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1* CareerResurrection: Even if he insists he's been here for years, ''Mama Said Knock You Out'' definitely restored his credibility with fans after he was accused of "selling out" and watering down his image when he released ''Walkin' With a Panther''.
2* CreatorBacklash: In a [[https://www.billboard.com/music/rb-hip-hop/ll-cool-j-rock-the-bells-interview-1235054829/ 2022 interview with]] ''Billboard'', He said his problem with ''10'', despite it being one of his best selling albums, was the fact that he coasted too much on the album, and he wasn't in tune with the streets like he should've been.
3* OldShame: In the same ''Billboard'' interview above, LL openly disowned ''Authentic'', admitting he was too unfocused because of his many TV projects at the time, and once again not being tuned into the streets, resulting in the album's failure.
4* ReferencedBy: You know that line from "That's a Lie" mentioned on J's main page? Wrestling/RoddyPiper would actually reference it when exposing Wrestling/EricBischoff as the man behind the Wrestling/NewWorldOrder on a November 1996 episode of ''Wrestling/WCWMondayNitro''.
5* UncreditedRole: Because Def Jam blocked him from appearing on the anti-violence single "Self Destruction" (likely owing to his feud with Kool Moe Dee, who was also on the track), he settled for ghostwriting MC Lyte's verse instead.
6* ThrowItIn: On "Droppin' Em", the song ends with the guitar sample from the intro coming in at the wrong time. [[https://youtu.be/7c2LhmeDEeY?t=4914 According to an interview he did with Eminem]], LL made the beat himself out of tape loops, and the tape accidentally got jammed when he recorded the song. LL decided to leave it in.

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