With almost two decades of hits and about to drop his twelfth album, ll cool j has proven the industry naysayer's wrong. As one of the few commercially viable artists one can truly call a veteran, ll has come a long way from his origins in st. Albans, queens. LL cool j's twelfth studio album, 'todd smith', will include collaborations with juelz santana, teairra mari and freeway among others. The first single 'control myself' is produced by jermaine dupri and features guest vocals from jennifer lopez. Def Jam. 2006.