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LL Cool J
14 Shots To The Dome

Album CA 1993 on Def Jam Recordings label
Hip-Hop/Rap

Track 1 Def Jam Music, Inc./LL Cool J Music/EMI April Music, Inc./Marley Marl Music (ASCAP) Recorded & mixed at Another “House of Hits” Joint Contains elements from "Hot Pants, I'm Coming, I'm Coming" (James Brown), Dynatone Publishing Co. (BMI). All rights administered by Uni-Chappell Music Inc. (BMI). "Hot Pants, I'm Coming, I'm Coming" Bobby Byrd. Sampled under license from PolyGram Special Markets, a division of PolyGram Group Distribution, Inc. Track 2 Def Jam Music, Inc./LL Cool J Music/Deep Technology Music (ASCAP) Produced for Q. D. III Soundlab Recorded at Q. D. III Soundlab, Los Angeles, CA Mixed at The Hit Factory, NYC Track 3 Def Jam Music, Inc./LL Cool J Music/EMI April Music, Inc./Marley Marl Music (ASCAP) Recorded & mixed at Another “House of Hits” Joint Contains samples from "Fool's Paradise" (Lesette Wilson/Meli'sa Morgan) Joymel Music/Abendot Music (ASCAP) administered by MCA Music Contains samples from "La Di Da Di" (Ricky Walters/Doug Smith) Slick Rick Music/Danica Music. By Slick Rick and Doug E. Fresh. Courtesy of Danya Records Track 4 Def Jam Music, Inc./LL Cool J Music/EMI April Music, Inc./Marley Marl Music (ASCAP)/Malaco Music (BMI)/Rofignac Music (BMI) Recorded & mixed at Another “House of Hits” Joint "Groove Me" by King Floyd courtesy of Malaco Records Track 5 Def Jam Music, Inc./LL Cool J Music/EMI April Music, Inc./Marley Marl Music (ASCAP) Recorded & mixed at Another “House of Hits” Joint Contains sample from "Blind Alley" (David Porter) Irving Music, Inc. (BMI). By The Emotions. Courtesy of Fantasy, Inc. Track 6 Def Jam Music, Inc./LL Cool J Music/EMI April Music, Inc./Marley Marl Music (ASCAP)/Dalegro Music (BMI) Recorded & mixed at Another “House of Hits” Joint Lt. Stitchie appears courtesy of East/West Records Contains elements from "The Payback" (James Brown/Fred Wesley/John Starks) Dynatone Pub. Co. administered by Unichappell Music, Inc. (BMI). By James Brown, under license from PolyGram Special Markets, a division of PolyGram Group Distribution, Inc. Track 7 Def Jam Music, Inc./LL Cool J Music/EMI April Music, Inc./Marley Marl Music (ASCAP) Recorded & mixed at Another “House of Hits” Joint Embodies portions of the composition "Wonderland By Night" written by Gunter/Chase, Screen Gems-EMI Music Inc.. By Bert Kaempfert used courtesy of MCA Records Track 8 Def Jam Music, Inc./LL Cool J Music/Microphone Mafia Publishing (ASCAP) Produced & arranged for Bobcat Music, Inc. Recorded at Cove City Sound Studios, Long Island, NY Mixed at Sound Castle, Los Angeles, CA Contains samples from "Hollywood Squares" (Bootsy Collins/Frank Waddy/George Clinton, Jr.) Bridgeport Music, Inc./Rubberband Music, Inc. (BMI), as recorded by Bootsy's Rubber Band, under license from Warner Special Products, and "One Nation Under A Groove" (George Clinton, Jr./Garry Shider/Walter Morrison) Bridgeport Music, Inc. (BMI), as recorded by Funkadelic, under license from Westbound Records Track 9 Def Jam Music, Inc./LL Cool J Music/EMI April Music, Inc./Marley Marl Music/L.O.T.U.G. Music (ASCAP)/Malaco Music (BMI)/Thompson & Wealkey Music (BMI) Recorded & mixed at Another “House of Hits” Joint Lords Of The Underground appear courtesy of Pendulum Records "Get Up & Dance" courtesy of Malaco Records Contains samples from "Horn Hits For DJs" under license from Tuff City Records Track 10 Def Jam Music, Inc./LL Cool J Music/Deep Technology Music (ASCAP) Produced for Q. D. III Soundlab Recorded at Q. D. III Soundlab, Los Angeles, CA Mixed at Larrabee Studios, Hollywood, CA Track 11 Def Jam Music, Inc./LL Cool J Music/Deep Technology Music (ASCAP)/Take Note Publishing (BMI) Produced By Q. D. III for Q. D. III Soundlab; Andrew Zenable & Christopher Joseph for X Marx Da Spot Productions Recorded & mixed at Unique Recording Contains elements from "Mother's Son" (Curtis Mayfield) Warner-Tamerlane Pub. Corp. (BMI). Performed by Curtis Mayfield. Courtesy of Curtom Records of Atlanta Track 12 Def Jam Music, Inc./LL Cool J Music/Microphone Mafia Publishing (ASCAP) Produced & arranged for Bobcat Music, Inc. Recorded at Bobcat's House, Palmdale, CA Mixed at Cove City Sound Studios, Long Island, NY Contains a sample from "Get Up Get Down" (Tony Hester) Longitude Music Co. (BMI), as recorded by The Dramatics, under license from Fantasy, Inc. Track 13 Def Jam Music, Inc./LL Cool J Music/Microphone Mafia Publishing (ASCAP) Produced & arranged for Bobcat Music, Inc. Recorded at Bobcat's House, Palmdale, CA Mixed at Sound Castle, Los Angeles, CA Track 14 Def Jam Music, Inc./LL Cool J Music/Microphone Mafia Publishing (ASCAP) Produced for Bobcat Music, Inc. Recorded at Cove City Sound Studios, Long Island, NY & Encore Studio, Burbank, CA Background vocals: Nicki Richards courtesy of Atlantic Recording Corp.; Cindy Mizelle courtesy of East/West Recording Corp.): Marsha McClurkin & Mary Brown of M & M (courtesy of Atlantic Recording Corp.) Mastered at Masterdisk, NYC ℗ 1993 Def Jam Recordings Inc. © 1993 Def Jam Recordings Inc. Rush Associated Labels exclusively licensed to Mercury excluding U.K., France and U.S.A. Marketed and distributed in U.K. and France by Island Records.

