LL Cool J Cancels Comeback Album Over Bad Quality: Not Dropping It

LL Cool J Cancels Comeback Album Over Bad Quality: Not Dropping It

It looks like LL Cool J has had a change of heart.

The New York rapper is throwing in the towel and giving up on his latest project.

A frustrated LL Cool J (born James Todd Smith) took to Twitter early Wednesday morning (Feb. 22) and announced that he no longer plans on releasing his upcoming album.

In a now-deleted tweet, he wrote,

“I’m really trying to figure this album out. SMH”

He added that he isn’t too sure if the album is “worthy” enough for his fans to hear.

“Just not feeling like this album is worthy of being released. I tried.”

He ended the posts by declaring he is no longer going to release the album.

“Not dropping it.”

The legendary rapper’s album exit comes nearly 10 years after his last album, Authentic, which was released in 2013.

LL Cool J is a rapper, songwriter, and record producer, regarded as one of the earliest rappers to achieve commercial success, alongside fellow new school hip hop acts Beastie Boys and Run-DMC. Many consider the “Headsprung” artist as a rap pioneer, making him one of hip-hop’s first crossover acts.

LL Cool J

His success didn’t stop there. LL Cool J has also had a successful acting career. He has appeared in numerous films, including Halloween H20, In Too Deep, Any Given Sunday, Deep Blue Sea, S.W.A.T., Mindhunters, Last Holiday, and Edison. He currently plays NCIS Special Agent Sam Hanna in the CBS crime drama television series NCIS: Los Angeles.

One thing’s for certain, don’t let LL catch you talking bad about the OG’s in the rap game.

As previously reported, DJ Akademiks had a lot to get off his chest when it comes to where old-school rappers stand today. During a previous episode of his podcast, DJ Akademiks shared:

“Them old rappers man, them n*gg*s, bro, have you seen any of these old rappers who be like ‘yo they’re the foundation of Hip-Hop’ really living good? Them n*gg*s be looking really dusty, I kid you not. And none of y’all try to come for me ‘cause ion f*ck with y’all n*gg*s either so ima just tell y’all the truth. Y’all be looking — everytime it be like a old old n*gg* talking about Hip-Hop you be like ‘yo bro you sure you invented this? ‘Cause everybody else living better than you.’”

DJ Akademiks

In a lengthy video, LL Cool J responded to the 31-year-old. The “Baby” rapper shared:

“It came to my attention that a DJ, and I’m not gon say any names because I don’t think it’s necessary. A DJ basically said that you know, a lot of the pioneers in Hip-Hop are you know, they’re ‘dusty’ or ‘how could they be the person that, you know, invented Hip-Hop if they don’t have a lot of money, or if they don’t look — represent like they have a lot of dough, right? Lemme explain something to you and say this for you guys.”

LL continued:

“Don’t confuse someone’s ability to develop a business model, don’t conflate, in other words, don’t think just because somebody knows how to get money or fails to get money that they didn’t make a contribution to the culture.”

The rap pioneer continued with his response and argued that no one discusses net worth when it comes to artists in other genres such as; pop, rock, and country music. He then shared:

“This idea that you have to have money or else you don’t have any value, is a bad idea and it’s a kind of like a misinformed way of looking at the world and the culture. There are artists out here, first of all, lemme say this — let’s talk about young artists, right? Which who I love. I love the young artists, let’s be clear. I’m very much a guy who embraces the young artists. I believe in every generation. I believe in you. I care about you.”

LL Cool J

The 54-year-old wasn’t done there. He continued and noted how newer-aged artists have more help nowadays when it comes to their careers and money.

“Today, you can come up with your five year plan, your 10 year plan, your 20 year plan. You can go find a manager, you can go find an accountant, you can find somebody that means something to you, to help you, you can find a team to help your career go to the next level. When Hip-Hop first started, there were no managers, there were no accountants that believed in it. Record companies didn’t even believe in it. Nobody believed in it. How can you make a five year plan or a 10 year plan on something that doesn’t even exist yet? That people have never even heard of?”

He added:

“Just because they didn’t get rich, just because they weren’t able to pile up millions or billions of dollars, does not mean that they didn’t make a contribution to this culture.”

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