LL Cool J-I can't live without my Radio 1985 (Full version)

[ElzhiDuFF]

that's the old school real shit, sooo fucking good

[green12171]

ll cool j is my nigga

[donenonly03]

while my JVC vibrated the concrete

[SlimShadybg]

I can't live without you LL Cool J.

[starpotter04]

I need to get a bomb box.

[09AguilaAzul]

6 people have never had a radio lol

[kfdyy]

I got here from Everybody Hates Chris.

[matt180497]

i NEED A BOOMBOX ON MY SHOULDER, it could come back

[jemiedub]

@matt180497

yep they should make a new big fat boombox, only for cassettes hrhr

[matt180497]

@jemiedub has to have a mp3 jack so you can put your mp3 in the box and play it loud, also needs to play cds, needs mixers, bass, treble, everything

[themeekwin]

"Get fresh batteries if it won't rewind.."

[LizettaLZ]

I love old rap songs, there were that passion which most artists don't how nowadays

[m0elles]

@Dante95nyc if it annoys you so much, just ignore it man.

[fdsaks]

Farmers Boulevard, yeah, you know that's where me and E hang out, cool

out, you know what I'm sayin'? That's where the crib's at.

[DRZ1984]

Ya'll need to STFU!

[makinbacon855]

damn he gave a tweeters twitting reference 25 years ago

[fdsaks]

@makinbacon855 lol

[Induna123]

This is pure hip-hop.

[CBlanchProduction]

like if your listening to this in 3859 because time is relative

[djflashflood]

This was the beginning of one of the greatest journeys in hip hop history

[gailmckennag]

my grannie says - she can't live without my radiogram.lol.

[ChrisMilton1234]

I Can't Live Without My iPod Touch.

[MusicFromRobE]

@ChrisMilton1234 if you were on a gaga video, bring up an ipod touch. on a LL Coolo J song, talk about kangols ,addidas,, remember its 1985 not 2011 in the song, fuck your ipod touch, fuck you new gen kids, we rock the old school, something you could never do. cassette what is that, errr a LP huh what's wax? let me guess your 16 and have never owned a casette, yeah your life is real tough these days with your ipod touch.

[ChrisMilton1234]

@MusicFromRobE Why would I be on a Gaga video? What I said was clearly a joke. The song is from 1985. It's a classic but I appreciate it in the present. Dude, I check backgrounds. I owned a cassette as a kid. I know what LPs are, I know about wax, I live in today though. 30,000 songs on a portable player is my preference. No, I'm 20. Why would what I own determine my age? I never said life was tough. What're you bitter over?

[mclovin435190]

@MusicFromRobE then why are you on a computer if you rock that old school shit? homoooooo

[jemiedub]

@mclovin435190

cause he already had a computer in the 80s

atari, amiga , commodore 64 , apple , first pc XT or whatever

[tkREUTERM]

@MusicFromRobE dude, dont hate. this music was made to get haters off peoples. if someone uses theyre ipod to listen too these tunes, then thats pretty cool. and the old people with theyre record players probably said the same shit about your cassettes.

[MusicFromRobE]

@tkREUTERM = Nope! I'm hating, Despite what you say. Ah, snap!! What now? Nope, you're blocked. (I used the correct "you're". So, don't be a grammar Nazi) BTW I got real gold, behold, it wasn't sold, I don't care what you were told cause' I don't fold.

[MusicFromRobE]

@MusicFromRobE - That was all a joke. Look! You're not even blocked. HAHA, I'm a comedian at times.

[NRS728]

@ChrisMilton1234 not as catchy as radio

[TheLAKERSareGodsTeam]

I can't live without my Internet

[lmrbsmom]

break dance song

[KevinSchweikert]

MY RADIO WILL LEAD ME, I LIKE IT LOUD! IM THE MAN WITH THE BOX THAT CAN ROCK THE CROWD!

LL!

[billyswag716]

@KevinSchweikert lol....its ....my radio believe me i like it loud not my radio will lead me i like it loud

[PocketScyther]

Its sad to say but... i cant stand the radio. I'm 16, and i wish it was 1985 :(

[chuchuchuchia]

He and Will Smith ruled this era with their rap

[terrootti]

Wich era? When time this song came out will smiyh wasn't there

[jgib740]

i remember when this song was on true cryme new york

[issap246]

I CANT LIVE WITHOUT MY I-PAD...LOL.....

