you can still get turntables bro, and now days you can transfer the audio to pc to online ya know... i still have the cassett, mint..had a jack the ripper single lp back in the day but lost it with some others....OLDSCHOOL ! just blaze
I cleaned the garage last week at my parents house and found the wax stash and there it was Rock the Bells and I Need A Beat singles, I immediately tried to find them on Pandora since I HAVE NOT OWNED TURNTABLES FOR OVER 2 DECADES, but could not find original versions.
Fuck Eminem. You can't mention him in the same breath as LL. Someone with so many number 1 albums. Always trying to add a white guy to a Black Man's legacy. Fuck OUTTA HERE!
@Imhotep702 you was on to something til you compared real rapper like the Beastie boys who STILL MAKE MUSIC unlike LL COOL J( whom i stil listen too.) EMENIM?
BLACKS HAVE CHIPS ON THEIR SHOULDERS THAT GET THEM LOCKED UP. VOTE NEWT GINGRICH FOR PRESIDENT!
Dude shut up and quit hating,I'm 13 and since I was 9 I started listening to 80's and 90's music, not everyone in this generation listen to that bullshit played on the radio,all my friends listen to nowadays music and 80's and 90's music, it's having a wide range of music and not being ignorant,
WWhen I watch this clip, I think of how it was back then in the world of Rap music, Caucasians talked about it as jungle music, only a few Whites ventured into it! ( we know who those ''2'' Artist were) They wanted nothing to do with it, or much with R&B music! They were afraid to come on Soul Train as it was" a show for Black People'' lol I remember everything deragatory, said about our music, and this has been thru the years, and now because of the money in it, they cant get enough, typical!
@mssquirrely there used to be such things as trend (here one year and gone next , or even 6 months). But ever since the media took a vice grip to popular hip-hip, it's been stuck on stupid styles (SOSS) like sagging since the mid 90's... It's not about originality any more.
I remember this so vividly when it first aired.... how E Love was just looking at Don like he (E Love) was crazy... not saying much of nothing...LoL Cool J and his crew... classic stuff... he was about the most thuggish thing i rap back then.... and the most talented.
@Mehrunissah93 He was because there's a second part to this. He also peformed I can't live without my radio on this appearance, and after this Don Cornelius asks him how old is he, and he replies "18"
My one man band is Cut Creator aka Philpot.".....wow, coming up on 25 years since my guys first "L"BUM was released, he took hip hop to a whole new level, and can still drop a hot album today, his longevity is unmatched by anyone in hip hop and only a select few in the whole music industry. The Michael Jordan of hip hop. Nuff said.
Real talk, this shit was refreshing to hear again. Nigga turned the train out; no rapper has ever preformed on S.T. "spitting" rhymes like that before. I'm sure the crowd was about to act a donkey, get krunk as hell and all that. LL is a beast.
@BRAeminem - You don't say?!! and the next generation gonna be saying the same Sh*t about your Goofy Azz, It's called "TRENDS!" Helloooo, lights on but nobody home?
dont call eminem (not emenim) trash. hes better sold and more creative than ll. even though em is much better, ll is oldscool and a classic artist. thats something you can hardly say about em.
plus that eminems last 2 albums sucked. but before those 2, eminem made history. i luv em both.
@SteefNETHERLANDS Better sold means nothing to a hip hop head just means its main stream. LL has been rocking since 86 more than 20 years 20YEARS i mean cmon he has withstood the test of time and when he has to battle the best comes out. Hell EM will never be better than ERIc b and rakim even though he sold way more records or even scarface.
Hip hop never left. ppl change times change you can't stick in the past 4EVR u wish u could but U CANT I guarantee if soulja boy(most hated) or lil wayne was the creation of hip hop in the 80s wit the same music I guarantee yal bump it. and tribe called quest came in 2010 yal would b lik wad the hell? Because Hip Hop is not tha same music ITS DIFFERENT yal hate on soulja boy because he got ppl blastin his music now and yal can't accept that its changin GET OVER IT
@oldschoolhunter -i feel ya dog,i'm and old schooler from the lone star state.man i was in high school back then when all this hip-hop came out. it's classic and should be a world wide crime when young ass thugs start mentioning these new era fake ass rappers in a sentence with,LL,kool moe dee,run-dmc,newcleus,fat boys,krs-one,public enemy,afrikkaa bambaataa,grandmaster flash,whodini,epmd,the d.o.c.,n.w.a,the geto boys ect.. young clowns today create your own shit and stop biting.
