LL COOL J - I NEED A BEAT THE ORIGINAL VERSION

[suchiphopteam]

το χορευα αυτο...ο ΝΑΣΕΚ το θυμαται...γιο!

[MrBiggreg777]

matter of fact....if you're birthdate is in the 80's...dont speak on anything HIPHOP......cuz u really need to do your homework.....if u werent rockin Gazelles, Kangols, Lambskins, dukey ropes, puff leathers, flavored Lee jeans, or name belts, or Starter College Jackets, or fat-laced shell-toe Adidas or Pumas.....shut your mouth

[MrBiggreg777]

When this record came out....this the style...period......so to say he bit anybody's style is crazy...T la Rock was down with Def Jam with "its yours"....do your homework and your will hear that everybody was rappin like that back then....LL is hiphop people....he was there from the beginnin and will still eat any of these kats out now for lunch and shit them out for dinna!!!

[mattdealin]

lets face it...all things considered.....all catigories being weighed...LL is the greatest rapper ever

[TheTony745i]

this song tiped a lot of heads heavly toward hiphop... or just made the addiction that mutch worse.

[WeREpThaCity]

Tom Tom snare hat bass and cymbal, like that of a cat on the mic im nimble. Simply the best

[caliboyca1]

fuccn classic!

[WolfgangVonPoserkila]

THEY HEAR ME! THEY FEAR ME! THEY HEAR ME! THEY FEAR ME!

[WolfgangVonPoserkila]

Old school is the only good school

[tobebtobeb]

this is sooo old school

[NoodlesDaGoon]

Ahem (produced by Ad Rock)

[Redsun69813]

If a 16 can copy your style than you have to step up your game. but listen to dangerous and his other early joints he has different flows. t la rock has the same style btw TLA rock didn't write it's yours. hmmmm

[tlarock]

@Redsun69813 . I wrote this song with my younger brother. The original special K, Who, By the way, I introduced to rap

[taylor4660]

@tlarock Just got done playing Runaway......these cats need to listen to your joints....

[taylor4660]

@Redsun69813 There is no doubt off LL's flows but his whole 1984-86 steel was influenced by others....The stage show of L/CC/ELove was based on Run DMC....the sideburns were from Run....the original Rock the Bells was from Peter Piper..Dear Yvette was from Grandmaster Caz...Rock the Bells was from Crash Crews Breaking Bells..LL is still the GOAT...

[taylor4660]

@Redsun69813 Also check out Mikey D and the LA (Laurleton, Queens) Posse and check the slick delivery.....

[Redsun69813]

@taylor4660 Damn man I know who mikey D is,, I didn't know anyone else did,, LOL I loved his joints the few that he had..Thanks for reminding me taylor Good looks!

[FIFTHWHEELVTH]

LL IS DOPE!!!!!!!!!!!! Listen to This DUDES Flow And The Lyrics And Word Play!!!!

[anvildrop]

@FIFTHWHEELVTH a nearly lost artform :-(

[DJTwenty20]

and DJ 20/20 of Mysterme & DJ 20/20, Legendary unsung Music Innovator

[twixx754]

Rick Rubin produced this, is a the co-founder of Def Jam. Amazing Producer

[samwisethree]

Seminal.



[einzelee]

FUN FACT: For those who don't know, Adam "Adrock" Horovitz from the Beastie Boys was the one who actually made the beat for LL Cool J's " I Need A Beat" which was LL Cool J's first single.

[211bill]

Rap's first teen idol.

[mcteeosupreme]

99% of emcees back in the days started their rhymes off by saying Yes Yes Y'all. Does that mean they were all biters? Of course not. LL and T La Rock were and still dynamic for what they have done and still do so knock it off with the mindless comparisons. LL owes a lot of his success to his mentor SilverFox of the Fantasy Three. 100's

[blackbrobaron]

he is so dope!!!!!!!!!!! but he is second only to Rakim then freddie foxxx is 3rd on my list.

[drlove1972]

@blackbrobaron don't forget Kool G Rap

[morrisdracula]

Adam 'Ad Rock' Horovitz out of/off of the Beastie Boys made this beat...

[TimmyNessify]

1 dislike? wow nice try being a hater, it dosent work anymore though...

