One of the next ’slebs barreling down the 2008 VMA promo pike is LL Cool J.

Now, LL and 2008 VMA host Russell Brand are so similar that they’re often mistaken for each other, so to help you distinguish between the two, that’s LL on the left and Russell on the right.

Find out what LL had to say about working with Russell, see what happened behind the scenes at the shoot, where things got heatedly, hip-hop-edly academic, and watch their first promo too.