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Established in 1998,
Nostalgia Central is your one stop reference guide through five decades of music, movies, television, pop culture
and social history
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LL Cool J
 LL Cool J was born James Todd Smith. The rap name apparently means
"Ladies Love Cool James".
He was only 16 when he released his first single, I Need A
Beat. A year later he had the first hit on the fledgling Def
Jam label.
The sound he and producer Rick Rubin found on hits such as I
Can't Live Without My Radio, That's A Lie and Rock
The Bells was harder and leaner than hip-hop had ever been
before.
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