Musicians

	LL Cool J voc, bvoc, *1968 US album by
	James Todd Smith , *1968 lyrics by, written by
	Albert Watson , *1942 GB photography by, inside
	Bobby Byrd voc, bvoc, 1934-2007 US performer, elements from "hot pants, i'm coming, i'm coming"
	James Brown voc, 1933-2006 US written by, elements from "hot pants, i'm coming, i'm coming", performer, elements from "the payback", written by, elements from "the payback"
	Doug E. Fresh , US performer, samples from "la di da di"
	Slick Rick voc, *1965 GB performer, samples from "la di da di"
	Lesette Wilson voc, written by, samples from "fool's paradise"
	Meli'sa Morgan voc, bvoc, *1962 US written by, samples from "fool's paradise"
	Douglas E. Davis , written by, samples from "la di da di"
	Ricky Walters g, written by, samples from "la di da di"
	King Floyd voc, 1945-2006 US performer, "groove me", written by
	The Emotions voc, *1968 US performer, sample from "blind alley"
	David Porter voc, *1941 US written by, sample from "blind alley"
	Lieutenant Stitchie bvoc, featuring, lyrics by, additional
	Fred Wesley tb, *1943 US written by, elements from "the payback"
	John Jabo Starks dr, *1938 US written by, elements from "the payback"
	Bert Kaempfert cl, p, tr, 1923-1980 DE performer, portions of "wonderland by night"
	Klaus Günter Neumann p, *1920 DE written by, portions of "wonderland by night"
	Lincoln Chase voc, 1926-1980 US written by, portions of "wonderland by night"
	Bobby "Bobcat" Ervin , arranged by, written by
	Stan "The Guitar" Man g, bass, guitar
	Bootsy's Rubber Band , performer, samples from "hollywood squares"
	Funkadelic , *1968 US performer, samples from "one nation under a groove"
	Bootsy Collins b, g, *1951 US written by, samples from "hollywood squares"
	Frank Waddy dr, perc, voc, written by, samples from "hollywood squares"
	George Clinton voc, *1941 US written by, samples from "hollywood squares", written by, samples from "one nation under a groove"
	Garry Shider voc, g, 1953-2010 US written by, samples from "one nation under a groove"
	Walter Morrison voc, *1954 US written by, samples from "one nation under a groove"
	Lords Of The Underground , featuring, lyrics by, additional
	Curtis Mayfield g, voc, 1942-1999 US performer, elements from "mother's son", written by, elements from "mother's son"
	The Dramatics voc, *1964 US performer, sample from "get up get down"
	Bobcat , scratches, scratchin'
	Tony Hester , 1946-1980 US written by, sample from "get up get down"
	George Karras , arranged by
	Eugene Moye vc, US cello
	Fred Sherry vc, *1948 US cello
	Bob Carlisle frh, FR french horn
	John Clark frh, *1944 US french horn
	Peter Gordon frh, *1945 FR french horn
	Gloria Agostini hrp, 1923-2004 US harp
	Jesse Levy vc, US conductor, strings, orchestrated by, strings
	Julien Barber vl, str, viola
	Olivia Koppell vl, viola
	Carmel Malin vn, violin
	David Nadien vn, 1926-2014 US violin
	Elena Barere vn, str, US violin
	Elliot Rosoff vn, US violin
	Gayle Dixon vn, violin
	Karen Karlsrud vn, US violin
	Matthew Raimondi vn, str, US violin
	Regis Iandiorio vn, str, US violin
	Tony Posk vn, violin
	Winterton Garvey str, vn, violin

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