LL Cool J is out with his first album in over a decade. He says on Morning Edition, 'I've been here for years, baby. How are you going to call it a comeback?'
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Back in 2017, LL Cool J became the first hip hop artist to receive Kennedy Center Honors for lifetime contributions to American culture. The year before, his star was unveiled on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.He’s had a successful acting career in both film and television, playing a special agent in the crime drama"NCIS: Los Angeles."
LL Cool J: If filmmakers can continue to make great films over numerous years, and if The Stones and Mick can run around at 80-something years old, which I love and respect — if they can do that, LL Cool J can create art that's not just mediocre, that's not like a B-minus, but actually something that, in terms of my heart and my passion, and my soul, is an A-plus project. And present it to the world and touch the culture. That was the point that I was looking to prove.
LL Cool J: That story is really about the Black experience in America and then tying that and connecting that to my roots all the way over in Africa. And that journey and that world and what it's like. I think it's just a raw and honest, fun-loving kind of look at Black culture. LL Cool J: Thousand percent. You know, the stakes are different, but I see it as wanting to prove a point, you know. It's not lost on me that I'm making a culturally relevant and impactful record at year 40. Because, you know, the arts, you should get better — you should be more curious. I mean, I would argue that Picasso got better. Miles Davis got better.A Martínez: Now please forgive me for the way I ask this next question.
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