G.O.A.T. (Explicit Version) CD

MUSIC

RAP / HIP-HOP

Song Listing

Disc 1

Song Title

1. Intro ~ LL Cool J

2. Imagine That ~ LL Cool J

3. Back Where I Belong - (featuring Ja Rule) ~ LL Cool J

4. II Cool J - (featuring Kandice Love) ~ LL Cool J

5. Take It Off ~ LL Cool J

6. Skit ~ LL Cool J

7. Fuhgidabowdit - (featuring DMX/Method Man/Redman) ~ LL Cool J

8. Farmers - (featuring Tiki Diamond) ~ LL Cool J

9. This Is Us - (featuring Carl Thomas) ~ LL Cool J

10. Can't Think ~ LL Cool J

11. Hello - (featuring Amil) ~ LL Cool J

12. You And Me - (featuring Kelly Price) ~ LL Cool J

13. Homicide ~ LL Cool J

14. U Can't F**k With Me - (featuring Snoop/Jayo Felony/Xzibit) ~ LL Cool J

15. Queens Is - (featuring Prodigy) ~ LL Cool J

16. G.O.A.T., The ~ LL Cool J

17. Ill Bomb - (bonus track, with Funkmaster Flex & Big Kap) ~ LL Cool J

18. Hidden Track ~ LL Cool J

Album Notes and Credits

Notes & Personnel Info
	Contains a hidden track after "Ill Bomb."
	Personnel includes: LL Cool J, Kelly Price, Method Man, Redman, DMX, Prodigy, Snoop, Jayo Felony, Xzibit, Ja Rule, Amil, Carl Thomas, Tiki Diamond, Candice Love.
	Producers include: James "Bimmy" Antney, Rockwilder, Vada Nobles, DJ Scratch, Adam F.
	Recorded at The Hit Factory and Mirror Image Studios, New York, New York.
	One of the last hip-hop veterans standing, with many platinum albums and leading film roles to his credit, LL Cool J has taken the art form to a higher level than the music industry could have ever imagined back when he "rocked the bells" in 1985. Still sporting his battle rhyme style, LL returns with yet another classic album, G.O.A.T. (Greatest Of All Time).
	His collaborations on this album show that LL's very aware of the current hip-hop audience, teaming up with Mobb Deep's Prodigy on his hometown dedication "Queens," and Snoop Dogg and Xzibit on the West Coast-flavored "You Can't Fuck with Me." Those jams will have the hardcore fans satisfied, but then, as usual, LL gets freaky, with songs such as "Hello," featuring Amil, and "Imagine That" featuring LeShaun, that should please the ladies. LL's versatile persona proves that he is, indeed, the G.O.A.T.
Musical Guests
	Redman
	Method Man
	Kelly Price
	Xzibit
	Snoop Dogg
	Ja Rule
	DMX
	Prodigy
	Kandice Love
	Tiki Diamond
	Carl Thomas
	Amil
	Jayo Felony

Compilation Appearances

	Show (Explicit Version)
	Beavis & Butthead Do America
	Def Jam Greatest Hits (Explicit Version)
	Levert.Sweat.Gill
	Vol. 1-Traffic Jams (Explicit Version)
	Mtv Presents: Hip Hop Back In The Day
	Out Of Business/Greatest Hits (Explicit Version)
	Source Presents: hip Hop Hits Vol. 7
	Island Def Jam Recording Presents 1 (Explicit Version)
	Essential Hip Hop Vol 4
	Madea's Family Reunion
	Brass Knuckles
	Brass Knucles
	Q Soul Bossa Nostra
	Essence Music Festival Volume 4 The C
	Ncis:los Angeles (Ost)
	Wheelhouse

Associated Artists and Works

Dre, Dr.

Technical Info

	Release Date : 09/12/2000
	Original Release Date : 2000
	Catalog ID : 546 819
	Label : Def Jam (USA)
	Number of Discs : 1
	Studio/Live : Studio
	Mono/Stereo : Stereo
	SPAR Code : n/a
	UPC : 00731454681926

Professional Reviews

Rolling Stone (9/28/00, p.58)
- 4 stars out of 5 - "...[It] highlights LL's greatest talent: to be everything to everybody. A freaky hybrid of bad boy and good guy, LL is hard as a ny gangsta but can also be cuddly and sincere..."

Entertainment Weekly (9/24/00, p.78)
- "...[LL] in near top form. Talking trash, passing the mic to guests like DMX and Snoop Dog, reeling off endlessly inventive boasts - he makes it seem easy..." - Rating: B

Q (12/00, p.126)
- 4 stars out of 5 - "...He still has it and, unsurprisingly, he is not slow to alert his audience..."

Vibe (9/00, pp.239-40)
- 4 records out of 5 - "...[His] most enthralling album in years.....delivering uncharacteristically bad-tempered put-downs, froths at the mouth, denounces his critics and maintains that [his] ability to compete with grittier contemporaries [has not weakened]..."

NME (Magazine)
(9/16/00, p.36)
- 7 out of 10 - "...He still sounds fresh..."

Billboard 8 of 10
...With eight albums under his belt, LL is arguably the best MC to ever touch the mike. With his latest offering, G.O.A.T., LL attempts to end the argument--and he makes a pretty good case... this is no stroll down memory lane... LL...seems to have regained the fire that was sorely missing from his previous release, Phenomenon.

Rolling Stone 9 of 10
...LL has been rocking the bells since his 1985 debut, which is a century in rap years... and G.O.A.T. glows with the heat of his rhymes. G.O.A.T. highlights LL's greatest talent: to be everything to everybody. A freaky hybrid of bad boy and good guy, LL is as hard as any gangsta but can also be cuddly and sincere. And he's got showmanship to spare. - Matt Diehl

Bio

Hordes of hopeful contenders have claimed to be it. Rabid rap fans will debate and argue about it from sundown to da break of dawn. But in the world of hiphop what does it truly take to be The Greatest Of All Time? Lyrics. Charisma. Personality. Versatility. Longevity. A command of the studio as well as the stage. The ability to conquer any and all obstacles from a brash newcomer or wily veteran picking a rhyme fight to the changing tastes of a fickle rap audience and emerge stronger than ever. As many living legends as hip hop has produced within its 20 years of recorded history, only one artist can honestly count all of these qualifications amongst his arsenal of talents: LL Cool J. From the moment a teenaged "young legend in leather" named James Todd Smith exclaimed "I Need A Beat" to the world in 1984 as Def Jam Records' Flagship artist, LL Cool J has blazed an unprecedented legacy of achievements. A two-time Grammy Award winner, respected television and feature film actor, author, humanitarian and devoted family man, he has never gone less than gold on any of his eight album projects. The St. Albans, Queens native is also the first rap artist to amass six consecutive platinum-plus selling albums and six gold singles. Now, with his ninth effort, G.O.A.T. (Greatest Of All Time), LL officially and rightfully assumes the title that has eluded all others.