Released: November 18, 1985

Songwriter: Rick Rubin LL Cool J

Producer: Rick Rubin

His realm is a new horizon of cuts
They expand from his hand as he conducts
A melodical project, not photography
Cut-Creator, Philly-Phil's biography

The lyrical virtuoso makes his return
All adversaries should be concerned
LL Cool J is back again
Allow me to introduce you to my friend, Cut Creator

He circumcises DJ's while he's on the airwaves
Till the missions' complete, you're a musical slave
In his division, he'll endure any collision
Like a surgeon with a scalpel, he'll make an incision
As for me I'll annihilate, exile, ex-communicate
You from rappin' and my lyrics are the best
Slow down the rap but not the subject matter
All you sucker DJ's will scatter
Cut-Crea-tor will employ techniques that will absorb toy boy
Choreographer of cuts, Cut Creator is his name
The boy's so nice, my vocals will strain
You could re-arrange but you don't have the brains
To arrange scratch patterns full of audio change
Not trigonometry, or fundamental geometry
Just Cool J, that's me, I'm dangerous

(*"I Need A Beat" - cut and scratched*)

Yeah I made it, don't look astonished
I had to remind you of what I accomplished
My scenario for your stereo
Us being beat, zero is the ratio
Cut Creator, LL Cool J
Say "Olé" to what we display
Battles, we don't evade, instead we invade
And all competitors will be slayed
Any comment is a compliment
No group's talent could be the equivalent
Of mine and his combined
Total harmony between the cuts and the rhyme
Turmoil is erased by the depth of the bass
Takin' out every sucker DJ in the place
A performance underrated, is now narrated
So Cut Creator's social status can be elevated
He's dangerous

Demolishin' DJ's in under a second
I'll quote an old phrase from my last record
The beat elevates, the scratch excels
Except I came here to raise some hell
Servin up slices and cuts like a blade
He could squeeze a dry sponge and make Kool-Aid
Acute and steady, the record turns steady
Instead of a needle, he uses a machete
His cuts evolve to get you involved
As the record revolves, DJ's dissolve
Musically, physically, mentally, he's an innovator, greater
Cut Creator is on the crossfader
So try to digest what I invent
On Farmer's Boulevard is where I rest
I'm numero uno, amigo with an ego
Je pan de la francais, and Italiano
From my projects and I'll inject
Into your ears, a new concept
Conceived in silence, to be unveiled
To the Cool J phenomena, all must hail
I'm dangerous

LL Cool J

Deriving his name from the statement “Ladies Love Cool James,” LL Cool J became a superstar rapper after his Def Jam debut in 1984. He mixed a hardcore hip-hop style from songs like “I’m Bad” with R&B style on songs like “I Need Love,” which led him to multi-platinum success and several awards. He would later venture into movies and television, write several books, and start different business ventures.

Born January 14, 1968, Queens, New York native James Todd Smith began rapping at the age of nine and started to seriously pursue rapping when he was 16 years old after his grandfather bought him music equipment, which he used to create a demo tape that was sent to numerous labels. He was signed by upstart independent label Def Jam, working with founders Russell Simmons and Rick Rubin to release his debut single “I Need a Beat” in 1984, which sold over 100,000 copies. This success helped Def Jam secure a distribution deal with Columbia Records.

LL released his debut album Radio in 1985, which achieved platinum status with help from the hit singles “I Can’t Live Without My Radio” and “Rock the Bells.” After working exclusively with Rick Rubin on his debut, LL worked with the West Coast production crew L.A. Posse on his second album Bigger and Deffer, released in 1987. The album featured two of LL’s signature the hard-edged “I’m Bad” and the “rap ballad” “I Need Love,” which was a Top 20 pop hit, helping the album achieve double platinum status.