LL Cool J is looking back fondly on his time collaborating with the late Eddie Van Halen. Following Van Halen’s death due to cancer on Tuesday, the 52-year-old rapper remembered working on two tracks – “Not Leaving You Tonight” and “We’re the Greatest” – with the late rocker. “I was always blown away by his ability to play the guitar.
I thought it was so dope, so I wanted to work with him,” LL Cool J told Rock the Bells in a statement. “I got in touch with him.
He came by the studio, we talked, we kicked it. One thing led to another, and we made a couple of songs.” Both of the songs that the pair collaborated on appeared on LL Cool J’s 2013 album, Authentic, which also featured appearances from Snoop Dogg, Earth, Wind & Fire, Travis Barker,
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