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Todd Smith | 
 enlarge | Artist: Ll Cool J
Label: Def Jam
Category: Music
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Rating:  47 reviews
Sales Rank: 94476
Format: Enhanced
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
MPN: 000615802
UPC: 602498798645
EAN: 6024987986458
ASIN: B000EGFV4K
Release Date: April 11, 2006
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Shipping: International shipping available
Condition: light scratches on disc FREE TRACKING missing front artwork light scratches on original case etc. Plays Great
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| Tracks:
| • | It's LL and Santana | | • | Control Myself | | • | Favorite Flavor | | • | Freeze | | • | Best Dress | | • | Preserve The Sexy | | • | What You Want | | • | I've Changed | | • | Ooh Wee | | • | #1 Fan | | • | Down The Aisle | | • | We're Gonna Make It | | • | So Sick | | • | Control Myself |
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No other rapper from the '80s has had LL's longevity. That said, everyone--LL included--knows that the brash Queens teen of Radio is long gone. Since the mid-90s, LL's been best with crossover, R&B/rap songs hardcore types supposedly hate (but their girlfriends love). Todd Smith overflows with that. Despite half-hearted attempts at unleashing his "Jack the Ripper" skills on songs like "LL and Santana" (that'd be Juelz, not Carlos) and "What You Want," Cool James sounds more convincing when he's not trying so hard to be hard. Skip past the overly syrupy "Down the Aisle" and "Ooh Wee" and check out the old-school funkiness of "Control Myself" or "Favorite Flavor," with a throwback sound reminiscent of "Around the Way Girl." Toward the end, LL offers up "We're Gonna Make It," a rousing, feel-good song about perseverance and an apt anthem for LL's own 20-year career. --Oliver Wang
Album Description
TODD SMITH is jump started by the undeniable smash "Control Myself," featuring the multi-platinum and multi-talented superstar, Jennifer Lopez. Produced by Jermaine Dupri, the bass driven track shows yet another dimension of LL's versatility. The album, mostly recorded in Miami and New York features several tracks from Timabaland, Pharell, Scott Storch and Trackmasters. LL Cool J's 12th album features 12 stars; including; Mary J. Blige, Mary Mary, Teairra Mari, Freeway and Juelz Santana.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 42 more reviews...
 ll sit down August 21, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
why is ll fool j still rapping from bad to crack cocaine to steroids yes we seen it all even ll's abs are gettinmg old and howe many timwes can you say you like giving girls oral sex and recruiting j lo for backing vocals is a minus remember she hated blacjk music screw her and this whjole ll project stick to acting.
LL January 19, 2007
This CD was ok. There weren't many songs on this one that were released as singles. The ones that were, were good. But I still love LL.
 Mature hip-hop album from LL Cool J November 25, 2006
1 out of 5 found this review helpful
"I wanted the Todd Smith record to just be a record that was displaying even more of me, the inside of me that [only] my family gets to see everyday. The side of me that grew up next door to you. The guy who loves gardens, the guy who loves his family, to be really, really honest and put together some music that's gonna unify the community, and keep the theme. The theme of the record consistent and constantly bringing people together with the music. All different types of you know musicians and artists, different genres. But primarily you know Hip-Hop and R&B"-LL Cool J on the meaning behind making the "Todd Smith" album
Really it's nice to know that there's a rapper out there that has substance in the music that's being created, on this album LL has shown how much he has evolved as an artist and as a person, with songs like "We're Gonna Make It", "Down The Aisle", "I Changed", "Favorite Flavor", and "What You Want", LL shows that grown and sexy vibe that's missing in hip-hop, you see rappers out there talking about abusing women and getting high but LL displays his rap skills with class and dignity that shines brightly for the type of person he is beyond as an artist, recommended for anybody that loves hip-hop with substance and mature subject matter, if you're looking for another album about drugs and violence don't even check for it
 Nothing really sticks with this album................. October 31, 2006
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
Big disappointment. Some tracks sound dated and some too soft.
The chorus on Red Dress is cool though.
L also played himself at the MTV awards. I really can't see LL taking a back seat to 50 for long.
A good effort for the veteran, original "Prince of Rap" October 1, 2006
2 out of 4 found this review helpful
LL Cool J was the top solo rapper for many years before a Jay-Z, Nas, Eminem, or Tupac came into the picture..
TODD SMITH, his 12th studio LP, continues thematically in the vein of 1995's "MR. SMITH", wherein the bulk of tracks could arguably be considered in the vein of R&B/crossover, with a handful of nods to the hardcore braggadocio of his earliest LPs.
It's nice to say that LL holds his own on this album with the myriad of guest stars. It's fair to say that this is his first LP that has had a majority of the tracks be some type of duet.
Longtime associates the Trackmasters produce the most cuts here, and they seem to be the most sympathetic to LL's contemporary muse. Surprisingly, Scott Storch and the Neptunes only get one cut apiece ("Ooh Wee" and "Best Dressed", respectively). It is on "Dressed" that LL reunites with Jamie Foxx, with whom he shared the screen (and a scuffle) in the film "Any Given Sunday".
"Favorite Flavor" seems to end abruptly; it could have been a good second single (but who knows if Mary J Blige's label would have given permission..); Apparently, Fergie was supposed to be on "Control Myself", but Jennifer Lopez does a decent job; "Preserve the Sexy" is okay, where LL plays a lothario who keeps getting turned down by a woman he just met; but once you consider that duet partner Teiarra Mari is 18, and LL is in his late 30's.. well-- never mind..
LL's spiritual leanings are laid forth in the Gospel-driven "We're Gonna Make It" (and if one checks the liner notes, one can find a Biblical scripture about tithing.. okay, LL we get it! Don't download for free!)
There is no posse cut here, in the vein of "I Shot Ya/4-3-2-1", which is unfortunate; the album could really have used the boost of an all-celebrity jam. Still, for fans of latter-day LL, this isn't a bad LP to cop, but it's not his defining work.
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