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Big Bad Wolf

Doin' It

Hey Lover (Clean) ft Boyz II Men

I Shot Ya

I Shot Ya (Remix) ft K. Murray, Prodigy, Fat Joe, Foxy Brown

Jingling Baby (Long Version)

Loungin' (Remix) 
Album Notes
Producers: Jean Claude "Poke" Olivier, Tone (tracks 1-4, 7, 11, 13-15); Rashad Smith (tracks 5, 10, 12); Easy Mo Bee (track 6); ChySkillz (track 8); Chad "Dr. Ceuss" Elliot (track 9). Engineers: Paul Lanni (tracks 1-3, 11, 13-14); Jim "Jiff" Hinger (track 4); Mario Rodriguez (tracks 5, 10, 12); Mike Iverson (track 6); George Karras (tracks 7, 15); Rich July (track 8); Kevin Thomas (track 9). All songs co-written by LL Cool J except "Prelude" (Jean Claude "Poke" Olivier). Samples include "I Like It" (as performed by DeBarge), "Message From The Soul Sisters" (as performed by Myra Barns), "The Book Of Love" (as performed by Isaac Hayes) and "My Jamaican Guy" (as performed by Grace Jones). Interpolations include "The Lady In My Life" (as performed by Michael Jackson) and "Nite And Day" (as performed by Al B. Sure!). "Hey Lover" won the 1997 Grammy Award for Best Rap Solo Performance. MR. SMITH was nominated for the 1997 Grammy for Best Rap Album. While many of rap music's old-school artists have suffered a downfall, Def Jam's first recording artist, LL Cool J, has remained at the top of the list of successful, surviving MCs. His Lady-Lovin' personality and party-rocking rhyming style are only two reasons for the platinum success of his sixth album, MR. SMITH. Call it a comeback. MR. SMITH recalls several moments of 1990's MAMA SAID KNOCK YOU OUT in both its smoothed-out and hard-core hits--the two sides of LL's hip-hop persona. The album's lead-off single, "Hey Lover," features harmonized crooning from Boyz II Men, and once again crowns LL as the king of the rap ballad. Likewise, on "Doin' It," he gets vocally soft and intimate for a duet with LeShaun. But the album features its tough moments as well, particularly when Keith Murray, Mobb Deep's Prodigy and others add their street flavor to a remix of the headbanger track, "I Shot Ya."

Vocals: LL Cool J, Boyz II Men, Le Shaun, Total, Keith Murray, Prodigy, Fat Joe, Foxy Brown

Albums and Song Listings

Mr. Smith


1._ The Intro (Skit) _ QT _ Real
2._ Make It Hot _ QT _ Real
3._ Hip Hop _ QT _ Real
4._ Hey Lover (featuring Boyz II Men) _ QT _ Real
5._ Doin It _ QT _ Real
6._ Life As... _ QT _ Real
7._ I Shot Ya _ QT _ Real
8._ Mr. Smith _ QT _ Real
9._ No Airplay _ QT _ Real
10._ Loungin _ QT _ Real
11._ Hollis To Hollywood _ QT _ Real
12._ God Bless _ QT _ Real
13._ Get Da Drop On 'Em _ QT _ Real
14._ Prelude (Skit) _ QT _ Real
15._ I Shot Ya (Remix) _ QT _ Real
Reviews in Print
Rating: (2.8 out of 5 )

Rap Pages (1/96, p.33) - 6 (out of 10)
...LL is in a rare and honorable class, considering he can still come with tight jams after 11 years....the overall production is worth your time...

Q Magazine (2/96, p.96) - 3 Stars (out of 5)
...neither radical nor fashionable, but always robust...gripping and authorative...

Entertainment Weekly (12/8/95, p.68)
...while his cutting-edge days are well behind him, this is far from the self-parodying effort we had every reason to expect." - Rating: B

   

Label: Def Jam

Release Date: 11/21/1995

Available Formats: CD, Cassette, Vinyl
Genre: R&B/Soul
Catalog Number: 523 845
Distributor: Universal Distribution
Spars Code: n/a
Mono/Stereo: Stereo
Studio/Live: Studio
Available for Purchase: Y

                    

 

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