[tieuellegacy]

The album version of this song was a leap forward also. Mad it into a different song almost. Tieuel Legacy! Motion

[tieuellegacy]

@many people on this post. If mimicking a style were considered biting (not just stealing lyrics or a beat) then everyone with the exception of the creators would be biters. Include anyone using the word bitch in rap (Too Short made it popular). Anyone that used scratching. Anyone that sampled beats. Anyone that used more than one person in a group (Sugarhill Gang maybe the first). Anyone that growled "rah" (Kurtis Blow one of the first). I can go on. It's evolution. Tieuel Legacy! Motion

[hiphoplegend1]

Cool J is an original sounding emcee, even if there were elements of T LA Rock in his early sound...the lyrics were his own, the flow was his own, he expanded past that early sound about 20x over..and kept himself and his career relevant for 3 decades, T LA Rock hasn't come close to doing anything like that and I respect that man, but Cool J is on a totally different level, plain and simple, I mean Michael Jackson took some style ideas from Jackie Wilson, but Mike took those ideas to the HEIGHTS

[Redsun69813]

@hiphoplegend1 well said!

[JosephusChitlinsCorp]

One dude needs a beat...ing.

[JLJ310]

@JosephusChitlinsCorp BINGO!!! That one dude needs a beat.....DOWN!!

[mcneil11]

@ peemic u definitely right ,i was wit LL the summer before he dropped this joint and he used to recite the words to "it yours" to me word for word he was awestruck by that jam,He did borrow the style but i definitely think he added more swagger to it.this style gave birth to the rakims and kool g raps wit the crazy vocabulary

[mcneil11]

@ peemic u definitely right ,i was wit LL the summer before he dropped this joint and he used to recite the words to "it yours" to me word for word he was awestruck by that jam,He did borrow the style but i definitely think he added more swagger to it.

[Peemic]

@mrpower328 I see your point but it still goes against one of the core rules of hip hop which is NO biting and people should know who originated the style.

[mrpower328]

@Peemic Oh yeah T La Rock and his brother Special K of the Treacherous Three deserves all the credit, no doubt about that. They Originated that style. LL is a student of that style.

[andrehendrik]

@Peemic I dunno. It's one thing to bite lyrics, that's a definite no-no . . . but to build on a style of MCing, I think that's different

[hiphoplegend1]

@Peemic LL still carved his own niche in the game man, you make it sound like Cool J bit everything from T La Rock and those that know understand that is not true....Cool J is an originator man..he is a legend, he took hip-hop to new heights....those that know hip-hop history know this too....

[Peemic]

I see your point but it still goes against one of the core rules of hip hop which is NO biting and people should know who originated the style.

[Peemic]

LL totally bit his style and this record from T LA ROCK

[mrpower328]

@Peemic You can't really blame LL for sounding like T La Rock, but you can blame Rick Rubin for this. Rick wanted the same type style record as It's Yours. It's Yours and I Need a Beat is actually the same type record.

[anthropological]

@mrpower328

But It's Yours was a RICK RUBIN record.... look at the original imprint and you will see that It's Yours is on Partytime records but it has the DefJam logo... Def Jam WAS Rick Rubin

[anthropological]

@Peemic

I dont know, and I will tell you what I am talking about....

The educated style was Kool Moe D all the way.... So if you REALLY want to be sticklers about it, Special K, who wrote "It's Yours" stole it from Moe D But LL fused that style, using big words with Run DMC's yelling style to create his own style.

I dont think LL bit, because when I think of biting I think of someone who just uses someone else's gimmick without making it their own.. like what EPMD did to Rakim.

[Redsun69813]

I cant even find this original version...i wish they would of put this version instead of the jazzy jay remix

[bbrraaddp]

@mrm921 LL mailed his demo to Rick Rubin and Rubin thought it wasn't amazing but there was something funny about it so he called him n the eventually made I this

[ndnmenace]

this is one of the few real bros that helped me enjoy real hip hop a pioneer

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[caseyforever]

i was just reading a book about Rick Rubin in the studio. this was the first official "Def Jam" single. if you look at the credits you'll see A. Horowitz (Ad Rock from the beastie boys, before the beastie boys had even released 'license to ill') and R Rubin, who was the greatest rap producer of the 80's. it also, of course, says 'produced by rick rubin' right on it. Ad Rock found LL out of a pile of demo tapes stacking up in Rubins apartment. so, technically, Ad Rock discovered LL. hahah.

[mrm921]

@caseyforever No he didn't.. LL went took his demo to Ad Rock. and Ad rock took him introduced him to Russell.

[mrm921]

@caseyforever  No he didn't.. LL took his demo to Ad Rock for tracks. And Ad rock introduced him to Russell.

[Redsun69813]

Damn cats don't even know LL threw it down like this...! !6 yrs old when he recorded this. tell me a rapper that ever sounded better at this young age???

[daycan1]

@Redsun69813 LL is the sickest ever. No 16 year old should be able to spit lyrics like this!

