Cyrus Langhorne
Music mogul LL Cool J has reportedly called up rap star Eminem to help piece together his upcoming G.O.A.T. (Greatest of All Time) 2 album.
According to LL, Slim Shady collaborated with him on a new track.
“Me and Em have a song. He just recently let me hear his verse and it’s crazy. He’s chainsawin’ sh*t. It’s good, it’s good. I think people are gonna be pleasantly surprised when they hear me and him on a record together.” (Rap-Up)
Check out LL Cool J’s interview clip right here…
Over the summer, LL said his new LP would be geared toward having a more street feel.
“People [are] wondering what this album is for and this album is mainly for the n*ggas. It’s gritty. This one is not for the ladies. This album features nothing but real stories, true stories, what I want to do keep it true and embrace the current environment and take it to the next level. I am not trying to sound like I’m from down South and I’m not trying to sound like I’m ’90s New York. It ain’t about how old you are, it’s about how you connect with the people.” (HHV)
A few days prior, New York battle rap king Murda Mook spoke to SOHH about working with LL for their “I’m Nice” collaboration.
“LL actually hit my phone and I was just chilling. I was like, “Yo, who is this?” And he was like, “What up, it’s LL.” I was like, “What?! LL Cool J?” He just told me the idea and I already had the record with Raekwon on it. Me and Rae, Rae is like a mentor to me. He’s like a big brother and Rae’s been holding me down throughout the years. I already had the record from Ron Browz and I told Rae, “Yo Rae, get on this.” So I told LL, “Yo, I think I got the perfect joint for you.” So when I went to the studio with him, I had played it and LL was like, “This is it!”” (SOHH)
Mook also detailed his experience sharing studio time with the rap god.
“But I had already had the record. Me and LL actually wrote the verse in the studio together and that was like some phenomenal sh*t. People don’t even do that anymore. It’s so much e-mailing back and forth that you don’t even get that vibe. It was so competitive. He’s the teacher and I’m the student trying to show him like, “Yo, here I am.” He’s trying to show me, “Yo, Mook, relax. I’ve been doing this type sh*t.”” (SOHH)
Guess it’s true..LL must hate Jayz ( def president )not one single collabo yet.
He knows who the real GOAT is. Jay gotta wanna do the song too though
Nas?
Yeah a LL Jay Z collabo would be big , they need to do that before they get too old for this shit.
I think a Nas/LL joint would be bigger. Plus I see more chemistry between them. A Queens anthem in the making with them possibly. Maybe LL hates Nas too because we never saw a collabo with them either. lol.
I don’t think it would be a good match anyway.
LL. I WOULD LOVE TO GHOST WRITE 4 HIM EMAIL ME [email protected]
You use yahoo bro. kill yourself lmao.
LOL!!
THAT SHOULD BE DOPE AS HELL!!!! EM HAS SAID NUMEROUS TIMES LL IS/WAS ONE OF HIS FAVORITE RAPPERS OF ALL TIME.
Queens!!!
I don’t know how blind folks can get about Em. The guy has an impressive delivery (even when annoying) and tons of energy. He is talented, yes. But, I still fail to grasp how this dude is considered to be one of the top MCs! His lyricism is mostly bland and that is probably why he leans heavily on “shocking” lines because really, if it is not that perpetual self-pity/existential shit then he is peddling controversy. The machine behind Em has got to be one of the finest and well oiled one for dude to be successfully hailed as one of the dopest..I take my hat off to that corporate beast’s capabilities to engineer this (like they did Elvis and others).
Here is the other thing: dude can get away with saying anything in his music. Yes, free speech and all..but we all know none of these other black artists would go as unscathed as he did all those years. We are talking about a society that chastised Janet for the nipple incident and completely disregarded the fact that the dude who did the snatching of the bra or whatever was Timberlake. She was cast as the black b****h who set up the innocent white kid. This is the game they play and if you thought all of that shit was on some insane conspiracy tip, then please take the time to read the dirt in Sony’s leaked document.
The point? Black people need to respect ourselves and each other. We are not out to put anyone down but let’s not put ourselves in situations where we degrade ourselves. America runs on social capital; each segment of society is assigned some type of a value. If you are an African immigrant like me who has done fine in school then I am considered to be “..not like those other blacks”. If you are African American and doing fine, then you are an anomaly. If you are Asian, then your place in society is definitely a few good steps higher than blacks or Latinos. There is a social and class hierarchy and that is no news, of course. Let’s get our shit together. Respect any man’s talent regardless of their skin color or ethnicity, but don’t hype up a privileged man’s status when you know damn well there are many who are far deserving. In my opinion, Yellawolf, a white rapper, has more to say and is more creative than Em.
I enjoyed your comment. You sound intelligent, and i agree with about 98% of what you said because you hit it on the head! I agree, there is definitely a well oiled machine behind em and his success, however as a true fan of hip hop i believe that doesnt take anything away from the man’s genius as an mc. I’m gonna go as far as to say that the game wouldnt be the same without him.
Dont get me wrong, i aint no “stan” as they put it just a fan of the music who likes to give credit where its due. Eminem is a very talented mc who has much respect for hip hop. His legacy has been critical to the game, i mean, during the height of his success you had a white boy from the D collaborating with legends in the game and was the bridge between east and west coast hip hop. I’m talking bout dr. dre, snoop, dogg pound, xzibit, 50 cent, g-unit, ect… plus at the same time being loyal to his home town and being a critical inspiration to future mc’s from detroit, a town destroyed by poverty. So give em a lil credit, dude’s a legend. He’s inspired alot of your favorite rappers, i hear it all the time.
If you still doubt em’s credibility as an mc, take a day to listen to his whole discography. Go on wikipedia and look up songs and features. Dude has spit classic bars. You know that “well oiled machine” you brought up? Well if you’ve ever listened to em’s music you’ll find that he talks about that alot. Em is a tortured soul. He constantly makes references to the pain and misery that fortune and fame has brought him, drug addiction, child abuse and of course his favorite topic, his demons. He knows he’s sitting at the top of the rap game and for good reason, he sold his soul to get there and he talks about it all the time. Thats one if the things that interests me the most about em. He puts his soul on these tracks, like he’s a prisoner trapped in the music or something. Its interesting yet kind of sad at the same time. There will never be another mc like eminem, dude rhymes with the passion of pac and with the clever wordplay of biggie (well… at least in his prime he did). On His first album ‘infinity’ he sounded like AZ. I’ll admit, i’m not really a fan of this new em and his thousand words a min rhymestyle. Shit’s kinda corny but whatev, dude is past his prime already so he can afford to fuck around. He made his contribution to hip hop. Anyway imma leave it at this if em aint one of the top 5 greatest rappers, then nigga who is?
first don’t ever mention yelawolf and quality hiphop in relation to em or anybody else haha,,secondly your right ,,they(mtv&bet)had em as the no.1 dude in rap even during his most unproductive&lackluster period and those panel were filled w/blacks from all over the industry like Jermaine dupri etc…foh