G.O.A.T. (LL Cool J album)

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Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	73/100
Review scores
Source	Rating
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G.O.A.T. (Greatest Of All Time) is the eighth studio album by American rapper LL Cool J, issued on Def Jam Recordings. It was released on September 12, 2000, and peaked at number one on the U.S. Billboard 200. It was LL Cool J's first and, to date, only album to reach the #1 spot. G.O.A.T. (Greatest Of All Time) received generally positive reviews, At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, the album received an average score of 73, based on 12 reviews.

Production

LL Cool J prepared for the album by visiting the inmates at Rikers Island a week before writing material for the album. He returned to the basement of his grandmother Ellen Griffith's house to write some of the tracks.

"U Can't Fuck with Me" contains a diss on actor/singer Jamie Foxx, building on a feud between him and LL Cool J that started on the set of the 1999 movie Any Given Sunday.

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Intro"	writer	James "Bimmy" Antney	1:52
2.	"Imagine That" (featuring LeShaun)	writer	Rockwilder	4:56
3.	"Back Where I Belong" (featuring Ja Rule)	writer	Vada Nobles	4:23
4.	"LL Cool J" (featuring Kandice Love)	writer	DJ Scratch	3:29
5.	"Take It Off"	writer	Adam F	0:45
6.	"Skit"	writer		4:32
7.	"Fuhgidabowit" (featuring DMX, Method Man and Redman)	writer	Trackmasters	3:39
8.	"Farmers" (featuring Tikki Diamondz)	writer	Self	5:52
9.	"This Is Us" (featuring Carl Thomas)	writer	Vada Nobles	4:49
10.	"Can't Think"	writer	Ty Fyffe	3:52
11.	"Hello" (featuring Amil)	writer	DJ Scratch	5:30
12.	"You and Me" (featuring Kelly Price)	writer	DJ Scratch	4:58
13.	"Homicide"	writer	DJ Scratch	4:25
14.	"U Can't Fuck with Me" (featuring Snoop Dogg, Xzibit and Jayo Felony)	writer	DJ Scratch	4:08
15.	"Queens Is" (featuring Prodigy)	writer	Havoc	4:01
16.	"The G.O.A.T."	writer	Adam F	3:15
17.	"Ill Bomb" (Funkmaster Flex & Big Kap featuring LL Cool J)	writer	DJ Scratch	3:14
18.	"M.I.S.S. I" (featuring Case)	writer	Ill Am	4:06
19.	"Shut 'em Down"	writer	DJ Scratch	4:24
Total length:				1:13:43

Unreleased tracks

• There is a track called "Legendary Nigga" produced by Q-Tip which was not included on any version of G.O.A.T. A partial lyric of the song reads "You don't understand, I'm just the best that ever did it / When my physical form's gone, I'll spit it from the spirit".
• There is an extended unreleased version of the intro running at 2:10.

Samples

• The intro contains a sample from "The Promises of Yesterday" performed by Mad Lads.
• The song "LL Cool J" contains a sample of "I Put a Spell on You" performed by Screamin' Jay Hawkins.
• "Farmers" contains a sample from "Ungena Za Ulimwengu (Unite the World)" performed by The Temptations.
• "Hello" contains elements of "Telephone" performed by Diana Ross
• "You and Me" contains an interpolation from "You'll Never Know" performed by Hi-Gloss.
• "Homicide" contains a sample from "Harposaurus" performed by Carlos Guedes.
• "Ill Bomb" contains a sample from "I'm Afraid the Masquerade Is Over" performed by David Porter.

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (2000)	Peak position
Canadian Albums Chart	5
Dutch Albums Chart	35
French Albums Chart	56
German Albums Chart	17
Swiss Albums Chart	13
UK Albums Chart	29
US Billboard 200	1
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)	1

Year-end charts

Chart (2001)	Position
US Billboard 200	139

Certifications

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada)	Gold	50,000^
United States (RIAA)	Platinum	1,000,000^
* Sales figures based on certification alone. ^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.