“Smooth Return to the Spotlight: LL Cool J’s Timeless Swagger in ‘Going Back to Cali’”
Few hip-hop songs capture an era, a mood, and an artist’s larger-than-life persona quite like LL Cool J’s “Going Back to Cali.”
Few hip-hop songs capture an era, a mood, and an artist’s larger-than-life persona quite like LL Cool J’s “Going Back to Cali.”
By the late 1980s, hip-hop had evolved far beyond its origins in South Bronx block parties, DJ battles, and underground ciphers. It
“Around the Way Girl,” a hallmark track from LL Cool J’s 1990 album Mama Said Knock You Out, stands as a quintessential
L Cool J, born James Todd Smith, is a rapper, actor, and entrepreneur who has been a major force in hip hop