[TheLAKERSareGodsTeam]

@issap246 You need you're MA. Macfags Anonymous. 

[nic8705]

looks like four people believe soulja boi can afford a G5

[benefitdagreat]

look up benefit vibe kill

[davi72100]

eazy motherfucking e sample ll in his song called radio respect for eazy e and jazzy jeff and fresh prince also sample ll when he say rock the beat with your hands the kings of kings straight from queens !!!!!!!!

[YFLOInternational]

Every single so-called Seattle "Hip Hop" radio station is fucking corny... I've had this same cassette on repeat on my own deck since the day it came out and don't give a shit about who the latest, commercial fad rapper is on America's watered down, bubble game Kool-Aid smile stations ... Fuck Seattle, fuck teenie bopper stations that perpetrate Hip Hop and play that fake Seattle brand of nonsense ... LL is authentic ... Seattle stations are KKK ... Fuck all that Seattle noise ... LL is 5 STARS

[maratyler11]

hell yes im only 18 but appreciate the GOAT any day... this song has to be top 20 greatest hiphip songs of all time. LL is amazing

[blackdoog41]

4sho ya heard me, tru hip hop, still ridin.

[hydr0p0nic]

I USED TO ROCK THIS IN JR. HIGH

[ozgacity]

@hydr0p0nic me too bro, maybe even late elementary fo' me still enjoying it hell yeah

[Graail7]

A classic is a classic.....a classic can't die and stop compare this good music with the new wack shit like lil gayne and wocka flocka bitch.....

[HomemadeStopmotions]

YOU'D THINK IT WAS A PARTY, NOT A CADILLAC

[elementz1986]

I'm listening to this in 1985.

[StreeTHiPHoP131]

LL cool j sent me here.

[Horaciow14]

This is the best hip hop song EVER! Anyone agree????

[peace6311]

ima start a radio station...

[jbuggyboy]

ALL these new rappers anit go nothing on ll cool j and public enemy i dont care what know noboby say lil wayne and jay z the game and EMINEM SUCK!!!!!!! OLD SCHOOL RULES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[k9r100]

@jbuggyboy you ignorant fuck.u say jay z and eminem are newschool? they are two of the greatest and u say they suck?

[juliusspin]

@k9r100

Basicly? Yes ^^

Eminem ripped Cage, Jay ripped Biggie.

Atleast the oldskool was creative enough to be original without oversampeling, clowing, stealing or autotuning.

[k9r100]

@juliusspin can u please send me some video of cage that em used or whatever he did, but no way u can say that em is new. nor jay. jay biggie and busta grew up together.

[juliusspin]

@k9r100

I think Nas made a really good point in Ether about Jay, plus he even admits the dumbing down, and I mean if you look at it, its more a mental f.ck with their image (referring to the start of ROC) than really good music, 99 being kickass but stolen from Ice... And Em? Em got big by being childish, just dissing pussies. And his style? Compair Infinite to Shady. He dropped his old style cause he was compared to Nas, got a new style by: /watch?v=m5uVN8-fLlc. He never did it like that b4.

[k9r100]

@juliusspin yea, i dont like jay anyway. you mean em got all this credit and fame cause he copied cage's style?

[juliusspin]

@k9r100

Well its like this: In NY a whole psycho movement was going on, not only Cage also many others, but it was too obvious that the specific rhyming style, flow and content (especially the way he delivered it like surreal funny/morbid storylines) were the trading mark of Cage. And when Em came to NY tring to hype up his career by beefing with Cage while already having a deal with Dre. His tactics were cheap and just everything about his career seems fishy. But he's still a sick battle MC :P

[juliusspin]

@k9r100

See if you like this: /watch?v=QOrCZVdRndo.

Yo I gotta go though, but it was cool talking with a dude that is respectfull on Youtube, really rare haha.

Peace.

[k9r100]

@juliusspin aight man, all i'm sayin is that em made a huge career, and for that you gotta have something dontcha? everybody got influences but everyone is still unique i think, if em was just a copy of cage then cage should be where em is now.

[juliusspin]

@k9r100

Lol morning message: Cage is finally breaking through with Shia LaBeouf playing his life movie. But outside of that, Em had indeed achieved a monsterous career. But you have to look at the timing, like I said there has been no real Caucasian predecessor so everybody was hunting for that crown. Em came in a time that Hiphop was looking for something new, and Dre was looking for someone to ride on like Pac, Snoop, E and Q before that. They just played it out real good, its all timing.

