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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 swingLength 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 - "I'm Bad"
Released: June 13, 1987 - "I Need Love"
Released: September 2, 1987 - "Go Cut Creator Go"
Released: October 15, 1987
Professional ratings Review scores Source Rating Allmusic 
linkRobert Christgau (C+)[1] Q linkRhapsody (favorable) link Rolling Stone linkSpin (favorable) link Trouser Press (mixed) link Yahoo! Music (favorable) link 
This table needs to be expanded using prose. See the guideline for more information.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.
- "I'm Bad" – 4:39
- "Kanday" – 3:59
- "Get Down" – 3:23
- "Bristol Hotel" – 2:43
- "My Rhyme Ain't Done" – 3:45
- ".357 – Break It On Down" (Ervin/Jordan/Pierce/Simon/Smith) – 4:05
- "Go Cut Creator Go" – 3:57
- "Breakthrough" – 4:04
- "I Need Love" (Ervin/Ettenger/Simon/Smith) – 5:23
- "Ahh, Let's Get Ill" – 3:45
- "The Do Wop" – 4:59
- "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" - Released: June 13, 1987
- B-side: Get Down
- Billboard Hot 100 #84
- Hot Black Singles #4
- Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales #23
- Hot Dance Music/Club Play #34
"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
- ^ Christgau, Robert. "LL Cool J". Robert Christgau. http://www.robertchristgau.com/get_artist.php?name=LL+Cool+J.
- ^ BestofQueens2004
Categories:- 1987 albums
- LL Cool J albums
- Def Jam Recordings albums
- Hip hop album stubs
- 1980s album stubs
- "I'm Bad"
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