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Exit 13 | 
| Artist: Ll Cool J
Label: Def Jam
Category: Music
New (33) Used (3) from £5.46
Rating:  5 reviews
Sales Rank: 73524
Format: Explicit Lyrics, Import
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
MPN: 001150302
UPC: 602517753068
EAN: 0602517753068
ASIN: B001AI1QWW
Release Date: September 9, 2008
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| Tracks:
| • | It's Time for War - LL Cool J | | • | Old School New School - LL Cool J | | • | Feel My Heart Beat - 50 Cent, LL Cool J | | • | Get Over Here - It's Ya Girl Nicolette, Jiz, LL Cool J, Lyrikal, Ticky Diamonda | | • | Baby - Dream, LL Cool J | | • | You Better Watch Me - LL Cool J | | • | Cry - LL Cool J | | • | Baby [Rock Remix] - LL Cool J, Richie Sambora | | • | Rocking with the G.O.A.T. - LL Cool J | | • | This Is Ring Tone M... - Grandmaster Caz, LL Cool J | | • | Like a Radio - LL Cool J, Ryan Leslie | | • | I Fall in Love - Elan, LL Cool J | | • | Ur Only a Customer - LL Cool J | | • | Mr. President - Wyclef Jean, LL Cool J | | • | American Girl - LL Cool J | | • | Speedin on Da Highway/Exit 13 - Funkmaster Flex, LL Cool J | | • | Come and Party with Me - Fat Joe, LL Cool J, Sheek Louch | | • | We Rollin' - LL Cool J | | • | Dear Hip Hop - LL Cool J |
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| Customer Reviews:
 This album is nice but the mix tape is so much better October 4, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
LL recorded for two years and made three albums worth of music before he released this. Prior to this release he put out a promotional mix tape which can be downloaded free from the web. Just google 'Return Of The Goat LL'. That mix tape was amazing and I played it all day every day. It could have - "correction" it should have been the CD. I would guess the tracks which didn't make Exit 13 were on the mix tape. The mix tape re-instates him as the GOAT. Exit 13 doesn't.
I heard he reads some of his reviews because this one is real. I've watched LL very closely since 1985, seen his tours, bought all the vinyl and cds and I have to say his skills, and talent is flawless. 25 years in this industry speaks for itself. However the production is what needs to shine more. DJ Premiere, Dr Dre needed to be on here. Maybe even Eric B would have made the musical content shine more.
I give it four stars for the pure genius of his lyrical ability but to be honest, the tracks I keep playing are (1) Its time for war (6) You better watch me (10) This is ring tone murder and (18) We rollin. In a recent interview LL said there is something in there for everybody. He really should have put just one whimsical track in there like Baby and made the rest of the CD a lot more musical, soulful and edgier. Where's that song featuring Trey Songz called "Girl If I"? Listen to Roy Ayers and you will understand what soul is. Could you imagine if LL got Roy in the studio. I think artists need to have a core market and focus on it. "LL" always sold more when he focussed on a harder style. The success of the "Mama said" album supports this remark. The street is where you truly belong LL because that is what the masses want to hear from you.
The final decision making at Def Jam should be stepped up? Do they have a steering committee? With better production this CD would have been a sell out at least on the level of other artists like Nas and Jay Z!
I'm a true fan of Krs1. Again the production of 5 Boroughs didn't justify the calibre of artists on that track. Ryan Leslies talent didn't deliver either. For future releases put aside 50cent and focus on the Premiers and Dr Dre producers of this world and watch the next release go triple platinum. I was very surprised that Slim Shady did not guest appear on this. Em is a true fan of LL. Imagine if Cool J had Nas and Kanye co exec produce for him. For lyrical content I'll give this a "B to B+" It is worth buying.
 Exit Stage Left... October 1, 2008
Sorry Uncle L, but this album is straight garbage. The word on the street was that this album might right the wrongs of "Todd Smith" and go some way to reigniting the flame of the one who likes to refer to himself as the "G.O.A.T". How wrong we were.
The only track worthy of any kind of recognition is "You Better Watch Me". It is the only album track getting heavy rotation in my car and on the I-Pod at the moment.
Make no mistake, in LL's early days I was his biggest fan. The "Rock the Bells" live version, the "real" B.A.D. album, the swagger, the Kangol hat and the gold chain all remind of my teenage years and my early love of hip-hop music. In many ways, as that was twenty years ago his claim to be the greatest could be argued, but as such, and with so much experience of what it takes to make great hip-hop, LL really should know better.
This is apparently his last album on Def Jam. I hope his fist post Simmons project is better; unfortunately, I don't think it will be. So, in summary, better dust off that old copy of "Mama said" cos it ain't gonna get any better.
 The guy above must be into pop not hiphop September 19, 2008
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
This latest release by the GOAT is by far better than his last several releases. From track one you know where this is going.....back to his golden days!!! This is as close as Mr Smith and Mama said knock you out ya gonna get. If you liked his soppy and poppy Todd Smith then maybe this isn't for you, but if you're a true LL fan you know when he was best and will love this just as much!!!
As the album is so strong I can't pick out what tracks are best, but believe me whilst listening to this you'll smile at how the hell he's produced an album of such quality - both lyrics and production.
 rubbish September 18, 2008
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
I totally agree with the other reviwer here. I was hoping LL cool j's last album for def jam was gonna bring it big time..the last couple of albums have been substandard (even to LL who said so himself) so when i heard him on tim westwood a few months back and previwed several new tracks..both excellent i had big hopes for this....well now i have it..bothe those good tracks are nowhere to be found and what we get is a lot of bland g-unit style reject beats..that sound like 50 cent rejected them for being crap! the ryhmes are hard and LL brings it back to the spirit of mama said knock you out..sadly this album doesnt have the production too go with it. a vast array of unknown untried producers deliver some shockingly bad beats on here. As the other guy said..if they had bothered to spen a couple of $ and hired the likes of dj premier,timbaland,pete rock,pahrell etc etc this would have been great. This has got to rank as one of hip hops MAJOR DISAPOINTMENTS IN2008..avoid
Not so Cool J :-( September 18, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Having waited a while and anxiously before its release date. I was in high expectation that the newly revamped LL would bring it to the soundwaves with full affect in 'Exit 13'. However after listening to the album i realised that the album name actually provides a hint...Exit the C.D after track 13 :-(. I am a huge LL fan but this has left many question marks with me, and grant it that all artists sometimes like to read reviews on there work. So here goes...it seems like LL, since his TODD SMITH album has gone perhaps a decade back to what rap and hip-hop used to be like - being loud, having meaning, raw anthem beats, classics like his 'Mama said Knock you out' etc . Its good that he was looking deep inside himself to bring back the oldschool, hardcore, deep lyrical LL back...but im afraid doing this hasnt made me listen to this album more than once. As far as i can see there are 2 good tracks on the album. Funnily enough track 13 and another one...but thats the thing, i cant remember the other track, unlike my favourite album the G.O.A.T whereby i can name several tracks and numbers because the beats and lyrics were just awsome, 'Exit 13' doesnt leave me remembering or praising. But this album if i say it lacks, funk, rythym, mellow moods and chilled beats. I think if LL worked with producers such as Pharell, Timberland, DJ S&S, and Amen Ra then the album would of been off the chain! I reckon if LL brought another album out he may want to consider just coming back into Mr Smith/ '10' style and im sure the market will be dominated by LL come his next album. I give much respect for LL and the amount of work and albums that he has done, but sometimes going into past music styles is a very brave thing to do in this age. But keep up the good work LL. Peace.
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