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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, it remains one of LL Cool J's best-selling releases. Bigger and Deffer dominated the summer of 1987, spending 11 weeks atop the Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart, and peaking at number three on the Billboard 200. It became the fourth hip hop album to receive platinum certification by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA).
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, 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 stated: "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?"




Track listing


All tracks written and produced by LL Cool J and L.A. Posse, except where noted.




Personnel


James Todd Smith – vocals, producer
Bobby Ervin – 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




Charts






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Certifications






References

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• LL Cool J
• Bigger and Deffer
• I'm Bad
• I Need Love
• Walking with a Panther
• DJ Bobcat
• DJ Pooh
• DJ Pooh production discography
• LL Cool J
• Def Jam Recordings
• L.A. Posse