Bigger and Deffer

Bigger and Deffer
Bigger and Deffer
Studio album by LL Cool J
Released July 22, 1987
Recorded 1986–87
Chung King House of Metal
(New York City)
Genre Golden age hip hop
New jack swing
Length 45:13
Label Def Jam/Columbia/CBS Records
CK 40793 (North America)
450515 (international)
Producer L.A. Posse, DJ Pooh
LL Cool J chronology
Radio
(1985)
Bigger and Deffer
(1987)
Walking with a Panther
(1989)
Singles from Bigger and Deffer
  1. "I'm Bad"
    Released: June 13, 1987
  2. "I Need Love"
    Released: September 2, 1987
  3. "Go Cut Creator Go"
    Released: October 15, 1987
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic 3.5/5 stars link
Robert Christgau (C+)[1]
Q 3/5 stars link
Rhapsody (favorable) link
Rolling Stone 2.5/5 stars link
Spin (favorable) link
Trouser Press (mixed) link
Yahoo! Music (favorable) link
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Bigger And Deffer (B.A.D.), is the second studio album by rapper LL Cool J and is remembered most for containing the first commercially successful "rap ballad", "I Need Love". It also contains the single "Go Cut Creator Go", which paid homage to his DJ, and the breakthrough single in the U.K. "I'm Bad". In 1998, the album was selected as one of The Source's 100 Best Rap Albums, while receiving mixed reviews from other critics. The front cover photograph on the album was taken in front of Andrew Jackson High School in Queens (which LL Cool J attended before dropping out in the 10th or 11th grade),[2] and the back cover was shot in his grandmother's basement where he was living at the time. Both images were shot by Glen E. Friedman.

Contents

Track listing

All songs written by Simon/Ervin/Pierce/Smith, except where noted.

  1. "I'm Bad" – 4:39
  2. "Kanday" – 3:59
  3. "Get Down" – 3:23
  4. "Bristol Hotel" – 2:43
  5. "My Rhyme Ain't Done" – 3:45
  6. ".357 – Break It On Down" (Ervin/Jordan/Pierce/Simon/Smith) – 4:05
  7. "Go Cut Creator Go" – 3:57
  8. "Breakthrough" – 4:04
  9. "I Need Love" (Ervin/Ettenger/Simon/Smith) – 5:23
  10. "Ahh, Let's Get Ill" – 3:45
  11. "The Do Wop" – 4:59
  12. "On the Ill Tip (Skit)" – 0:31

Chart history

Album

Year Album Chart positions
Billboard 200 Top R&B/Hip Hop Albums
1987 Bigger and Deffer 3 1

Singles

Single information
"I'm Bad"
"I Need Love"
  • Released: September 2, 1987
  • B-side: "My Rhyme Ain't Done"
  • Billboard Hot 100 #14
  • Hot Black Singles #1

Personnel

Person Credit
James Todd Smith a.k.a. L.L. Cool J vocals, producer
Jay Philpot a.k.a. DJ Cut Creator disc jockey
Russell Simmons production supervisor
Steven Ett engineer, mixing
Rod Hui engineer
Jay Henry engineer
Mark Mandelbaum engineer
Chuck Vale assistant engineer
Howie Weinberg mastering
L.A. Posse (Darryl Pierce, Dwayne Simon, and Bobby Erving) additional vocals, producer
Eric Haze design
Nelson George liner notes
Glen E. Friedman liner photography

References



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