Mama Said Knock You Out

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Mama Said Knock You Out
Studio album by
LL Cool J
ReleasedSeptember 14, 1990 (1990-09-14)[1]
Recorded1989–90
StudioMarley Marl's House of Hits in Chestnut Ridge and Chung King House of Metal in New York City
Genre
Length61:36
Label
ProducerMarley Marl
LL Cool J chronology
Walking with a Panther
(1989) 		Mama Said Knock You Out
(1990) 		14 Shots to the Dome
(1993)
Singles from Mama Said Knock You Out
  1. "To da Break of Dawn"
    Released: June 17, 1990
  2. "The Boomin' System"
    Released: August 2, 1990
  3. "Around the Way Girl"
    Released: November 20, 1990
  4. "Mama Said Knock You Out"
    Released: February 26, 1991
  5. "6 Minutes of Pleasure"
    Released: May 30, 1991

Mama Said Knock You Out is the fourth studio album by American rapper LL Cool J. It was produced mostly by Marley Marl and recorded at his "House of Hits" home studio in Chestnut Ridge and at Chung King House of Metal in New York City.[4] After the disappointing reception of LL Cool's 1989 album Walking with a Panther, Mama Said Knock You Out was released by Def Jam Recordings on September 14, 1990[1] to commercial and critical success.[5]

Release and reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[6]
Chicago Tribune[7]
Entertainment WeeklyB[8]
NME8/10[9]
Rolling Stone[10]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide[11]
Select4/5[12]
The Source4/5[13]
Spin Alternative Record Guide9/10[14]
The Village VoiceA[15]

Mama Said Knock You Out was released on September 14, 1990,[1] by Def Jam Recordings.[16] It was promoted with five singles, four of which became hits: "The Boomin' System", "Around the Way Girl", the title track, and "6 Minutes of Pleasure". The album was certified double platinum in the United States, having shipped two million copies.[17] According to Yahoo! Music's Frank Meyer, Mama Said Knock You Out "seemed to set the world on fire in 1990", helped by its hit title track and LL Cool J's "sweaty performance" on MTV Unplugged.[18] The title song reached number 17[19] on the Billboard Hot 100 and was certified gold by the RIAA. LL Cool J won Best Rap Solo Performance at the Grammy Awards of 1991.[20]

In The New York Times, Jon Pareles wrote that Mama Said Knock You Out reestablished LL Cool J as "the most articulate of the homeboys", sounding "tougher and funnier" rapping about "crass materialism" and "simple pleasures".[21] In Mark Cooper's review for Q, he wrote, "This 22-year-old veteran has lost neither his eye for everyday detail nor his sheer relish for words."[22] Select magazine's Richard Cook said, "LL's stack of samples add the icing to a cake that is all dark, remorseless rhythm, a lo-fi drum beat shadowed by a crude bass rumble. It could be Jamaican dub they're making here, if it weren't for LL's slipper lip."[12] Mama Said Knock You Out was voted the ninth best record of 1990 in the Pazz & Jop, an annual poll of American critics published by The Village Voice.[23] Poll creator Robert Christgau later named it among his 10 favorite albums from the 1990s.[24]

The album was included in Hip Hop Connection's "Phat Forty", a rundown of rap's greatest albums: "The LP's title track proved to be the single of the year and probably LL's best record since 'I'm Bad', while 'Eat 'Em Up L Chill' and 'To Da Break Of Dawn' was [sic] the sound of Cool J getting his own back – and in style."[25] In 1998, it was listed in The Source's 100 Best Rap Albums. In 2005, comedian Chris Rock listed it as the sixth greatest hip-hop album ever in a guest article for Rolling Stone.[2] In 2020, Rolling Stone ranked the album at No. 246 on their updated list of the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time.[26] The hip hop duo Run the Jewels took their name from a lyric on the album's sixth track, "Cheesy Rat Blues".[27]

Track listing

All tracks written by James Todd Smith and Marlon Williams except otherwise noted.