Damnit! What I wouldn't give to get in a Delorean, go back in time, wait in line and get in to see this show. Damn the crowd was hyped. Shit I'm hyped and I'm sitting in my chair. Classic episode from a classic time, truly timeless.
He did get it from this performance. Rap performances during this time were scarce, so we all grew up watching the same performances when they came on television
still the greatest club banger of all time. the kids still jam as hard i did as kid when they hear it. i know. i work at a middle school. they played it as the 8th grade dance and the kids went nutz!!
This was The LL that I grew up on. This dude was the foundation to Hardcore Hip Hop. I hate LL chose the sex symbol status over Hardcore. It was that Hard shit that put LL on. His sound was very street back in 85'-88'. By 89' LL was crossing over. He began to lick his lips more. That alone pissed me off. I dig LL, Even been told that I favor the guy in looks. But I dont want to see no Man Lickin' his fuckin' lips. Save that Bulls... But no matter what..L' is a certfied G.O.A.T
lol, i like the bit where you say he started to lick his lips more...lol same here, he became softer for sure, but always kept some hard core stuff in each and every following albums.
funny thing - the more muscle he got the softer his style became
How could it be better? I think it's wack. Get up on stage and fake it. Yeah that's a great performance model. Real mc's can rock the mic live. This is air band crap.
It must be evident that you've never seen LL perform live. He sounds almost exactly like his records, and he puts on a heck of a show. I actually got a chance to see him perform back in '87 (Def Jam '87 Tour) and he's amazing. Most artists on Soul Train lip sync anyway. But that doesn't mean that they can't perform or put on a good show. LL was WAY ahead of his time on this one. In my opinion, he was, and still is to this day one of the greatest. LL COOL J IS HARD AS HELL!!!
I'm sure he does put on a good show. I know it is a soul train policy to lip synch and it's goofy, no matter who's doing it or why. I never said L.L. CAN'T peform live, but he is clearly lip synching here. Don't get your nose out of joint. I've seen Rakim lip synch on soul train as well and it was just as wack when he did it, although he is a phenomenal MC.
So what's your point? R u saying that everyone who lip syncs is wack? I checked out your page and it's evident that u love true Hip Hop. I'm glad 2 see someone else besides myself that's into real Hip Hop. So do u feel all lip-syncing is wack or is it just that u don't like LL? And I also agree w/u that Rakim is one of the most phenomenal MC's ever. Point is, whether u like him or not, LL's true Hip Hop.
LL's dope, I'm not dissing him. I understand that it is a soul train policy to lip synch. I don't enjoy faked performances. I love this song but I'd rather see him do it live. I can't get in to lip synching that's all.
And your point is? I know plenty. Try reading the whole thread before sounding off after reading one comment.
I'll say it one last time - Soul Train policy or not, that changes nothing, it's fraudulent. L.L is a great artist and I'm sure everyone would rather hear him live than see him lip sync to his record.
I think they cut it off because at the of the song he asks the question "do u like Michael Jackson." And because they don't wanna seem like they're dissin' MJ (because of his untimely death) they cut that part out. This is a classic performance, though.
Not taking anything away from the brother but I can't roll with his new stuff. His material from back in the day took no prisoners! Who can forget E Luv!!!
The lip-synching on Soul Train was a longtime practice to get around strict regional Union/Teamster rules about setting up equipment for concert performances, and thus, keep costs down;
In LL's autobiography "I Make My Own Rules" he tells of hooking up a female fan from the crowd later on "she introduced me to west coast sex"..
great song.. too bad that LL never recorded a proper video for Rock the Bells... hopefully this can be put on a dvd collection for LL's music videos..
