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Bigger and Deffer

studio album by LL Cool J

Bigger and Deffer (abbreviated as BAD on the album cover) is the second studio album by American rapper LL Cool J, released on May 29, , by Def Jam Recordings and Columbia Records. With over two million copies sold in the United States,[1] it remains one of LL Cool J's best-selling releases.

Bigger and Deffer dominated the summer of , spending 11 weeks atop the BillboardTop R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart, and peaking at number three on the Billboard It became the fourth hip hop album to receive platinum certification by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA).[9]

Bigger and Deffer features the hit single "I'm Bad", and the first commercially successful rap ballad, "I Need Love".

It also contains the track "Go Cut Creator Go", which paid homage to his DJ. Other tracks like "Kanday", "The Do Wop", "My Rhyme Ain't Done", "The Breakthrough", and "The Bristol Hotel" were also popular with fans, and helped make the album a hip-hop classic. In , the album was selected as one of The Source's Best Rap Albums. The cover photo was taken in front of Andrew Jackson High School in Queens (from which he dropped out), while standing on the hood of his Audi ,[10][11] and the back cover was shot in his grandmother's basement (his residence at the time).

Both images were shot by Glen E. Friedman.

Critical reception

Robert Christgau wrote that Bigger and Deffer paled beside LL Cool J's debut album, Radio: "Like the pop-metal egotists he resembles every which way but white, J proves that there's something worse than a middle-class adolescent who's gotta be a big shot this instant--the same adolescent the instant he becomes a big shot.

Overrated though it was, the debut had guts, spritz, musical integrity, and Rick Rubin. Breakthrough though it may be, the follow-up has a swelled head, a swollen dick, received beats, and quotes from Berry, Brown, and the Moonglows that confuse me. Could it be that the planet existed before he brought it to fruition?"[12]

Track listing

All tracks written and produced by LL Cool J and L.A.

Posse, except where noted.[2]

TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)
1."I'm Bad"&#;
2."Kanday"&#;
3."Get Down"&#;
4."The Bristol Hotel"
5."My Rhyme Ain't Done"&#;
6." – Break It On Down"
7."Go Cut Creator Go"&#;
8."The Breakthrough"Steve Ett
9."I Need Love"&#;
"Ahh, Let's Get Ill"&#;
"The Do Wop"&#;
"On the Ill Tip" (skit)Smith&#;
Total length:

Personnel

Charts

Album

Singles

Certifications

References

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    Ll cool j biography wikipedia In the turbulent climate of rap music , careers are often brief moments of success crested atop long stretches of obscurity. For L. A working dynamo, the rapper sees his longevity as only just beginning. Growing up in the tough neighborhood of St. Not only did the streets provide Cool J with life lessons, they also became the medium in which he engaged in rapping, at a very young age.

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