LL Cool J - Going Back To Cali

[therealraybaby]

#318(Tie)

[nocurs]

LOL, I'll be listening to this on the way back!

[feelmikepayne]

I remember an interview with LL Cool J and he was asked if he had any records that he didn't like and this was the song he mentioned, when he says "I don't think so" he's in the studio talking to Rick Rubin about continuing to record the song and Rick Rubin included it as part of the hook. True story.

[jynupe]

4 all who don't know...this is HIP HOP!

[os983i]

well it's just rarity shit

[haskel420]

on mtv/vh1 they censor out the third girl dancing at the end of this video..??

[nGIPoTHeaD]

Pause at 1:33 . Thank Me later ;]

[corvettejunkie6]

i was a young buck at the time but i remember my uncle terry use to jamm all these pioneers of hip hop hits

[KissThisAce]

real hip hop is gone....so sing along...to a great song

[1ChuckUFarley]

I remember this song playing in a Mazda B-2200 with 3 Rockford Fosgate Power 300 amps at a car audio store I worked at in 1990.

[ILUHVGIRLZ]

GINAS NOT GOING BACK TO CALI !!! NIGGA

[dueroden]

Eventually he DID go back to Cali...and starred in that lame TV show.

[erviins1987]

Can anyone tell from what record is a trumpet at song's begining.? tnx

[rjones10atgmail]

@uncrazamatic  #shatup

[MetalGSTL]

so I'm reading my cool MTV book I got for Xmas, and there is a short story about this video. Take a look at the girl at 1:31 (and 2 other parts of the video). You can see her panties. She was underage, so when the video aired on MTV and Night Tracks, she was completly edited out of it. I had to dig out my OLD VHS tape I made around 1988 to see if that was correct. And yes, she is not in it. And in the edited version, there is a HUGE black box over her when the scan the dancers

[tamekia44]

@MetalGSTL MAMA SED NOK U OUT

[sSeSs808]

the bass hits so hard!!

[KissThisAce]

real hip hop....enjoy cuz its long gone now

[thebd11able]

Lets Go Big Blue. Eli Manning to hit Cruz, Nicks, Manningham. We are going to the Super Bowl!

[718Gilbert]

NYG are goin back to cali babe!!!

[phototristan]

Is this about California or is Calli a girl?

[AyoooLizz]

i LOVE , 0:00 - 0:30 <3

[littleboeep]

Im 43 and this is the shit

[NyGiants4Life88]

Lol im here cuz of the new york giants postgame celebration!

[cibida1]

@NyGiants4Life88 lol search biggie goin back to cali...that's  the one they were rapping!

GO GIANTS!

[raptors551]

love just being able to see how hip hop was from back in the day

[GiantsRock56]

The NY GIANTS are going back to CALI!

[DeathStrikeVirus]

My first time hearing the original, damn good. I'd have never have heard it if it weren't for Sevendust's cover.

[SockMonkeyLuver134]

i ssssooooo wanna bf lik ll cool j!!!

[mjmoto72]

Rick Ruben legend .. LL Super legend.

[chris240880]

s8 clothing sucks cock for rock

[TheRobertnuns]

Legend



[duffyissokwl]

I don't believe Hip Hop is dead, people like Pac and Big maybe Gods in comparison to Soulja boy but it is still there. In fact Hip Hop affected so much the flame with never go out.

[frizzlefrap]

song stinks beyond words ...... rap is CRAP

[S8clothing]

@frizzlefrap FUCK YOU WHITE TRASH!

[slyonme]

Notorious..B.i.g

copy as Muthafuka..

[DarkFury10988]

good song but biggie's going back to cali is wayyyyyy better

[GleekForLife100]

I still love this song!

[jggettri]

love the intro!

[zola1313hk]

That's what I call.... Real High and Super Classic Music.... I remember those old days when we used to dance on this and other songs.... 80s is the BEST.

Khalid - Iraq

[EazyKZ]

Thumbs up if u watch it in 2012!!!!!!!!!