Soul Train tapes in L.A., heads back then were used to the techno-styled hip-hop back then, LL and Run DMC were the first to really give the stripped down boom-bap style of production..
I think he was more strutting than trying to dance.
When I look at this I get the feeling that those dancers really didn't have much clue about what hip hop was about. They probably came out to dance to Shalamar or something not knowing they were witnessing a legend in the making.
The thing I loved about LL was how many careers he ended when people were foolish enough to battle him.
Better than today's loser gangster rap
getalife67 1 month ago
In the song "Nothing but the old school"....2pac mentioned LL's song "Rock the bells"...
Tampinu 1 month ago
I am the epitome of "Old School" I wish hip hop was as good now as it was then :(
IamBogtrotter 2 months ago
you can still get turntables bro, and now days you can transfer the audio to pc to online ya know... i still have the cassett, mint..had a jack the ripper single lp back in the day but lost it with some others....OLDSCHOOL ! just blaze
1killah3 2 months ago
I cleaned the garage last week at my parents house and found the wax stash and there it was Rock the Bells and I Need A Beat singles, I immediately tried to find them on Pandora since I HAVE NOT OWNED TURNTABLES FOR OVER 2 DECADES, but could not find original versions.
howsoonisnow1985 3 months ago
Fuck Eminem. You can't mention him in the same breath as LL. Someone with so many number 1 albums. Always trying to add a white guy to a Black Man's legacy. Fuck OUTTA HERE!
Imhotep702 3 months ago
@Imhotep702 you was on to something til you compared real rapper like the Beastie boys who STILL MAKE MUSIC unlike LL COOL J( whom i stil listen too.) EMENIM?
BLACKS HAVE CHIPS ON THEIR SHOULDERS THAT GET THEM LOCKED UP. VOTE NEWT GINGRICH FOR PRESIDENT!
oldschoolhunter 3 weeks ago
@Imhotep702 - Don't get your little pink panties in a wad just because Eminem can hang with the best of them
YourNemesis40 1 week ago
good times...
xbizit1 4 months ago
Ll cool j
divine3323 4 months ago
classic.......
breal0297 5 months ago
@getalife67
Dude shut up and quit hating,I'm 13 and since I was 9 I started listening to 80's and 90's music, not everyone in this generation listen to that bullshit played on the radio,all my friends listen to nowadays music and 80's and 90's music, it's having a wide range of music and not being ignorant,
TheConorAKAconor 6 months ago
@TheConorAKAconor let em know
miamivicepastels83 4 months ago
Can't Believe missed all these years of Hip Hop :(( //1996//
Jeezymusic 6 months ago
Why do folks complain about who doesn't like a clip?
DirtybirdGA 7 months ago
shame I show my friends good music like this n they HATE IT but wen some lil wayne or ym shit come on they like THIS MA JAMM! so I jus stopped trying
pev07 7 months ago
@ 3:21 "We like COOL J"
briargoatkilla 7 months ago
Can some one put a good (HQ) copy of this on YouTube.. Thanks
DJACee1 8 months ago
i need a downloadlink with good quality. pls help! ;)
KillerBeast01 8 months ago
and todays rap SUCKS!
getalife67 8 months ago
miss the 80's bog time, humanity turned out to be lazy pussy's in this generation
getalife67 8 months ago
Watching this was like a baptism.
Even though it was lip-synced, it was still more real than any of that watered down crap that is on the radio today.
dukescoppa 8 months ago
This was back in the day when the hype man kept his fkng mouth shut! Check the extra cat on stage.
videoknife 9 months ago
Dayyyum, there was just no denying my nigga's swagga & flow!!!
DVL32 9 months ago
80ss were the best,music,clothes, addidas sneakers, fat chains, kango hats, which 9 retards dont like this? go listen to drake or niki m..lol
anthonyv6612 9 months ago
80ss were the best,music,clothes, addidas sneakers, fat chains, kango hats
anthonyv6612 9 months ago
He was 17 or 18 when done this track legend still going strong.
