tour, opening for Run-D.M.C. and the Beastie Boys. Another milestone of LL's popularity was his appearance on American Bandstand as the first hip hop act on the show.
LL Cool J's second album was 1987's “Bigger and Deffer” (produced by DJ Pooh). This stands as his biggest-selling career album, having sold in excess of three million copies in the United States alone. It spent 11 weeks at #1 on Billboard's R&B albums chart. It also reached #3 on the Billboard's Pop albums chart. The album featured the singles "I'm Bad", the all-time favorite "I Need Love" - L L's first #1 R&B and Top 40 hit, "Bristol Hotel", and "Go Cut Creator Go". LL Cool J's third album was 1989's “Walking with a Panther”. Released in 1989, this album had several big singles ("Going Back to Cali," "I'm That Type of Guy," "Jingling Baby," "Big Ole Butt," and "One Shot at Love"). According to Billboard, the album peaked at #6 on the Billboard 200 and was LL Cool J's second #1 R&B Album where it spent four weeks.
Those were just to name a few. LL Cool J released “14 Shots to the Dome”. The album had three singles ("How I'm Comin'", "Back Seat" and the strangely titled "Pink Cookies in a Plastic Bag Getting Crushed by Buildings") and guest-featured labelmates Lords of the Underground on "NFA-No Frontin' Allowed". The album went gold.
LL released Mr. Smith (1995), which went on to sell over two million copies. Its singles included "Doin' It" (that samples "My Jamaican Guy" by Grace Jones) and "Loungin" (that samples "Who Do You Love?" by Bernard Wright). Another of the album's singles, "Hey Lover", featured Boyz II Men sampling Michael Jackson's "The Lady in My Life," which eventually became one of the first hip-hop music videos to air on VH1, in which he also earned a Grammy Award. Yet another single from the album, "I Shot Ya Remix", included vocal work by Foxy Brown. In 1996, Def Jam released this "greatest hits" package, offering a good summary of Cool J's career, from the relentless minimalism of early hits such as "Rock the Bells" to the smooth-talking braggadocio that followed. Classic albums including “Bigger and Deffer” and “Mama Said Knock You Out” are well represented here. In 1997, he released the album “Phenomenon”. The singles included "Phenomenon" and "Father". The official second single from “Phenomenon” was "4, 3, 2, 1," which featured Method Man, Redman & Master P and introduced DMX and Canibus.
In 2000, LL Cool J released the album “G.O.A.T.”, which stood for the "greatest of all time." It debuted at number one on the Billboard album charts, and went platinum. LL Cool J's next album “10” from 2002, was his 9th studio (10th overall including his greatest hits compilation All World), and included the singles "Paradise" (featuring Amerie), "Luv U Better", produced by Pharrell and The Neptunes and the 2003 Jennifer Lopez duet, "All I Have". The album reached platinum status. LL Cool J's 10th album “The DEFinition” was released on August 31, 2004. The album debuted at No. 4 on the Billboard charts. The lead single was the Timbaland-produced "Headsprung", which peaked at No. 16 on the Billboard Hot 100. The second single was the 7 Aurelius–produced, "Hush", which peaked at No. 26 on the Billboard Hot 100. LL Cool J's 11th album, “Todd Smith”, was released on April 11, 2006.
Top Grammy Nominated Hits: Going Back to Cali, Mama Said Knock You Out, Strictly Business, Stand By Your Man, Hey Lover, Mr. Smith, Ain’t Nobody, Luv You Better, The DEFinition.
Movies/Shows: Besides music, he is also gifted with acting. There were many, but here are a few: Krush Groove, Wildcats, The Hard Way, In the House, Out-of-Sync, Woo, Halloween H20: 20 Years Later, Deep Blue Sea, In Too Deep, Any Given Sunday, Last Holiday, NCIS, NCIS: Los Angeles, and many more.
Currently: So LL has been busy. He has just released his new album, Authentic. So you must check it out!
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