"To da Break of Dawn" is a single from both LL Cool J's fourth album, Mama Said Knock You Out, and the soundtrack to the Kid 'n Play movie House Party.

[1] The song was a diss to LL's rivals at the time, Kool Moe Dee, MC Hammer, and Ice-T.[2][3] Kool Moe Dee responded with the song "Death Blow" from his 1991 album Funke, Funke Wisdom.

However, LL would reference the rivalry in the 1995 remix to I Shot Ya, a B-side from his sixth album Mr. Smith.

"To da Break of Dawn" was ranked #11 on XXL magazine's 2015 list of the top 20 diss songs of all time.

[4] The song had a similar sound to the growing new jack swing genre.