Jarkilla 10 months ago
wearing it out
reel1840 10 months ago
Rappers take note! Rock the Bells! Rick the CROWD!
juicymediagroup 10 months ago
So who are the other 9 people??? bunch of haters
51dumbdumb 11 months ago
LL was the baddest on the planet right there... I remember
chucc42 11 months ago
ll was like the michael jackson of rap!
melloprod 11 months ago
Legend of hip hop
R9G5V6 11 months ago
10 people obviously don't know real hip hop, go watch your Lil Wayne vids this is grown folks rap here!
jwh1999 1 year ago
WWhen I watch this clip, I think of how it was back then in the world of Rap music, Caucasians talked about it as jungle music, only a few Whites ventured into it! ( we know who those ''2'' Artist were) They wanted nothing to do with it, or much with R&B music! They were afraid to come on Soul Train as it was" a show for Black People'' lol I remember everything deragatory, said about our music, and this has been thru the years, and now because of the money in it, they cant get enough, typical!
cammicty 1 year ago
dooooope
simptoes 1 year ago
@mssquirrely there used to be such things as trend (here one year and gone next , or even 6 months). But ever since the media took a vice grip to popular hip-hip, it's been stuck on stupid styles (SOSS) like sagging since the mid 90's... It's not about originality any more.
malcolmist 1 year ago
I remember this so vividly when it first aired.... how E Love was just looking at Don like he (E Love) was crazy... not saying much of nothing...LoL Cool J and his crew... classic stuff... he was about the most thuggish thing i rap back then.... and the most talented.
malcolmist 1 year ago
Respect!!!
bboywutang 1 year ago
Are you sure he was 18 here, because this came out when he was 16.
Mehrunissah93 1 year ago 6
@Mehrunissah93 I'm positive. LL and I were born in the same year, 1968. His birthday is in January and this was performed after his 18th birthday.
alfredoearle 1 year ago
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ctw95 9 months ago
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@alfredoearle LL actually was 17 when this show was performed cause i have the show on vhs tape which aired on Mar 22 1986
ctw95 9 months ago
his birthday is Aug 16 born 1968
ctw95 9 months ago
@Mehrunissah93 He may of just been preforming it at a show 2 years after it came out.
BUILDINGWITHBULLION 1 year ago
@Mehrunissah93 As if you watch the 'I Can't Live Without My Radio' for same show. LL saids he is just 18 to Don.
kissmusiclover 1 year ago
@Mehrunissah93 He was because there's a second part to this. He also peformed I can't live without my radio on this appearance, and after this Don Cornelius asks him how old is he, and he replies "18"
bshort31092 11 months ago
@Mehrunissah93 Yeah but on the same performance after I can't live without my radio he said that he is 18.
wasiel 2 months ago
LMAO!!!!!!!!! LL was gettin' it & you hear the crowd, they was ALL IN IT..... LOL!!
My Fav LL joint "BOOMIN SYSTEMS"
mssquirrely 1 year ago
the only good thing to come out of the '80s, especially in music
Cusack187 1 year ago
the 80"s
kiyananeal 1 year ago
ll was raw
mrperfect390 1 year ago
SIMPLY DABOMB!!!!! I WILL NEVER GET TIRED OF MUSIC FROM THIS TIME FRAME.
LUTHERQUE 1 year ago
SIMPLY DABOMB!!!!!
LUTHERQUE 1 year ago
All you haters say what you wish about him, but he gives a hell of a concert! Run DMC, Whodini and Ice Cube gives the best live shows!
whiteliberal1 1 year ago
"I'm world wide known whether you like it or not,
My one man band is Cut Creator aka Philpot.".....wow, coming up on 25 years since my guys first "L"BUM was released, he took hip hop to a whole new level, and can still drop a hot album today, his longevity is unmatched by anyone in hip hop and only a select few in the whole music industry. The Michael Jordan of hip hop. Nuff said.
