LL Cool J says he’s the most important rapper of all time

LL Cool J believes he is the most important rapper to ever exist.

In a recent conversation about Apple Music Les Codes , The rap legend was asked about the possibility of a film being made about his career and he responded that it would be almost impossible considering everything he has done.

“I think one day people will wake up and realize that LL Cool J is the most important rapper to ever exist,” LL Cool J said. “I truly believe that one day people will say that.”

The “Going Back to Cali” artist continued to destroy everything he thought he did first, much like Soulja Boy has done in the past.

“They’ll look and say, ‘Wow, when it comes to decorations, this is the guy who introduced all the ice, decorations and champagne,'” he explained. “They’ll say, when it comes to love songs, they’ll say, ‘This is the guy who introduced love songs and all that love shit.’

“When it comes to the bad guy vibe, they’ll realize that this is the guy who brought the whole bad guy vibe before it was even done,” he continued. “When it comes to GOAT terminology: ‘This is the guy who came up with all this GOAT stuff.’ When it comes to Def Jam, they’ll say, “Wow, that’s the first artist that was on Def Jam.”

LL Cool J also stated that he was one of the first solo rap artists to go global, popularized his work with Kangol, and pioneered television acting while continuing to release music.

With all this in mind, LL Cool J made it clear that it would be difficult for him to pursue a career in film. “How to make a film about this?” – he asked the owner.

Being the first to do so many things in hip-hop. has put him in GOAT territory, but LL Cool J refused to say so during the interview. “There are too many rappers who have done too many important things for me to claim that I’m the only one,” he explained.

Earlier this month, LL Cool J revealed talking in your sleep with the late A Tribe Called Quest member Phife Dawg, who inspired him to direct his musical projects on what would become his final album, Frequencies of true creative energy aka POWER.

“He came to me in a dream and said, ‘Oh, this will be cool.’ This album can be crazy. Blah, blah, blah, blah, blah,” said LL Cool J. “It was a weird dream because I was working on another album at the time, but when it came to me, when I woke up, I just decided to call Q -Tip and put off another matter.”