The Boomin' System

"The Boomin' System" is the first single released from LL Cool J's fourth album, Mama Said Knock You Out. It was released on August 2, 1990, for Def Jam Recordings, produced by Marley Marl and co-produced by LL Cool J.[1] "The Boomin' System" was the first of the six singles released from the album and reached No. 48 on the Billboard Hot 100 and No. 1 on the Hot Rap Singles chart.[2] The song samples "The Payback" and "Funky Drummer" by James Brown and "Bring the Noise" by Public Enemy.

"The Boomin' System"
Single by LL Cool J
from the album Mama Said Knock You Out
B-side"The Boomin' System" (remix)
ReleasedAugust 7, 1990
GenreGolden age hip hop
Length3:41
Label
Songwriter(s)James Todd Smith
Producer(s)Marley Marl, LL Cool J
LL Cool J singles chronology
"One Shot at Love"
(1989)		 "The Boomin' System"
(1990)		 "Around the Way Girl"
(1990)

This single is the only way to get the original uncensored version of the song, as all album issues feature the track with 2 lines edited out ("Pass the Heineken" and "Roll up a fat one").

Track listing

A-side
  1. "The Boomin' System" (Radio 1)- 3:41
  2. "The Boomin' System" (Radio 2)- 3:41

B-side
  1. "The Boomin' System" (The Underground Mix)- 4:31
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gollark: What? That adds more complexity for no gain. It's a worse model.
gollark: It is entirely valid to say "we don't know". It's not valid to say "we don't know, so let's just postulate yet ANOTHER step in this process with no evidence".
gollark: A god of some sort *could* exist, but there isn't good evidence for them.
gollark: I mean, most of the "gods" we think about are suspiciously humanlike. And human minds are complicated. The universe is complicated, but easier to describe; people have it down onto T-shirts now (described in very dense mathy notation).

References
  1. "Album credits". Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 2011-12-30.
  2. "LL Cool J's Billboard singles history". Rovi Corporation / Billboard. Retrieved 2011-12-30.
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