{"product_id":"radio-2","title":"Radio","description":"Personnel includes: LL Cool J (rap vocals).\u003cbr\u003eRecorded at Chung King House Of Metal, New York, New York. Includes liner notes by Nelson George.\u003cbr\u003eReleased in 1985, RADIO marks the debut of hip-hop icon LL Cool J. Only in his late teens at the time, the strikingly handsome LL (born James Todd Smith) unleashed 11 supremely confident rhymes with a powerful, fearsome delivery that marked him as a rap icon from day one. LL kicks off the album by sending out an ode, not to a lady, but to his boombox (\"I Can't Live Without My Radio\"), and never lets up from there, allowing his tough (yet never overly aggressive) lyrics to flow at a steady clip.\u003cbr\u003eRADIO is also significant as one of the first records produced by rap\/rock Renaissance man Rick Rubin, who contributes the kind of minimal metal-guitar licks and spare, hard-hitting beats that defined mid-80s hip-hop, most notably on the propulsive tunes \"Rock the Bells\" and \"I Need a Beat.\" Along with Run-DMC's RAISING HELL and the Beastie Boys' LICENSED TO ILL, RADIO forms a trilogy of New York City-based, Rubin-helmed albums that helped to take rap to a whole new level. For fans of old-school hip-hop, this disc is absolutely essential. The CD-reissue edition of the album contains liner notes by music scholar Nelson George.","brand":"MovieMars","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51291509719327,"sku":"602537656233","price":30.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0679\/7833\/0399\/files\/58f975013c25ab6c15aa6bea890e509b_d5369591-4d77-4cc9-8013-16e535967ba2.jpg?v=1777808646","url":"https:\/\/www.moviemars.com\/products\/radio-2","provider":"MovieMars","version":"1.0","type":"link"}