Detailed item info | Track listing | 1. Intro
2. Imagine That
3. Back Where I Belong - (featuring Ja Rule)
4. II Cool J - (featuring Candice Love)
5. Take It Off
6. Fuhgidabowdit - (featuring DMX/Method Man/Redman)
7. Farmers - (featuring Tiki Diamond)
8. This Is Us - (featuring Carl Thomas)
9. Can't Think
10. Hello - (featuring Amil)
11. You and Me - (featuring Kelly Price)
12. Homicide
13. You Can't F**K With Me - (featuring Snoop/Jayo Felony/Xzibit)
14. Queens Is - (featuring Prodigy)
15. G.O.A.T., The
16. Ill Bomb - (bonus track, with Funkmaster Flex & Big Kap)
17. Hidden Track
| | Details | | Contributing artists: | Amil, Candice Love, Carl Thomas, DMX, Ja Rule, Jayo Felony, Kelly Price, Method Man, Prodigy, Redman, Snoop, Tiki Diamond, Xzibit | | Distributor: | Universal Distribution | | Recording type: | Studio | | Recording mode: | Stereo | | SPAR Code: | n/a |
| | Album notes | Contains a hidden track after "Ill Bomb."
Personnel includes: LL Cool J, Kelly Price, Method Man, Redman, DMX, Prodigy, Snoop, Jayo Felony, Xzibit, Ja Rule, Amil, Carl Thomas, Tiki Diamond, Candice Love.
Producers include: James "Bimmy" Antney, Rockwilder, Vada Nobles, DJ Scratch, Adam F.
Recorded at The Hit Factory and Mirror Image Studios, New York, New York.
One of the last hip-hop veterans standing, with many platinum albums and leading film roles to his credit, LL Cool J has taken the art form to a higher level than the music industry could have ever imagined back when he "rocked the bells" in 1985. Still sporting his battle rhyme style, LL returns with yet another classic album, G.O.A.T. (Greatest Of All Time).
His collaborations on this album show that LL's very aware of the current hip-hop audience, teaming up with Mobb Deep's Prodigy on his hometown dedication "Queens," and Snoop Dogg and Xzibit on the West Coast-flavored "You Can't F*** with Me." Those jams will have the hardcore fans satisfied, but then, as usual, LL gets freaky, with songs such as "Hello," featuring Amil, and "Imagine That" featuring LeShaun, that should please the ladies. LL's versatile persona proves that he is, indeed, the G.O.A.T.
| | Editorial reviews | 4 records out of 5 - ...[His] most enthralling album in years.....delivering uncharacteristically bad-tempered put-downs, froths at the mouth, denounces his critics and maintains that [his] ability to compete with grittier contemporaries [has not weakened]...
Vibe (09/01/2000)
4 stars out of 5 - ...[It] highlights LL's greatest talent: to be everything to everybody. A freaky hybrid of bad boy and good guy, LL is hard as a ny gangsta but can also be cuddly and sincere...
Rolling Stone (09/28/2000)
...[LL] in near top form. Talking trash, passing the mic to guests like DMX and Snoop Dog, reeling off endlessly inventive boasts - he makes it seem easy... - Rating: B+
Entertainment Weekly (09/24/2000)
7 out of 10 - ...He still sounds fresh...
NME (09/16/2000)
4 stars out of 5 - ...He still has it and, unsurprisingly, he is not slow to alert his audience...
Q (12/01/2000)
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