of many funnier moments within the second vignette is LL reacting to a fan stating that he emerged from underwater with the purple Kangol in place on his head in a single visible. “You realize I make my very own guidelines,” says the Rock The Bells founder from behind designer shades.
— LLCOOLJ (@llcoolj) March 11, 2022
LL Cool J Is Again On Def Jam & Q-Tip Is Producing His Music
#BonusBeat: AFH‘s What’s The Headline podcast’s November 2021 recap of LL Cool J and JAY-Z’s inauguration into the Rock & Roll Corridor of Fame (video and audio):