{"product_id":"ll-cool-j-radio-lp-explicit-vinyl","title":"LL Cool J - RADIO (LP - EXPLICIT - Vinyl","description":"Personnel includes: LL Cool J (rap vocals).\nRecorded at Chung King House Of Metal, New York, New York. Includes liner notes by Nelson George.\nReleased in 1985, RADIO marks the debut of hip-hop icon LL Cool J. Only in his late teens at the time, the strikingly handsome LL (born James Todd Smith) unleashed 11 supremely confident rhymes with a powerful, fearsome delivery that marked him as a rap icon from day one. LL kicks off the album by sending out an ode, not to a lady, but to his boombox (\"I Can't Live Without My Radio\"), and never lets up from there, allowing his tough (yet never overly aggressive) lyrics to flow at a steady clip.\nRADIO is also significant as one of the first records produced by rap\/rock Renaissance man Rick Rubin, who contributes the kind of minimal metal-guitar licks and spare, hard-hitting beats that defined mid-80s hip-hop, most notably on the propulsive tunes \"Rock the Bells\" and \"I Need a Beat.\" Along with Run-DMC's RAISING HELL and the Beastie Boys' LICENSED TO ILL, RADIO forms a trilogy of New York City-based, Rubin-helmed albums that helped to take rap to a whole new level. For fans of old-school hip-hop, this disc is absolutely essential. The CD-reissue edition of the album contains liner notes by music scholar Nelson George.\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGenre: Pop\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGenre: Hip Hop\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFormat: Vinyl\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eReleased: 5\/27\/2014\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGenre: Pop\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFormat: Vinyl\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eReleased: 05\/27\/2014\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"LL Cool J","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53262790361397,"sku":"G7E202-60I0-U1","price":31.1,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0763\/1391\/9797\/files\/ll-cool-j-radio-lp-explicit_dLdBt.jpg?v=1786229002","url":"https:\/\/www.rocknrollarecordshop.com\/products\/ll-cool-j-radio-lp-explicit-vinyl","provider":"ROCKnROLLA Records","version":"1.0","type":"link"}