LL COOL J GETS SOME HELP FROM JIM JONES

LL Cool J hits the studio with Jim Jones.

Rap legend LL Cool J will release his new album, Exit 13, in February. The Diplomats’ Jim Jones recently laid down some guest vocals for the project. The new album, which is LL’s last under his current deal, will also feature guest appearances by Lil Kim, 50 Cent, and Method Man.

The rapper shot a video for a leaked song from the project, “New York Gangstas,” last month.

“First hip hop concert that I ever went to which was a show that I begged my mother to take me to and literally my mother went with me. I was like you know, like a Bow Wow fan just about. Like I was really honestly a little kid. I went early to the show and stood at the front of the barricade for three hours before they came out on stage. No one else was in there. I waited around while they were rehearsing and kinda got in the door. And snuck my way in and talked some stuff. And my mother kinda got me in. And I just went up to the front and stood there and watched all night, you know what I’m sayin’?”

LL Cool J’s twenty-plus year career is unparelleled. He explained how he first fell in love with rap at his first concert. He said,

In related news, LL Cool J will also launch his new James Todd Clothing line in February.