LL Cool J discographyStudio albums 14 Compilation albums 2 Singles 62
This is the discography of American rapper LL Cool J .
Albums
Studio albums
Compilation albums
Singles
As lead artist
As featured artist
Guest appearances
Action Bronson - "Strictly 4 My Jeeps (remix)" (w/ Lloyd Banks ) (Album: n/a)
Adam F - "Greatest of All Time" (Album: Kaos: The Anti-Acoustic Warfare )
Alicia Keys - "Teenage Love Affair (Remix) (Album: As I Am )
Allure - "No Question" (Album: Allure )
Allure - "Enjoy Yourself (Remix)" (Album: n/a)
Amerie - "Why Don't We Fall In Love (Remix)" (w/Red Cafe ) (Album: n/a)
Babyface - "This Is For The lover In You" (w/Jody Watley , Jeffery Daniels & Howard Hewett ) (Album: The Day )
Brandy - "Sittin Up In My Room (remix)" (Album: n/a)
Busta Rhymes - "Killin' Em" (feat. Z-Trip )
Carl Thomas - "I Wish (DJ Clue remix)" (w/Prodigy & Shyne ) (Album: n/a)
Carl Thomas - "I Wish (remix)" (w/Puff Daddy ) (Album: n/a)
Carl Thomas - "She Is" (Album: Let's Talk About It )
Dave Navarro - "I Make My Own Rules" (w/Chad Smith & Flea ) (Album: Private Parts soundtrack)
DJ Kay Slay - "The Truth" (Album: The Streetsweeper Vol. 2: The Pain From The Game )
Dr. Dre - "Zoom" (Album: Bulworth soundtrack)
EPMD - "Rampage" (Album: Business As Usual )
Erick Sermon - "Do-Re-Mi" (w/Scarface) (Album: Music )
Jennifer Lopez - "All I Have " (Album: This Is Me...Then )
Joe Budden - "Focus (remix)" (w/Dutchess) (Album: n/a)
Keith Murray - "Incredible" (Album: It's a Beautiful Thing )
Keith Sweat - "Why Me Baby?" (Album: Keep it Comin )
Kia Shine - "Kripsy (Remix)" (w/Swizz Beatz , Young Buck , Slim Thug , E-40 , Remy Ma & Jim Jones ) (Album: Due Season )
Kid Ink - "Main Chick (Remix)" (w/Chris Brown & Tyga ) (Album: N/A)
LSG - "Curious" (w/Busta Rhymes & MC Lyte ) (Album: Levert-Sweat-Gill )
Marley Marl - "I Be Getting' Busy" (Album: In Control Vol.II - For Your Steering Pleasure )
Marley Marl - "Haters" (Album: Hip Hop Dictionary )
Mary J. Blige - "Mary Jane (remix)" (Album: Flava )
Mary Mary - "We're Gonna Make It" (Album: Madea's Family Reunion Soundtrack)
Method Man & Redman - 4 Seasons (w/Ja Rule ) (Album: Blackout! )
Michael Jackson - "Serious Effect" (Album: Dangerous (Outtake))
Montell Jordan - "Get It On Tonight (remix)" (Album: n/a)
Mashonda - "Crazy Girl" (Album: Rush Hour 2 (soundtrack) )
Nelly - "Hold Up" (w/T.I. ) (Album: Brass Knuckles )
Shanice - "I Got This" (Album: n/a)
Spax - "Blink Blink" (Album: Engel und Ratten )
Swizz Beatz - "Ghetto Love" (w/Mashonda ) (Album: Presents G.H.E.T.T.O. Stories )
