(GEMS RADIO)—LL Cool J says that being sampled by Rick Ross and Biggie helped his cred.
“I love it,” LL Cool J said of Biggie’s Life After Death cut. “I used to play it all the time. I loved it. Going going, back back, to Cali. I love it. He name-dropped me. I mean, Rick Ross did ‘I’m Bad’ over on one of his albums early on, that’s part of it.”
He continued: “Look, being used as source material is the stamp of you being a true artist. When other artists use you as source material. You know what I’m saying? When they use you for inspiration, that’s showing that you’ve really touched the world.
“And the beauty of it is, is when you really know it’s deep is when other people don’t even know that they’ve utilized you for source material. So I can sit there and watch a kid listening to ‘Going Back to Cali’ by Biggie and just sit there and say to myself, ‘Wow, I did that.’
“That’s an incredible feeling because there’s something beautiful about the fact that you inspired another artist and they’re touching fans with utilizing you as inspiration.”
(GEMS RADIO)-A$AP Rocky Despite arriving at the 202nd Met Gala in New York on Monday in a stylishly sluggish manner, Rocky and Rihanna were worth the wait. A$AP Rocky wore a kilt with an extended train, while Rihanna wore a spectacular white gown with an overlay covering her upper body. A$AP's Dramatic Entrance After making a grand entrance just before the event started, the Harlem rapper quickly became popular on […]
