Throughout a sitdown interview with Charlamagne Tha God, LL Cool J was requested about his rumored battles with Jay-Z.
One such rumor that has floated round for years was that they bumped into one another in a random car parking zone in Manhattan and began battling. Supposedly, LL was laughed at for utilizing a verse from his 1993 track “Funkadelic Relic” off his album 14 Pictures to the Dome.
When requested about that very rumor, the Queens legend had this to say:
“Okay let’s speak about what it truly is. To start with, I didn’t rap a verse from ‘Funkadelic Relic.’ Okay? That’s the primary f—ing factor. It’s bullsh—t. It’s not true. What did occur, although, is I see the man, he’s within the membership attempting to flash cash to get my consideration and I’m wanting like, okay. After which his man Sauce [Money] got here as much as me and was rappin’. So, I had a few rhymes… bear in mind, I’m albums in now.
“You understand, these are guys that ain’t had that deal. So, after I ain’t had a deal, I had a suitcase of rhymes. Now I’m albums in. Sauce stated some rhymes. I stated a few rhymes. Then I stated a bit of little bit of a track, ‘Ain’t No Stopping This.’ A bit bit. Then Jay got here up rapping. I used to be out of rhymes, b. In no state of affairs was I absolutely loaded and able to rhyme. If I used to be, I’m not precisely the primary rapper that you just wanna get into that shit with.
“So sure, did I run out of rhymes? Was I completed rapping? Abso-f—ing-lutely. Was it their peanut gallery? Completely. However do you actually wanna get into a few of that shit with LL? You actually need that? You dudes need these issues or it’s only a good story to have?”
The 2 legends have been cordial at instances publicly, however have additionally dissed one another on varied information through the years. Jay obtained at LL on this Tim Westwood freestyle again within the late ’90s and LL took a shot at Jay’s Def Jam presidency on the monitor “Queens.”
Then again, Jay shouted the rap legend out throughout his Rock & Roll Corridor of Fame speech saying LL helped rappers like him really feel extra comfy about being weak and “gave us emotional intelligence.”
LL is on a promo run for his 14th solo album entitled The FORCE which is scheduled for a Sept. 6 launch date.
You’ll be able to watch the complete dialog with him and Charlamagne right here.
