Jingling Baby Explained

Jingling Baby
Cover:Jingling Baby.jpg
Type:single
Artist:LL Cool J
Album:Walking with a Panther
B-Side:Illegal Search
Released:January 8, 1990
Genre:Hip hop
Length:4:16
Label:Def Jam
Producer:
  • Dwayne Simon
  • LL Cool J
  • Marley Marl
Prev Title:One Shot at Love
Prev Year:1989
Next Title:To da Break of Dawn
Next Year:1990

"Jingling Baby" is the final single released from LL Cool J's third album, Walking with a Panther. It was released on January 8, 1990 for Def Jam Recordings and was produced by LL Cool J and Dwayne Simon. The single version was remixed by Marley Marl. "Jingling Baby" peaked at #32 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs. It was backed by remixed versions of "Illegal Search", a track from LL Cool J's fourth album, Mama Said Knock You Out. The song was later sampled by contemporary hip hop group A Tribe Called Quest on their penultimate album The Love Movement on the track "Against the World", and also by Ludacris in his 2012 single "Jingalin'".[1] Both versions of "Illegal Search" featured here are exclusive to this single.

Track listing

A-side

  1. "Jingling Baby (Remixed And Still Jingling)" (J.T. Smith, D. Simon, B. Latture) - 5:07
  1. "Jingling Baby (Clean LP Version)"- 4:16

B-side

  1. "Illegal Search (Keep On Searchin' Mix)" (J.T. Smith, M. Williams) - 5:03
  2. "Illegal Search (Pre-Trial Hearing Mix)"- 3:27

Samples

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Ludacris Recalls LL Cool J Blessing His "Jingaling" Remake. 11 June 2012.