Taral - "How Do I Get Over You (Remix)" (Album: n/a)
Tori Kelly - "California Lovers" (Album: Unbreakable Smile )
Trackmasters - "Whassup Shawty" (w/Dutchess & XSO Drive) (Album: n/a)
Various - " I Make My Own Rules" (w/Red Hot Chili Peppers ) (Album: Private Parts: The Album )
Various - "Dear Mallika" (Album "The Rapsody Overture, Hip Hop Meets Classic ")
Various - "Heal Yourself" (w/Freddie Foxxx , Run DMC , KRS-One , Big Daddy Kane , and others) (Album: H.E.A.L.: Civilization Vs. Technology )
Various - "We Are the World 25 for Haiti "
Various - "Hit Em High" (w/B-Real , Method Man , Coolio & Busta Rhymes) (Album: Space Jam soundtrack )
Various - "What's Going On (Neptunes Mix)" (w/Queen Latifah , Da Brat , Mobb Deep , Royce Da 5'9" , and others) (Album: What's Going On )
Various - "Fatty Girl" (w/ Ludacris & Keith Murray ) (Album: FB Entertainment Presents: The Good Life )
Velez - "Tonite" (Album: n/a)
Wayne Wonder - "No Letting Go (remix)" (w/Dutchess) (Album: n/a)
Music videos
Year
Title
Director[ 52]
1987
"I'm Bad"
Rolando Hudson
"I Need Love"
1988
"Going Back to Cali"
Rick Menello
1989
"I'm That Type of Guy"
Scott Kalvert
"Big Ole Butt"
Paris Barclay
"Jingling Baby"
"One Shot at Love"
1990
"Around the Way Girl"
"Mama Said Knock You Out"
Paris Barclay
"The Boomin' System"
1991
"6 Minutes of Pleasure"
Marcus Nispel
"Strictly Business"
Paris Barclay
"Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf?"
Scott Garen
1993
"Stand By Your Man"
"Back Seat"
"Pink Cookies"
1995
"Hey Lover"
Hype Williams
"I Shot Ya' (remix)"
1996
"Doin' It"
Hype Williams
"Loungin' (remix)"
"Ain't Nobody"
Michael Martin
"Summer Love"
1997
"Phenomenon"
Paul Hunter
"4, 3, 2, 1"
Diane Martel
"Father"
Samuel Bayer
"Dear Mallika"
1998
"Hot, Hot, Hot"
Paul Hunter
1999
"Deepest Bluest"
Renny Harlin
2000
"Shut 'em Down"
David Meyers
"Imagine That"
Hype Williams
"You And Me"
2001
"Blink Blink (With Spax )"
2002
"Luv U Better"
Benny Boom
"Paradise"
"All I Have"
David Meyers
2004
"Headsprung"
Fat Cats
"Hush"
Jessy Terrero
2006
"Control Myself (With Jennifer Lopez )"
Hype Williams
"Freeze"
2008
"Rocking With The G.O.A.T."
"Baby"
"Feel My Heart Beat (Yahoo Live Sets)"
2010
"We Are the World 25 for Haiti "
Paul Haggis
2012
"Take It"
Paris Barclay
2014
"The Hustler"
Benny Boom
2014
"I'm Nice"
Benny Boom
Notes
^ "The FORCE" did not enter the UK Albums Chart Top 100, but debuted and peaked at number 22 on the UK Albums Download Chart and at number 1 on the UK Hip-Hop & R&B Albums Chart.