[Redsun69813]

@daycan1 exactly

[TheTeenLyricist]

@daycan1 Rakim... Nas they spit more complex lyrics then LL, im not trying to disrespect anyone Just stating something

[bigmaneastside]

@TheTeenLyricist Yeah because of their different styles. LL's style iz really freestyling hardcore. 14 Shotz to the dome was his hardest. Nas & the 90s Rakim they really talked about how the world iz. With politics and life being fucked up as it iz. I feel ya. But I have no favorite artists. And U rite others r more lyrical than otherz. oN the real I just luv the rap game. If it wasn't 4 tha old school I wouldn't be az strong hearted az I am today.

[TheTeenLyricist]

@bigmaneastside Lol True

[MariosLasagna]

@TheTeenLyricist Good point. Nas, Rakim, Pac, ad LL were all young when they released their first album.

[bigmaneastside]

@daycan1 I Can

[oldschoolbx1970]

I was in 8th grade when this came out back in the fall of 1984. That was when rap used to be a lot more authentic unlike the bullshit that's out now.

[richwicz]

I bought this Def Jam 12" from Groove Records in Greek Street many years ago, I bought the Radio album there too.The version on the album wasn't as good as this one.I used to go to Groove Records every weekend to spend my pocket money on 12" imports and listened to Mike Allen on Capital Radio every week, those were the days.

[oldschoolbx1970]

@richwicz I also love the original version of this joint the best,too.

[mrbarahona1990]

ll cool j.. was the fucking man .. those years . with run dmc- fat boys- biz markie-slick rick- whodini--salt & pepper--etc.. i love the 80's

[Motionedout]

The Beatles:Run DMC::The Rolling Stones:LL Cool J

(Influenced by earlier artists but changed the music::Took the music to its archetype[and still perform(s) today!])

[TheVisiting]

I think this version swings a little better than the album version.

[hutch13pbbc]

one of my favorite all time songs - nice to hear the original - ***and note the writing credit - LL, Rick, and "A. Horowitz", a.k.a. Ad Rock from the Beastie Boys. It was cool when Run DMC, LL,  and B Boys helped and shared songs, of which there are a few.

[hutch13pbbc]

one of my favorite all time songs - nice to hear the original - ***and note the writing credit - LL, Rick, and "A. Horowitz", a.k.a. Ad Rock from the Beastie Boys. It was cool when Run DMC, LL, and B Boys helped and shared songs, of which there are a few.

[hutch13pbbc]

one of my favorite all time songs - nice to hear the original - ***and not the writing credit - LL, Rick, and "A. Horowitz", a.k.a. Ad Rock from the Beastie Boys. It was cool when Run L and B Boys helped and shared songs.

[pidgin]

Beat by Ad Rock of the Beasties!

[MAJESTIcag7]

"Tom tom,snare,hat,bass and cymbal/Like that of a cat on the mic i nibble"

I love that line for some reason...

Majestic Allah

[EmperorTokugawa]

The version thats on the RADIO CD is a Remix and not the original 12 inch version.

Im glad you added this bit of info to the video. A lot of people dont know that this IS actually the ORIGINAL version.

[BeastNation2009]

I'm a 90's-2000's dude as far as musical influence grown up...But I can guarandamntee that this was playin on somebody's ghetto blasters back then.

[albinowolf2]

"IT's yours" was released on "party time records", not def jam, they hadnt switched over yet... then the afrikka bambataa death mix version came out and that had both party time and def jam logos on it... i have it sitting in my crate right now :)

[IHAVENOL1FE]

this is real

[DASchueri]

he was just 16 as he made this one, unbelieveable!!

[melvinweed]

I MISSPELLED ENCOURAGE IN MY LAST COMMENT, MOM WON'T BE PROUD OF THAT!! ENCOURAGED!

[melvinweed]

OLD SCHOOL RULES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I WAS IN THE 5TH GRADE WHEN THIS DROP AND KNEW ALL THE LYRICS LIKE IT WAS MY EASTER SPEEECH! MY MOM ENCOURIDGE US BY GETIIN THE ALBUM FOR US!!!!!! SHE SAID IF YOU LEARN THAT SONG YOU CAN LEARN ANYTHING YOU PUT YOUR MIND TO!!!! THANKS MOM, LOVE YOU DEARLLY!!!!!!!!!!!

[GoHardForHipHop]

No sir T-La Rock album has a Def Jam Label on it however it was only a production deal for Def Jam. The official label that "It's Yours" was released on was Party Time Records that was a subsidiary of Street wise Records that Arthur Baker owned before Def Jam started doing Masters recording. However the Great Rick Rubin produced both singles T-La rock and LL cool J.

