(GEMS RADIO)---LL Cool J is ready to release his new album THE FORCE (Frequencies of Real Creative Energy). The album will be released on September 6. Produced entirely by Q-Tip, the 14-track record features Nas, Eminem, Rick Ross, Fat Joe, Busta Rhymes, Saweetie, Snoop Dogg, and others. After releasing the first single, "Saturday Night Special" with Fat Joe and Rick Ross, LL is placing "Passion" into high gear. The song […]
(GEMS RADIO)---LL Cool J is revealing dates for his tour with special guest included. Tour begins on the birth date of hip hop August 11 in Baltimore. The trek will include the following special guests: The Roots, DJ Jazzy Jeff, and DJ Z-Trip, Salt-N-Pepa, Rick Ross, Queen Latifah, Big Boi, De La Soul, Jadakiss, Method Man, Redman, Rakim, Common and more. LL promises he will give his everything on this […]
(GEMS RADIO)---LL Cool J has released the Q-Tip produced "Force" this past Friday. The single comes in preview to LL's fourteenth studio album, which he said was postponed. The rapper went on to clarify that he's still trying to figure things out with the new album. A snippet of "The Force" can be heard below. The Queens rapper is going out on tour with the Roots and DJ Jazzy Jeff […]
(GEMS RADIO)---LL Cool J says that being sampled by Rick Ross and Biggie helped his cred. “I love it,” LL Cool J said of Biggie’s Life After Death cut. “I used to play it all the time. I loved it. Going going, back back, to Cali. I love it. He name-dropped me. I mean, Rick Ross did ‘I’m Bad’ over on one of his albums early on, that’s part of […]
(GEMS RADIO)---LL Cool J has officially cancelled his upcoming 14th studio album. He says more work needs to be done on the recording end of things. Then hours later he says the project is still on with Q-Tip serving as executive producer on the project. “Okay so everyone’s been asking me about the new record and my decision and I was considering not putting the album out because IT’S TOO […]
(GEMS RADIO)---LL Cool J and Mary J. Blige made a pit stop to perform some of their songs on the legendary New York State of Mind Tour at the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles, California. Nas and Wu-Tang Clan are currently headlining the tour. The Queen of Hip Hop Soul performed the classic hit "All I Need" with Method Man while Jadakiss showed up on stage during Nas' set. LL […]
(GEMS RADIO)---LL Cool J is not happy with DJ Akademiks and is putting him in his place. DJ Akademiks called the older generation of hip hop legends 'dusty'. “It came to my attention that a DJ — and I’m not gonna say any names ’cause I don’t think it’s necessary — a DJ basically said that a lot of the pioneers in Hip Hop, they’re dusty or how can they […]
(GEMS RADIO)– The 2022 iHeartRadio Music Awards went down at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles on Tuesday, March 22, with LL COOL J as the show’s host. The show celebrated the most played artists and songs on iHeartRadio stations and apps in 2021 such as Drake, J. Cole ad Lil Nas. Lil Nas, Drake, J Cole Win Big Lil Nas X edged out The Weeknd, Drake, and Ed Sheeran to […]
(GEMS RADIO)–On Wednesday, February 2nd, Eminem and A Tribe Called Quest were listed among the nominees in the Hip Hop act for the 2022 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. The two legendary hip-hop artists are first-timers in this year’s Rock Hall. Hall of Fame's Social Media Pages Others who have been named alongside the two include Lionel Richie, Dolly Parton, Beck, Rage Against the Machine, Dionne Warwick, Fela Kuti, […]