^ "I Can Give You More/I Can't Live Without My Radio" did not enter the Dance Club Songs, but peaked at number 21 on the Dance Singles Sales .[ 28]
^ "Going Back to Cali" did not enter the Dance Club Songs, but peaked at number 19 on the Dance Singles Sales.[ 28]
^ "6 Minutes of Pleasure" did not enter the Dance Club Songs, but peaked at number 37 on the Dance Singles Sales.[ 28]
^ "How I'm Comin'" did not enter the Dance Club Songs, but peaked at number 48 on the Dance Singles Sales.[ 28]
^ "Pink Cookies In a Plastic Bag Getting Crushed by Buildings/Back Seat (of My Jeep)" did not enter the Dance Club Songs, but peaked at number 25 on the Dance Singles Sales.[ 28]
^ "Pink Cookies In a Plastic Bag Getting Crushed by Buildings" did not enter the Billboard Hot 100, but peaked at number one on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 .[ 34]
^ "Stand by Your Man" did not enter the Billboard Hot 100, but peaked at number 16 on the Bubbling Under Hot 100.[ 34]
^ "Stand by Your Man" did not enter the Dance Club Songs, but peaked at number 48 on the Dance Singles Sales.[ 28]
^ "Hey Lover" did not enter the Dance Club Songs, but peaked at number 3 on the Dance Singles Sales.[ 28]
^ "Doin' It" did not enter the Dance Club Songs, but peaked at number 3 on the Dance Singles Sales.[ 28]
^ "Loungin" did not enter the Dance Club Songs, but peaked at number 3 on the Dance Singles Sales.[ 28]
^ "Ain't Nobody" did not enter the Dance Club Songs, but peaked at number 9 on the Dance Singles Sales.[ 28]
^ "Phenomenon" did not enter the Dance Club Songs, but peaked at number 7 on the Dance Singles Sales.[ 28]
^ "4, 3, 2, 1" did not enter the Dance Club Songs, but peaked at number 5 on the Dance Singles Sales.[ 28]
^ "Candy" did not enter the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart, but peaked at number 62 on the R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay component chart.[ 28]
^ "Take It Off" did not enter the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart, but peaked at number 70 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles Sales component chart.[ 28]
^ "It's LL and Santana" did not enter the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart, but peaked at number 44 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles Sales component chart.[ 28]
^ "No More" did not enter the Billboard Hot 100, but peaked at number 24 on the Bubbling Under Hot 100.[ 34]
^ "Murdergram Deux" did not enter the NZ Top 40 Singles Chart , but peaked at number 25 on the NZ Hot Singles Chart.[ 45]
^ "Murdergram Deux" did not enter the UK Singles Chart Top 100, but debuted and peaked at number 37 on the UK Singles Downloads Chart.[ 46]
References
^ a b "LL Cool J Chart History: Billboard 200" . Billboard . Retrieved September 17, 2024 .
^ a b "LL Cool J Chart History: Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums" . Billboard . Retrieved September 17, 2024 .
^ a b c Australian (ARIA) chart peaks:
Top 50 peaks: "Australian Charts" . australian-charts.com Hung Medien. Retrieved April 18, 2020 .
Walking with a Panther : "ARIA Albums Chart w/c 25-9-1989" . ARIA . Retrieved April 18, 2020 – via Imgur.com. N.B. The HP column displays the highest position reached.
"I'm That Type of Guy": "Response from ARIA re: chart inquiry, received July 15, 2015" . Imgur.com. Archived from the original on July 16, 2015. Retrieved August 28, 2015 .
Top 100 peaks from January 1990 to December 2010: Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (PDF ed.). Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 169.
"Doin' It": "The ARIA Australian Top 100 Singles Chart – Week Ending 11 Aug 1996" . ARIA. Retrieved April 18, 2020 – via Imgur.com. N.B. The HP column displays the highest position reached.
^ a b "Canadian Albums" . RPM Canada. Retrieved January 18, 2015 .
^ a b "Canadian Albums" . Canadian Albums Chart . Retrieved January 18, 2015 .
^ "French Albums" . lescharts.com Hung Medien. Retrieved January 18, 2015 .
^ a b "German Albums" . Charts.de. GfK Entertainment . Archived from the original on January 19, 2015. Retrieved January 18, 2015 .
^ a b "Dutch Albums" . GfK Dutch Charts Hung Medien. Retrieved January 18, 2015 .
^ "New Zealand Albums" . charts.nz. Hung Medien. Retrieved January 18, 2015 .
^ a b "Swiss Albums" . hitparade.ch Hung Medien. Retrieved January 18, 2015 .
^ a b "LL Cool J | full Official Chart History" . Official Charts Company . Retrieved August 22, 2022 .
^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t "US Certifications" . Recording Industry Association of America . Retrieved January 17, 2015 .
^ a b c d e f "Canadian Certifications" . musiccanada.com. Retrieved January 18, 2015 .
^ a b c d e f g "British certifications – LL Cool J" . British Phonographic Industry . Retrieved April 4, 2024 . Type LL Cool J in the "Search BPI Awards" field and then press Enter.
^ YoRapper (September 21, 2008). "LL Cool J Blames Exit 13 Sales on Def Jam" . Retrieved April 19, 2021 .