[PsychedelicVideos]

The drum machine sounds like a 707?

[tronic307]

@PsychedelicVideos Way too early for a TR-707. Could be a DX or DMX, but I've always had a suspicion that it was a Sequential Circuits DrumTrax.

[PsychedelicVideos]

@tronic307 thanks for the info :)

[MrThriller4life]

This song bangs & makes more sense then all these new rap artist out now....Lil wayne,drake,rick ross,plies,wacka flacka flame,new boys,soulja boy,dj khaled etc.. all suck..they don't know the true essence of hip hop

[TheUnknownBeatz]

Need a beat :D? so check out my myspace/TheUnknownBeatz

[TheGeneralMoe]

too classic!!!

[bobpepper]

&%#@Yesssssssssss!!!!!!!!!!!!!­!!!

[dejohn913]

Now Thats The "LL" I Grew Up With. Pure And Original. Kango's & Suade Puma's Were Definitely "In".

[SomethingNewNow]

fuckin dope...

MIX...

[jazaman]

I found it at amazon. even though it's not listed as the 12" version, it is.

It is on the "Def Jam 25: DJ Bring that Back" compilation.

[JoeBlacula]

I never knew that this version even existed!!!! I always knew that there was a original version because the other one sounds like they chopped it, liked it, and put it out.

[ChetMayNe]

where did u get this version?

[VideoPhyle]

Yes! Finally!! I've been looking for the ORIGNAL for YEARS!!! Like 20!!! Where can i get a 320k / 192k version?

[lougrantheone]

This Is The Best Version. I Remember When I Had This On A Tape That My Brotha Brought Back Home. He Recorded A Radio Station In New York. DOPE!!!!!!!!!!!1

[rmidd23]

NIGERIA IN THE MOTHAFUCKA

[NewFreshHipHop]

1:41

Germany

YAAAAAAAAY

[SCHMOOVNESS]

rick rubin on da beat

[damnself]

Actually, Adam (Ad Rock) Horovitz, of the legendary Beastie Boys, created this beat in Rick Rubin's college dorm room.

[SCHMOOVNESS]

@damnself ^^

[run666]

@damnself did he?? i thought adam was the one that picked out LLs DEMO ON CASSETTE FOR RICK TO HEAR IT AND THE REST IS HISTORY...

[funderburkefundi]

Jill D. Buckley (now Jill D. Forst) 45th B'Day Anniversary.

[kitrik23]

its genius in its simplicity, a friggin drum machine and a rapper.....with cut creator doin a couple cuts....and thats a whole album

[griploc1981]

rick rubin and russel simmons first artist and single from DEF JAM, simply legendary

[mc8lgm]

ad rock made this beat

[noirnoticvibe]

The 80's the golden era of HipHop...LL was raw and i miss this version of him...and yes you hear T-La Rocks influence...from "It's yours" to "Breaking Bells" on Rock the Bells...lets keep it 100% i'm still a fan but the truth is the truth

[skaterboyxrida]

this song is hardcore just listen to the beats and his lyrics it's true rap.

[sumthing4me]

I like the song so much that is the coolest song I like the music sweet video it is awesome the mix was ok.

[daveytjuuh]

isn't this his first song??

[mrpower328]

Yes this is his first song that he came out in 1984 on vinyl record.

[MonsterJam187]

Interesting - I like finding hidden gems like this! Thanks!

[2nd2nun1]

Man, this is my first time listening (as opposed to the more famous album remix) to this as well. Sounds pretty cool.

[OnTheBoards718]

This my first time hearin this track. Its dope.

[oldhead88]

I want everyone to bow their heads at 1:18 to 1:28 for a momment of silence... Now, that's HIP-HOP!

[dokokai]

Word!!!

[metrocatholic77]

LEGEND!!! LIL RUN

[meechamaka411]

The so-call'd "official first single on Def Jam" (I still beg to differ if it was or not 'cuz I kno' T-La Rock & DJ Jazzy Jay's "It's Yours" was the OFFICIAL DEF JAM dat summer fo' sho'!!! But, I love this song...had this single!!!

[mrpower328]

That's correct. My man T-La-Rock & DJ Jazzy Jay "Its Yours" was the first Official Def Jam record which came out in the July of 1984 and LL Cool J "I Need a Beat" came out some time in October of 1984. I know all this stuff because I still have the 12" vinyl singles. Matter fact I have loads of tapes from Mr Magic Radio show. But they first played these 2 songs on 98.7 Kiss Fm DJ Red Alert Radio show.

