“Jingling Baby” was the 4th (excluding “Going Back To Cali”, which was released a year prior to the album) and final single from Walking With A Panther and LL’s first single of the 1990s. It was moderately successful, peaking at #6 on the US Rap Chart. The chorus lyrics are a subtle request for oral sex (a female’s earrings may make noise as her head moves back and forth) while the verses attack rappers with whom he was feuding at the time.

While LL was promoting the album on legendary beat maker Marley Marl’s radio show, he asked LL if he could remix “Jingling Baby”. LL agreed but wanted to redo his vocals. This led to “Jinglin' Baby (Remixed But Still Jinglin')” which appeared on LL’s next album Mama Said Knock You Out.

The collaboration went so well that it became the springboard for the entire album:

Next thing you know, we started making other tracks. We didn’t know where we were going with it. It became the Mama Said Knock You Out LP, but we were just making random tracks … going to the clubs … after we went to the clubs, going home and trying to capture the same feeling in the studio with the music. All of a sudden, we’re, like, eight tracks in, and I didn’t even have a contract to do an album with him. We were just grooving.