𝗟𝗟 𝗖𝗢𝗢𝗟 𝗝. 𝗳𝘁. 𝗝𝗘𝗡𝗡𝗜𝗙𝗘𝗥 𝗟𝗢𝗣𝗘𝗭 - 𝘾𝙤𝙣𝙩𝙧𝙤𝙡 𝙈𝙮𝙨𝙚𝙡𝙛 2006

"Control Myself" is a song by American rapper LL Cool J from his twelfth album, Todd Smith (2006). It was produced by Jermaine Dupri and features fellow American singer Jennifer Lopez (the song also has spoken parts by Dupri, but he is not credited). The track contains a sample of Afrika Bambaataa & Soulsonic Force's 1983 song "Looking for the Perfect Beat", while the vocals interpolate Grandmaster Flash & Melle Mel's 1983 song "White Lines (Don't Don't Do It)" and Afrika Bambaataa & Soulsonic Force's 1982 song "Planet Rock".

It was released as the album's lead single in February 2006 and remained on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart for three weeks, peaking at number eighty-nine. After being released as a digital download in April 2006, the song debuted at number two on the Billboard Hot Digital Songs chart and made a strong Hot 100 re-entry at number four. This broke a record previously held by Jay-Z's 1998 song "Hard Knock Life (Ghetto Anthem)", which had re-entered the chart in March 1999 at number twenty.

The song also peaked at number two in the United Kingdom, where Smith and Lopez's previous collaboration, "All I Have", had achieved the same feat in March 2003.

he music video was directed by Hype Williams and was filmed at Sony Studios in New York City on January 2, 2006. It debuted in the U.S. on February 13, 2006 and in Europe on February 19, 2006. Like some of Williams' other videos, video footage is displayed where black bars would appear on a 4:3 TV for a widescreen production. The video peaked at number two on MTV's Total Request Live, number three on BET's 106 & Park, and number eighteen on VH1's VSpot Top 20 Countdown.

[dominicmorris]

When llcoolj said “zz zz z zzz zzzz zzzz z zzz zzz” I felt that

[Angeltears]

That era of the late 90's- early to mid 2000's was just fire in music man. Good music, good memories!

[Zahra-tzob]

I'm suprised JLO and LL Cool J never got together. They had a lot of chemistry together!

[realj]

15 years later, I still love this song and video! Truly underrated and deserved more success at the time it was released 🎶🔥

[SuperCabrito]

One of the most underrated songs of the mid 2000s. Its still in my playlist of hit songs from the late 90s-present😊😊

[Dylan-Frost]

I gotta give Jermaine some credit, his production on this song is insane

[PicthePaganPolytheist]

The zzz. Zzz zzz always brings me back. Every now and then it pops into my head and I repeat it just to annoy my wife lol

[jabbrown]

When this song dropped back in the day I was not feeling it. In hindsight what courage to drop a record like this it sounded like nothing else on the radio at the time. 💪🏾💪🏾💪🏾💪🏾

[MarZMaconofficial]

Nobody:
LL Cool J: ZzZZZzz ZzZZZzz ZzZzzzZZZZzzzZz

[realjuniormachado]

The way the masculine and the feminine voices mix up in this song hits different. So catching.

[Acin]

This video was hot, especially Jennifer Lopez.

[Lucaszinei]

Iconic!!! JLO is beautiful, we all know that but SHE’S A GODDESS HERE

[TheShanellDiaz]

The visuals...the feelings and memories I get when I hear this! Take me back for 1 day!

[shua]

Pure nostalgia, late night clubbing in the late 90s and bar hopping through the 2000s, great times

[mirandariley]

Love this song. This didn’t get enough props. JLO did her thing on this.🔥

[ajanderson]

I was a Junior in High School when this dropped in early '06. You ain't gotta tell me twice about The video stayed on

[lmbrmhs]

I still want all jlos outfits in this video 🤣 circa the 2010s

[sm-yjnu]

This was fire back in the day still hits <3

[goodybear]

Back when music is still good, no hidden agenda, is all about music and having a good time

[lilJennmanley]

Back when I was in my teens there was a club that did only R&B music and this takes me back to being 18 in that club😂(30) now so was a long time ago 😂