Bigger and Deffer

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Template:Music ratings 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. It became the fourth hip hop album to receive platinum certification by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA).<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>

Bigger and Deffer features the hit single "I'm Bad", and the first commercially successful rap ballad, "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 SourceTemplate:'s 100 Best Rap Albums. The cover photo was taken in front of Andrew Jackson High School in Queens (from which he dropped out), while standing on the hood of his Audi 5000,<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</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.

Critical reception

Robert Christgau wrote that Bigger and Deffer paled beside LL Cool J's debut album, Radio: "Like the pop-metal egotists he resembles every which way but white, J proves that there's something worse than a middle-class adolescent who's gotta be a big shot this instant--the same adolescent the instant he becomes a big shot. Overrated though it was, the debut had guts, spritz, musical integrity, and Rick Rubin. Breakthrough though it may be, the follow-up has a swelled head, a swollen dick, received beats, and quotes from Berry, Brown, and the Moonglows that confuse me. Could it be that the planet existed before he brought it to fruition?"<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Track listing

All tracks written and produced by LL Cool J and L.A. Posse, except where noted.<ref name=":1"/>

Personnel

• James Todd Smith – vocals, producer
• Bobby Ervin – 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

Charts

Album

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Weekly chart performance for Bigger and Deffer

Chart (1987)	Peak position

Singles

Singles from Bigger and Deffer

Title	Single information
"I'm Bad"	Released: June 13, 1987 B-side: "Get Down" Billboard Hot 100 No. 84<ref name="Hot 100">Template:Cite magazine</ref> Hot Black Singles No. 4<ref name="R&B/HH">Template:Cite magazine</ref> Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales No. 23<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref> Hot Dance Music/Club Play No. 34<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref>
"I Need Love"	Released: July 2, 1987 (entered BillboardTemplate:'s Hot 100 chart week ending August 1) B-side: "My Rhyme Ain't Done" Billboard Hot 100 No. 14<ref name="Hot 100"/> Hot Black Singles No. 1<ref name="R&B/HH"/>