Bigger and Deffer

Bigger and Deffer
Studio album by LL Cool J
Released	May 29, 1987[1]
Recorded	1986–1987 Chung King House of Metal (New York City)
Genre	Golden age hip hop
Length	45:13
Label	Def Jam, Columbia, CBS Records CK 40793 (North America) 450515 (international)
Producer	LL Cool J, 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: July 22, 1987 "Go Cut Creator Go" Released: October 15, 1987

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[2]
Robert Christgau	C+[3]
Q	[4]
Rhapsody	(favorable)[5]
Rolling Stone	[6]
Spin	(favorable)[7]
Trouser Press	(mixed)[8]
Yahoo! Music	(favorable)[9]

Bigger and Deffer (BAD) 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". 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),^[10] 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. "The 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. "The 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" 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: 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)[11]	Gold	50,000^^
United States (RIAA)[12]	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[13]	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. http://riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?content_selector=gold-platinum-searchable-database#
2. AllMusic review
3. Christgau, Robert. "LL Cool J". Robert Christgau.
4. Q review
5. Rhapsody review
6. Rolling Stone review
7. Spin review
8. Trouser Press review
9. Yahoo! Music review
10. BestofQueens2004 Archived February 7, 2012, at the Wayback Machine.
11. "Canadian album certifications – LL Cool J – Bigger and Deffer". Music Canada.
12. "American album certifications – LL Cool J – Bigger and Deffer". Recording Industry Association of America. If necessary, click Advanced, then click Format, then select Album, then click SEARCH
13. DJ Bobcat