Bigger and Deffer
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Bigger And Deffer, 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), 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
.
Studio album
A studio album is an album made up of tracks recorded in the controlled environment of a recording studio. A studio album contains newly written and recorded or previously unreleased or remixed material, distinguishing itself from a compilation or reissue album of previously recorded material, or...
by rapper LL Cool J
LL Cool J
James Todd Smith , better known as LL Cool J , is an American rapper, entrepreneur, and actor...
and is remembered most for containing the first commercially successful "rap ballad", "I Need Love". It also contains the single "Go Cut Creator Go
Go Cut Creator Go
"Go Cut Creator Go" is the third and final single released by LL Cool J from his second album Bigger and Deffer. It was released in 1987 for Def Jam Recordings and featured production from The L.A. Posse, LL Cool J and Cut Creator. The song was a tribute to LL Cool J's DJ at the time, Cut Creator...
", 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
Andrew Jackson High School (Queens, New York)
Andrew Jackson High School is a defunct comprehensive high school in the Cambria Heights section in southeastern Queens, New York. The school was opened in 1937. However, the city closed down the school in 1994...
in Queens
Queens
Queens is the easternmost of the five boroughs of New York City. The largest borough in area and the second-largest in population, it is coextensive with Queens County, an administrative division of New York state, in the United States....
(which LL Cool J attended before dropping out in the 10th or 11th grade), 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
Glen E. Friedman
Glen E. Friedman is an American photographer and artist.Coming to prominence in the 1980s with his photography of skateboarders and musicians, Friedman is considered one of the most important photographers of his generation.He is perhaps best known for his work promoting rebellious artists such as...
.
Track listing
All songs written by Simon/Ervin/Pierce/Smith, except where noted.- "I'm BadI'm Bad"I'm Bad" is the first single from LL Cool J's second album, Bigger and Deffer. It was released in 1987 for Def Jam Recordings and was produced by the production group, The L.A. Posse and LL Cool J himself, with Russell Simmons executive producing the single...
" – 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 GoGo Cut Creator Go"Go Cut Creator Go" is the third and final single released by LL Cool J from his second album Bigger and Deffer. It was released in 1987 for Def Jam Recordings and featured production from The L.A. Posse, LL Cool J and Cut Creator. The song was a tribute to LL Cool J's DJ at the time, Cut Creator...
" – 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
Album
| Year | Album | Chart positions | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Billboard 200 Billboard 200 The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is frequently used to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists... |
Top R&B/Hip Hop Albums | ||
| 1987 | Bigger and Deffer | 3 | 1 |
Singles
| Single information |
|---|
"I'm Bad"
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| "I Need Love"
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Personnel
| Person | Credit |
|---|---|
| James Todd Smith a.k.a. L.L. Cool J | vocals Rapping Rapping refers to "spoken or chanted rhyming lyrics". The art form can be broken down into different components, as in the book How to Rap where it is separated into “content”, “flow” , and “delivery”... , producer Record producer A record producer is an individual working within the music industry, whose job is to oversee and manage the recording of an artist's music... |
| Jay Philpot a.k.a. DJ Cut Creator | disc jockey Disc jockey A disc jockey, also known as DJ, is a person who selects and plays recorded music for an audience. Originally, "disc" referred to phonograph records, not the later Compact Discs. Today, the term includes all forms of music playback, no matter the medium.There are several types of disc jockeys... |
| Russell Simmons Russell Simmons -External links:** * * * * * * from the US Holocaust Memorial Museum* *... |
production supervisor |
| Steven Ett | engineer, mixing Audio mixing (recorded music) In audio recording, audio mixing is the process by which multiple recorded sounds are combined into one or more channels, most commonly two-channel stereo. In the process, the source signals' level, frequency content, dynamics, and panoramic position are manipulated and effects such as reverb may... |
| Rod Hui | engineer |
| Jay Henry | engineer |
| Mark Mandelbaum | engineer |
| Chuck Vale | assistant engineer |
| Howie Weinberg Howie Weinberg Howie Weinberg is a music mastering engineer who has worked with numerous bands.- Career :He has worked at Masterdisk, New York City, since 1977... |
mastering |
| L.A. Posse (Darryl Pierce, Dwayne Simon, and Bobby Erving) | additional vocals, producer |
| Eric Haze Eric Haze Eric Haze is a well known graffiti artist and designer from New York City. During his early years as graffiti writer in the 1970s Haze was tagging the name "SE3" before taking on his more popular identity as "Haze"... |
design Album cover An album cover is the front of the packaging of a commercially released audio recording product, or album. The term can refer to either the printed cardboard covers typically used to package sets of 10" and 12" 78 rpm records, single and sets of 12" LPs, sets of 45 rpm records , or the front-facing... |
| Nelson George Nelson George Nelson George is an African American author, columnist, music and culture critic, journalist, and filmmaker. He has been nominated twice for the National Book Critics Circle Award.... |
liner notes Liner notes Liner notes are the writings found in booklets which come inserted into the compact disc jewel case or the equivalent packaging for vinyl records and cassettes.-Origin:... |
| Glen E. Friedman Glen E. Friedman Glen E. Friedman is an American photographer and artist.Coming to prominence in the 1980s with his photography of skateboarders and musicians, Friedman is considered one of the most important photographers of his generation.He is perhaps best known for his work promoting rebellious artists such as... |
liner photography |