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On the strength of the slow-burning Boyz II Men duet "Hey Lover," LL Cool J returned to the top of the charts with Mr. Smith, meaning the album is somewhat of a comeback for the veteran rapper. LL Cool J's skills had never deserted him, but his previous album, 14 Shots to the Dome, was an exercise in hardcore that only worked in fits and spurts. There are a couple of hard moments on Mr. Smith, but the album is at its most successful when he concentrates on his seductive, romantic side. LL has gotten a bit dirtier since the teenage days of "I Need Love," but he never steps over into the explicit, lewd come-ons of R. Kelly, preferring to suggest everything with a series of double entendres, metaphors, and analogies. Mr. Smith isn't a perfect record -- there are too many slack moments for it to qualify as one of his best -- but it proves that LL Cool J remained vital a decade after his debut.
© Stephen Thomas Erlewine /TiVo
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PAUL LANI, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - LL Cool J, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Track Masters, Unknown, Other - Rich Travali, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Samuel J. "Tone" Barnes, Producer - Jean-Claude "Poke" Olivier, Producer, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1995 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Etterlene Jordan, ComposerLyricist - Eldra DeBarge, ComposerLyricist - William DeBarge, ComposerLyricist - PAUL LANI, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - LL Cool J, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Track Masters, Unknown, Other - Rich Travali, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Samuel J. "Tone" Barnes, Producer - Jean-Claude "Poke" Olivier, Producer, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1995 UMG Recordings, Inc.
S. Barnes, ComposerLyricist - TERRY LEWIS, ComposerLyricist - JAMES HARRIS, ComposerLyricist - PAUL LANI, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - LL Cool J, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - J. Nicholas, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Track Masters, Unknown, Other - Rich Travali, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Samuel J. "Tone" Barnes, Producer - Jean-Claude "Poke" Olivier, Producer
℗ 1995 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Tone, Producer - Rod Temperton, ComposerLyricist - LL Cool J, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Boyz II Men, FeaturedArtist - Track Masters, Unknown, Other - Rich Travali, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Brian Miller, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Jean-Claude "Poke" Olivier, Producer, Co-Producer - Jim "Jiff" Hinger, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ray Lubrauna, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1995 UMG Recordings, Inc.
James Todd Smith, ComposerLyricist - Tony Smalios, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - LL Cool J, MainArtist - LeShaun, Vocalist, FeaturedArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Grace Jones, ComposerLyricist - Jerry Callender, ComposerLyricist - LeShaun Torreau, ComposerLyricist - Issac Wright, ComposerLyricist - Burton Rashad Smith, Producer, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1996 The Island Def Jam Music Group
Easy Mo Bee, Producer - LL Cool J, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Harvey O. Moesant, ComposerLyricist - Mike Iverson, Mixer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1995 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Jean Claude Olivier, ComposerLyricist - James Todd Smith, ComposerLyricist - Keith Murray, FeaturedArtist - JAMES BROWN, ComposerLyricist - LL Cool J, MainArtist - J. Nicholas, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Rich Travali, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Samuel J. "Tone" Barnes, Producer - Jean-Claude "Poke" Olivier, Producer - Lyn Collins, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1995 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Hubert Laws, ComposerLyricist - C. PARKER, ComposerLyricist - LL Cool J, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Rich Travali, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Brian Miller, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Chyskillz, Producer
℗ 1995 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Jerry Peters, ComposerLyricist - Maurice White, ComposerLyricist - LL Cool J, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Kevin Thomas, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Chad James "Dr. Ceuss" Elliott, Producer, Mixer, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1995 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Terri & Monica, Background Vocalist, FeaturedArtist, AssociatedPerformer - George Karras, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - LL Cool J, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Burton Rashad Smith, Producer, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1995 UMG Recordings, Inc.
S. Barnes, ComposerLyricist - Burt Bacharach, Composer - Hal David, Author - LL Cool J, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Rich Travali, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Brian Miller, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Samuel J. "Tone" Barnes, Producer - Jean-Claude "Poke" Olivier, Producer
℗ 1995 UMG Recordings, Inc.
JAMES BROWN, ComposerLyricist - Tony Smalios, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - LL Cool J, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Burton Rashad Smith, Producer, ComposerLyricist - J. Brown, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1995 UMG Recordings, Inc.
