but the crowning jewel was an awesome ll cool j poster. he was rocking the kangol, the four finger ring that said Cool J, and a fat gold chain. (which has become an inside joke in our family) (we've got a lot of these).
i taped i need love off the radio and pumped it in my walkman until the cheap tape wore out. i bought bigger and deffer from easters (the catch-all store in town, with groceries and all sorts of and other stuff). i was taken with the cool kangol and bought into the rivalry with kool moe dee. walking with a panther was next on cassette, and i couldn't stop listening to it. plus, i really wanted those panther contact lenses he was wearing, although i don't wear contacts now because i can't stand to touch my eyeball (or watch others do it either). i bought both cassette and cd versions of mama said knock you out. i got into bench pressing weights after watching uncle L put up stacks in the title track video.
*i'm bad - forget oreos eat cool j cookies
*goin back to cali - she says she likes the ocean
*jingling baby - prominent dominant mccoy and i'm real
*around the way girl - with your new edition bobby brown button on your sleeve
*the boomin system - C to the O to the O to the L to the I to the N to the F to the R to the O to the N to the T to the I to the N ... that means i'm chillin
the misnomer in jazz music (and music school shit, btw) is that you have to like that particular type of music exclusively. wanna be an opera star? start listening to pavarotti and callas. jazz tenor player? get some coltrane and dex and sonny and check back in two years. concert pianist? rubenstein and horowitz, but be careful with the gould. YES you should be checking out this stuff so you can know how high the masters have set the bar, but NO need to quit digging the music that turns your crank.
so yeah. i like ll cool j. always have. he turned 42 today. happy birthday james todd smith. i'm still working on that lip lick move.
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