Somebody put "Not Tonight" on the speaker at the cookout and Grandma started nodding her head. She didn't know what Lil' Kim was saying. You knew exactly what Lil' Kim was saying. That's 1996 in a nutshell — the year hip-hop stopped whispering and started just saying the thing out loud, on the radio, in broad daylight.
DJ Sir Daniel and Jay Ray are deep in the Queue Points Summer of Sex series, and this one covers three of the most explicitly honest rap songs of 1996 — Akinyele's "Put It In Your Mouth," LL Cool J's "Doin' It," and Lil' Kim's "Not Tonight." These songs are 30 years old now, but the conversations they carry — about who gets credit, who gets erased, and what it meant for women in hip-hop to say exactly what they wanted — are still worth having. Sir Daniel and Jay Ray rate each track on a 1-to-5 scale, break down the sample lineages, and get into the real story behind LeShaun being left out of the "Doin' It" video. And yes, Sir Daniel has a theory about Jermaine Dupri and a Kentucky Fried Chicken commercial from the early '80s. It holds up.
The Rundown
- Akinyele ft. Kia Jeffries — "Put It In Your Mouth" rated: The song that sampled Brick's "Fun" — the same Atlanta record that later became the foundation for India.Arie's "Video." Sir Daniel gets into the full sample chain and both hosts revisit the first time they heard this on cassette and in the car.
- Is "Put It In Your Mouth" still shocking in 2026? Akinyele and Kia Jeffries just showed up on Cadillac Chronicles doing the song in the open air. Sir Daniel makes the case that culture has moved so far that '96 raunch barely registers anymore.
- LeShaun (Almond Joy) and the "Doin' It" erasure: LL Cool J's hit is a remake of LeShaun's 1988 underground record "Wild Thing" on Warlock Records, a DJ Red Alert late-night staple affiliated with the Native Tongues Posse. Her voice is on the hook. She wasn't in the video. Sir Daniel explains what happened and why it matters.
- Lil' Kim's "Not Tonight" — the original, not the remix: Jay Ray calls the Hard Core cut a master class in female storytelling. Sir Daniel drops the Jermaine Dupri / KFC hook theory live, and they debate whether this one is actually ratable in front of your mom.
- Final scores and an open invitation: "Put It In Your Mouth" holds the top spot at a combined 10. "Not Tonight" locks in at 9. "Doin' It" sits at a comfortable, barbecue-safe 4. Drop your own 1996 explicit song picks in the comments — Queue Points is building a listener playlist.
Chapter Markers
00:00 Disclaimer
00:14 Hook
00:57 Intro Theme
01:14 Show Intro & Summer of Sex Premise
02:43 Growing Up With Explicit Music
04:18 The Rating System: 1 to 5
05:03 Transition
05:07 Song 1: "Put It In Your Mouth" — Akinyele ft. Kia Jeffries
13:03 Is "Put It In Your Mouth" Still Shocking in 2026?
14:39 Transition
14:47 Song 2: "Doin' It" — LL Cool J ft. LeShaun
21:42 LeShaun, Body Shaming & Being Erased from the Video
24:27 Song 3: "Not Tonight" — Lil' Kim
32:29 Outro & Call to Action
33:50 Outro Theme
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