Music
July, 1993
Dave MarshLL Cool J began his career as the original badass teenage rapper. His early hits had anger, audacity, wordplay as deft as it was def and monstrously heavy grooves. He's also one of the few rappers to pull off a credible ballad. 14 Shots to the Dome (Def Jam) features big brags, sleek seductions and wordplay that Elvis Costello might envy if he weren't busy making the world's dullest album, The Juliet Letters. While never as draining as Elvis C, Cool J is almost as self-referential, whi...