ryandfuz 1 year ago
Real talk, this shit was refreshing to hear again. Nigga turned the train out; no rapper has ever preformed on S.T. "spitting" rhymes like that before. I'm sure the crowd was about to act a donkey, get krunk as hell and all that. LL is a beast.
doublezeta28 1 year ago
they look like idiots with those clothes
BRAeminem 1 year ago
@BRAeminem that was the style in the 80's
xxrightleftxx 1 year ago
@BRAeminem - You don't say?!! and the next generation gonna be saying the same Sh*t about your Goofy Azz, It's called "TRENDS!" Helloooo, lights on but nobody home?
mssquirrely 1 year ago
Excellent upload,shame about the quality
3500P5 1 year ago
wow check out ll rockin the kangol...go teenage ll cool j
ICANDIGUOUT 1 year ago
The joint! You think kids today could have fun like we did? Like the Real Roxanne said.Hells No!
dolphinbuc 1 year ago 2
dont call eminem (not emenim) trash. hes better sold and more creative than ll. even though em is much better, ll is oldscool and a classic artist. thats something you can hardly say about em.
plus that eminems last 2 albums sucked. but before those 2, eminem made history. i luv em both.
SteefNETHERLANDS 1 year ago
@SteefNETHERLANDS Better sold means nothing to a hip hop head just means its main stream. LL has been rocking since 86 more than 20 years 20YEARS i mean cmon he has withstood the test of time and when he has to battle the best comes out. Hell EM will never be better than ERIc b and rakim even though he sold way more records or even scarface.
XRRfan 1 year ago
Hip hop never left. ppl change times change you can't stick in the past 4EVR u wish u could but U CANT I guarantee if soulja boy(most hated) or lil wayne was the creation of hip hop in the 80s wit the same music I guarantee yal bump it. and tribe called quest came in 2010 yal would b lik wad the hell? Because Hip Hop is not tha same music ITS DIFFERENT yal hate on soulja boy because he got ppl blastin his music now and yal can't accept that its changin GET OVER IT
keekeefresh2def 1 year ago
people on the eastcoast and the south had curls too
westside159 1 year ago
please do not associate garbage like emenim with this golden music, YOU FUCKIN PUNKS!.
oldschoolhunter 1 year ago
@oldschoolhunter -i feel ya dog,i'm and old schooler from the lone star state.man i was in high school back then when all this hip-hop came out. it's classic and should be a world wide crime when young ass thugs start mentioning these new era fake ass rappers in a sentence with,LL,kool moe dee,run-dmc,newcleus,fat boys,krs-one,public enemy,afrikkaa bambaataa,grandmaster flash,whodini,epmd,the d.o.c.,n.w.a,the geto boys ect.. young clowns today create your own shit and stop biting.
str8outtatexas1 1 year ago
Man this is pure magic and f everyone that thinks otherwise
dark1997nik 1 year ago
Cut Creator's good, Cool J is good good, you bring the woodpecker I'll bring the wood! Fucking awesome... I miss hip hop.
Barry3443 1 year ago 4
classic!!!
TheGeneralMoe 1 year ago
clip old, for ll cool j, young
dgyrick 1 year ago
LL Was cold as hell back then!!! Damn!!
jujutsu987 1 year ago 2
momma why u had me in 1994??!?!? i wanted to be around for this kinda music.
frankwhite432 1 year ago
Damnit! What I wouldn't give to get in a Delorean, go back in time, wait in line and get in to see this show. Damn the crowd was hyped. Shit I'm hyped and I'm sitting in my chair. Classic episode from a classic time, truly timeless.
KNJ3 1 year ago
i like tosmell a womans underarms!
russellharman 1 year ago
miss tha 80's .............
nathaly415 1 year ago 11
I kno rite
spex254 1 year ago
mime
thenewt1400 1 year ago
the good old days :)
scratchatune 1 year ago 2
Love LL Cool J...I was a freshman in high school when this was a BIG HIT
PaulaDDS 2 years ago 2
@PaulaDDS me too.
tranurse 1 year ago
This performance gives me chills!!! I've never seen the audience this amped for ANY other performer!
brasilified 2 years ago 2
@brasilified that's true. I noticed early hip hop had soul train jumping like that! I watched run dmc and doug e fresh do the same thing.
ednoroirika 2 years ago
@brasilified: These kids don't understand that when LL first came on the scene, he was like Michael Jackson in Thriller for hip-hop!
n0gar 1 year ago
ll got big
cbreezy409 2 years ago
LL got d-bol.