LL Cool J, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Rich Travali, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Brian Miller, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Samuel J. "Tone" Barnes, Producer - Jean-Claude "Poke" Olivier, Producer, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1995 UMG Recordings, Inc.
LL Cool J, MainArtist - Rich Travali, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Samuel J. "Tone" Barnes, Producer - Jean-Claude "Poke" Olivier, Producer, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1995 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Jean Claude Olivier, ComposerLyricist - James Todd Smith, ComposerLyricist - Fat Joe, FeaturedArtist - Keith Murray, FeaturedArtist - JAMES BROWN, ComposerLyricist - Foxy Brown, FeaturedArtist - LL Cool J, MainArtist - J. Nicholas, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Rich Travali, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Samuel J. "Tone" Barnes, Producer - Jean-Claude "Poke" Olivier, Producer - Lyn Collins, ComposerLyricist - Prodigy, FeaturedArtist
℗ 1995 UMG Recordings, Inc.
James Todd Smith, ComposerLyricist - Tony Smalios, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - LL Cool J, MainArtist - Grace Jones, ComposerLyricist - Jerry Callender, ComposerLyricist - LeShaun Torreau, ComposerLyricist - Issac Wright, ComposerLyricist - Burton Rashad Smith, ComposerLyricist - Greena Jr., Producer, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Statto, Producer, Mixer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1996 Def Jam Recordings, a division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Rod Temperton, ComposerLyricist - LL Cool J, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Boyz II Men, FeaturedArtist - Samuel J. "Tone" Barnes, Producer - Jean-Claude "Poke" Olivier, Producer
℗ 1996 The Island Def Jam Music Group
Rashad Smith, Producer - Bernard Wright, ComposerLyricist - Total, Background Vocalist, FeaturedArtist, AssociatedPerformer - LL Cool J, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Lenny White, ComposerLyricist - Burton Rashad Smith, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1996 The Island Def Jam Music Group
James Todd Smith, ComposerLyricist - Tony Smalios, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - LL Cool J, MainArtist - LeShaun, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Grace Jones, ComposerLyricist - Jerry Callender, ComposerLyricist - LeShaun Torreau, ComposerLyricist - Issac Wright, ComposerLyricist - Burton Rashad Smith, Producer, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1996 Def Jam Recordings, a division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Tyrone Fyffe, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Grover Washington, Jr., ComposerLyricist - J.T. Smith, ComposerLyricist - Brandon Barnes, ComposerLyricist - LL Cool J, Producer, MainArtist - BRIAN MCKNIGHT, ComposerLyricist - Kevin Thomas, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Bob "Bassy" Brockman, Mixer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1995 The Island Def Jam Music Group
Rashad Smith, Producer - LL Cool J, Producer, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - David James Wolinsky, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1996 The Island Def Jam Music Group
LL Cool J, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Chad James "Dr. Ceuss" Elliott, Producer, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1994 UMG Recordings, Inc.
LL Cool J, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Burton Rashad Smith, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Rodriquez Mario F. Rigual, Mixer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1996 The Island Def Jam Music Group
Albumbeschreibung
On the strength of the slow-burning Boyz II Men duet "Hey Lover," LL Cool J returned to the top of the charts with Mr. Smith, meaning the album is somewhat of a comeback for the veteran rapper. LL Cool J's skills had never deserted him, but his previous album, 14 Shots to the Dome, was an exercise in hardcore that only worked in fits and spurts. There are a couple of hard moments on Mr. Smith, but the album is at its most successful when he concentrates on his seductive, romantic side. LL has gotten a bit dirtier since the teenage days of "I Need Love," but he never steps over into the explicit, lewd come-ons of R. Kelly, preferring to suggest everything with a series of double entendres, metaphors, and analogies. Mr. Smith isn't a perfect record -- there are too many slack moments for it to qualify as one of his best -- but it proves that LL Cool J remained vital a decade after his debut.
© Stephen Thomas Erlewine /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 23 track(s)
- Total length: 01:32:38
- Main artists: LL COOL J
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: LL Cool J.
- Genre: Hip-Hop/Rap
© 2015 UMG Recordings, Inc. ℗ 2015 UMG Recordings, Inc.
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