^ "Hip Hop Album Sales: The Week Ending 5/26/2013" . HipHopDX . May 29, 2013. Retrieved April 19, 2021 .
^ "LL COOL J's 'THE FORCE' Debuts in Top 10 on Top Rap Albums Chart" . Billboard . May 29, 2013. Retrieved October 16, 2024 .
^ "Swedish Albums" . swedishcharts.com Hung Medien. Retrieved January 18, 2015 .
^ a b "US Hot 100 Charts" . Billboard . Retrieved December 19, 2014 .
^ "US Dance Singles Charts" . Billboard . Retrieved December 3, 2020 .
^ a b "US R&B/Hip-Hop Singles Charts" . Billboard . Retrieved September 24, 2024 .
^ a b "US Rap Songs Charts" . Billboard . Retrieved December 19, 2014 .
^ a b "German Chart" (in German). Charts.de GfK Entertainment . Archived from the original on December 21, 2014. Retrieved December 21, 2014 .
^ a b "Dutch Chart" . Dutch Top 100. Retrieved December 21, 2014 .
^ a b "New Zealand Chart" . charts.nz. Retrieved December 21, 2014 .
^ "Swiss Chart" . hitparade.ch. Retrieved December 21, 2014 .
^ a b "UK Charts" . The Official Charts Company UK. Retrieved December 21, 2014 .
^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o "LL Cool J Chart History: Dance Singles Sales" . Billboard . Retrieved October 22, 2023 .
^ I Want You / Dangerous (track listing). Def Jam Recordings . 1985. DJ005.
^ You Can't Dance (track listing). CBS . 1986. CS-10135.
^ "American single certifications – LL Cool J – Going Back to Cali". Recording Industry Association of America" . Recording Industry Association of America . Retrieved May 30, 2017 .
^ Clap Your Hands (track listing). CBS . 1989. QCL45-10289.
^ Change Your Ways (track listing). HHC Magazine . 1989. U2508S.
^ a b c "LL Cool J Chart History: Bubbling Under Hot 100" . Billboard . Retrieved October 22, 2023 .
^ "Gold & Platinum: LL Cool J" . Recording Industry Association of America .
^ "NCIS: No Crew Is Superior - LL COOL J - Release Info" . Apple Music .
^ "New Music: LL Cool J "LLovely Day" " . Rap Radar . July 2, 2010. Retrieved July 1, 2023 .
^ "Ratchet - LL COOL J - Release Info" . Spotify .
^ "NEW MUSIC: LL Cool J feat. Joe — "Take It" " . Vibe (website) . November 3, 2012. Retrieved September 19, 2023 .
^ "Whaddup (feat. Chuck D, Travis Barker, Tom Morello & DJ Z-Trip) - LL COOL J - Release Info" . Apple Music .
^ "We Came To Party (feat. Snoop Dogg & Fatman Scoop) - LL COOL J - Release Info" . Apple Music .
^ "Live for You (feat. Brad Paisley) - LL COOL J - Release Info" . Apple Music .
^ "Listen to LL Cool J's "The Hustler" f/ Mavado" . Complex . Retrieved September 19, 2023 .
^ "You Already (feat. Troy Ave) - LL COOL J - Release Info" . Apple Music .
^ "NZ Hot Singles Chart" . Recorded Music NZ . September 23, 2024. Retrieved September 20, 2024 .
^ "LL Cool J - Murdergram Deux" . Official Charts . September 13, 2024. Retrieved September 15, 2024 .
^ "Canadian Chart" . www.collectionscanada.gc.ca. Retrieved December 21, 2014 .
^ "Irish Charts" . Irish Charts. Archived from the original on August 29, 2009. Retrieved December 21, 2014 .
^ "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 2022" (PDF) . Australian Recording Industry Association . Retrieved February 7, 2022 .
^ "New Zealand Certifications" . Recorded Music NZ . Retrieved January 18, 2015 .
^ "Canadian Certifications" . musiccanada.com. Retrieved January 18, 2015 .
^ Artist Videography Archived October 8, 2012, at the Wayback Machine . MVDBase.
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