The Boomin System, Around The Way Girl, Eat Em Up L Chill. Organizers say part proceeds from ticket sales will be donated to the Universal Hip-Hop Museum in the Bronx. Listen to Mama Said Knock You Out (Deluxe Edition) by LL Cool J on Deezer. Everyone’s having a great time,” said another celebration attendee. “My favorite moment so far was when Busta Rhymes came on and it just mesmerized the whole crowd. “I was just looking for a great time, history, Queens, the opening of the city, all these great artists when we were little,” said Queens resident Goth Mack. Good Bar Murdergram Cheesy Rat Blues Farmers Blvd. One day celebration,” he told them.Īs part of the experience, ticket holders had the chance to dine at the first all-rapper-owned food court, which included Bun B’s Trill Burger, Mia X’s Team Whip Dam Potts, Jadakiss and Styles P’s Juice for Life. LL Cool J Lyrics album: 'Mama Said Knock You Out' (1990) The Boomin System Around The Way Girl Eat Em Up L Chill Mr. There’s food, there’s activism, it’s going to be crazy. It’s like an opportunity for people, you know, love music, love its musicality, love creativity, love artistry, just themselves.” To enjoy. It's reasonable to assume the album, Mama Said Knock You Out could have sold even more than it's double platinum status.Earlier this week, he spoke with CBS Mornings. In hindsight, they know this would've been the best thing to do, but at the time they were too unsure. The story behind the song is that LL got the chorus lyric from his grandmother who told him “to knock out” his critics!īoth LL and the record company still wonder what would've happened had they released “Mama Said Knock You Out” immediately and then dropped “Around The Way Girl” as a follow-up. It only charted decently, however, this is likely due to the album having been out for so long at this point. Almost half a year after the album's release they dropped the single which is one of LL's most popular songs until this day. I'm gonna knock you out (Huuh) Mama said knock you out (Huuh) Verse 4 Shotgun blasts are heard When I rip and kill, at will The man of the hour, tower of power, I'll devour I'm gonna tie you. Now that they had finally found the successful single that they needed they decided to do what should have done all along and they released the title track “Mama Said Knock You Out” on February 26, 1991. It's considered one of the best diss tracks of all-time. Wreckin shop when I drop these lyrics thatll make you call the cops Dont you dare stare, you betta move Dont ever compare Me to the rest thatll all get sliced and diced Competitions payin the price Chorus: Im gonna knock you out huuuh Mama said knock you out huuuh (repeat 4x) Dont you call this a regular jam Im gonna rock this. The track also serves as a diss track to a few of his rivals at the time such as MC Hammer, Kool Moe Dee, and Ice-T. It was also included in the Kid 'n Play's movie House Party from 1990. Stream 'Mama Said Knock You Out' by LL Cool J in your DJ software with Beatsource. “To Da Break of Dawn” was the first single and it didn't chart anywhere except Australia of all places! However, this was before the release of the actual album and it can be seen as a “testing the waters” single. Mama Said Knock You Out was released on August 28, 1990, and is LL Cool J's fourth album. And it paid off, both commercially and critically. It was produced mostly by Marley Marl and recorded at his House of Hits. She told him that she believed in his talent and this inspired LL to go hard, yet stay true to himself. Mama Said Knock You Out is the fourth studio album by American rapper LL Cool J. Luckily she had some good advice for Todd when she told him, “Oh baby, just knock them out!” referring to his critics. LL was so troubled by this that he sat down to talk to his grandmother about it. Back in 1990, LL Cool J felt that he couldn't compete with the new era of gangsta rappers, several of them had even dissed him in their songs.
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