14 Shots To The Dome is the fifth studio album

Studio album

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 by rapper LL Cool J

LL Cool J

James Todd Smith , better known as LL Cool J , is an American rapper, entrepreneur, and actor...

, released in 1993, and the first since his highly successful comeback album Mama Said Knock You Out

Mama Said Knock You Out (album)

Mama Said Knock You Out is the fourth studio album by hip-hop artist LL Cool J. The album was released in 1990, after the critically disappointing Walking with a Panther in 1989.- History :...

. Unlike that release, which saw him have success on his own terms, 14 Shots sees LL adopting the sound of his West coast

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 gangsta rap

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 contemporaries, especially that of Ice Cube

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O'Shea Jackson , better known by his stage name Ice Cube, is an American rapper and actor. He began his career as a member of the hip-hop group C.I.A. and later joined the rap group N.W.A. After leaving N.W.A in December 1989, he built a successful solo career in music, and also as a writer,...

 and Cypress Hill

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. 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'
   How I'm Comin'
   "How I'm Comin" is a song by LL Cool J, released as the first single from his fifth album, 14 Shots to the Dome. It was released on March 15, 1993 for Def Jam Recordings and featured production from Marley Marl, QDIII and LL Cool J...
   
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2. "Buckin' Em Down'"
3. "Stand By Your Man
   Stand By Your Man (LL Cool J song)
   Stand By Your Man is a song by American rapper LL Cool J, released as the final single from his fifth studio album, 14 Shots to the Dome. It was released on October 4, 1993 for Def Jam Recordings and produced by Marley Marl and LL Cool J...
   
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4. "A Little Somethin"
5. "Pink Cookies in a Plastic Bag Getting Crushed by Buildings
   Pink Cookies In a Plastic Bag Getting Crushed By Buildings
   "Pink Cookies in a Plastic Bag Getting Crushed by Buildings" is a single from LL Cool J's fifth album, 14 Shots to the Dome. It was released on June 1, 1993, along with "Back Seat ". The original version was produced by Marley Marl; however the more popular remix was produced by Marley Marl and...
   
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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
   Lords of the Underground
   The Lords of the Underground are a hip-hop trio based in Newark, New Jersey. MCs Mr. Funke and DoItAll Dupré met DJ Lord Jazz when all three were undergraduates at Shaw University....
   
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10. "Back Seat (Of My Jeep)
    Back Seat (Of My Jeep)
    "Back Seat " is a song by LL Cool J, released as a single on June 1, 1993 for Def Jam Recordings, taken from his fifth album 14 Shots to the Dome. It was produced and written by LL Cool J and QD III...
    
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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
    Bobby Byrd
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  • "Sing A Simple Song" by Sly & the Family Stone
    Sly & the Family Stone
    Sly and the Family Stone were an American rock, funk, and soul band from San Francisco, California. Active from 1966 to 1983, the band was pivotal in the development of soul, funk, and psychedelic music...
    
    
• "Stand By Your Man"
  • "Fool's Paradise" by Meli'sa Morgan
    Meli'sa Morgan
    Meli'sa Morgan is an African American R&B singer born in Queens, New York who had a string of urban contemporary and house music hits in the 1980s and 1990s. She got her start in the music industry whilst singing with a church gospel choir called the Starlets of Corona...
    
    
  • "Spinning Wheel" by Lonnie Liston Smith
    Lonnie Liston Smith
    Lonnie Liston Smith, Jr. is an American jazz, soul, and funk musician who played with important free jazz artists such as Pharoah Sanders and Miles Davis before forming Lonnie Liston Smith And The Cosmic Echoes, recording a number of albums widely regarded as classics in the fusion / Quiet Storm /...
    
    
• "A Little Somethin'"
  • "Groove Me" by King Floyd
    King Floyd
    King Floyd was a New Orleans soul singer and songwriter, best known for his Top 10 hit from 1970, "Groove Me".-Early career:...
    
    
• "Pink Cookies In a Plastic Bag Getting Crushed By Buildings"
  • "Blind Alley" by Emotions
  • "That's All Right With Me" by Esther Phillips
    Esther Phillips
    Esther Phillips was an American singer. Phillips was known for her R&B vocals, but she was a versatile singer, also performing pop, country, jazz, blues and soul music.-Early life:...
    
    
• "Straight from Queens"
  • "The Big Payback" by James Brown
    James Brown
    James Joseph Brown was an American singer, songwriter, musician, and recording artist. He is the originator of Funk and is recognized as a major figure in the 20th century popular music for both his vocals and dancing. He has been referred to as "The Godfather of Soul," "Mr...
    
    
• "Funkadelic Relic"
  • "Wonderland By..." from Bert Kaempfert
    Bert Kaempfert
    Bert Kaempfert was a German orchestra leader and songwriter. He made easy listening and jazz-oriented records, and wrote the music for a number of well-known songs, such as "Strangers in the Night" and "Spanish Eyes".-Biography:He was born in Hamburg, Germany - where he received his lifelong...
    
    
• "All We Got Left is the Beat"
  • "Hollywood Square" by Bootsy's Rubber Band
  • "One Nation Under The Groove" by Funkadelic
    Funkadelic
    Funkadelic was an American band most prominent during the 1970s. The band and its sister act Parliament, both led by George Clinton, began the funk music culture of that decade.-History:...
    
    
• "No Frontin' Allowed"
  • "Get Up and Dance" by Freedom
• "Back Seat(Of My Jeep)"
  • "You're Getting A Little Too Smart" by Detroit Emeralds
    Detroit Emeralds
    The Detroit Emeralds were an American R&B vocal group, best known in the early 1970s. They are best remembered for their 1973 transatlantic hit single, "Feel The Need In Me".-Career:...
    
    
• "Soul Survivor"
  • "Mother's Son" by Curtis Mayfield
    Curtis Mayfield
    Curtis Lee Mayfield was an American soul, R&B, and funk singer, songwriter, and record producer.He is best known for his anthemic music with The Impressions during the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960's and for composing the soundtrack to the blaxploitation film Super Fly, Mayfield is highly...
    
    
• "Ain't No Stoppin' This"
  • "Funky Drummer" by James Brown
    James Brown
    James Joseph Brown was an American singer, songwriter, musician, and recording artist. He is the originator of Funk and is recognized as a major figure in the 20th century popular music for both his vocals and dancing. He has been referred to as "The Godfather of Soul," "Mr...
    
    
  • "Get Up & Get Down" by The Dramatics
    The Dramatics
    The Dramatics are an American soul music vocal group, formed in Detroit, Michigan in 1962. They are best known for their 1970s hit songs "In the Rain" and "Whatcha See is Whatcha Get", both of which were #1 R&B and Top 10 Pop hits.-Career:The Dramatics originally formed in 1962 recording as the...
    
    
• "Diggy Down"
  • "Summer in the City" by Quincy Jones
    Quincy Jones
    Quincy Delightt Jones, Jr. is an American record producer and musician. A conductor, musical arranger, film composer, television producer, and trumpeter. His career spans five decades in the entertainment industry and a record 79 Grammy Award nominations, 27 Grammys, including a Grammy Legend...
    
    
• "Cross Roads"
  • "Synthetic Substitution" by Melvin Bliss

Singles

Year	Song	Chart positions
		Billboard Hot 100 Billboard Hot 100 The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on radio play and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday, while the radio play tracking-week runs from Wednesday...	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