LL Cool J Is Another Year Older And A Little More Ripped

January 14th, 2008 // 9 Comments


Happy 40th birthday to James Todd Smith, shown here in happier times, back when he still bombed whole towns, though not before asking the local agriculture community if it was okay, and wasn’t merely a pair of polished pectorals duetting with the R&B babydoll du jour. But LL, as you blow out all those candles remember that you look better in middle age than most people look in their prime. So at least there’s that.

LL Cool J – “Mama Said Knock You Out (Unplugged)” [MTV]


  1. Ned Raggett

    Still one of the greatest things I’ve ever seen on TV.

  2. thearcanemodel

    ew!!!! great song, but couldn’t you have put up “goin’ back to cali” or something? you are undoing years of hard work spent getting the image of LL’s deoderant-smeared pits out of my brain…

  3. Anonymous

    Yes, he still looks great, but given your post below on musicians abusing steroids….well, I’d say LL was probably the first on that train.

  4. Maura Johnston

    @slowburn: a good point. can we somehow blame roger clemens, though?

  5. Dead Air ummm Dead Air

    @maura: Sure, if you want to get sued.

  6. Chris N.

    LL also apparently had a lever which, if pulled, caused him to explode. I wonder if he still has that.

  7. Maura Johnston

    @Dead Air ummm Dead Air: Well, it’s less painful than being hit with a flying bat, I guess.

  8. Chris Molanphy

    @Chris N.: I also understand his nine is easy to load.

  9. narymary

    I always pray those persistent gay rumors are true and that one day he will plow me like a field of wheat.

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