ARTIST: LL Cool J
SONG TITLE: “I Cry (feat. Lil’ Mo)”
WEB DEBUT: May 20, 2008
ONE-LISTEN VERDICT: LL Cool J is all about you, girl. The beats may get tiresome, the language less memorable, but he’s still going to be the kind of man you need, girl. “If you feel it in your heart, it gets you much wetter,” girl. “Live my life and go to sleep for you,” girl. His upcoming album is named Exit 13, girl, because it’s his thirteenth album, girl! What do you really expect, girl? Seeing as how the last album’s best track aped the vocal patterns of “Goin’ Back To Cali,” it’s no surprise he’d return to the earnestness of “I Need Love,” girl. If you can think of anything that rhymes with “girl,” girl, let him know, girl.
WHERE TO HEAR IT: MissInfo is hosting the track as an exclusive, but it went up on YouTube last night.
Oh LL. Mr. Lover-lover. I would wax poetic about the track but I’m still beaming from ear to ear cause rappers still have Lil Mo on speed dial. I also like how she’s back from obscurity on yet another track titled I Cry. [And don't even act like y'all don't know about that first I Cry track she guest sang on.]
Does anybody else here recall that Ja Rule had a track called “I Cry” that featured Lil Mo??
Mo and Ja (coincidentally, also a ‘Mo) had a falling out several years back over royalties (and hair extensions, I bet) and I wonder if this is a dis of sorts on her part.
Oh the drama never ends
LL’s made some great songs. Unfortunately, that was over 15 years ago. Time to hang up the Kangol, chief.