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==Critical reception==
==Critical reception==
[[AllMusic]]'s David Jeffries praised the song as a change from the slow jams of LL's ''[[10 (LL Cool J album)|10]]'', highlighting the southern production and New York style vocal delivery as a great merger, concluding that, "Simple, club, crunk, and not the kind of revolution Timbaland or LL Cool J can crank out when on fire, but solid enough to put the rapper back on top of the beatbox."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/song/headsprung-mt0013879354|title=Headsprung - LL Cool J|last=Jeffries|first=David|work=[[AllMusic]]|publisher=[[All Media Network]]|accessdate=August 2, 2015}}</ref> Nick Southall of [[Stylus Magazine]] said that it was "a hit but not a monster."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.stylusmagazine.com/reviews/ll-cool-j/the-definition.htm|title=LL Cool J - The DEFinition|last=Southall|first=Nick|publisher=[[Stylus Magazine]]|date=September 14, 2004|accessdate=August 2, 2015}}</ref>
[[AllMusic]]'s David Jeffries praised the song as a change from the slow jams of LL's ''[[10 (LL Cool J album)|10]]'', highlighting the southern production and New York style vocal delivery as a great merger, concluding that, "Simple, club, crunk, and not the kind of revolution Timbaland or LL Cool J can crank out when on fire, but solid enough to put the rapper back on top of the beatbox."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/song/headsprung-mt0013879354|title=Headsprung - LL Cool J|last=Jeffries|first=David|publisher=[[AllMusic]]|accessdate=August 2, 2015}}</ref> Nick Southall of [[Stylus Magazine]] said that it was "a hit but not a monster."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.stylusmagazine.com/reviews/ll-cool-j/the-definition.htm|title=LL Cool J - The DEFinition|last=Southall|first=Nick|publisher=[[Stylus Magazine]]|date=September 14, 2004|accessdate=August 2, 2015}}</ref>


==Formats and track listing==
==Formats and track listing==

Revision as of 01:12, 10 November 2016

"Headsprung"
Song
B-side"Feel the Beat"

"Headsprung" is a song by American hip hop artist LL Cool J. It was released in June 2004 as the lead single from his eleventh album, The DEFinition. The song was a success on the charts, it peaked at number 16 on the Billboard Hot 100, number 4 on the Hot Rap Songs and number 7 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs.

Keri Hilson did a cover of this song featuring Justin Timberlake, the cover was used as a remix with LL Cool J's 1st verse. A version of this song, however without Timberlake, has appears, renamed, as the title track for Hilson's 2009 compilation album, Ms. Keri.

Critical reception

AllMusic's David Jeffries praised the song as a change from the slow jams of LL's 10, highlighting the southern production and New York style vocal delivery as a great merger, concluding that, "Simple, club, crunk, and not the kind of revolution Timbaland or LL Cool J can crank out when on fire, but solid enough to put the rapper back on top of the beatbox."[1] Nick Southall of Stylus Magazine said that it was "a hit but not a monster."[2]

Formats and track listing

Europe CD (Promo)[3]
  1. "Headsprung" (Radio Edit) – 3:55
UK CD[4]
  1. "Headsprung" (Album Version) – 4:27
  2. "Feel the Beat" (Album Version) – 4:17
US 12" (Promo)[5]
  1. "Headsprung" (Radio Edit) – 3:55
  2. "Headsprung" (Instrumental) – 4:27
  3. "Feel the Beat" (Radio Edit) – 3:48
  4. "Feel the Beat" (Instrumental) – 4:20
US CD (Promo)[6]
  1. "Headsprung" (Radio) – 3:58
  2. "Headsprung" (Instrumental) – 4:31
  3. "Call Out" – 0:11

Charts and certifications

References

  1. ^ Jeffries, David. "Headsprung - LL Cool J". AllMusic. Retrieved August 2, 2015.
  2. ^ Southall, Nick (September 14, 2004). "LL Cool J - The DEFinition". Stylus Magazine. Retrieved August 2, 2015.
  3. ^ "LL Cool J - Headsprung (CD)". Discogs. Retrieved August 2, 2015.
  4. ^ "LL Cool J - Headsprung (CD)". Discogs. Retrieved August 2, 2015.
  5. ^ "LL Cool J - Headsprung (Vinyl)". Discogs. Retrieved August 2, 2015.
  6. ^ "LL Cool J - Headsprung (CD)". Discogs. Retrieved August 2, 2015.
  7. ^ "LL Cool J – Headsprung". Swiss Singles Chart.
  8. ^ "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company.
  9. ^ "LL Cool J Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved August 2, 2015.
  10. ^ "LL Cool J Chart History (Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved August 2, 2015.
  11. ^ "LL Cool J Chart History (Hot Rap Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved August 2, 2015.
  12. ^ "American single certifications – LL Cool J – Headsprung". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved August 2, 2015.
  13. ^ "2004 Year-End Charts: Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved August 2, 2015.
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