[MJisalegend]

I like how the song "Jump Off" with Omarion and Bow Wow has the same exact beat...

[bru5520]

I still love this,LL is da man,aint nobody today can compare,wish he'd do more like this today's insipid artists could learn a thing of two.

[Kallie1006]

I was named after this song.

[ednoroirika]

What does he want to do and why doesn't he want to pay Brutus?

[isaiahismuhnigga]

yeah LL loves dat white meat, im sure this really rustled some older white peoples jimmies

[AJoeSmith]

Rick Rubin at the 2:22 mark!

[patron618]

gay

[Ludanyke]

Biggie Small's was better, but this song is still pretty good.

[mike300406]

wow the crotch shots are crazy u can just see the meat movin

[mike300406]

121 that girl is unbelievably beautiful hott etc etc etc

[ahmedgunner15]

hip hop is not shit these days just ignore the garbage rappers

[piperfect]

When I was young, When he says "I asked her to the barn so we could hit the hay" I thought he was taking about smoking weed.

[azzz3372]

i love it he only uses white girls

[mrjdl1971]

Put in a cassette and push play.

[MrWizardsMusic]

LL doing the dam thang !!

[Uncrazamatic]

The fact that i'm 40,and this is the music of my youth brought me here.I was lucky enough to have witnessed the birth of Hip-hop! Unlucky to have witnessed it's devolution.

[ahmedgunner15]

@Uncrazamatic hip hop is not dead, just ignore the garbage rappers  im 17 with good hiphop knowledge,listen to new school and the veteren rappers for a balance

[gav4490]

@Uncrazamatic Same age same thoughts as you bro....

[GreasyRockabilly]

@Uncrazamatic yea music stinks now

[KissThisAce]

@Uncrazamatic amen brother. well said

[jgough90]

@Uncrazamatic I agree that older hip-hop is probably better than what's on offer in the present day. However if you look past rappers such as Lil B and Lil Wayne there is some good stuff coming out. Kendrick Lamar for example, real quality Hip-hop.

[MassecreMUSIC]

@Uncrazamatic im 17 and i wish i grew up in the 80s - 90s era of hip hop. its my favorite. LL is one of my favorite hip hop artists. aside from pac, and other greats. i love 90s rap. i agree with your last statement 100%

[DoubleAce01]

Nice beat goes good in a car

[dscjnky]

This song was a classic when it came out

[Holler973]

All Time classic.... I just started building an Old School Rap Play list...... Check it out if you enjoy the old school rap. I am open to suggestions if you want to hit me up.... I have noted on some of the songs "My Rap Song Hall of Fame" for songs I feel were defining songs of an era, were hugely popular, or were the song that put and artist or group on the map. I just started working on this project so please be patient with me in defining old school greatness.

[udizzle92]

theme song for gta5? lol

[MrMGO1988]

SICK SONG! CLASSIC!

[Holler973]

@MrMGO1988

I am building an old school rap playlist...... check it out and let me know if you have any songs for consideration. Please be patient I just started this project..... trying to define rap greatness.

[Dundee1206]

Now this is some real music ! Not those fucking Lil' waynes, t-pains, and other cunts, that are shitting all over us today with their shitty "music"

[junkyturd]

Thumbs up if you hate people who have to ask for thumbs up

[WhiteboyProductionz]

Rick Ross: goin back to KFC

[TheKimykali]

Haha, I guess he DID go back to Cali...NCIS LA? Still, this is one of the best jams!

[algerhistogram]

3:08 Martha Quinn

3:33 panties censored

[batboyjhg]

Hip Hop used to be good.

[housewares]

Nice cinematography at 1:30 and 2:45

[RichYunG516]

CHECK OUT UPCOMING RAPPER TIM STACKS " THE FUTURE FREESTYLE "

!!!!! ITS POSTED ABOVE ^^^^^

[harrycarlitos91]

CALIFORNICATION trailer brought me here!

[deeppwns]

The only classic is Notorious B.I.G.-Goin' back to Cali not this bullshit

[thewhitehawk2009]

@deeppwns No fuck big It's all about big.

