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LL Cool J ? The DEFinition

Genre: Hip-hop

Release Date: August 31, 2004

I?ll admit I never liked old school LL Cool J, but considering that his ?Mama said knock you out? days were back when my parents wouldn?t let me watch MTV, I went into this album with an open mind. However, my initial experience with the first single released was when I saw LL perform it live on the Today Show, and I couldn?t help but wonder if Def Jam paid people to come out and bob their heads to this atrocity of a song. ?Headsprung? is one of the vilest sounds I?ve ever heard, and even putting ?Timbaland? on the track couldn?t save it. The rest of The DEFinition is just as bad, if not worse. The guests who appear on a few of the tracks are unimpressive, and the beats...

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