NPR Music's Daoud Tyler-Ameen ... 6, including a album-length collaboration (don't call it a comeback) between rapper LL Cool J and producer Q-Tip. Among the week's other new releases, there's ...

LL Cool J has announced his first album ... “When you listen to this album, you’re not just hearing music, you’re experiencing a whole new vibe, a whole new level of artistic passion.” ...

"There's got to be more to the music and more to hip hop than just ... and better and just more exciting, you know?" LL COOL J's 14th studio album, The FORCE, will be available Sept 6.

With his new album, he wants to show ... into television and film either abandon music or deprioritize it so much that it feels inconsequential. But LL COOL J has been doing the opposite: in ...

This collage is clearly deliberately, artfully constructed – tracks called “Post Modern” and album high point “Basquiat Energy” make that very clear – but there’s also raw musical instinct at play. LL ...

Thus, when asked what his album best represents concerning the music he most frequently listens ... from the Bakersfield Beat to the rock star cool of Ricky Nelson and James Burton playing guitar ...

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The instrumental albums, “Warm and Cool,” in particular, fit in beautifully with the dusty, spaghetti-western-influenced instrumental music from contemporary artists like Khruangbin and ...

I have to say, in a day it changed my perception of what was cool.”* In honor of her debut solo album, today’s playlist is a tribute to Kim Deal’s particular kind of cool. In addition to a ...