[cottonloco]

@deeppwns if u haven't already..kill yourself please and thanks

[ResidentPetro]

я возвращаюсь обратно в калифорнию, калифорнию, калифорнию

[killenmedskillen1338]

Classic

[SafiyaOniTV]

This is a Classic.

[SheScreamSupreme]

Jay z - Going Back To Marcy

[BrahSumatra]

Thumbs up if Californication season 5 trailer brought you here..

[SafiyaOniTV]

C L A S S I C !! I may not have been alive when this came out but Im smart enough to know this is a C L A S S I C !!!

[jmj540]

@SafiyaOniTV actually it means you're a fucking retard as you have no idea what the word classic means.

[SafiyaOniTV]

@jmj540 Be positive. Unless you have something positive and worth while to this world its in your best interest to look within. Leave peoples positivity as is. That kind of response only shows who you are and you would never have the courage to say that to some ones face 99%.

[jmj540]

@SafiyaOniTV Fuck being positive if it means I have to lie.

[SafiyaOniTV]

@jmj540 It means growing up and if you dont like something instead sitting here war mongering go elsewhere and make a positive comment on what you DO LIKE. Leave the negativity alone.

[maskedman58]

the carb on that vette needs tuned. he is blowing unburned fuel out the exhaust.

[zaiyudt]

@maskedman58 Stop being an absolute retard and just enjoy the video! Damn goof.

[roboconpo]

Katko i.i

[xxleandraxx1]

SOUTHERN, CALIFORNIA

BORN&RAISED

I'M GOING TO DIE HERE BABY! 805 4 LYFE

[xRawrItsIan]

@xxleandraxx1 i'm so cal also. Born and raised, reppin the 909.

[moneylilwayne]

wiz khalifa: goin back to rehab

[roboconpo]

≫☆☆∞☆☆≪

[1awareness]

....

[UGFront]

That beat is straight 808!

Still sounds tight to this day

[dinkhead1]

lol classic final line

[nofalsegod4]

So Cali, is suppose to represent white gurls!? lol

[johnny666999er]

I know you don't want to hear it - however, why is it there is no black females in this entire video - just saying - small town white boy

[dasclemhaus]

@johnny666999er Because it's Cali. And he doesn't think so.

[Gootothesecond]

@johnny666999er like dasclemhaus says, he's probably not into caucasian women. I understand the song itself is a parable about his refusal to return to his girlfriend but look at how visibly perturbed he is in the video. I've been wondering what the symbolism of that was but it just may plainly be that he's not enamored with the California lifestyle including the caucasian women especially with him being from the east coast. I may be wrong.

[jdmikeg4]

I have 2 - 12 inch Rockford Fosgate Punch speaker and 500 watt Rockford Fosgate amp and I bump this song and the bass ges..."BOOM-BOOOOM.....BOOM-BO­OOM....BOOM-BOOM-BOOM-BOOOOM..­."

[MsTivasa]

OK. It may be about the gf, but... I moved away from the state, and I'm NOT goin back to Cali!!

[RoseIsRee]

this is the shit

[Scartalon2]

LL Cool J is in LA luv him!

[Stefzilla420]

I find it sad how many people dont understand that Cali stands for his ex girlfriend, not California

[Chystyle]

@Stefzilla420 very true, but those that came up with the concept of the video with the Location was Brilliant.

[bizmarkie3]

what means Cali???

[Stefzilla420]

@bizmarkie3 Hes talking about his ex girlfriend not the state of California. 

[jenayawarfield]

I love 1:33! that is my face, boy!

[Stefzilla420]

Best song for a guy after breakup

[TheIsmael024]

CALI thtz watt i rep

[neilinhp]

The girls on this video are still hot.

[mcorbin89]

I'll make my man a sandwich, a sandwich, a sandwich...I'll make my man a sandwich.

Eh, I don't think so. :-P

[booitis]

geez he's soooo young! <3 it thanks!