[MrPhillyrick1]

@mrpower328 true. i have argued with people since the mid 80's over the first single on defjam label. it was "its yours". and for me, thats the song that made me a b-boy all those years ago. thats how i will always know what song came first.

[MrPhillyrick1]

@sweepee4pres stop that dumbazz bulshit.

you are wrong and everyone knows it. stop arguing a dead issue,

its yours is the first single off def jam.

get a clue and get a life.

i wont respond to any more of your

non-sense.

[MrPhillyrick1]

@sweepee4pres def jam is def jam. whether it was with party time or not. it was rick rubin and it clearly says def jam.

everyone knows this but you. i feel sorry for you

[MrPhillyrick1]

@sweepee4pres i read the rick rubin autobiography AND the tla rock bio and they both said the same thing. i lived it, you going by some shit you heard about.

bottom line. def jam was the label that its yours was dropped on. and that was before i need a beat. now eat a dikk!!

[MrPhillyrick1]

@sweepee4pres def jam was the label. dumbazz! i forgot more about hip hop than you will ever know!

dumbazz kid

[MrPhillyrick1]

@sweepee4pres when i noticed how immature you were, i realized you wouldnt believe the truth if it slapped you in the face. just like a kid.

[MrPhillyrick1]

@sweepee4pres wrong again. its yours dropped july 1984. its yours came first!

[MrPhillyrick1]

@sweepee4pres its your dropped on def jam before LL.

thats a fact

[MrPhillyrick1]

@sweepee4pres you seem upset because i proved you wrong time and time again!

its yours was released before LL.

end of debate.

[MrPhillyrick1]

@sweepee4pres cool story bro!

its yours was the first record released.

LL came after it.

def jam was the label.

end of story!

dueces!

[MrPhillyrick1]

@sweepee4pres you proved youre a fucking idiot many times.

dueces!

[MrPhillyrick1]

@sweepee4pres I AM HIP HOP!

b-boy to the fullest. i was breakin' in 82.

you toy!

[sweepee4pres]

@MrPhillyrick1

toy...hahahaha,you must the joker in ur fam.

82 buffalo gals,two three break,planet rock,the roxy,style wars,rammelzee,cold crush,fab 5

yeah i remember cap being the king of crossin over with his throwie,didn't he give cope2 his signature throw-up as a mentor? i tried scratchin with rap-it on my parents hifi..lol..world's famous baby

[MrPhillyrick1]

@sweepee4pres congratulations.... you win the internet!

[closedfiles]

Yo, mrpower, how can I get copies of the Magic & Red tapes. I was just thinking the other day about a Magic(R.I.P.) tape I had with this on it. Man I needs this. Do u have anytapes with "Dangerous" (I think that record is REALLY slept on) on them. If you have the instrumentl for dangerous please post!!!!

[Yass72ForEver]

wow man, that must be worth a FORTUNE!

[EmperorTokugawa]

@mrpower328 LOL. Word. I have 'Its Yours' AND 'Breakdown' 12 singles on vinyl by T La Rock.

[cord1234]

@mrpower328 Yeah but the only thing is that RUSH put it before on another label right before he and Rick Rubin started Def Jam....

[millerjf22]

Awesome....I have never heard this version before! I love old school Cool J!

[riptanikafmac]

2 (Bigddagenius) Just because one doesn't go 2 skool dont mean they not educated. Alot of people educate themselves! especially if u live in a community where the skools are ran down. Each one, Teach one! In my opinion I think its betta 2 educate yoself cuz then u kno whateva u feed yoself is true! Everything a teacher teach aint tru, and everything n a book aint tru! Teach yoself and youll find out da difference btween da 2... But i c where u cumin from doe... He's just a smart man...

[NAVYFREAK0]

does anyone know where to get this version in digital format?

[mrpower328]

You can't. Its not on any CD's. I converted this from a Vinyl record to digital format with Creative Software.

[closedfiles]

What version did they put on the Def Jam 25th year CD?

[Thehiphopsolidier]

get a free youtube to mp3 converter on google and download this video.

[dokokai]

@NAVYFREAK0 It is now available on iTunes on an album titled "Def Jam 25: DJ Bring That Back". It's the last track on the album list.

[zAhLbeRG]

@NAVYFREAK0 You can download Youtube downloader, it makes you able to grab the songs and convert it to mp3 file

[KEEMOO77]

i remember liking this at that time....

[TheVicV]

1984

[romarebearden]

It'll give you a Lift. No need to Sniff.

This is way better than the remix