Bigger & Deffer [Parental Advisory] [Explicit]

Rating

Album: Bigger & Deffer
#	Song Title		Time
1)	I'm Bad	More Info...	4:40
2)	Kanday	More Info...	4:00
3)	Get Down	More Info...	3:23
4)	The Bristol Hotel	More Info...	2:43
5)	My Rhyme Ain't Done	More Info...	3:45
6)	.357 - Break It On Down	More Info...	4:05
7)	Go Cut Creator Go	More Info...	3:57
8)	The Breakthrough	More Info...	4:04
9)	I Need Love	More Info...	5:23
10)	Ahh, Let's Get Ill	More Info...	3:45
11)	The Do Wop	More Info...	4:58
12)	On The Ill Tip	More Info...	0:32

Album: Bigger & Deffer
#	Song Title		Time
1)	I'm Bad	More Info...	4:40
2)	Kanday	More Info...	4:00
3)	Get Down	More Info...	3:23
4)	The Bristol Hotel	More Info...	2:43
5)	My Rhyme Ain't Done	More Info...	3:45
6)	.357 - Break It On Down	More Info...	4:05
7)	Go Cut Creator Go	More Info...	3:57
8)	The Breakthrough	More Info...	4:04
9)	I Need Love	More Info...	5:23
10)	Ahh, Let's Get Ill	More Info...	3:45
11)	The Do Wop	More Info...	4:58
12)	On The Ill Tip	More Info...	0:32

Tracks

1. I'm Bad

2. Get Down

3. Bristol Hotel

4. My Rhyme Ain't Done

5. 357 - Break It On Down

6. Go Cut Creator Go

7. Breakthrough

8. I Need Love

9. Ahh, Let's Get Ill

10. Doo Wop

11. On The Ill Tip

Performer Notes

Personnel includes: LL Cool J (rap vocals); Bobby "Bobcat" Erving (scratches).
Producers: LL Cool J, The L.A. Posse, Darryl Pierce, Dwayne Simon, Bobby Erving.
Recorded at Chung King House Of Metal, New York, New York.
Personnel: Bobby Erving (scratches).
Audio Mixer: Steven Ett.
Recording information: Chung King House Of Metal, NY, NY.
Photographer: Glen E. Friedman.
BIGGER AND DEFFER was the album which took LL from up-and-coming artist to the mantle of both pop star and rap legend. The title track, the album' s opening mission statement was only one of BIGGER AND DEFFER's memorable hits--"I Need Love," a disarmingly gentle ballad pushed the rap genre in a new direction, contrasting the album's otherwise hard edge with "soft" keyboard track and a confessional, vulnerable lyric. "Go Cut Creator Go" blends crushing guitars and myriad other samples in what remains one of hip-hop's slickest turntable tracks. Though the requisite hometown shoutouts abound, LL extols the virtues of one of New York's less-frequented attractions in "The Bristol Motel," a sordid spot in his native Queens.

Professional Reviews

Q (9/95, p.124) - 3 Stars - Good - "...he was still relentless and `I Need Love' surpris[ed] the hard core crew by coming on all lovey-dovey..."

Melody Maker (7/22/95, p.35) - "...`I'm Bad' [is LL Cool J's] masterpiece....`I Need Love' [is] acknowledged...as rap's first ballad..."