{"product_id":"ll-cool-j-bad-lp","title":"LL Cool J - Bigger And Deffer LP","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLL Cool J rocketed to the top of the hip-hop world in 1985 with Radio, his astonishing debut, but he lost his footing a bit with Bigger and Deffer, his mildly disappointing follow-up that proved to be a commercial breakthrough all the same. It's a powerful album that gets underway with a bang, as LL raps, \"No rapper can rap quite like I can,\" and makes his case throughout the album-opening \"I'm Bad,\" a ferocious hardcore rap with a great DJ-scratched hook. While that song ranks among LL's best (and most popular) ever, Bigger and Deffer doesn't boast too many other standout moments, with the exception of \"I Need Love.\" Its balladic tenderness comes as a late-album surprise, considering how ferocious LL sounds elsewhere here. Nonetheless, like it or loathe it, the song set the template for a number of such lovers raps that would bring LL much crossover success in the years to come. \"I Need Love\" aside, Bigger and Deffer is consistently solid, produced entirely by \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.allmusic.com\/artist\/the-la-posse-mn0001410306\" class=\"name-link\"\u003ethe L.A. Posse\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (\u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.allmusic.com\/artist\/darryl-pierce-mn0001740118\" class=\"name-link\"\u003eDarryl Pierce\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.allmusic.com\/artist\/dwayne-simon-mn0000791505\" class=\"name-link\"\u003eDwayne Simon\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.allmusic.com\/artist\/bobby-erving-mn0000072793\" class=\"name-link\"\u003eBobby Erving\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e) and filled with the sort of hard-hitting hip-hop that was Def Jam's staple at the time. But while the album is mostly solid, it does lack the creative spark that had made Radio such an invigorating release only a couple years prior (the absence of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.allmusic.com\/artist\/rick-rubin-mn0000356250\" class=\"name-link\"\u003eRick Rubin\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e here is unfortunate). In those couple years since LL had put out Radio, rap music had taken big strides. Now, in 1987, LL had to contend with the likes of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.allmusic.com\/artist\/eric-b-rakim-mn0000799198\" class=\"name-link\"\u003eEric B. \u0026amp; Rakim\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.allmusic.com\/artist\/kool-moe-dee-mn0000113300\" class=\"name-link\"\u003eKool Moe Dee\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.allmusic.com\/artist\/public-enemy-mn0000856785\" class=\"name-link\"\u003ePublic Enemy\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.allmusic.com\/artist\/boogie-down-productions-mn0000772127\" class=\"name-link\"\u003eBoogie Down Productions\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, with others like \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.allmusic.com\/artist\/epmd-mn0000138112\" class=\"name-link\"\u003eEPMD\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.allmusic.com\/artist\/big-daddy-kane-mn0000050434\" class=\"name-link\"\u003eBig Daddy Kane\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.allmusic.com\/artist\/ice-t-mn0000072003\" class=\"name-link\"\u003eIce-T\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.allmusic.com\/artist\/nwa-mn0000314793\" class=\"name-link\"\u003eN.W.A\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e on the horizon. When put in such a context, Bigger and Deffer pales a bit; in the years since LL's Radio rocked the streets of New York, rap had taken leaps and bounds while LL hadn't. So it was no surprise when LL suddenly came under attack by his rivals and a few fans, sending him back to the drawing board for his next effort, the whopping 18-track \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.allmusic.com\/album\/walking-with-a-panther-mw0000653729\" class=\"album-link\"\u003eWalking with a Panther\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (1989). -All Music Guide\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Def Jam Recordings","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51581828071711,"sku":null,"price":29.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1575\/8523\/files\/2596266.jpg?v=1769639648","url":"https:\/\/www.bullcityrecords.com\/products\/ll-cool-j-bad-lp","provider":"Chaz's Bull City Records","version":"1.0","type":"link"}