LL Cool J - Mama Said Knock You Out

LL Cool J's egotism is his m.o., his sex appeal, his greatest strength. He'd been on top of the world since he started scoring hits as a teenager, but anyone who's been in the rap game for five years, as he'd been when Mama arrived, has something to prove. So he came out swinging-literally-with the title track, which claims boxing trash talk as proto-rap and turns it into a declaration of ongoing mastery. Beyond that, Mama, with it's ultra-hard Marley Marl production, pumps up his love-man rep (the sweetly affectionate "Around the Way Girl" and an even hornier remix of "Jingling Baby") and his ego (pretty much everything else). It's mostly just old-school boasting, but damn if it isn't deserved.

Tracklist:

A1 The Boomin' System
A2 Around The Way Girl
A3 Eat Em Up L Chill
A4 Mr. Good Bar
A5 Murdergram (Live At Rapmania)1
A6 Cheesy Rat Blues
A7 Farmers Blvd. (Our Anthem)
B1 Mama Said Knock You Out
B2 Milky Cereal
B3 Jingling Baby (Remixed But Still Jingling)
B4 To Da Break Of Dawn
B5 6 Minutes Of Pleasure
B6 Illegal Search
B7 The Power Of God