“Self-styled hip-hop puritans reserve special disdain for Top 40 success stories like Salt-n-Pepa and L.L. Cool J. So on the occasion of SNP’s fifth record, Brand New, and L.L. Cool J’s seventh, Phenomenon, let’s get a few things straight: Not only are Salt-n-Pepa and L.L. Cool J as legitimate as hip-hop comes, but in terms […]”
