Mama Said Knock You Out

Mama Said Knock You Out

Track Listings

1. Boomin' System
2. Around the Way Girl
3. Eat Em Up L Chill
4. Mr. Good Bar
5. Murdergram
6. Cheesy Rat Blues
7. Farmers Blvd. [Our Anthem]
8. Mama Said Knock You Out
9. Milky Cereal
10. Jingling Baby [Remixed But Still Jingling]
11. To da Break of Dawn
12. 6 Minutes of Pleasure
13. Illegal Search
14. Power of God

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Mama Said Knock You Out
Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
  • LL Cool J's "Sgt. Pepper": A Hip-Hop Must Have!!
  • LL really nailed this one!
  • Would still KNOCK most mc's albums OUT of the park now!!
  • This is NOT the Original Recording Rereleased
  • BLOW FOR BLOW, L.L. NEVER SWUNG THIS TOUGH!
Mama Said Knock You Out
LL Cool J
Manufacturer: Def Jam
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B0000024II
Release Date: 1990-08-27

Tracks:

  1. The Boomin' System
  2. Around The Way Girl
  3. Eat 'Em Up L Chill
  4. Mr. Good Bar
  5. Murdergram
  6. Cheesy Rat Blues
  7. Farmers Blvd. (Our Anthem)
  8. Mama Said Knock You Out
  9. Milky Cereal
  10. Jingling Baby (Remixed But Still Jingling)
  11. To Da Break Of Dawn
  12. 6 Minutes Of Pleasure
  13. Illegal Search
  14. The Power Of God

Amazon.com essential recording

LL Cool J's egotism is his m.o., his sex appeal, his greatest strength. He'd been on top of the world since he started scoring hits as a teenager, but anyone who's been in the rap game for five years, as he'd been when Mama arrived, has something to prove. So he came out swinging--literally--with the title track, which claims boxing trash talk as proto-rap and turns it into a declaration of ongoing mastery. Beyond that, Mama, with its ultrahard Marley Marl production, pumps up his love-man rep (the sweetly affectionate "Around the Way Girl" and an even hornier remix of "Jingling Baby") and his ego (pretty much everything else). It's mostly just old-school boasting, but damn if it isn't deserved. --Douglas Wolk

Album Details

Strictly Limited Edition with Special 'cardboard (LP-STYLE) Sleeve. Plus Bonus Extra Track 'around the Way Girl' Marley Rub Mix.

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars LL Cool J's "Sgt. Pepper": A Hip-Hop Must Have!!.......2007-07-24

Mama Said Knock You Out was LL Cool J's fourth studio album. By the time of its release in late summer of 1990, it helped cement LL as a long-term force to be reckoned with in hip-hop. 1989's platinum+ seller "Walking with a Panther" was met with mixed reviews by hip-hop's urban audience. The criticisms were legion: `LL had become too commercial'. `He was clearly being upstaged by rival Kool Moe Dee'. `Hardcore acts like Ice-T and N.W.A. had a bigger street following'. `Political rappers like Public Enemy and KRS-One made LL look out of touch'. The list goes on. Fortunately, LL chose to partner with golden-age production maestro Marley Marl for a remix of the single "Jingling Baby", the success of which helped Def Jam to green-light the MSKYO sessions.

Normally, LL skipped a year between releases, but Panther was just barely over a year old when "The Boomin' System", MSKYO's first official single, was released. Essentially an ode to driving slow with your radio blasting, the single sampled the same James Brown bass riff as was used by En Vogue for their debut hit "Hold On" (the radio mix of "System" duplicated it note for note, while the album version tweaked it slightly). The LP's second single, "Around the Way Girl", was a tremendous urban radio hit, where LL gives props to all his female fans: "I want a girl with extensions in her hair/ bamboo earrings, at least two pair." On "Cheesy Rat Blues", LL pokes fun at his own image, imagining himself as a washed up rapper who finds himself pelted with "my old tapes" when he visits the shopping mall.