Sierra688 2 years ago
when the 808 was the tool of the trade
sweepee4pres 2 years ago 4
anyone noticed Eminem was wearing the same colors in the outfit with the same performance??
nice shit
Runyoncash 2 years ago 9
I wonder if he got the idea from watching this clip? if he did that would be "cool" lol
alfredoearle 2 years ago 3
haha for sure
Runyoncash 2 years ago
@alfredoearle hahaha Eminem said this was his favorite LL cool tack so I guess he was copying his idle
carnigourousplotting 1 year ago
@alfredoearle
He did get it from this performance. Rap performances during this time were scarce, so we all grew up watching the same performances when they came on television
FarnsworthIII 1 year ago
@Runyoncash Its an exact copy dawg, he was giving honor
Ngage2 1 year ago
@Runyoncash homie that the point
xDR24x 1 year ago
@Runyoncash Good spot, didn't notice that.
WelshDegenerate 1 year ago
@Runyoncash Trying to copy, and he'll never be as good as LL!
cammicty 1 year ago
@Runyoncash What performance and why?
MPA2000 9 months ago
@Runyoncash Eminem said that Rock the Bells is the song that made him want to rap. Watch full interview on YouTube jTHMn9xxJmg
geofflondon 5 months ago
still the greatest club banger of all time. the kids still jam as hard i did as kid when they hear it. i know. i work at a middle school. they played it as the 8th grade dance and the kids went nutz!!
yehochanan 2 years ago
the movements that he make walking around are actually very important to the "hip hop" era goes along with the bboy stance type meaner.
oldschoolhunter 2 years ago
One of the greatest of all time...hip hop lord...
LeoAdorer 2 years ago
Dam this shit hard
westsidelordstatus 2 years ago 3
dope!
villiemack 2 years ago
pogoin'
somoanuevos 2 years ago
one word....CLASSIC!
Carmensboytoy 2 years ago 2
Le Coq Sportif sweatsuit....WORD
bohdifrompointbreak 2 years ago
OLDSCHOOL!
marselus88 2 years ago
rock the bells, all over the place, he can still rock the bells if he wants
1honeychild 2 years ago
wow when eminem did this at the hip hop honors, he really nailed it, i didnt know he was such a big ll cool j fan
Magikano 2 years ago 2
Oh Shit- Em wore the same clothing for his performance at the hhh 2009!
Classic music right here!
baconyum 2 years ago
Well damn! soul train wuz jumpin that day, literally..
slh36 2 years ago
stop hateing, you all know ll did his thing back then. but moe d, did kond of hurt him! but still what ever did happen to moe d??????
bladeanddiamond 2 years ago
can somebody tell me what happen to e love
shortywopski 2 years ago
classic LL!
beyo2120 2 years ago
I'm not one to usually leave hate comments... but that was horrible
artvid72 2 years ago
LL Cool J was the man in the 80's . he was the bomb
westside159 2 years ago 2
This was The LL that I grew up on. This dude was the foundation to Hardcore Hip Hop. I hate LL chose the sex symbol status over Hardcore. It was that Hard shit that put LL on. His sound was very street back in 85'-88'. By 89' LL was crossing over. He began to lick his lips more. That alone pissed me off. I dig LL, Even been told that I favor the guy in looks. But I dont want to see no Man Lickin' his fuckin' lips. Save that Bulls... But no matter what..L' is a certfied G.O.A.T
mustafahajj 2 years ago 3
I agree with you, I remember this song came out right before Christmas and to date it was simply the hardest core rap yet. This song changed rap.