No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."The Boomin' System" 
3:41
2."Around the Way Girl" 
  • Marl
  • LL Cool J
4:07
3."Eat 'Em Up, L Chill" 
  • Marl
  • LL Cool J
4:37
4."Mr. Good Bar" 
  • Marl
  • LL Cool J
3:42
5."Murdergram (Live at Rapmania)" 
  • Marl
  • LL Cool J
3:53
6."Cheesy Rat Blues" 
  • Marl
  • LL Cool J
5:06
7."Farmers Blvd. (Our Anthem)" (featuring Big Money Grip, Bomb, HIC) 
  • Marl
  • LL Cool J
4:26
8."Mama Said Knock You Out" 
4:50
9."Milky Cereal" 
  • Marl
  • LL Cool J
3:54
10."Jingling Baby (Remixed but Still Jingling)"
  • Brian Latture
  • Dwayne Simon
  • LL Cool J
  • Marl
  • LL Cool J
4:57
11."To da Break of Dawn" 
  • Marl
  • LL Cool J
4:32
12."6 Minutes of Pleasure" 
  • Marl
  • LL Cool J
4:34
13."Illegal Search" 
  • Marl
  • LL Cool J
4:31
14."The Power of God" 
  • Marl
  • LL Cool J
4:21
Japan 2000 CD bonus track
No.TitleProducer(s)Length
15."Mama Said Knock You Out" (Steering Mix)Marl4:49

Notes: The single version of the track "Jingling Baby (Remixed but Still Jingling)" was remixed by Marley Marl. "The Boomin' System" is censored on all editions of the album. The 12" single has the uncensored version.

2014 expanded edition – disc two
No.TitleLength
1."Mama Said Knock You Out" (12" Remix) 
2."Mama Said Knock You Out" (Hot Mix; Long) 
3."Mama Said Knock You Out" (7 A.M. Mix) 
4."Mama Said Knock You Out" (For Steering Pleasure) 
5."Around the Way Girl" (Untouchables Remix) 
6."Around the Way Girl" (Crypt 12" Mix) 
7."Around the Way Girl" (Jerv's 12" Rub Mix) 
8."Around the Way Girl" (Marley Rub) 
9."To Da Break of Dawn" (Remix Version) 
10."To Da Break of Dawn" (Bug Out Mix) 
11."6 Minutes of Pleasure" (Hey Girl Remix) 
12."The Boomin' System" (The Underground Mix) 
13."Eat Em Up L Chill" (Chill Remix) 
14."Strictly Business" 

Personnel

Credits are adapted from AllMusic.[6]

  • James Baynard – trumpet
  • Flex – background vocals
  • David Kennedy – engineer
  • Darren Lighty – background vocals, keyboards, programming
  • LL Cool J – producer, vocals
  • Marley Marl – engineer, producer
  • Eric Williams – background vocals

Charts

Certifications

Region Certification Certified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada)[35] Gold 50,000^
United States (RIAA)[36] 2× Platinum 2,000,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