[k9r100]

@juliusspin yeah you gotta have some really good promotion and collaboration. and he was white, easier to market to the white guys that have never seen a black man before.

[juliusspin]

@k9r100

Exactly, look at the Beatles, Elvis, The Beach Boys etc etc etc etc etc :P

[juliusspin]

@k9r100

And Em made it commercially good, which no1 was willing at the time, and after that everybody was like oh no Em has already done that, ironic aint it, timing and precision of presentation.

[Morahman7vnNo2]

I need to pirate this to cassette and blast it somewhere downtown.

[civicted]

0:00-5:25 best part

[LennyB1000]

This brings back memories of when hip hop was hip hop and rappers had talent.

[69GUNOT]

@LennyB1000 lolz are you serious if youve even bothered listening to the new artists and not just lil wayne and drake youd realise theres lots of talent in hip hop. Look at Kanye West, The Game, Eminem, Jay Z, Outkast just to name a few

[tylervu70]

@69GUNOT  YO

[2ksamo10]

thumbs up if 50 cents film brought you here

[scrapercd]

HELP!!! Any old schoolers That Know The the name an artist of this hook from the early to mid 80s {I dont care what the white man say santa clause is a black man} i have been looking for the name an artist of that rap song for a long time.

[FuckingCrazyLunatic]

Okay I search up,first shit was a song from the 70's called “Santa Claus is a Black Man” by Akim and the Teddy Vann Production Company but you said rap,which only found this where Keith Murray says Take and acknowledge my wisdom and understand That Santa Claus is a black man watch?v=FFIxmI0CKUs.

That about it on the search.

[MJBThePeacekeeper]

I'm 'bout to take it back to the essence of the late 90's and early 2000's when walkmans was still prominent. Check the rhyme if you're interested.

I only flip through three radio stations

to find a song I wanna hear it takes alot of patience

switch from Z104, 106 and 103

cuz' they play reggae, hip hop and r&b

103 jamz has the 12:00 flashbacks

for 30 mins. they play nothin' but old school tracks

at 4:00 they have their "4-play"

they bump three modern joints and one from back in the day

[MJBThePeacekeeper]

(continued) Jack O' Spade hits the turntables right at 6 of course you know everyday he has a hot new mix also DJ Bee, he deserves recognition with these two together there is no competition then at 7:30 it's the spit hot fire nice cats from 7-cities you'll probably admire the extra potential, some don't need to require and a few are so wack they need to retire at 10 it's "The Love Below" with the late Xavier who always display that smooth, exotic behavior

[MJBThePeacekeeper]

(continued) we cannot forget the "fifth element of hip hop" for a half hour they take it underground nonstop 5:00 Z104 displays their top five they play recent joints and a new one by surprise 106 is known for playin' nine straight songs one disadvantage is commercials be too long DJ Boz mostly keeps the station hot good thing about 106 they go old school alot I take care of my radio the best way I can since year 2000 I've been blastin' my walkman

[MrMackinacisland]

3 can live without their radio

[kyoukilis20]

this is catchy but he is the biggest sell out in the history of hip hop

[omeganaphtali]

@kyoukilis20 He was a sell out getting a record deal with def jam and building the company on his back??? Ignorant comment

[kyoukilis20]

@omeganaphtali ask anyone you know thats into classic hip hop, they will tell you the same thing.

[kitfam7]

omg the jam

[Hulk2k6]

1985 = A time when a 17YRO boy could take on the world with little more than some stripped down beats and bare rhymes.

Proper RAP, none of this autotune shit.

[dariomafijas]

no one listens to the radio this days :S

[Sauciflash]

Radio Raheem!

[squibblejack]

Yeah!!!!

[appexmusic]

i don't care what they say, LL was the shit in the 80's

[txmomoftwo1]

@appexmusic yes he was

[m0elles]

like if you're listening to this in 2011. :)

[96TGOD69]

@m0elles no you thumb whore im listening to this in 2012.. DUH

[mizzsweetpea101]

@m0elles all you thumb up addicts stfu b!!!

[CarolinaGarciaVanBC]

@m0elles Listening in 2011! :-D

[Dante95nyc]

@m0elles Why do you have to ask for thumbs up? Seriously it's fucking annoying.

[Shadywolf09]

I can't live without this music. Lol.

[fredfrank2002]

3 people don't have a RADIO!!!!!

