Although even LL himself would go on to more intricate rhyming, it isn't really necessary on such a loud, thumping adrenaline rush of a record. Prime members enjoy FREE Delivery and exclusive access to music, movies, TV shows, original audio series, and Kindle books. There's a problem loading this menu right now. Unable to add item to List. was the first rap act to produce cohesive, fully realized albums, and LL Cool J was the first to follow in their footsteps. To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average. Cool J and now I purchased it on cd. That way you could jam this cassette in your box without having to skip or fast forward any tracks. Radio was both an expansion of rap's artistic possibilities and a commercial success (for its time), helping attract new multiracial audiences to the music. At the time he really raised the bar for other rappers. Releasing his first hit, "I Can't Live Without My Radio," in 1985 when he was just 17 years old, LL initially was a hard-hitting, streetwise b-boy with spare beats and ballistic rhymes. Especially since you consider that it has a totally 80's B-Boy sound. Anyone who thinks that LL got soft in his later years really needs to listen to this album. The days of hip hop being about the rhymes are long gone and hip hop is declining more and more each year. Cool J fans out there. This and Bigger and Deffer are my favorite albums by him. I don't have any thing negative to say about this item because I grew up listening to L.L. They both can be listened to time and time again without sounding old or dated. Very few hip hop albums have stood the test of time but LL Cool J's Radio has. I think Rick Rubin produced this album so that it would be hard hitting from beginning to end. It also analyzes reviews to verify trustworthiness. Top subscription boxes – right to your door, © 1996-2020, Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates. Reviewed in the United States on May 13, 2018, Reviewed in the United States on May 17, 2017. Ok. LL and the beat with box listen!! As I've said the whole album is great. At 17 years old LL was rapping better than rappers twice his age. Though they might sound a little squared-off to modern ears, LL's deft lyrics set new standards for MCs at the time; his clever disses and outrageous but playful boasts still hold up poetically. Ever miss those spooky campfire stories you heard growing up? With only 11 songs including the little bonus El Shabazz skit, the album really isn't that long but what it lacks in quantity it makes up for in quality. Reviewed in the United Kingdom on April 9, 2016. A sparse sound with hard hitting drum beats, guitar riffs, awesome scratches by DJ Cut Creator and of couse LL's signature flow. Josh and Chuck have you covered. The losers will play out their showbiz careers in fiery hellfire and damnation. If you've ever wanted to know about champagne, satanism, the Stonewall Uprising, chaos theory, LSD, El Nino, true crime and Rosa Parks then look no further. Your recently viewed items and featured recommendations, Select the department you want to search in. After all, this is it! A sparse sound with hard hitting drum beats, guitar riffs, awesome scratches by DJ Cut Creator and of couse LL's signature flow. Radio is just as stripped-down and boisterously aggressive as any Run-D.M.C. Even the two ballads barely sound like ballads, since they're driven by the same slamming beats. album, sometimes even more so; the instrumentation is basically just a cranked-up beatbox, punctuated by DJ scratching. Reviewed in the United Kingdom on September 26, 2016, Reviewed in the United Kingdom on August 9, 2017, Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 2, 2015, Classic album for them in the know item came quickly all good, Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 31, 2016. Please try again. Now in 2011 there aren't any new rappers that can match him lyrically. was the first rap act to produce cohesive, fully realized albums, and LL Cool J was the first to follow in their footsteps. The result is rap at its most skeletal, with a hard-hitting, street-level aggression that perfectly matches LL's cocksure teenage energy. Reviewed in the United States on February 7, 2020, Reviewed in the United States on January 5, 2019, Reviewed in the United States on February 25, 2019, Reviewed in the United States on December 9, 2017, Reviewed in the United States on June 8, 2013. Probably fleek!! Please remember to wear headphones throughout your stay. On Halloween, Satan lures three performers to his sadistic game show in Hell where they must perform or die. Rubin's back-cover credit ("Reduced by Rick Rubin") is an entirely apt description of his bare-bones production style. LL was a mere 17 years old when he recorded his classic debut album Radio, a brash, exuberant celebration of booming beats and B-boy attitude that launched not only the longest career in hip-hop, but also Rick Rubin's seminal Def Jam label. Run-D.M.C. At the time people were listening to cassette tapes and bumping them in boom boxes. They both sold very well for their genres. Album is not in its original cover jacket as pictured. A production of iHeartRadio, Blumhouse Television and Grim & Mild from Aaron Mahnke. The winner returns to Earth. In a way this album is like the hip hop version of Michael Jackson's Thriller. LL was a mere 17 years old when he recorded his classic debut album Radio, a brash, exuberant celebration of booming beats and B-boy attitude that launched not only the longest career in hip-hop, but also Rick Rubin's seminal Def Jam label. A scripted horror musical podcast, just in time for Halloween. Rock legend Tommy Lee stars as The Devil, featuring original music and performances by Machine Gun Kelly, iann dior, Dana Dentata, phem, and 24kGoldn. Gives it a little more kick but his lyrical skills were so good that he probably could have rapped over any beat. Especially since you consider that it has a totally 80's B-Boy sound. After viewing product detail pages, look here to find an easy way to navigate back to pages you are interested in. I'll probably be listening to both albums until I'm well into my seventies. Eventually it will dissappear altogether but at least we have classic albums like this one to remind us of how wonderful hip hop used to be. Maybe longer than that if I live that long. Audio CD, Explicit Lyrics, Original recording reissued, March 27, 1995, Audio, Cassette, Original recording reissued, January 1, 1985, Reviewed in the United States on September 10, 2011. Sadly, we may never see another rapper like him come into the game at such a young age and have a career that spanned over 20 years. There was an error retrieving your Wish Lists. The production style is unique to that era and it kind of brings LL's rapping to the forefront.

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