CanarsieBrooklyn 2 years ago
lol, i like the bit where you say he started to lick his lips more...lol same here, he became softer for sure, but always kept some hard core stuff in each and every following albums.
funny thing - the more muscle he got the softer his style became
LatinPercussion 2 years ago
"The more muscle he got the softer his style became!" Well said. And True indeed!
mustafahajj 2 years ago
thats a good point!!
ellamentjj 2 years ago
Lovin the outfit!
benfenton1983 2 years ago
i used to hear this on the radio when i was like 7 or something. a bad ass jam!!!!
junglelover287b 2 years ago
Vintage LL. Man those were the damn days.
powwowlls 2 years ago
I do agree!
tanyatmr 2 years ago
is that humming noise in the backround by accident, what ever it i its dope....
KOWBOY1963 2 years ago
ohh ok, I lost faith in LL for a second.
warman333 2 years ago
Uhmm it's nice, I love the song, but this is so extremely close to the studio version, is this playback?
warman333 2 years ago
soul train didn't let people it live. in fact, run dmc recorded a "live" version of their soul train showb/c the practice was so wack
withoutapause 2 years ago
He's lip-syncing. Just about everyone on Soul Train lip syncs. The performance is better that way.
jacb630 2 years ago 2
its so they dont swear aswell
Blokjoker 2 years ago
How could it be better? I think it's wack. Get up on stage and fake it. Yeah that's a great performance model. Real mc's can rock the mic live. This is air band crap.
HiResolutionist 2 years ago
It must be evident that you've never seen LL perform live. He sounds almost exactly like his records, and he puts on a heck of a show. I actually got a chance to see him perform back in '87 (Def Jam '87 Tour) and he's amazing. Most artists on Soul Train lip sync anyway. But that doesn't mean that they can't perform or put on a good show. LL was WAY ahead of his time on this one. In my opinion, he was, and still is to this day one of the greatest. LL COOL J IS HARD AS HELL!!!
jacb630 2 years ago
I'm sure he does put on a good show. I know it is a soul train policy to lip synch and it's goofy, no matter who's doing it or why. I never said L.L. CAN'T peform live, but he is clearly lip synching here. Don't get your nose out of joint. I've seen Rakim lip synch on soul train as well and it was just as wack when he did it, although he is a phenomenal MC.
HiResolutionist 2 years ago
So what's your point? R u saying that everyone who lip syncs is wack? I checked out your page and it's evident that u love true Hip Hop. I'm glad 2 see someone else besides myself that's into real Hip Hop. So do u feel all lip-syncing is wack or is it just that u don't like LL? And I also agree w/u that Rakim is one of the most phenomenal MC's ever. Point is, whether u like him or not, LL's true Hip Hop.
jacb630 2 years ago
LL's dope, I'm not dissing him. I understand that it is a soul train policy to lip synch. I don't enjoy faked performances. I love this song but I'd rather see him do it live. I can't get in to lip synching that's all.
HiResolutionist 2 years ago
I can respect that. Much luv 2 ya.
jacb630 2 years ago
Its soul train.
lol....they stopped singing/rapping live on that show a longgggggggggggggggggggggg time before this.
Know your music history.
clevawoman 2 years ago
And your point is? I know plenty. Try reading the whole thread before sounding off after reading one comment.
I'll say it one last time - Soul Train policy or not, that changes nothing, it's fraudulent. L.L is a great artist and I'm sure everyone would rather hear him live than see him lip sync to his record.
HiResolutionist 2 years ago
i against i was also another old song that got me on that game
mairava1996 2 years ago
holy crap! this song really is old!!! it sounds at the most a 10 year old song on matt hofmans bmx and other ways to hear it
mairava1996 2 years ago
LOL -- is that Ellen DeGeneres at 2:52??!
Love it! This is history right here...
mattnifty 2 years ago
im bad
xanax313 2 years ago
"all you jerry curl sucka's wearing high heel boots, like ballerinas what i mean is your a froot loop troop!" lol now that classic!