[RideLXbindings]

i cant live without my ipod lol

[LILCBOY15]

classi tune.

[will4918]

oh shit I remember this back when LL could rap b4 he sold his soul to the mainstream!!!!

[kevinlegoking]

phukkin awesome

[ErickaThaaDopestKid]

OMG iReally like this !

[superninja9209]

this music is wwwaaayyyy better than modern day shit

[sk834s]

i am just getting into this old school hip hop and i love it. im tired of hearing crap now a days like lil wayne. this song is awesome. i didnt know ll cool j was this good. when i seee his pictures now i cant imagine him singing this haha but i love this song :) thankyou old school hip hop for giving my life this magic

[scottmgator]

@sk834s Old school Hip Hop was the best. I enjoyed growing up in the late 70's, 80's and 90's.Now the 2000's. It shows how much rap has changed. Old School was the best though. Slick Rick, Dougie Fresh, KRS One, Whodini, many, many more. Eric B and Rakim. EPMD. The list goes on and on!!!! Hope you enjoy the old school my friend!

[sk834s]

@scottmgator thank i will :) yeah ive been looking into all that stuff you just listed its amazing. i cant believe i didnt look into it more. im only 18 years old so i got some learning to do haha

[THAspencer1]

this is why i love hip hop... yesterday i heard a song called "imma homo" which was suposed to be hip hop, and it make me feel sick, then i heard this and it made me feel fresh again.

[7zymiar]

song is to live lmao

[jahrueeverett]

This is why I love HipHop ..my first record was i need a beat by LL Cool J. what u kids no about that shit...Know yo history

-JSoulOnFire BeatProMasters

[adde453873]

oldschool ? yes this is real shit

[Welcomesatan]

The shit that gets called rap is bullshit, this is fresh right here....wish some body would go back to real rhymes

[MrElovin]

three people never had a radio

[TheFETISHseeker]

True Crime:NYC!

[ThuqqNaStY2k11]

i like the part when he goes " you would think it was a party, not a cadillac!" xD

[ucmrwb]

i was a senior in high school in new orleans ridin around in a ford pinto with an alpine radio and 2 6x9 jbl's cranked up on that old school bud

[eyesley]

Still got this one on wax. I'm the leader of the show keepin you on the go and I can't live without my radio"!!!!!!

[dolphinbuc]

This song changed the way I listened to Hip-hop forever.

[clintxoxox]

sweeet!

[boss5639]

mama said knock out the 3 people who clicked dislike

[YoungFreezy80]

Old skool's sick....New skool's SHIT!!!

[babyEroose]

KRUSH GROOVE!!!!!!!

[eiasim]

No Joke The bases of this rap earned me a 95% on a english paper in school!I If i can make a comparison of another lyrically gifted rapper present day minus the baggage EMINEM!!E.

[hamsackbag]

GET FRESH BATTERIES IF IT WON'T REWIND!....spot on classic...!

[radiodj1520]

This LL Cool J 1985 Hit, "I Can't Live Without My Radio," Would Be Playing In The Future On Sirius XM's The 80's On 8, Sirius XM's Backspin, WRKS-FM's 98.7 Kiss-FM, And WBLS-FM's 107.5.

[Fanna4love]

Words i live by some people just don't understand and if you don't understand than get the fuck out my face 

[juaninter100]

old school!

[radiodj1520]

I Love This LL Cool J 1985 Hit, "I Can't Live Without My Radio," Which Became A Top 15 R&B Hit In America.

[iceman2629]

wen nobody was fuccin wit LL

[kiarakx]

BBBIIITTTCCCHHH!!!!!!!!!

[Shawn200220012000200]

Cut Creator, Rock the beat with your hands!

[JPPretzel]

Back then real hip hop WAS mainstream, now you struggle to find stuff like this even in undergound circles. Dear Kanye and Wayne you single handedly ruined hip hop and now Pitbull and T.I are continuing work with you, faggots

[mrm921]

@JPPretzel No... back then hip hop wasn't mainstream.

[Latifbeqiri]

the best old skool song

Congratulations From KOSOVO

[keillibabii]

My father raised me on ll cool j rap. He is by far one of the best rappers i have listened to. I have all is old school emceeing on my ipod.

[MVEFdude]

the 80s rap is the good rap. A little of the 90s is good. But all the rest just sucks

[mkl62]

LL Cool J will be appearing this Monday (September 27) on The Ellen DeGeneres Show.

