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13433917, LL created the love ballad in rap. No LL, no Drake IMO
Posted by spirit, Thu May-27-21 10:55 AM
LL also was basically the foundation for Rick and Russell era Def Jam. A reasonable argument could be made that without LL, Def Jam would not have gone on to be the dominant rap label in the 80s. I don’t think T La Rock would have gotten them there. From there, the dominos keep falling. Jay Z remains a gold artist distributed by Priority? Does the Roc ever reach the level where they could put on a guy with a pink Polo who then (with Phonte) went on to inspire a certain guy from Canada?
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