LL Cool J announced that he and Q-Tip of A Tribe Called Quest fame are working together on an album for Def Jam. LL — born James Todd Smith — shared the news of the album via Twitter, with the caption: “I just started recording new music produced by my lil bro,” with a mention of Q-Tip’s Twitter handle. LL followed the tweet with, “I’m putting this new music out on @defjam.”
The collaboration would be a return to the label that gave LL Cool J his first big shot to mainstream success. Recently, LL has been busy as a television actor of late, with 10 seasons under his belt via CBS’ NCIS: Los Angeles series.
Q-Tip recently served as the executive producer for Danny Brown’s uknowhatimsayin¿ album in 2019. LL last released his Authentic album in 2013 with promises of a followup.
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