The title track is a thunderous announcement of LL's return to form: "Don't call it a comeback, I've been here for years/ I'm rocking my peers, puttin' suckers in fear/ making the tears rain down like a monsoon/ listen to the bass go boom!" On the whimsical "Milky Cereal", LL gives his romantic conquests breakfast-cereal names, hearkening back to "My Rhyme Ain't Done". "Illegal Search" (originally a b-side to the "Jingling Baby" remix) finds LL touching a political theme as he narrates a fictional police confrontation. It's a smoother, LL-style take on N.W.A.'s cop-trouble rants. LL manages to directly answer some of his then-rivals on "To Da Break of Dawn": Kool Moe Dee is ripped for his "Star Trek shades", MC Hammer is likened to "my old gym teacher" and Ice-T is derided as a former "downtown car thief". Perhaps the most surprising song is "Farmers Blvd. (The Anthem)", where LL teams up with some childhood rhyming pals for what is his first `posse cut' featuring his own vocals (he had previously contributed written lyrics for the Stop the Violence Movement's "Self-Destruction").

The other album cuts are worthy, so this is fortunately not the album of a few good singles and tedious filler. LL and Marley crafted a hip-hop masterpiece to announce the 1990's, but its appeal is far from dated.

4 out of 5 stars LL really nailed this one!.......2007-07-16

Man...I can't tell you how refreshing it's been to listen to a well-written and well-produced Rap album with varied and original subject matter: there isn't a single trite and formulaic "gangsta" cliché on the entire album! :-) LL Cool J was my favorite rapper from around '86 to 1988: BIGGER AND DEFFER was one of my first two hip-hop albums (the other was PAID IN FULL--even at 9 years old, I really knew how to pick `em) and I used to listen to it constantly. Although I never heard the album (and I still haven't till this day--I need to make it a point to pick up a copy), LL really lost me with the singles from WALKING WITH A PANTHER. That was a vibrant and dynamic time in hip-hop: the field was highly competitive and the music was changing rapidly. There was so much great material being put out by so many different rappers that a single lackluster effort could potentially end a career. That's why LL starts off the title track (one of the most downright fiery and invigorating songs that I've ever heard) by yelling, "Don't call it a comeback, I've been here for years!" Most artists in most genres make "comeback" albums after years of putting out shoddy material, but not so in the world of late 80's/early 90's hip-hop. Things have changed quite a bit though and now many rappers make entire careers out of putting out crap material. There are some incredibly well-written songs on this album: there are no grand aspirations (and really, I would characterize Marley Marl's tasteful, practical and never overdone production the same way) but the straightforward lyrics are still consistently clever. He has a confident and commanding delivery whether he's playing the swagger-filled lover man, the crafty storyteller, or the battle-ready MC, and he consistently has some of the best timing and phrasing that I've ever heard. This could possibly be LL's best album and it's certainly one of Rap music's greatest works. This is fun and entertaining feel good music that serves as a strong example of the surplus of great material that was released during hip-hop's most fruitful and inspired period. This is essential listening for anyone interested in rap music, and it should be really refreshing to those who were unfortunately introduced to Rap after the majority of the genre was inundated with tired, trite and predictable gangsta clichés. Another listen to this album should also be really refreshing for those of us that loved hip-hop in its heyday: it should remind us of just what made us fall in love with it in the first place. This one will be making its way back into my regular rotation.

4 out of 5 stars Would still KNOCK most mc's albums OUT of the park now!!.......2007-03-07

