It's a Big Daddy Thing | ||||
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Studio album by Big Daddy Kane | ||||
Released | September 19, 1989 | |||
Recorded | 1988–1989 | |||
Genre | Golden age hip hop | |||
Length | 76:32 | |||
Label |
Cold Chillin'/Reprise/Warner Bros. Records 25941 |
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Producer | Big Daddy Kane, Marley Marl, Mister Cee, Prince Paul, Easy Mo Bee, Teddy Riley | |||
Big Daddy Kane chronology | ||||
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Source | Rating |
Allmusic | |
Robert Christgau | (B) |
Rolling Stone |
It's a Big Daddy Thing is the second full-length album by American rapper Big Daddy Kane. It was released on September 19, 1989.
To date, it is his most successful effort commercially, certified gold by RIAA.
In character with his first album and many other albums of the day, It's a Big Daddy Thing branches out into different styles, from battle rhymes to love ballads and more. His later posturing as a self-proclaimed ladies' man is somewhat foreshadowed by the hit song "Smooth Operator". Also, one of the songs in the album, "Wrath of Kane," appears in live performance taken from the Apollo Theater.
In 1998, the album was selected as one of The Source's 100 Best Rap Albums.
In 2004, the song, "Warm it Up, Kane" appeared at classic hip hop radio station Playback FM, in the popular video game Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas.
In 2008, the single "I Get The Job Done" was ranked number 57 on VH1's 100 Greatest Songs of Hip Hop.