Is LL Cool J really the greatest?

I know it's been a while since the last time I wrote a blog but I been busy as hell. (College courses, studio, physical therapy, etc.) Last week at the barber shop some dude was trying to tell me us young guys don't recognize real hip hop. I was just listening......and listening then I had to cut him off. He said LL Cool J was the greatest ever. At that moment I knew he was stuck in the past. I know LL been around since 85 but he wasn't even the best in the 80's. During that era we had Rakim, Big Daddy Kane, KRS-One, NWA, Slick Rick, and Run-DMC just to name a few. I'm not afraid to be a asshole and say that LL ain't even the best out of that group.
In the 90's a ton of great MC's came into the game. LL did his thing with the ladies and a few battles but do you ever remember him being the top nigga in the game.......NAH I ain't think so. The biggest moments he had during the 90's was when Hey Lover was hot and the battle with Canibus. For the record Canibus won that by a landslide. He did okay selling FUBU and acting but his music wasn't that good to be honest. I bet you can't name every LL album from the 90's. What's crazy about that is he only had 4. If you read his lyrics to yourself your gonna be rolling in the floor laughing or confused trying to figure out what people see in him. He made it cool to rap for the ladies and I can't take that from him. Other than that what has LL Cool J done for you. LL Cool J has been in the game for 24 years and that why some people called him one of the greats. Robert Parish played 21 seasons in the NBA, won 4 championships and nobody gives a fuck because he wasn't one of the best players. If people think that way when they rate athletes why is it any different when it comes to a rapper?
Now since 2000 his career has only gotten worse. His only big records in the last 9 years are "Luv you better" and "Headsprung". Do you remember "Fatty Girl" lol? That is just one of the many wack records he has been a part of since 2000. I will admit that everyone has done a wack track or 2 but come on LL. How do you have a wack decade? When I heard "Rocking with the G.O.A.T" I thought we were gonna see the potential that LL had. When I heard the whole EXIT 13 album I was let down once again. Sub-par beats and weak lyrics ran wild all through the album. Now ask yourself is LL Cool J in your top 10. If not how can he be the greatest...........

Do you really take this guy serious


The record that crushed him