Mama Said Knock You Out (studio album)
by LL Cool J

Mama Said Knock You Out by LL Cool J
Year: 1990
Overall rank: 5,548th   
Average Rating: 
74/100 (from 119 votes)
     
Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1990 (79th)
Award Top albums of the 1990s (920th)
Award Best albums of all time (5,548th)

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LL Cool J bestography

Mama Said Knock You Out is ranked 2nd best out of 16 albums by LL Cool J on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by LL Cool J is Radio which is ranked number 3518 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 417.

LL Cool J album bestography « Higher ranked (3,518th)
Radio
This album (5,548th)
Mama Said Knock You Out
Lower ranked (8,901st) »
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Mama Said Knock You Out track list

   The tracks on this album have an average rating of 80 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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Mama Said Knock You Out rankings

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Overall rank: 5,548th | 1990s rank: 920th | 1990 rank: 79th

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Mama Said Knock You Out ratings

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74/100 (from 119 votes)
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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 72.6/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 74.1/100. The standard deviation for this album is 16.7.

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From 07/09/2025 00:54 | #310002
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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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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From 11/29/2021 19:54 | #276884
Manja muito de batida!
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From 12/18/2020 13:31 | #262854
It's got a few classics, but it's just too long and too repetitive.
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