Big Daddy Kane - It's a Big Daddy Thing (iTunes Version)

If Big Daddy Kane's debut album painted him as an enormously talented battle MC, his follow-up, It's a Big Daddy Thing, finds him aggressively expanding into new territory and gunning for a wider audience outside the hip-hop faithful. Unlike later efforts, most of it is rousingly successful, making for an album that's arguably just as strong as his near-classic debut. This is where Kane starts to take his place as one of hip-hop's first sex symbols, thanks to the gliding "Smooth Operator," the somewhat dated ballad "To Be Your Man," and the Teddy Riley-produced new jack swing track "I Get the Job Done." If the latter is a blatant attempt at crossing over, with a vastly different sound than anything else on the album, it's also a player's statement of purpose. Elsewhere, Kane plays the anti-drug, pro-education social commentator, bringing his Nation of Islam beliefs further into the spotlight on tracks like "Another Victory," "Children R the Future...

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Track List:
01 It's a Big Daddy Thing
02 Another Victory
03 Mortal Combat
04 Children R the Future
05 Young, Gifted and Black
06 Smooth Operator
07 Callin' Mr. Welfare
08 Wrath of Kane (Live)
09 I Get the Job Done
10 Ain't No Stoppin Us Now
11 Pimpin' Ain't Easy
12 Big Daddy's Theme
13 To Be Your Man
14 The House That Cee Built
15 On the Move
16 Warm It Up, Kane
17 Rap Summary (Lean On Me) [Remix]