![]() It was shot in black and white and was filmed mostly at two Los Angeles landmarks, the Venice neighborhood and the Griffith Observatory, as an homage to two of Menello's favorite films, Touch of Evil (1958) and Rebel Without a Cause (1955), respectively. The music video for "Going Back to Cali" was directed by Ric Menello. The b-side is "Jack The Ripper", a diss track aimed at Kool Moe Dee, as a response to Moe Dee's " How Ya Like Me Now". The basic concept for the song was Rubin's, based on his own ambivalence about possibly moving from New York City to Los Angeles. In the verses, he describes a trip to Los Angeles in which he meets several women but is scared off because they are too sexually aggressive. ![]() ![]() The song features LL Cool J vacillating about moving to California, rapping in the chorus, "I'm going back to Cali", followed by "I don't think so". It peaked at #31 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #12 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs, and was eventually certified gold by the RIAA on May 28, 1991. The song was co-written and produced by Rick Rubin. " Going Back to Cali" is a 1988 single by LL Cool J from the Less Than Zero soundtrack as well as his third album, Walking with a Panther. 1988 single by LL Cool J "Going Back to Cali"įrom the album Less Than Zero and Walking with a Panther
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