  1. ^ a b c "Mama Said Knock You Out | LL COOL J".
  2. ^ a b "Chris Rock's Top 25 Hip Hop Albums". Rate Your Music. Archived from the original on November 7, 2015. Retrieved March 1, 2012.[better source needed]
  3. ^ "50 Greatest East Coast Hip-Hop Albums of the 1990s". The Boombox. October 20, 2017. Retrieved September 14, 2024.
  4. ^ "Mama Said Knock You Out". CD Universe. Retrieved August 30, 2015.
  5. ^ McCoy, Judy (1992). Rap Music in the 1980s: A Reference Guide. Scarecrow Press. p. 202. ISBN 0810826496.
  6. ^ a b Huey, Steve. "Mama Said Knock You Out – LL Cool J". AllMusic. Retrieved January 20, 2018.
  7. ^ Kot, Greg (October 11, 1990). "L.L. Cool J: Mama Said Knock You Out (Def Jam)". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved August 30, 2015.
  8. ^ Sandow, Greg (September 21, 1990). "Mama Said Knock You Out". Entertainment Weekly. New York. Retrieved January 20, 2018.
  9. ^ Hewitt, Paolo (September 22, 1990). "LL Systems Go!". NME. London. p. 42.
  10. ^ Coleman, Mark (October 18, 1990). "Mama Said Knock You Out". Rolling Stone. New York. Retrieved January 20, 2018.
  11. ^ Coleman, Mark; Randall, Mac (2004). "L.L. Cool J". In Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian (eds.). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide (4th ed.). Simon & Schuster. pp. 491–492. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8.
  12. ^ a b Cook, Richard (October 1990). "Return of the Exile". Select. No. 4. London. p. 109.
  13. ^ Matty C (September 1990). "LL Cool J: Mama Said Knock You Out". The Source. Vol. 3, no. 5. New York. p. 54.
  14. ^ Whitehead, Colson (1995). "L.L. Cool J". In Weisbard, Eric; Marks, Craig (eds.). Spin Alternative Record Guide. Vintage Books. pp. 227–228. ISBN 0-679-75574-8.
  15. ^ Christgau, Robert (September 25, 1990). "Consumer Guide". The Village Voice. New York. Retrieved August 30, 2015.
  16. ^ "This URL has been excluded from the Wayback Machine" (PDF).[dead link‍]
  17. ^ "Gold & Platinum Searchable Database". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved August 30, 2015.
  18. ^ Meyer, Frank. "Mama Said Knock You Out". Yahoo! Music. Archived from the original on September 25, 2015. Retrieved September 19, 2010.
  19. ^ "Mama Said Knock You Out - LL Cool J Song Information". billboard.com. Billboard. Retrieved July 16, 2012.
  20. ^ "GRAMMY Awards Winners & Nominees for Best Rap Solo Performance".
  21. ^ Pareles, Jon (November 18, 1990). "L.L. Cool J.: 'Mama Said Knock You Out' Def Jam/Columbia 46888; all three formats". The New York Times. Retrieved June 21, 2009.
  22. ^ Cooper, Mark (November 1990). "LL Cool J: Mama Said Knock You Out". Q. No. 50. London.
  23. ^ "The 1990 Pazz & Jop Critics Poll". The Village Voice. New York. March 5, 1991. Retrieved August 30, 2015.
  24. ^ Christgau, Robert (May 19, 2021). "Xgau Sez: May, 2021". And It Don't Stop. Substack. Retrieved May 23, 2021.
  25. ^ Hip Hop Connection, July 1994
  26. ^ "The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time - Rolling Stone". Rolling Stone. September 22, 2020. Retrieved September 29, 2020.
  27. ^ Mike, Killer (June 26, 2013). "Doubling Down with Run the Jewels". Interview Magazine (Interview). Interviewed by Erin Brady. Archived from the original on October 4, 2017. Retrieved April 6, 2018.
  28. ^ Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (PDF ed.). Mt Martha, Victoria, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 169.
  29. ^ "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved November 28, 2020.
  30. ^ "LL Cool J Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved November 28, 2020.
  31. ^ "LL Cool J Chart History (Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved November 28, 2020.
  32. ^ "Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums – Year-End 1990". Billboard. Retrieved November 28, 2020.
  33. ^ "Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 1991". Billboard. Archived from the original on January 24, 2015. Retrieved June 4, 2021.
  34. ^ "1991 The Year in Music" (PDF). Billboard. Vol. 103, no. 51. December 21, 1991. p. YE-17. Retrieved June 4, 2021.
  35. ^ "Canadian album certifications – LL Cool J – Mama Said Knock You Out". Music Canada.
  36. ^ "American album certifications – L.L. Cool J – Mama Said Knock You Out". Recording Industry Association of America.

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