Long Live The Kane (1988) ( )

Product Summary Label: Wea/warner Bros. UPC: 00075992573122 Release Date: 3/10/1989 Buy.com Sku: 60145818 Item#: MG2WQ9 Format:  CD Song Listing Disc 1 Song Title Sample 1. Long Live The Kane ~ Big Daddy Kane 2. Raw (remix) ~ Big Daddy Kane 3. Set It Off ~ Big Daddy Kane 4. Day You're Mine, The ~ Big Daddy Kane 5. On The Bugged Tip ~ Big Daddy Kane 6. Ain't No Half Steppin' ~ Big Daddy Kane 7. I'll Take You There ~ Big Daddy Kane 8. Just Rhymin' With Biz ~ Big Daddy Kane 9. Mister Cee's Master Plan ~ Big Daddy Kane 10. Word To The Mother (Land) (extended remix) ~ Big Daddy Kane   Album Notes and Credits Notes & Personnel Info Personnel: Big Daddy Kane (vocals). Audio Mixer: Marley Marl. Photographer: George DuBose. An eternally revered figure in hip-hop, Brooklyn's Big Daddy Kane first broke into the biz writing rhymes for Biz Markie. Kane had just a handful of singles and appearances to his name at the time of his first full-length release. Arguably his best record, LONG LIVE THE KANE sees the King Asiatic Nobody's Equal flipping slick one-liners at the speed of rap back when almost everything else was known as "rap slow." Featuring that unmistakable New York production from Marley Marl and scratches by DJ Mr. Cee, LONG LIVE THE KANE stands as one of the Juice Crew's finest achievements. From the hyped-up assault of "Raw" and Beatles-driven "Set It Off" to the laid-back piano loop of "Ain't No Half Steppin,'" the 10-song tracklist is packed with endlessly quotable old-school anthems. Biz Markie is featured on the favorite, "Just Rhymin' With Biz." Even though he spends a good 90% of the album boasting about his skills and abilities on the microphone, and cutting those of other MCs, Big Daddy Kane consistently proves himself a thrilling artist on his debut album, Long Live the Kane, one of the most appealing creations from the original new school of rap. This debut captures the Big Daddy Kane who rocked the house at hip-hop clubs and verbally cut up any and all comers in the late '80s with his articulate precision and locomotive power -- the Big Daddy Kane who became an underground legend, the Big Daddy Kane who had the sheer verbal facility and razor-clean dexterity to ambush any MC and exhilarate anyone who witnessed or heard him perform. There are missteps here, to be sure -- especially "The Day You're Mine," on which Kane casts himself as a loverman over a stilted drum machine and lackluster, cheesily seductive singing (offering a glimpse of the particular corner into which he would eventually paint himself). But there are also plenty of legitimate early hip-hop classics, none of which have lost an ounce of their power, and all of which serve as reminders of a time and era when hip-hop felt immediate, exciting, fresh, and a little bit dangerous (in the figurative, rather than literal, sense), and when hip-hop spawned commercial tastes of the moment rather than surrendering to them. Although his next album would be nearly the artistic equal of the debut -- and, in many ways, even bettered it -- Big Daddy Kane would never sound as compelling or as fresh as on this first effort. ~ Stanton Swihart Producer: Marley Marl   Artist Overview Big Daddy Kane was one of the first rap artists to take on the suave pimp persona so prevalent in hip-hop today. As a lyricist for Marly Marl's Juice Crew, Kane penned lyrics for, among others, Biz Markie, before embarking on his own career in 1989. Blending classic soul samples, an effortlessly smooth yet intense flow, and lyrics that referenced both the trials and tribulations of being a ladies' man and, oddly enough, the Black Muslim lifestyle, Kane was an influential artist who presaged many of the trends in both hip-hop and R&B that would emerge in the decades that followed. Artist Influences Barry White | Egyptian Lover | Funkadelic | Grandmaster Melle Mel | Kool Moe Dee | Kurtis Blow | Marly Marl | Marvin Gaye | Ohio Players | Rick James Artist Contemporaries Biz Markie | Ice-T | Kool G. Rap & DJ Polo | Kool Moe Dee | LL Cool J | M.C. Shan | Masta Ace | Public Enemy | Roxanne Shante | Slick Rick | Too $hort Artist Followers 2Pac | Company Flow | El-P | Eminem | Fabolous | Jay-Z | Nelly | Pharoahe Monch | Pimp C | Snoop Dogg | The Notorious B.I.G.   Compilation Appearances Juice No. 1 Player Hits Vol. 3-Old School Rap Piece Maker (Explicit Version) Big Picture 1974-1979 (Explicit Version) Old School Rap Rap Mania The Roots Of Rap (Live) Musical Biography Duck Season Vol.1 Power In Numbers (Explicit Version) World Of Black Tracks Last Of The Pro-Ricans Part Of The Process (Bonus Tracks) (w/ Bonus DVD) (Limited Edition) The Beat Generation Kings Of Hip Hop Chitlin Circuit Essential Hip Hop Vol 3 Essential Hip Hop Vol 4 Dave Chapelle's Block Party / O.s.t. (Cln) Ultimate 16: Best Of Hip Hop Hip Hop Classics Hip Hop: Evolution Afro Samurai (Explicit Version) Afro Samurai Hip Hop Essentials (Ltd) (Box) Underground Kingz (Bonus Cd)(Explicit Version) Rap Mania Live Brick(Explicit Version) Most Underrated (Explicit Version) Return Of The Magnificent Old School Hip Hop Jams Return Of The Swarm 5 Booty Breaks Bridge:concept Of A Culture Bridge:concept Of A Culture In Control Volume 1(Explicit Version) 45 Live:classic Rap Mix Born And Raised(Explicit Version)   Technical Info Release Date : 1988 Original Release Date : 1988 Catalog ID : 25731 Label : Cold Chillin' Number of Discs : 1 Runtime : 46m : 40s Studio/Live : Studio Mono/Stereo : Stereo SPAR Code : n/a UPC : 00075992573122    Product Image