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Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[3]
Robert ChristgauC+[4]
Q[5]
Rhapsody(favorable)[6]
Rolling Stone[7]
Spin(favorable)[8]
Trouser Press(mixed)[9]
Yahoo! Music(favorable)[10]

Bigger and Deffer (BAD) is the second studio album by LL Cool J, released by Def Jam Recordings and Columbia Records on July 22, 1987. It 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". With over 3 million copies sold in the United States alone, it stands as L L Cool J's biggest career album.

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),[11] 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.

Track listing

All songs written by J.T. Smith, Bobby Ervin, Darryl Pierce and Dwayne Simon, 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" (Smith/Mark Jordan/Ervin/Pierce/Simon) – 4:05
  7. "Go Cut Creator Go" – 3:57
  8. "Breakthrough" – 4:04
  9. "I Need Love" (Simon/Steven Ettenger/Ervin/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

Charts

Chart positions

Chart (1987) Peak
position
Dutch Albums Chart 28
German Albums Chart 35
New Zealand Albums Chart 23
UK Albums Chart 54
US Billboard 200 3
US Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums 1

Singles

Single information
"I'm Bad"
"I Need Love"
  • Released: July 2, 1987 (entered Billboard's Hot 100 chart week ending August 1)
  • B-side: "My Rhyme Ain't Done"
  • Billboard Hot 100 #14
  • Hot Black Singles #1

Certifications

Region Certification Certified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada)[12] Gold 50,000^
United States (RIAA)[13] 3× Platinum 3,000,000^

* Sales figures based on certification alone.
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

Personnel

Person Credit
James Todd Smith a.k.a. LL Cool J vocals, producer
Bobby "Bobcat" Ervin[14] 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

  1. ^ "Today In Hip Hop History: LL Cool J Drops His 'B.A.D.(Bigger And Deffer) LP 28 Years Ago". The Source. July 22, 2015. Retrieved November 12, 2015.
  2. ^ http://riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?content_selector=gold-platinum-searchable-database#
  3. ^ AllMusic review
  4. ^ Christgau, Robert. "LL Cool J". Robert Christgau.
  5. ^ Q review
  6. ^ Rhapsody review
  7. ^ Rolling Stone review
  8. ^ Spin review
  9. ^ Trouser Press review
  10. ^ Yahoo! Music review
  11. ^ BestofQueens2004
  12. ^ "Canadian album certifications – LL Cool J – Bigger and Deffer". Music Canada.
  13. ^ "American album certifications – LL Cool J – Bigger and Deffer". Recording Industry Association of America.
  14. ^ DJ Bobcat
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