After the luke-warm reaction to his "Walking With A Panther" album LL went back to his old stomping grounds in an attempt to rejuvenate his talents and come back out stronger. It was here while his grandmother (Big Momma)spawned the words of encouragement to her disillusioned grandson "Just Knock'em Out" and so we got this album. LL promptly hooked up with Marley Marl and together they came up with this, the 1st of 2 albums they did together. Marley's production skills were+still are legendary. His beats are bone crunching and the samples that accompany them are always original. They percussion on this album in the form of piano riffs and guitar licks were simply mindblowing as they were used in perfect ration to the rock hard beats and funky basslines. All of this was before LL even ripped a verse!!!!!! Around this time LL was in afew beefs with Kool Moe Dee and Ice-T so alot of his verses were heavy battle type rhymes were he took no prisoners. The title track alone was, is and always will be 1 of the greatest diss records of ALL TIME!! The opening track "The Boomin' System" was about the systems that heads were fitting into their cars and that whole car culture that was peaking in the early 90's. The legendary line "2 mile an hour so everybody sees you" still gets me amped. "Around The Way Girl" was huge back then and still holds its own as a decent rap ballad by an mc that has mastered the genre. "Eat 'Em Up L Chill", "Mr. Good Bar" and "Murdergram" are all tight head nodders that showcase his impressive, more amped, stronger, rejuvinated style to the tee. "Murdergram" is a live performance that will literally blow your mind, what breath control??!! "Cheesy Rat Blues" is a tale about how the tide can turn and you could be left without a pot to p*ss in and what could happen to the people that are supposedly by your side, in times like this. A very personal track. "Farmers Blvd" was a track were LL shouts out his crew and afew of them for some mic time and put it down nicely. Next you hear the immortal words "c'mon man..." and the horns and then all hell breaks loose with "Mama Said Knock You Out" exploding through the speakers. One of my all time favourite hiphop songs EVER. "Milky Cereal" explores the subject of getting laid. Nice beat and funny rhymes. "Jingling Baby" is a superior version than the 1 on the "Walking With A Panther" album, in my opinion. Marley's production is top notch. "To Da Break Of Dawn" is another diss joint where LL rips apart Ice-T and Kool Moe Dee with relative ease to be honest over a smooth hard beat laced with acid tongued rhymes that Im sure would still sting those cats now. "6 Minutes Of Pleasure" and "The Power Of God" were the only tracks that I thought were weaker back then and even more now. The last track that I havent mentioned is "Illegal Search", a humourous tale about the police and their treatment of his race but with a nice funny twist. Still after 16years this is a soundbomb. A timeless classic. He and hiphop certainly dont make joints like this anymore.

1 out of 5 stars This is NOT the Original Recording Rereleased.......2007-02-15

If you're looking for the original recording this is NOT it.

The parts of "The Boomin' System" wherein the lyrics are supposed to be "...pass the Heineken..." and "Roll up a fat one..." are silenced out. The CD is fine other than that; my search continues. <. <

5 out of 5 stars BLOW FOR BLOW, L.L. NEVER SWUNG THIS TOUGH! .......2007-02-12

For all the hip hop heads that thought Uncle L had fallen by the wayside by 1990 was suckered punch with this banga. Marley Marl helped LL redeem his street credibility which led him back to greatness. This album contains his ultimate statement of purpose in the title track and one of his best skirt chasing tracks with " Around The Way Girl".

His boasting tracks were business as usual but they were as powerful as ever with "Eat em up L chill" and "Murdergram" (one of his most ferocious boasting tracks next to "I'm Bad"). Outside of the of the egotistical boasting and playerism, he does have other things to say with "Illegal Search" and "Power of God" (an ode to the higher power that works pretty good without sounding overwrought).

Few hip hop albums sound as varied and as hungry as Mama. Unlike most hip hop albums, this one has aged gracefully. Eventhough we will never L.L. like this again, this is the album where his legacy lies and where he earned the title of the G.O.A.T.
Mama Said Knock You Out
Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
  • Don't call it a comeback!
  • Classic Joint
 Mama Said Knock You Out
LL Cool J
Manufacturer: Sony
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00008FS19
Release Date: 1991-04-01

Customer Reviews:

4 out of 5 stars Don't call it a comeback!.......2005-09-18

This CD contains four versions of L.L. Cool J's #17 hit, "Mama Said Knock You Out". It's a great rap song. The four versions of the song here all have the same rap by L.L., but they all have different instrumental backing tracks. Here is the track listing:

1. "Mama Said Knock You Out" (Original Recipe)
2. "Mama Said Knock You Out" (Hot Mix)
3. "Mama Said Knock You Out" (For Steering Pleasure)
4. "Mama Said Knock You Out" (7 A.M. Mix)