[AestheticFlavor]

Pitbull, Lil' Jon, Ying Yang Twins, Lil Wane, 50 Cent, Gucci Mane, Lil Boosie, Soulja Boy, T-Pain, Paul Wall, Mike Jones, Chamillionaire, Bird Man, Rick Ross, E-40, Young Jezzy, Slim Thug, and Young Joc = Utter garbage! I don't even listen to hip-hop radio stations anymore. Noise pollution, that's all you get now. I can't wait for that new Beastie Boys album to drop. Also waiting for that new Red Hot Chili Peppers album, too.

[starpotter04]

@AestheticFlavor Well Rock-N-Roll ain't noise pollution. ^_^

[QMF100]

yo he was 17 when this came out... and he was rappin at 9... BEAST

[spanishsupafly]

i got mad love for cool j and 80's rap in general.... but in my opinion rap was perfected during the 90's and over-saturated in the 2000's. kinda like everything else.... like mj the greatest ever(90's)... but u had bird and magic before.... and "next jordan/ next 2pac" after the golden ages, trying to replicate dat greatness.

[SlickPopz]

lol My Cuz walked down the street with a giant boonbox and this track lol.

[KCgrill]

yeah deal with this, mo'fucker!

[paulwc35]

yes he was i was a young one my self i still jam it today when i ride 

[MurjobgHipHop]

i'm a youngster they all play these new shits everywhere but I respect this old culture..one love real joint..

[quote55]

@MurjobgHipHop hell yea, wayne and gucci can go suck a fuck

[MVEFdude]

@quote55 suck a fuck?..... um .......ok that makes sense i guess

[quote55]

@MVEFdude Ha im referencing Donnie Darko

[ironlungsmcghee]

@quote55 and how exactly does one suck a fuck :P

[goldensolder44]

today's rap i too repetative & stupid.

ths is the real deal.

[TINMAN9611]

I LIKE THIS KIND OF RAP IM FROM THE 70S THEY DONT MAKE IT LIKE THIS ANYMORE I DONT LIKE TODAYS KIND OF RAP

[kdude1000]

@TINMAN9611 this is the 80's kiddo...

[TINMAN9611]

@kdude1000 yes it is but i was born in 74 that is y i said im from the 70s

[s3ss1ons]

@TINMAN9611 cool, a time traveller

[MrThriller4life]

LL when used to spit bars nonstop...he was the shit from 1985-1995..but then after that he went a little to mainstream

[kKAOZz1]

One Of the best freaking songs ever and i for sure cant Live Without My Radio!! Great Lyrics, Great Beat,LL Cool J one of the best artists ever. this Song will always be around

[UceLife]

A Dedication to the Rappers these days.. Put Down The Mic and Step Away and nobody will get Hurt... L..L..!!!!

[13graffkid]

THISS BEAT IS SICK

[choloxl32]

hmmm intent is rakim alive??? cause i dont know i do ll sitll going stong and the only way to keep going on is by your fans and them buying your music. so once again intent100 where is rakim??? My radio, i need love, rock the bells, jack the ripper, around the way girl shit ill run of of room to type the hits cool j has had throught out his long long career hommie. just ask around here who is rakim and who is ll cool j. dont forget oreos eat cool j cookies. hes bab.

[zicon6]

@choloxl32 that doesn't mean LL is better than Rakim also, Rakim still raps

[intent100]

rakim eats ll cool j for dinner

[rampagethaking87]

ll cool j BOY

[mave451]

True Crime: New York City ^^

[jc0503132]

Dope as Phuq

[TheLovepurple23]

i Really Cant live without my radio My Music lol

[0056100]

This is where it all started. This album launched the powerhouse label that we all know as Def Jam! Never could've happened with LL

[FadeTHM]

Really though

[hustletv]

Get Fresh Batteries if it wont rewind!

Big up to all the 70's babies! Its 2010, We made it!

[chicoelbandito]

Yeah we made and still rockin strong!!!

Greetz from the netherlands, keep smoking that shit

[clevawoman]

LL was a teenager when he did this right.....

Lawd.....HE WAS/is JUST an insane emcee.

Kids don't understanding "emceeing"

[Loyno891]

YEA HE WAS LIKE 16 I THINK!!!!!

[foamy1graff]

not sure, possibly livin in my town, he graduated here anyway

[paulwc35]

@clevawoman yes he was. i was a young one my self i still jam it today when i ride