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Radio |  | Artist: LL Cool J
Label: Def Jam
Category: Music
List Price: £9.99
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Rating:  4 reviews
Sales Rank: 57357
Format: Explicit Lyrics, Original recording reissued
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
MPN: 527352
UPC: 731452735225
EAN: 0731452735225
ASIN: B0000024JP
Release Date: July 11, 1995
Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days
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| Tracks:
| • | I Can't Live Without My Radio | | • | You Can't Dance | | • | Dear Yvette | | • | I Can Give You More | | • | Dangerous | | • | Rock The Bells | | • | I Need A Beat | | • | You'll Rock | | • | I Want You |
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| Editorial Reviews:
Amazon.co.uk Review
There are a few unmistakable footprints any fan of hip-hop can instantly recognise: the woodwind twist of Run DMC's "Peter Piper", Doug E. Fresh and Slick Rick's "La Di Da Di", and the ferocious, burning, wax-and-metal battle cry of "LL Cool J is hard as hell!" on "Rock the Bells", from LL Cool J's 1986 debut, IRadio/I. Although just a teenager at the time of this recording, LL booms with shocking authority on tracks like "I Can't Live Without My Radio" and "I Need a Beat". Rick Rubin completes the soundscape with Def Jam's early signature arena-rock guitar strangulations and mechanical drum fills. LL's bravado and vocal presence--despite the imperfect production on the CD and the juvenilia of "You Can't Dance" and "I Want You"--remain inescapable on IRadio/I. --ITodd Levin/I
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| Customer Reviews:
 Hard as Hell January 13, 2004
trust me, I'm not a doctor
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
This is as basic and raw as rap album's get. LL Cool J's finest to date. With the exception of some tracks on "Mama said knock you out" LP, LL Cool J has not managed to recreate that raw heavy drumtrack of this album. The most outstanding tracks to my mind are "rock the bells" and "I need a beat". It always refreshes me to listen to the immature and jokey lyrics and realise that this was a teenage boy who was rapping about his life and dreams. I am glad that there are few mentions of how many rival ganstas he has shot or how many Escalades he has or the size of his diamonds. There are no ultra slick samples or vocal mixes with token eye candy. Instead we have lyrics that boast about how good his rhymes are, how good he looks and more importantly how he make everyone else look bad. The scratching is loud and raw. It make you want to crank up the volume and body pop ( deliberately left out breakdancing because I was never a fan of spinning on my head in case I happened to snap my neck). If you want to know what rapping was all about then you need to add this album to your collection. What LL needs to do is go back to rapping with his DJ and get Rick Rubin in his studio and that is it! Come back LL to your roots and rap like you used to.
LL Rockin Bells May 8, 2000
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
Back in 1985, a young man by the name of James Todd Smith released his first album. Little did many know that this was to be LL Cool J, and this album is a must for extreme old school fans. LL set out an agenda that was to sprawl over some 6 albums, as he stressed the importance of his beatbox on the title track and also created the classic but defintive jam "Rock the Bells". The intro to this song has oft been nicked, but none of the imitators came close. So strap on your kangol and let the drum machines remind you of the old school sound....
WOW April 21, 2002
P. Prior (Norwich - UK)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
Over the past few years "rap," "hip-hop" or "street" music has become over-saturated by so many sub-par b-boy-come-latelys (see L.L.'s Queens comrades Run-D.M.C.'s "Sucker M.C.'s") that it's cause for celebration when a breakthrough record like Radio hits. L.L. Cool J is a solo MC with style, wit, uncanny phrasing and timing. Radio succeeds with a sparse sound built on nothing much more than a big beat, and clever rapping. L.L.'s funky fresh rhymes are paired with a slew of drum tracks and dance beats, in part supplied by producer Rick Rubin (Beastie Boys et al.). Among the lively are "I Can't Live Without My Radio," proven by countless numbers of urban and suburban youths (also included on the Krush Groove soundtrack): "You Can't Dance," guaranteed to turn two left feet into two happy feet; the boastful (a prerequisite trait for any successful M.C.) "Dangerous;" "You'll Rock;" and a remix of his single "I Need A Beat." L.L. says it best as he opens "You'll Rock": The momentum of this party can only increase/The design of this rhyme is a masterpiece." Know what I'm saying...
STOLLEN BEATS June 7, 2007
R. petrie (ENGLAND)
this is ll cool j's one and only album worth having it is hiphop but lets not forget he stole the beat for rock the bells from MC SHAN MARLY MARL AND EVEN DENINED IT. DONT TAKE MY WORD, LISTEN TO BEAT BYTER FROM MC SHAN'S ALBUM DOWN BY LAW. LETS KEEP EVERYTHING REAL. BISHOP
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