4 out of 5 stars Classic Joint.......2004-07-01

One of Cool J's best singles, this song delivered the timeless hook "I'm gonna knock you out! Mama said knock you out!" Cool J had a lot of emotion in his music back in the day, not sappyness (except for "I Need Love"), I mean anger emotion! This is one his hardest rap songs up there with "I'm Bad" and "Rock the Bells" before he went all soft. His delivery wasn't the best in this particular song, but this one's still a timeless joint.
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    		Music From Past MTV ReplayTM Video Music Award Winners
    Various Artists
    Manufacturer: Sony Music Special Products
    ProductGroup: Music
    Binding: Audio CD
    ASIN: B000QRFER6

    Product Description

    Disc 1: 1. Take On Me - aha. 2. Parents Just Don't Understaned - D.J. Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince. 3. Gonna Make You Sweat (Everybody Dance Now) - C+C Music Factory. 4. Voices Carry - 'til tuesday. 5. What's Love Got To Do With It - Tina Turner. 6. Don't Dream It's Over - Crowded House. 7. U Can't Touch - Hammer. Disc 2: 1. How Will I Know - Whitney Houston. 2. Mama Said Knock You Out - L.L. Cool J. 3. Cest La Vie - Robbie Nevil. 4. What About Love - 'til tuesday. 5. Rockit - Herbie Hancock. 6. True Colors - Cyndi Lauper. 7. Now We're Getting Somewhere - Crowded House.
    Mama Said Knock You Out
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      		Mama Said Knock You Out
      LL Cool J
      Manufacturer: Universal
      ProductGroup: Music
      Binding: Audio CD

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      ASIN: B0001ZX21I
      Release Date: 2004-05-31

      Tracks:

      1. Boomin' System
      2. Around The Way Girl
      3. Eat Em Up L Chill
      4. Mr. Good Bar
      5. Murdergram
      6. Cheesy Rat Blues
      7. Farmers Blvd. (Our Anthem)
      8. Mama Said Knock You Out
      9. Milky Cereal
      10. Tingling Baby
      11. To Da Break Of Dawn
      12. 6 Minutes Of Pleasure
      13. Illegal
      14. Power Of God
      15. Mama Said Knock You Out (Steering Mix) (Bonus Track)

      Album Details

      Japanese Release featuring a Bonus Dvd with Three Videos.
      Mama Said Knock You Out/Cd5
      Average customer rating: Not rated
        		Mama Said Knock You Out/Cd5
        LL Cool J
        Manufacturer: Cbs/Epic/Wtg Records
        ProductGroup: Music
        Binding: Audio CD

        GeneralGeneral | Soul | R&B | Styles | Music
        ASIN: B00000DE58
        Release Date: 1991-03-26
        Mama Said Knock You Out
        Average customer rating: Not rated
          		Mama Said Knock You Out

          ProductGroup: Music
          Binding: Audio CD

          GeneralGeneral | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music
          ASIN: B000J234NE
          Release Date: 2006-11-07
          Mama Said Knock You Out
          Average customer rating: Not rated
            		Mama Said Knock You Out
            Ll Cool J
            Manufacturer: Universal/Um3
            ProductGroup: Music
            Binding: Audio CD

            GeneralGeneral | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music
            ASIN: B0001RBFEC
            Release Date: 2004-04-12

            Tracks:

            1. Boomin' System
            2. Around The Way Girl
            3. Eat Em Up L Chill
            4. Mr. Good Bar
            5. Murdergram
            6. Cheesy Rat Blues
            7. Farmers Blud
            8. Mama Said Knock You Out
            9. Milky Cereal
            10. Jingling Baby
            11. Go Da Break Of Dawn
            12. 6 Minutes Of Pleasure
            13. Illegal Banch
            14. Power Of God
            15. Mama Said Knock You Out ( Steering Mix)
            16. Mama Said Knock You Out ( Video)
            17. Mama Said Knock You Out ( Dvd)
            18. Around The Way Girl
            19. Boomin' System

