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Genre
Hip hop[2]
Length
45:13
Label
Def Jam
Columbia
Producer
LL Cool J
L.A. Posse
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: July 22, 1987
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source
Rating
AllMusic
[2]
Los Angeles Times
[3]
Q
[4]
RapReviews
7.5/10[5]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide
[6]
Spin Alternative Record Guide
7/10[7]
The Village Voice
C+[8]
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, 1987, by Def Jam Recordings and Columbia Records. With over two million copies sold in the United States,[1] it stands as one of LL Cool J's biggest career records. Bigger and Deffer dominated the summer of 1987, spending 11 weeks at number one on the Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart while also reaching number 3 on the Billboard 200. The album also became the fourth rap album to become a platinum album.[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 1998, the album was selected as one of The Source's 100 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 5000,[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.
^ ab"Gold and Platinum Searchable Database". RIAA.com. Archived from the original on August 30, 2014.
^Johnson, Connie (July 5, 1987). "Def Doings in Rap Arena". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved February 14, 2018.
^"LL Cool J: Bigger and Deffer". Q (108): 124. September 1995.
^Walace, Emanuel (September 1, 2009). "LL Cool J :: Bigger and Deffer :: Def Jam". RapReviews.com. Retrieved December 16, 2018.
^Coleman, Mark; Randall, Mac (2004). "L.L. Cool J". In Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian (eds.). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide (4th ed.). Simon & Schuster. pp. 491–92. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8.
^Weisbard, Eric; Marks, Craig, eds. (1995). "LL Cool J". Spin Alternative Record Guide. Vintage Books. p. 227. ISBN 0-679-75574-8.
^Christgau, Robert (September 1, 1987). "Christgau's Consumer Guide". The Village Voice. New York. Retrieved February 14, 2018.
^SPIN. SPIN Media LLC. December 1999.
^"Best of Queens 2004". Queens Tribune. 2004. Archived from the original on February 7, 2012.
^"LL Cool J Restores Original 1987 BAD Audi 5000, His First Car, and Donates It". AutoEvolution.com. Retrieved August 29, 2022.
BiggerandDeffer (abbreviated as BAD on the album cover) is the second studio album by American rapper LL Cool J, released on May 29, 1987, by Def Jam...
single from LL Cool J's second album, BiggerandDeffer. The single reached number 1 on the Hot Black Singles and number 14 on the Billboard Hot 100 while...
and critical success with the albums BiggerandDeffer (1987), Walking with a Panther (1989), Mama Said Knock You Out (1990), Mr. Smith (1995), and Phenomenon...
Tha Dogg Pound, King T and many more. In 1986–1987, DJ Pooh provided production for LL Cool J's second album, BiggerandDeffer. The album was certified...
artist LL Cool J, released June 9, 1989, on Def Jam Recordings. While his previous album BiggerandDeffer (1987) was produced by The L.A. Posse, Dwayne...
"Kanday", "Get Down", "Go Cut Creator Go" and "The Do Wop". The album BiggerandDeffer sold over 3 million copies, and is considered some of LL Cool J's best...
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the "Search BPI Awards" field and then press Enter. YoRapper (September 21, 2008). "LL Cool J Blames Exit 13 Sales on Def Jam". Retrieved April 19, 2021...
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borrowed from LL Cool J's song, "The Do Wop" on the classic album BiggerandDeffer. Bow Wow later confirmed that the line was not aimed at Miller's father...
album "Get Down", by Hardwell and W&W "Get Down", by Lil Wayne from Tha Carter "Get Down", by LL Cool J from BiggerandDeffer "Get Down", by M-D-Emm "Get...
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EA Sports BIG label. It was released for the GameCube and PlayStation 2 in April 2003. The game is the first main installment in EA's Def Jam-licensed...
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