DCProductions77 2 years ago
i cant believe it cut off...i was soo into it...then Nothin...lol. Still, that was awesome then, and still sounds better then anything out there now.
jenregan7069 2 years ago
I think they cut it off because at the of the song he asks the question "do u like Michael Jackson." And because they don't wanna seem like they're dissin' MJ (because of his untimely death) they cut that part out. This is a classic performance, though.
jacb630 2 years ago
OMG..I remember watchin this on tv!!!!
micaiahty 2 years ago 2
does anyone else miss shows like yo mtv raps soul train and rap city
sleepy9612 2 years ago 3
the g.o.a.t ! hardest rapper alive!
melloprod 2 years ago
Look at E-Love!! Where that brother at now!!!?
itsahobbee 2 years ago
This is a pece of history righ here..
rdecaserio 2 years ago 2
i miss 80's hip hop fashion like ll's one
tupacalips2008 2 years ago 2
Not taking anything away from the brother but I can't roll with his new stuff. His material from back in the day took no prisoners! Who can forget E Luv!!!
Nawlinsfanforlife 2 years ago 5
That's why I'm the new him.
Meta4ce 2 years ago 2
I hear you bruh!
Nawlinsfanforlife 2 years ago
THIS IS HIP-HOP!!!!!!
ADOREREDD10 2 years ago 14
I heard him on WNYU in 1986 when he dropped Radio. He was well spoken and had his head on straight for a young kid.
sonofadrunk1973 3 years ago
All you Jherri curl suckas .WOW he just offended all of L.A....
absdilsey 3 years ago 9
Way before his time!
Deee36 3 years ago
im gettin chills baby!!!
mckwilliams 3 years ago 2
Oh wow! Me too! I remember my brother cutting to this record.
Deee36 3 years ago
old skool shit! love the song
gunpder94 3 years ago
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LAVATHEGREATONE 3 years ago
still luvin the Beat... Rock The Bells
jaywinzy 3 years ago
dude had alot of energy back then
lommylom 3 years ago
18! This was one of the original low bass songs before all the skansta and dumb & bass unmusical discs came out. When Rap was spelled without a 'C'.
vuetube 3 years ago
so powerful...this shit was explosive, not like this hip-hop today that puts me to sleep!
hiphoplegend1 3 years ago
ROCK THE BELLS!
KC85IHS 3 years ago 3
I grew up loving LL in the 80's. The bigger and deffer tour was my first concert. LL came out of the tape deck of a giant boombox.
rodivus 3 years ago 5
you Right(same here) n ROCK THE BELLS Is my fav ll track till date. this is like the illest old school beat.
jaywinzy 3 years ago 2
good shit!
FfOoRrMmLlOoSs 3 years ago
ll needs to make at least one more record like this cuz his new album was ruined by all the new ppl like it or not
almost774 3 years ago
damn...this brings back memories...i remember the first time i saw this on television...waaaayyy back!
floydc1 3 years ago
The lip-synching on Soul Train was a longtime practice to get around strict regional Union/Teamster rules about setting up equipment for concert performances, and thus, keep costs down;
In LL's autobiography "I Make My Own Rules" he tells of hooking up a female fan from the crowd later on "she introduced me to west coast sex"..
Hypestyle 3 years ago
great song.. too bad that LL never recorded a proper video for Rock the Bells... hopefully this can be put on a dvd collection for LL's music videos..
Soul Train tapes in L.A., heads back then were used to the techno-styled hip-hop back then, LL and Run DMC were the first to really give the stripped down boom-bap style of production..
Hypestyle 3 years ago
I think he was more strutting than trying to dance.
When I look at this I get the feeling that those dancers really didn't have much clue about what hip hop was about. They probably came out to dance to Shalamar or something not knowing they were witnessing a legend in the making.
The thing I loved about LL was how many careers he ended when people were foolish enough to battle him.
NatTurner 3 years ago
i HATED that whoever was on Soul Train always lip synced...that was on some bullshit, because there were amazing artist on the show
akerockstar 3 years ago
Yall know he lip synching right. They all did back then.
mellomoods2000 3 years ago
this was mos def one of my fav LL songs. i wonder how they took that jeri curl juice line
crunk617 3 years ago