            Album Details

            BONUS DVD (PAL)
            Mama Said Knock You Out
            Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
            • LL Cool J's "Sgt. Pepper": A Hip-Hop Must Have!!
            • LL really nailed this one!
            • Would still KNOCK most mc's albums OUT of the park now!!
            • This is NOT the Original Recording Rereleased
            • BLOW FOR BLOW, L.L. NEVER SWUNG THIS TOUGH!
            		Mama Said Knock You Out
            LL Cool J
            Manufacturer: Universal/Def Jam
            ProductGroup: Music
            Binding: Audio CD

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            ASIN: B00001ZTBA

            Tracks:

            1. Boomin System
            2. Around The Way Girl
            3. Eat Em Up L Chill
            4. Mr Goodbar
            5. Murdergram
            6. Cheesy Rat Blues
            7. Farners Blvd
            8. Mama Said Knock You Out
            9. Milky Cereal
            10. Jingling Baby
            11. To Da Break Of Dawn
            12. 6 Minutes Of Pleasure
            13. Illegal Search
            14. Power Of God

            Amazon.com essential recording

            LL Cool J's egotism is his m.o., his sex appeal, his greatest strength. He'd been on top of the world since he started scoring hits as a teenager, but anyone who's been in the rap game for five years, as he'd been when Mama arrived, has something to prove. So he came out swinging--literally--with the title track, which claims boxing trash talk as proto-rap and turns it into a declaration of ongoing mastery. Beyond that, Mama, with its ultrahard Marley Marl production, pumps up his love-man rep (the sweetly affectionate "Around the Way Girl" and an even hornier remix of "Jingling Baby") and his ego (pretty much everything else). It's mostly just old-school boasting, but damn if it isn't deserved. --Douglas Wolk

            Album Details

            Strictly Limited Edition with Special 'cardboard (LP-STYLE) Sleeve. Plus Bonus Extra Track 'around the Way Girl' Marley Rub Mix.

            Customer Reviews:

            5 out of 5 stars LL Cool J's "Sgt. Pepper": A Hip-Hop Must Have!!.......2007-07-24

            Mama Said Knock You Out was LL Cool J's fourth studio album. By the time of its release in late summer of 1990, it helped cement LL as a long-term force to be reckoned with in hip-hop. 1989's platinum+ seller "Walking with a Panther" was met with mixed reviews by hip-hop's urban audience. The criticisms were legion: `LL had become too commercial'. `He was clearly being upstaged by rival Kool Moe Dee'. `Hardcore acts like Ice-T and N.W.A. had a bigger street following'. `Political rappers like Public Enemy and KRS-One made LL look out of touch'. The list goes on. Fortunately, LL chose to partner with golden-age production maestro Marley Marl for a remix of the single "Jingling Baby", the success of which helped Def Jam to green-light the MSKYO sessions.

            Normally, LL skipped a year between releases, but Panther was just barely over a year old when "The Boomin' System", MSKYO's first official single, was released. Essentially an ode to driving slow with your radio blasting, the single sampled the same James Brown bass riff as was used by En Vogue for their debut hit "Hold On" (the radio mix of "System" duplicated it note for note, while the album version tweaked it slightly). The LP's second single, "Around the Way Girl", was a tremendous urban radio hit, where LL gives props to all his female fans: "I want a girl with extensions in her hair/ bamboo earrings, at least two pair." On "Cheesy Rat Blues", LL pokes fun at his own image, imagining himself as a washed up rapper who finds himself pelted with "my old tapes" when he visits the shopping mall.

            The title track is a thunderous announcement of LL's return to form: "Don't call it a comeback, I've been here for years/ I'm rocking my peers, puttin' suckers in fear/ making the tears rain down like a monsoon/ listen to the bass go boom!" On the whimsical "Milky Cereal", LL gives his romantic conquests breakfast-cereal names, hearkening back to "My Rhyme Ain't Done". "Illegal Search" (originally a b-side to the "Jingling Baby" remix) finds LL touching a political theme as he narrates a fictional police confrontation. It's a smoother, LL-style take on N.W.A.'s cop-trouble rants. LL manages to directly answer some of his then-rivals on "To Da Break of Dawn": Kool Moe Dee is ripped for his "Star Trek shades", MC Hammer is likened to "my old gym teacher" and Ice-T is derided as a former "downtown car thief". Perhaps the most surprising song is "Farmers Blvd. (The Anthem)", where LL teams up with some childhood rhyming pals for what is his first `posse cut' featuring his own vocals (he had previously contributed written lyrics for the Stop the Violence Movement's "Self-Destruction").

