Bigger and Deffer

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[2]
Los Angeles Times	^[3]
Q	^[4]
RapReviews	7.5/10^[5]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide	^[6]
Spin Alternative Record Guide	7/10^[7]
The Village Voice	C+^[8]

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,^[1] it stands as one of LL Cool J's biggest career records. Bigger and Deffer dominated the summer of 1987, spending 11 weeks at number one on the Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart while also reaching number 3 on the Billboard 200. The album also became the fourth rap album to become a platinum album.^[9]

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 Source'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,^[10]^[11] and the back cover was shot in his grandmother's basement (his residence at the time). Both images were shot by Glen E. Friedman.

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Critical reception

Robert Christgau stated: "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?"^[12]

Track listing

All tracks written and produced by LL Cool J and L.A. Posse, except where noted.^[2]

*Bigger and Deffer* track listing
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"I'm Bad"	James Todd Smith Bobby Ervin Darryl Pierce		4:39
2.	"Kanday"	Smith Erving Pierce		3:59
3.	"Get Down"	Smith Erving Pierce		3:23
4.	"The Bristol Hotel"	Smith Mark Jordan Pierce	LL Cool J L.A. Posse	2:43
5.	"My Rhyme Ain't Done"	Smith Erving Pierce		3:45
6.	".357 – Break It On Down"	Smith Jordan Pierce	LL Cool J L.A. Posse	4:05
7.	"Go Cut Creator Go"	Smith Erving Pierce		3:57
8.	"The Breakthrough"	Smith Steven Ettinger	Steve Ett	4:04
9.	"I Need Love"	Smith Erving Pierce		5:23
10.	"Ahh, Let's Get Ill"	Smith Erving Pierce		3:45
11.	"The Do Wop"	Smith Erving Pierce		4:59
12.	"On the Ill Tip" (skit)	Smith		0:31
Total length:				45:13

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

Weekly chart performance for *Bigger and Deffer*
Chart (1987)	Peak position
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)^[13]	28
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)^[14]	35
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)^[15]	23
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)^[16]	48
UK Albums (OCC)^[17]	54
US Billboard 200^[18]	3
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)^[19]	1

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^[20] Hot Black Singles No. 4^[21] Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales No. 23^[22] Hot Dance Music/Club Play No. 34^[23]
"I Need Love"	Released: July 2, 1987 (entered Billboard's Hot 100 chart week ending August 1) B-side: "My Rhyme Ain't Done" Billboard Hot 100 No. 14^[20] Hot Black Singles No. 1^[21]

Certifications

Certifications for *Bigger and Deffer*
Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada)^[24]	Gold	50,000^{^}
United States (RIAA)^[25]	2× Platinum	2,000,000^{^}
^{^} Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

^ ^a ^b "Gold and Platinum Searchable Database". RIAA.com. Archived from the original on August 30, 2014.
^ ^a ^b ^c Birchmeier, Jason. "Bigger & Deffer – LL Cool J". AllMusic. Retrieved July 8, 2017.
^ Johnson, Connie (July 5, 1987). "Def Doings in Rap Arena". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved February 14, 2018.
^ "LL Cool J: Bigger and Deffer". Q (108): 124. September 1995.
^ Walace, Emanuel (September 1, 2009). "LL Cool J :: Bigger and Deffer :: Def Jam". RapReviews.com. Retrieved December 16, 2018.
^ Coleman, Mark; Randall, Mac (2004). "L.L. Cool J". In Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian (eds.). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide (4th ed.). Simon & Schuster. pp. 491–92. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8.
^ Weisbard, Eric; Marks, Craig, eds. (1995). "LL Cool J". Spin Alternative Record Guide. Vintage Books. p. 227. ISBN 0-679-75574-8.
^ Christgau, Robert (September 1, 1987). "Christgau's Consumer Guide". The Village Voice. New York. Retrieved February 14, 2018.
^ SPIN. SPIN Media LLC. December 1999.
^ "Best of Queens 2004". Queens Tribune. 2004. Archived from the original on February 7, 2012.
^ "LL Cool J Restores Original 1987 BAD Audi 5000, His First Car, and Donates It". AutoEvolution.com. Retrieved August 29, 2022.
^ Robert Christgau: CG: LL Cool J
^ "Dutchcharts.nl – LL Cool J – BAD" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved April 10, 2023.
^ "Offiziellecharts.de – LL Cool J – BAD" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved April 10, 2023.
^ "Charts.nz – LL Cool J – BAD". Hung Medien. Retrieved April 10, 2023.
^ "Swedishcharts.com – LL Cool J – BAD". Hung Medien. Retrieved April 10, 2023.
^ "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved April 10, 2023.
^ "LL Cool J Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved April 10, 2023.
^ "LL Cool J Chart History (Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved April 10, 2023.
^ ^a ^b "LL Cool J Chart History: Hot 100". Billboard. Retrieved April 10, 2023.
^ ^a ^b "LL Cool J Chart History: Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs". Billboard. Retrieved April 10, 2023.
^ "LL Cool J Chart History: Dance Singles Sales". Billboard. Retrieved April 10, 2023.
^ "LL Cool J Chart History: Dance Club Songs". Billboard. Retrieved April 10, 2023.
^ "Canadian album certifications – LL Cool J – Bigger and Deffer". Music Canada.
^ "American album certifications – L.L. Cool J – Bigger and Deffer". Recording Industry Association of America.

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Discography
Studio albums	Radio Bigger and Deffer Walking with a Panther Mama Said Knock You Out 14 Shots to the Dome Mr. Smith Phenomenon G.O.A.T. 10 The DEFinition Todd Smith Exit 13 Authentic
Compilations	All World: Greatest Hits All World 2
Singles	"I Can't Live Without My Radio" "Rock the Bells" "You'll Rock" "I'm Bad" "I Need Love" "Going Back to Cali" "I'm That Type of Guy" "Big Ole Butt" "One Shot at Love" "Jingling Baby" "To da Break of Dawn" "The Boomin' System" "Around the Way Girl" "Mama Said Knock You Out" "6 Minutes of Pleasure" "Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf?" "Strictly Business" "How I'm Comin'" "Back Seat (of My Jeep)" "Pink Cookies In a Plastic Bag Getting Crushed by Buildings" "Stand By Your Man" "Hey Lover" "Doin' It" "Loungin" "I Shot Ya" "Ain't Nobody" "Hit 'Em High (The Monstars' Anthem)" "Phenomenon" "4, 3, 2, 1" "Hot, Hot, Hot" "Father" "Candy" "Zoom" "Say What" "Deepest Bluest" "Shut 'Em Down "Imagine That" "You and Me" "Put Your Hands Up" "Luv U Better" "Paradise" "All I Have" "Amazin' "Headsprung" "Hush" "Control Myself" "Cry" "Baby"
Featured singles	"Rampage" "Why Me Baby?" "This Is for the Lover in You" "Incredible" "Fatty Girl" "All I Have" "We Are the World 25 for Haiti"
Other songs	"Accidental Racist"

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