Articles tagged "ll cool j"

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Some Highlights from the 2010 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Ballot

by AJ Ramirez

[30.Sep.09] :. The 2010 nominees for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame have been announced. The ballot includes KISS, the Stooges, Genesis, LL Cool J, ABBA, Jimmy Cliff, the Chantels, Darlene Love, Donna Summer, Laura...

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Hip-Hop Hooray: Tributes in Rhyme

by Quentin B. Huff

[13.Mar.09] :. Forget the beef, let's talk about honoring our hip-hop icons. Perhaps the best way to pay homage to hip-hoppers is to let them speak in their own words.

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We Don’t Die, We Multiply: Posse Tracks

by Quentin B. Huff

[5.Jan.09] :. Having more than one rapper on the scene enhances and galvanizes a song, as the central theme is strengthened with each successive verse. As the saying goes, there's strength in numbers.

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Hip-Haute Couture

by Quentin B. Huff

[18.Nov.08] :. Although "hip-hop" means different things to different people, everyone seems to be confident that they know what "it" is. Through this subjective lens, there is also a unique brand of investment and ownership in the meaning of "hip-hop".

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Music Review

LL Cool J: Todd Smith

by Michael Frauenhofer

[20.Apr.06] :. Todd Smith is glossy, safe, front-loaded, and slick. My mom likes it, enough said. And the young-girl LL Cool J fans will love it too, regardless of what we say here.

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Film Review

Last Holiday (2006)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[13.Jan.06] :. As she gains increased clout (maybe her new Hollywood star counts for something), perhaps the Queen can angle for work that's challenging and rewarding for all her subject.

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Mindhunters (2004)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[29.Sep.05] :. While the accumulating bodies and declarations of motive are unclever, Mindhunters does make good (if not quite enough) use of LL Cool J.

 

Mindhunters (2005)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[13.May.05] :. In Mindhunters, the relationship between realness and not is especially fraught.

 

S.W.A.T. (2003)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[13.Jan.04] :. S.W.A.T. knows what it is, namely, an expensive, hyper-actionated, CD-selling, multi-raced and multi-buddied flick.

 

S.W.A.T. (2003)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[7.Aug.03] :. S.W.A.T. knows what it is, namely, an expensive, hyper-actionated, cd-selling, multi-raced and multi-buddied flick.

 

Deliver Us From Eva (2003)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[13.Feb.03] :. In the she's-such-a-bitch scenes, Gabrielle Union reveals a completely wonderful comic timing.

 

L.L. Cool J: 10

by Matt Cibula

[20.Dec.02] :. L.L. is at his best when the chips are down. That’s always been the pattern. He grew up poor and scared and ambitious in Queens, and his first singles, “I Need a Beat” and “I...

 

Rollerball (2002)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[7.Feb.02] :. PULL.

 

Last Holiday (2006)

by Cynthia Fuchs

'So much of the movie,' says director Wayne Wang of his Last Holiday, 'is about giving up your fears and trying to live your life.'

 

Kingdom Come (2001)

by Cynthia Fuchs

What the film does especially well is explore the perpetual strains and stresses of family relationships, especially with the added duress of scraping by, day to day, in an economy that shows no mercy. That 'Kingdom Come' does all this through comedy makes the exploration both more and less painful.

 

In Too Deep (1999)

by Cynthia Fuchs

It’s for real: LL Cool J is a movie star. When he makes his entrance in Michael Rymer’s retread undercover cop movie, the girls in the audience whoop with delight and the guys applaud,...