14 Shots to the Dome

14 Shots to the Dome
Studio album by LL Cool J
Released	June 1, 1993 (1993-06-01)
Recorded	1992–1993
Genre	East Coast hip hop, Golden age hip hop
Length	64:46
Label	Def Jam/Columbia/Sony CK 53325 (North America) 473678 (international)
Producer	QD III, Marley Marl, Bobby "Bobcat" Ervin, Andrew Zenable, Christopher Joseph Forte
LL Cool J chronology
Mama Said Knock You Out (1990) 14 Shots to the Dome (1993) Mr. Smith (1995) Singles from 14 Shots to the Dome "How I'm Comin'" Released: March 16, 1993 (1993-03-16) "Back Seat (Of My Jeep)" Released: June 1, 1993 (1993-06-01) "Stand by Your Man" Released: October 4, 1993 (1993-10-04)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
Robert Christgau	B[2]
Entertainment Weekly	A[3]
Rolling Stone	[4]
Rolling Stone	[5]
Trouser Press	unfavorable[6]
Yahoo! Music	unfavorable[7]

14 Shots To The Dome is the fifth studio album by rapper LL Cool J, released in 1993, and the first since his highly successful comeback album Mama Said Knock You Out. Unlike that release, which saw him have success on his own terms, 14 Shots sees LL adopting the sound of his West coast gangsta rap contemporaries, especially that of Ice Cube and Cypress Hill. Many fans saw this as a jarring departure, and the album met mixed critical and commercial response, only being certified Gold by the RIAA.

Track listing

1. "How I'm Comin'"
2. "Buckin' Em Down'"
3. "Stand By Your Man"
4. "A Little Somethin"
5. "Pink Cookies in a Plastic Bag Getting Crushed by Buildings"
6. "Straight from Queens" (featuring LT.)
7. "Funkadelic Relic"
8. "All We Got Left Is the Beat"
9. "(NFA) No Frontin' Allowed" (featuring Lords of the Underground)
10. "Back Seat (Of My Jeep)"
11. "Soul Survivor'"
12. "Ain't No Stoppin' This"
13. "Diggy Down'"
14. "Crossroads"

Samples

• "How I'm Comin'"
  • "Hot Pants...I'm Coming, I'm Coming, I'm Coming" by Bobby Byrd
  • "Sing A Simple Song" by Sly & the Family Stone
• "Stand By Your Man"
  • "Fool's Paradise" by Meli'sa Morgan
  • "Spinning Wheel" by Lonnie Liston Smith
• "A Little Somethin'"
  • "Groove Me" by King Floyd
• "Pink Cookies In a Plastic Bag Getting Crushed By Buildings"
  • "Blind Alley" by Emotions
  • "That's All Right With Me" by Esther Phillips
• "Straight from Queens"
  • "The Big Payback" by James Brown
• "Funkadelic Relic"
  • "Wonderland By..." from Bert Kaempfert
• "All We Got Left is the Beat"
  • "Hollywood Square" by Bootsy's Rubber Band
  • "One Nation Under The Groove" by Funkadelic
• "No Frontin' Allowed"
  • "Get Up and Dance" by Freedom
• "Back Seat(Of My Jeep)"
  • "You're Getting A Little Too Smart" by Detroit Emeralds
• "Soul Survivor"
  • "Mother's Son" by Curtis Mayfield
• "Ain't No Stoppin' This"
  • "Funky Drummer" by James Brown
  • "Get Up & Get Down" by The Dramatics
• "Diggy Down"
  • "Summer in the City" by Quincy Jones
• "Cross Roads"
  • "Synthetic Substitution" by Melvin Bliss

Singles

Year	Song	Chart positions
		Billboard Hot 100	Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks	Hot Rap Singles
1993	"How I'm Comin"	57	28	8
	"Stand by Your Man"	-	67	24
	"Back Seat (Of My Jeep)"	42	24	2
	"Pink Cookies in a Plastic Bag"	42	24	2

External links

• 14 Shots to the Dome at MusicBrainz

See also

• List of number-one R&B albums of 1993 (U.S.)

References

1. ^ "14 Shots to the Dome Review". Allmusic.com. http://www.allmusic.com/album/r175382. Retrieved 24 April 2011. 
2. ^ "L.L. Cool J review at Robert Christgau". robertchristgau.com. http://www.robertchristgau.com/get_artist.php?name=L.L.+Cool+J. Retrieved 24 April 2011. 
3. ^ "14 Shots to the Dome Review". Entertainment Weekly. http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,306148,00.html. Retrieved 24 April 2011. 
4. ^ "14 Shots to the Dome Review". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on February 20, 2009. http://web.archive.org/web/20090220012230/http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/llcoolj/albums/album/323044/review/5942972/14_shots_to_the_dome. 
5. ^ "L.L. Cool J in Rolling Stone album guide". Rolling Stone. http://books.google.com/books?id=lRgtYCC6OUwC&pg=PA491&dq=mama+said+knock+you+out+rolling+stone. Retrieved 24 April 2011. 
6. ^ "14 Shots to the Dome Review". Trouser Press. http://www.trouserpress.com/entry.php?a=ll_cool_j. Retrieved 24 April 2011. 
7. ^ "14 Shots to the Dome Review". Yahoo! Music. http://www.webcitation.org/5sriVEG8s. Retrieved 24 April 2011.