June 11, 1987: LL Cool J releases “Bigger And Deffer”

On this day in 1987 LL Cool J releases “Bigger And Deffer”

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 LL 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) 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. (Source Wikipedia)

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June 6, 1989: LL Cool J releases “Walking With A Panther”

On this day in 1989 LL Cool J releases “Walking With A Panther”

Walking with A Panther is the third studio album by American Hip Hop artist LL Cool J, released June 6, 1989, on Def Jam Recordings. While his previous album Bigger and Deffer (1987) was produced by The L.A. Posse, Dwayne Simon was the only member left of the group willing to work on Walking with a Panther, as other members, such as Bobby “Bobcat” Erving, wanted a higher pay after realizing how much of a success the previous album had become. Def Jam, however, refused to change the contract which caused the L.A. Posse to leave. Walking with a Panther was primarily produced by L.L. Cool J and Dwayne Simon, with additional production from Rick Rubin and Public Enemy‘s production team, The Bomb Squad.

Walking with a Panther was a commercial success, peaking at number six on the Billboard 200 and number one on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart, where it spent four weeks. The album contained the singles “Going Back to Cali”, “I’m That Type of Guy”, “Jingling Baby”, “Big Ole Butt” and “One Shot at Love”, which also achieved chart success. Walking with a Panther, however, was met with a mixed response from the Hip Hop community at the time of its release, who was un-favorable of several of the album’s love ballads. (Source Wikipedia)

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