            The other album cuts are worthy, so this is fortunately not the album of a few good singles and tedious filler. LL and Marley crafted a hip-hop masterpiece to announce the 1990's, but its appeal is far from dated.

            4 out of 5 stars LL really nailed this one!.......2007-07-16

            Man...I can't tell you how refreshing it's been to listen to a well-written and well-produced Rap album with varied and original subject matter: there isn't a single trite and formulaic "gangsta" cliché on the entire album! :-) LL Cool J was my favorite rapper from around '86 to 1988: BIGGER AND DEFFER was one of my first two hip-hop albums (the other was PAID IN FULL--even at 9 years old, I really knew how to pick `em) and I used to listen to it constantly. Although I never heard the album (and I still haven't till this day--I need to make it a point to pick up a copy), LL really lost me with the singles from WALKING WITH A PANTHER. That was a vibrant and dynamic time in hip-hop: the field was highly competitive and the music was changing rapidly. There was so much great material being put out by so many different rappers that a single lackluster effort could potentially end a career. That's why LL starts off the title track (one of the most downright fiery and invigorating songs that I've ever heard) by yelling, "Don't call it a comeback, I've been here for years!" Most artists in most genres make "comeback" albums after years of putting out shoddy material, but not so in the world of late 80's/early 90's hip-hop. Things have changed quite a bit though and now many rappers make entire careers out of putting out crap material. There are some incredibly well-written songs on this album: there are no grand aspirations (and really, I would characterize Marley Marl's tasteful, practical and never overdone production the same way) but the straightforward lyrics are still consistently clever. He has a confident and commanding delivery whether he's playing the swagger-filled lover man, the crafty storyteller, or the battle-ready MC, and he consistently has some of the best timing and phrasing that I've ever heard. This could possibly be LL's best album and it's certainly one of Rap music's greatest works. This is fun and entertaining feel good music that serves as a strong example of the surplus of great material that was released during hip-hop's most fruitful and inspired period. This is essential listening for anyone interested in rap music, and it should be really refreshing to those who were unfortunately introduced to Rap after the majority of the genre was inundated with tired, trite and predictable gangsta clichés. Another listen to this album should also be really refreshing for those of us that loved hip-hop in its heyday: it should remind us of just what made us fall in love with it in the first place. This one will be making its way back into my regular rotation.

            4 out of 5 stars Would still KNOCK most mc's albums OUT of the park now!!.......2007-03-07

