so, i was talking to my friend celeste today about kool moe dee and his feud with ll cool j, including the fact that there was a diss track on one of kool moe dee's albums where a good chunk of the lyrics were insults directed at ll that all started with the letter "l". she wanted to hear it, and so i dug it out. it was on his album "funke funke wisdom", and it's called "death blow":

kool moe dee "death blow"

a nice touch is that underneath this section, the dj (who's uncredited; maybe it's kool moe dee himself?) is scratching the "ll" quote from the beginning of "rock the bells".

i've been a fan of kool moe dee for quite a long time -- almost as long as i've been buying my own music. even though i think his albums are hit and miss, as an mc he's among the tops, in my opinion. who else could pull off a book rating the top 50 mc's with any credibility? for serious, he's great. in fact, check this out:



and yes, and one of the comments states, "crappy video for a great song".

incidentally, i'd almost bought that book so many times that celeste bought it for me today.

safe.

update: i also found this very cool interview with kool moe dee on arsenio's show. where are the kool moe dees of today?