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tulipsandroses

(5,127 posts)
Sat Dec 12, 2020, 10:33 AM Dec 2020

Any LL Cool J Fans? Mama Said Knock You Out - Country style by Billy Ray Cyrus

Not sure how to feel about this yet. I guess the hip hop country mash up thing is here to stay - at least for a while but I'm not sure about this. Maybe it needs to grow on me

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Any LL Cool J Fans? Mama Said Knock You Out - Country style by Billy Ray Cyrus (Original Post) tulipsandroses Dec 2020 OP
Feels real. blm Dec 2020 #1
Not bad. wcast Dec 2020 #2

wcast

(595 posts)
2. Not bad.
Sat Dec 12, 2020, 11:42 AM
Dec 2020

The only thing I found lacking was the hook. Too bland and not conveying emotion. As a country song it was decent. The original was LL’s re entry to rap, moving his music in a different direction, similar to Fresh Prince becoming Will Smith. LL was defiant, rapping with an edge, stating it wasn’t a come back because he was there at the beginning and was still there now, bigger and better. I think he made a successful transition.

I also like his Sirius channel which plays old school rap along with with songs and artists that catch his ear.

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