Check The BDK Thing (It's A Big Daddy Thing - Big Daddy Kane)

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Product:	It's A Big Daddy Thing - Big Daddy Kane
Date:	25/06/09 (27 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: Lots of bangers

Disadvantages: A couple of weaker tunes

"It's A Big Daddy Thing" was the 1989 album from the Brooklyn Hip Hop legend Big Daddy Kane. It was the second album from the speed rapper and saw him collaborating with the likes of Easy Mo Bee, Marley Marl and Teddy Riley on the production and even gets guest rappers in the form of Scoob Lover, Blue a Magic and Nice & Smooth.

1. "It's A Big Daddy Thing"

Getting the album going, you have a heavy track from him which has him just bursting ou with some of the hardcore, fast-paced material which everyone knew him for from his debut album. It is a fly cut and one which gets you excited for what he has to offer later on on the record with his intense approach and powerful rhymes acting as an introduction to those who don't already know of him.

**Five Stars**

2. "Another Victory"

This is one of the few tracks which you really need to work at to find the quality within it, as it doesn't hit you as quickly as with his more popular creations. However once you are able to really engage with the thing and get into the breaks f it, it becomes a killer cut and fits right in here.

**Four Stars**

3. "Mortal Combat"

As we move things off we have a track which actually took be surprise in the fact that in spite of the fact that he is the one behind the production, he opts to go for something which contrasts from what most know him for as he rides some low-paced slowed-down Breakbeats, but as ever he does well with it with his raging flow.

**Five Stars**

4. "Children R The Future"

You see that more of his own personal production, you find him moving things on quite a bit with the choice in what he makes the focal point of the rhymes, and so here he calms things out with some raps about how he wishes to bring his experiences to the youngsters. It is a nice break to things and it works nicely here.

**Four Stars**

5. "Young, Gifted, And Black"

Taking on a sample which most modern listeners will probably know more for being found on a DMX track, this one has Kane following with a rather laid-back approach to it all. He tends to speak exclusively upon how strong his lyrical skills are in this, but with it being so strong, you can't deny that he deserves to boast about it.

**Four Stars**

6. "Smooth Operator"

This is another of the biggest tracks that he ever came out with. Composed by himself, it has him completely kill things off with a variety of samples which get him basically peaking upon his approach with the girls. The thing is a banger, and one that shaped his career.

**Five Stars**

7. "Calling Mr. Welfare"

Easy Mo Bee, responsible from hits from The Notorious B.I.G s the person behind the composition of this one and I felt that he gave something a little different here to add to the diversity of it t allow Kane to move on his flows towards something else, and he decides that its about time for a little storytelling.

**Four Stars**

8. "Wrath Of Kane"

This is a live recording of the artist, and this version appeared on the album (instead of a studio version)., it has him just rip apart things with the cut as it gets him coming with a quickly paced tune, that impacts on listeners greatly as it is just so exciting, and has him working to the high pace that is found in the production.

**Five Stars**

9. "I Get The Job Done"

This is a very different one form him, however I saw it as one of the biggest ones which he came out with. It has Teddy Riley on the beats, and if you recall, at this time he was only into the R&B scene, and pioneered the New Jack Swing scene. Here you have Kane adopting this effortlessly, and having no trouble working with this type of production.

**Five Stars**

10. "Ain't No Stoppin' Us Now"

Sampling the McFadden & Whitehead song of the same name, you get a funky jam here which really forces you to get down to the grooves along wit the artist. I felt that it was a little bit of a stretch to combine it with Kane's style of rapping, but personally I felt as though it made a god effort to make sure it didn't sound overly-forced.

**Five Stars**

11. "Pimpin' Ain't Easy"

With Ant Live, Scoob Lover and the first ever appearance from Nice & Smooth you find a heavy posse cut here. I felt that it was a fresh cut and the laid-back approach of it really suited the subject mater which they all choose to talk of just how exactly they are seen to be towards the opposite sex.

**Five Stars**

12. "Big Daddy's Theme" (Lude)

13. "To Be Your Man" (Lude)

14. "The House That Cee Built"

Off a funky and a soulful interludes (respectively) you see that here you have him getting into a cut which has him moving on into the world of Hip house with a joint which has Mister Cee cutting up some of the classic material from this and the artists debut album with a Housey style adapted to it to give it a dance vibe.

**Four Stars**

15. "On The Move"

Restoring order to the music you find that Big Daddy Kane returns to the rapping with this one and it was really need by this point as after hyping people up, he finally feels that its time to impress people with more of the fly and exciting new material to bring the spirits back up and gets people back into the grooves.

**Four Stars**

16. "Warm It Up, Kane"

This one is quite strange as although it is a pretty mellow recording form him, the breakbeat elements of it and the lively additional elements to the production are what enable it to gain enough energy to resultantly appear to be a rather lively track from him, and it really gets you moving. It is another well-known one, and boosts the album significantly.

**Five Stars**

17. "Rap Summary" (Remix)

Ending it off, you get a special Marley Marl mix to the track, as most of his self-produced tracks are, and it has him refer to several big acts of the time, and earlier to describe what the Hip Hop world is about. I saw it as the perfect way to end things, as it rounds it all off so well with a tune with a topic based on this.

**Four Stars**

This is a very strong album from the artist and I have to say that it doesn't really have any defined weaknesses to it. If you were into the type of music from the time, when the likes of EPMD, Eric B. & Rakim and Kool G. Rap & DJ Polo ruled the underground scene, you will enjoy this too.

Summary: Big Daddy Kane's second album