            After the luke-warm reaction to his "Walking With A Panther" album LL went back to his old stomping grounds in an attempt to rejuvenate his talents and come back out stronger. It was here while his grandmother (Big Momma)spawned the words of encouragement to her disillusioned grandson "Just Knock'em Out" and so we got this album. LL promptly hooked up with Marley Marl and together they came up with this, the 1st of 2 albums they did together. Marley's production skills were+still are legendary. His beats are bone crunching and the samples that accompany them are always original. They percussion on this album in the form of piano riffs and guitar licks were simply mindblowing as they were used in perfect ration to the rock hard beats and funky basslines. All of this was before LL even ripped a verse!!!!!! Around this time LL was in afew beefs with Kool Moe Dee and Ice-T so alot of his verses were heavy battle type rhymes were he took no prisoners. The title track alone was, is and always will be 1 of the greatest diss records of ALL TIME!! The opening track "The Boomin' System" was about the systems that heads were fitting into their cars and that whole car culture that was peaking in the early 90's. The legendary line "2 mile an hour so everybody sees you" still gets me amped. "Around The Way Girl" was huge back then and still holds its own as a decent rap ballad by an mc that has mastered the genre. "Eat 'Em Up L Chill", "Mr. Good Bar" and "Murdergram" are all tight head nodders that showcase his impressive, more amped, stronger, rejuvinated style to the tee. "Murdergram" is a live performance that will literally blow your mind, what breath control??!! "Cheesy Rat Blues" is a tale about how the tide can turn and you could be left without a pot to p*ss in and what could happen to the people that are supposedly by your side, in times like this. A very personal track. "Farmers Blvd" was a track were LL shouts out his crew and afew of them for some mic time and put it down nicely. Next you hear the immortal words "c'mon man..." and the horns and then all hell breaks loose with "Mama Said Knock You Out" exploding through the speakers. One of my all time favourite hiphop songs EVER. "Milky Cereal" explores the subject of getting laid. Nice beat and funny rhymes. "Jingling Baby" is a superior version than the 1 on the "Walking With A Panther" album, in my opinion. Marley's production is top notch. "To Da Break Of Dawn" is another diss joint where LL rips apart Ice-T and Kool Moe Dee with relative ease to be honest over a smooth hard beat laced with acid tongued rhymes that Im sure would still sting those cats now. "6 Minutes Of Pleasure" and "The Power Of God" were the only tracks that I thought were weaker back then and even more now. The last track that I havent mentioned is "Illegal Search", a humourous tale about the police and their treatment of his race but with a nice funny twist. Still after 16years this is a soundbomb. A timeless classic. He and hiphop certainly dont make joints like this anymore.

            1 out of 5 stars This is NOT the Original Recording Rereleased.......2007-02-15

            If you're looking for the original recording this is NOT it.

            The parts of "The Boomin' System" wherein the lyrics are supposed to be "...pass the Heineken..." and "Roll up a fat one..." are silenced out. The CD is fine other than that; my search continues. <. <

            5 out of 5 stars BLOW FOR BLOW, L.L. NEVER SWUNG THIS TOUGH! .......2007-02-12

            For all the hip hop heads that thought Uncle L had fallen by the wayside by 1990 was suckered punch with this banga. Marley Marl helped LL redeem his street credibility which led him back to greatness. This album contains his ultimate statement of purpose in the title track and one of his best skirt chasing tracks with " Around The Way Girl".

            His boasting tracks were business as usual but they were as powerful as ever with "Eat em up L chill" and "Murdergram" (one of his most ferocious boasting tracks next to "I'm Bad"). Outside of the of the egotistical boasting and playerism, he does have other things to say with "Illegal Search" and "Power of God" (an ode to the higher power that works pretty good without sounding overwrought).

            Few hip hop albums sound as varied and as hungry as Mama. Unlike most hip hop albums, this one has aged gracefully. Eventhough we will never L.L. like this again, this is the album where his legacy lies and where he earned the title of the G.O.A.T.
            Mama Said Knock You Out
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              		Mama Said Knock You Out
              LL Cool J
              Manufacturer: Universal/Def Jam
              ProductGroup: Music
              Binding: Audio CD

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              ASIN: B00004WZK9

              Album Details

              Japanese Reissue Remastered with a Bonus Track.

              Dance Music:

              1. Michael Wallstreet: Sadomasochist
              2. Modern Day City Symphony
              3. Music in My Mind [CD-single]
              4. Nightlife [Explicit Lyrics]
              5. Oooh [CD-single] [Import]
              6. Phat Rap Tracks [Explicit Lyrics]
              7. Phat Rap Tracks [Explicit Lyrics]
              8. Presents the Unseen [Explicit Lyrics]
              9. Respect Due [Explicit Lyrics]
              10. Revolution [Explicit Lyrics]

              Dance Music

              dance music

              Dance Music

              Hopes & Fears (Hybr) (Ms) [Hybrid SACD]

              Ross Lee Finney: Piano Works

              Removable Media

              Live at the Village Vanguard

              Live from the Other Side [Import]

              Play That Funk

              Petula/Portrait [Import]

              Music Trumpet & Organ

              Milestone

              Playing to the Moon [Import]

              P.J. Perry Quintet

              Original Gold

              Plena Mix Non Stop-Bailable

              In a Summer Garden: The Music of Delius

              In Grand Style: The Otis Grand Collection