Mama Said Knock You Out
by LL Cool J

Mama Said Knock You Out by LL Cool J
Year: 1990
Release date: 1990-09-14
Overall rank: 5,528th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
74/100 (from 122 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1990 (77th)
Award Top albums of of the 1990s (904th)
Award Best albums of all time (5,528th)

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LL Cool J bestography

Mama Said Knock You Out is ranked 2nd best out of 17 albums by LL Cool J on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by LL Cool J is Radio which is ranked number 3607 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 414.

LL Cool J album bestography « Higher ranked (3,607th)
Radio
This album (5,528th)
Mama Said Knock You Out
Lower ranked (8,790th) »
Bigger And Deffer

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  Track ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 81 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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Mama Said Knock You Out rankings summary
Overall rank: 5,528th | 1990s rank: 904th | 1990 rank: 77th  Overall chart history
(Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). (Last updated: 3 hours ago).

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Average Rating: 
74/100 (from 122 votes)
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07/04/2026 17:27 spinout  Ratings distribution  3,46481/100
 
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05/11/2026 17:37 Jakor  Ratings distribution  5,43770/100
 
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01/18/2026 16:38 daCritic  Ratings distribution  4,58473/100

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This album is rated in the top 18% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 73.9/100, a mean average of 72.5/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 74.0/100. The standard deviation for this album is 16.6.


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90/100
I guess you can never have too much Funky Drummer. I liked the sampled music on this, as well as the non-sampled beats and bass. For me the production is what made the album good, while the rapping was just all right. Then again I'm not a hip hop fan but I liked this a lot.
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70/100
From 02/24/2022 17:13 | #281875
Problem with rap is the sameness of all these goddam songs, this album is also sooo long
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80/100
From 11/29/2021 19:54 | #276884
Manja muito de batida!
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60/100
It's got a few classics, but it's just too long and too repetitive.
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