[DancingDragonx]

Screw cali Texas ftw lol

[barber747]

@DancingDragonx

TEXAS-S-S-S!!!

[DancingDragonx]

@barber747 Lol whatcha tryna say?

[barber747]

@DancingDragonx

LOL I've always wanted to check out Texas cause a friend of my mother's lives down there. That's why.

[DancingDragonx]

@barber747 oooha

[emuhlee233]

I'm going back in two and half weeks!!! I miss home

[taylorlael]

I will be going back to cali in hmmmmnn... 2 months can't wait!

[jibster94]

grand theft auto 5 anyone? back to cali!!

[DancingDragonx]

@jibster94 lol

[ibabig1]

hardest beat ever

[AvidyaZen]

Grand Theft Auto 5 : GTAV is going back to Cali! w00t :P

[flameburner]

@AvidyaZen gta5 also made me come here, even though this song might not be in there.

[ziginflo36]

This video proves that white girls can't dance

[sanpedrolocal1970]

@ziginflo36 They don't need to know how to dance...just need to know how to get on all fours, their back or knees!!!

[Bkzjunified]

Rick ross: goin back to Wendys

[bigge0369]

@Bkzjunified Or goin back to work at the prison.Fake mo fo

[jmayger23]

@Bkzjunified that line is so long im going back to maccas?! is that ron jeremy though? hes getting aroundf these days

[123msanchez]

this song itself is sexy.

[rewlawnservice]

I like old school song this is a good cool j

[MsAmyjo79]

love this song!

[TuPadreCubano]

damn he was sick

[4812katie]

more like they are stay in nebraska or ohio

[Reparo96]

49 people are staying in Oklahoma

[EmotionalSponge]

Had a hankering to hear this since Carson Palmer is "goin' back to Cali".

[X3lilloco]

at leas the didnt get shot going bak to cali rip big

[simmsw1]

The dances of the video girls...are hilarious... lol...

[Gred0]

Gratz On LL Winning The BET I Am HIPHOP AWARD!!!

[mj4birdie]

What song are those girls dancing to? They are off beat!!

[GoggleEyedOne]

nice. i like what sonic youth did to this too. ('kool thing')

[cmegacalie5]

So since my names calie, My gym teacher ALWAYS sings this to me.... Coool...

[celebritiesinvegas]

LL performing at club Chateau in Vegas. Check out the videos here!

[iloveboys389]

Like If Your listing to this in 2011 (:

[JMort95]

@iloveboys389 suck a choad

[iloveboys389]

@JMort95 No Need To Be Rude....Jeez...

[JMort95]

@iloveboys389 no need to be a dumb bitch, but ok

[iloveboys389]

@JMort95 Whats your problem ? What diid i do?

[JMort95]

@iloveboys389 little bitch

[hdtwoodsman]

LL had one GREAT song: Going Back to Cali

[INFAMOUSeddie707]

this song is still the shit!!

[Eagleclaw72]

still smooth.................

[dAtRuK46]

what are the odds of lebron james wining a champion 0/5 thumbs up if u saw the ad

[MobiusBandwidth]

I Love the horns, and his attitude here, but that peach rhyme is pretty cheap. :p Still a classic.

[oogmond1]

Love the song. Still as fresh and cool today as any point in the foreseeable future.

But major props to this video. Cool as hell. Wonder who directed it?

[LizDickey08]

I'm playing the hell out of this song because.... I'M GOING BACK TO CALI!!!! After almost 9 years I'm finally going back home!!! WOOOT WOOOOOT!!!!!

[frknrica]

@LizDickey08 Meeeeeee too. YAY!

[SrGurkman]

@LizDickey08 i don't think so.

[JheriCurlJankins]

Damn, these are some of thee most non-dancingest white chicks I've ever seen in a Hip-Hop video..................... and that's why they're so damn sexy!

[bracewell8]

@JheriCurlJankins You get on top of a shady phone booth and try dancing . LOL

[773SleepyHollow]

@JheriCurlJankins Never mind that... do you really have Jheri Curls?