The concert featured Public Enemy, Boogie Down Productions, Doug E. On September 17th, 1989, there was a “Stop The Racism” concert thrown in Harlem in the memory of Yusef Hawkins.
LL Cool J was interviewed by Sonic Youth’s Kim Gordon for the new issue of Spin that made him sound apolitical, self centered, and sexist. The LL Cool J backlash first began to gain real steam in September 1989, weeks after the racist murder of Yusef Hawkins by a mob of young Italian Americans in the Bensonhurst neighborhood of Brooklyn, NY.
LL COOL J MAMA SAID KNOCK YOU OUT FULL
For full context, keep in mind that this is the era of Public Enemy’s “Fight The Power” and Boogie Down Productions’ “Why Is That?” and “You Must Learn.” By the time the Fall rolled around, LL was coming under fire for releasing a bloated, lackluster album that had too much filler and too little substance His contemporaries were doing the exact opposite. Although Walking With A Panther sold well, the lead single, “I’m That Type Of Guy,” didn’t stand out among the other Rap singles that dropped around the same time.Ĭonversely, the album seemed inconsistent when compared to the other prominent Rap albums released around the same time. Walking With A Panther was released in June, 1989, and over the duration of the Summer it had to compete with quality albums like Soul II Soul’s Keep On Movin‘, Kool Moe Dee’s Knowledge Is King, Heavy D & The Boyz’s Big Tyme, Boogie Down Productions’ Ghetto Music: The Blueprint Of Hip Hop, Special Ed’s Youngest In Charge, EPMD’s Unfinished Business, and The D.O.C’s No One Can Do It Better. Unfortunately, this was at the height of Rap’s beef with censorship and obscenity charges, so LL was viewed as a sell out. A version of an album that you could play around your grandmother (like LL played with his grandmother back in Queens) meant less sales stigma and an easier path to radio play.
On top of that, LL insisted on releasing a clean version to ensure he’d sell more units of it and avoid the stigma involved with having an “explicit lyrics” sticker on his album. While cassettes can contain 90 minutes of audio, CDs are limited to 80 minutes, and LL didn’t want more audio than what normally comprises sides A and B on a vinyl record.ĭepending on which format of the album you had, because of the alteration, there was a serious lack of continuity for the album. To avoid having his album be released as a double album (due to the sheer amount of songs on it), he altered the total amount of tracks that would appear on the vinyl version and CD. Posse producers Bobcat, Muffla, Big Dad, and DJ Pooh. He had spent close to eight months recording material for his follow up album, Walking With A Panther, with L.A. I'm gonna knock you out Mama said knock you out I'm gonna knock you out Mama said knock you out I'm gonna knock you out Mama said knock you out I'm gonna knock you out Mama said knock you outĭon't you call this a regular jam I'm gonna rock this land I'm gonna take this itty bitty world by storm And I'm just getting warm Just like Muhummad Ali they called him Cassius Watch me bash this beat like a skull Cause you know I had beef wit Why do you riff with me, the maniac psycho And when I pull out my jammy get ready Cause it might go blaw How ya like me now? The ripper will not allow You to get with, Mr.After the success of LL Cool J’s double Platinum selling 1987 album Bigger And Deffer, LL was on top of the world. C'mon, man And with the local DBT news LL Cool J with a triumphant comeback But tonite.ĭon't call it a comeback, I been here for years Rocking my peers and putting suckas in fear Making the tears rain down like a monsoon Listen to the bass go boom Explosion, overpowering Over the competition, I'm towering Wrecking shop, when I drop These lyrics that'll make you call the cops Don't you dare stare, you better move Don't ever compare me to the rest That'll all get sliced and diced Competition's paying the price
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