LL Cool J

A singles collection released in 1996, All The World is jam-packed with legendary, groundbreaking hits and newer crossover joints. The album covers ten years of material from the one and only LL. Features timeless classics "I Need A Beat," "Rock The Bells," and "I'm Bad."

He can be better than his singles, but more often he's been worse, and no other rapper has maintained the hit-making knack so long. The coups are the sex raps "Back Seat" and "Doin It." I must counsel against aspiring to his superstud fantasy. But it's a measure of his pop credibility that I suspect he could be telling some sort of truth. Oohh. (Grade - A)