On this date in 1985, James Todd Smith higher often called LL Cool J dropped his first full-length LP on Def Jam Information. Primarily produced by Rick Rubin in addition to “I Want A Beat”, which was produced by DJ Jazzy Jay, Radio was a pivotal LP for not solely LL and Def Jam, however for an evolving Hip Hop panorama that had simply seen the fast decline of b-boying and jams within the park. This was additionally the period during which the crack epidemic hit the streets and all the main gamers used LL Cool J because the prototype picture of how a hustler is meant to look.
Songs like “I Can’t Reside With out My Radio” and “Rock The Bells” dominated airwaves in addition to influenced different artists of that point interval along with his braggadocios content material and nearly forceful supply. The tune that really acquired Cool J the cope with Def Jam, “I Want A Beat”, was written and recorded when LL was solely 15 years outdated, making him not solely Def Jam’s first solo artist but additionally their youngest.
Salute to Cool J, Rick Rubin, Russell Simmons, Jazzy Jay, and everybody at Def Jam from that period that helped put collectively this timeless basic!
