"I'll definitely keep that invitation in mind,

 "I'll definitely keep that invitation in mind,

 Vanessa, and you never know. We'll see what happens. Maybe I'll come play a little bit, we'll see," he teased. "Anything is possible."

Though he may be saying goodbye to his NCIS: LA family, he is working on his upcoming album, which is executive produced by rapper-producer Q-Tip. 

"It's really solid. It's my first album I'm putting out through Def Jam, through Universal. I haven't done that in many, many years. I think Q-Tip did a phenomenal job. I'm not going to talk about my vocals or the songwriting and all that, I have to let the world judge that, but... objectively the work that Q-Tip did on the record and the music is crazy," LL Cool J credited, hinting that there are "a lot of collabs on there."

No street date has been set yet, but he promised it will arrive "this year." "It's definitely '23... it's coming," he said.