Editing Bigger and Deffer (section)

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{{Infobox album
| name       = Bigger and Deffer
| type       = studio
| artist     = [[LL Cool J]]
| cover      = LL Cool J - Bigger and Deffer.jpg
| alt        =
| released   = May 29, 1987<ref name= "http://riaa.com">{{cite web| url= http://riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?content_selector=gold-platinum-searchable-database# | title= Gold and Platinum Searchable Database| website= [[RIAA]].com |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20140830055854/http://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?content_selector=gold-platinum-searchable-database | archive-date= August 30, 2014 }}</ref>
| recorded   = 1986–1987
| studio     = [[Chung King Studios|Chung King House of Metal]] (New York City, New York)
| genre      = [[Hip hop music|Hip hop]]<ref name=":1"/>
| length     = {{duration|m=45|s=13}}
| label      =
* [[Def Jam Recordings|Def Jam]]
* [[Columbia Records|Columbia]]
| producer   =
* [[LL Cool J]]
* [[L.A. Posse]]
| prev_title = [[Radio (LL Cool J album)|Radio]]
| prev_year  = 1985
| next_title = [[Walking with a Panther]]
| next_year  = 1989
| misc       = {{Singles
 | name        = Bigger and Deffer
 | type        = studio
 | single1     = [[I'm Bad]]
 | single1date = June 13, 1987
 | single2     = [[I Need Love]]
 | single2date = July 22, 1987
}}
}}
{{Music ratings
| rev1 = [[AllMusic]]
| rev1score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}<ref name=":1">{{cite web| last= Birchmeier| first= Jason| url= https://www.allmusic.com/album/bigger-deffer-mw0000201780|title=''Bigger & Deffer'' – LL Cool J| publisher=[[AllMusic]]| access-date= July 8, 2017}}</ref>
| rev2 = ''[[Los Angeles Times]]''
| rev2score = {{Rating|2.5|4}}<ref>{{cite news|last=Johnson|first=Connie| url= https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1987-07-05-ca-2090-story.html|title=Def Doings in Rap Arena|work=[[Los Angeles Times]]| date= July 5, 1987| access-date= February 14, 2018}}</ref>
| rev3 = ''[[Q (magazine)|Q]]''
| rev3score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref>{{cite journal|title=LL Cool J: ''Bigger and Deffer''| journal= [[Q (magazine)|Q]] |issue= 108| page= 124|date= September 1995}}</ref>
| rev4 = ''RapReviews''
| rev4score = 7.5/10<ref>{{cite web| last=Walace|first=Emanuel|url=http://www.rapreviews.com/archive/BTTL_biggeranddeffer.html|title=LL Cool J :: Bigger and Deffer :: Def Jam| work= RapReviews.com |date=September 1, 2009| access-date= December 16, 2018}}</ref>
| rev5 = ''[[The Rolling Stone Album Guide]]''
| rev5score = {{Rating|2.5|5}}<ref name= "Hoard">{{cite book| last1= Coleman |first1= Mark| last2= Randall| first2= Mac| chapter=L.L. Cool J|title=[[The Rolling Stone Album Guide|The New Rolling Stone Album Guide]]|editor1-last= Brackett| editor1-first= Nathan|editor2-last= Hoard| editor2-first= Christian| publisher= [[Simon & Schuster]]| edition= 4th| year= 2004| pages=[https://archive.org/details/newrollingstonea00brac/page/491 491–92]|isbn=0-7432-0169-8}}</ref>
| rev6 = ''[[Spin Alternative Record Guide]]''
| rev6score = 7/10<ref>{{cite book| chapter= LL Cool J|title=[[Spin Alternative Record Guide]]|editor1-last= Weisbard| editor1-first= Eric|editor2-last= Marks| editor2-first= Craig| publisher= [[Vintage Books]]|page=227|year=1995|isbn=0-679-75574-8}}</ref>
| rev7 = ''[[The Village Voice]]''
| rev7score = C+<ref name="Christgau">{{cite news| last= Christgau |first= Robert| author-link= Robert Christgau| url= https://www.robertchristgau.com/xg/cg/cgv9-87.php|title=Christgau's Consumer Guide|work=[[The Village Voice]]| location= New York|date=September 1, 1987|access-date=February 14, 2018}}</ref>
}}
'''''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,<ref name= "http://riaa.com"/> 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|''Billboard'' 200]]. It became the fourth hip hop album to receive  [[Music recording certification|platinum]] certification by the [[Recording Industry Association of America]] (RIAA).<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HJbW_6l-uRUC&pg=PA152 |title=SPIN |date=December 1999 |publisher=SPIN Media LLC |language=en}}</ref>

''Bigger and Deffer'' features the hit single "[[I'm Bad]]", and the first commercially successful rap ballad, "[[I Need Love (LL Cool J song)|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 (magazine)|The Source]]''{{'}}s 100 Best Rap Albums. The cover photo was taken in front of [[Andrew Jackson High School (Queens, New York)|Andrew Jackson High School]] in [[Queens]] (from which he dropped out), while standing on the hood of his [[Audi 100|Audi 5000]],<ref>{{cite news| url= http://www.queenstribune.com/guides/BestofQueens2004/Pages/BestofQueensMusicians.htm |title= Best of Queens 2004 |newspaper=[[Queens Tribune]]| date= 2004 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120207151914/http://www.queenstribune.com/guides/BestofQueens2004/Pages/BestofQueensMusicians.htm |archive-date= February 7, 2012 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url=https://www.autoevolution.com/news/ll-cool-j-restores-original-1987-bad-audi-5000-his-first-car-and-donates-it-173368.html# |title=LL Cool J Restores Original 1987 BAD Audi 5000, His First Car, and Donates It |website=AutoEvolution.com |access-date=August 29, 2022}}</ref> and the back cover was shot in his grandmother's basement (his residence at the time). Both images were shot by [[Glen E. Friedman]].