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Long Live the Kane is the debut album by American rapper Big Daddy Kane, released by Cold Chillin' Records on June 21, 1988. It was produced by Marley Marl and the 45 King, and established Kane and Marley Marl as premier artists during hip hop's golden age. Kane displayed his unique rapping technique while covering topics including love, Afrocentricity and his rapping prowess. Marley Marl and Big Daddy Kane display a sparse production style, creating beats with fast-paced drums and lightly utilized James Brown samples. Four singles were released in promotion of Kane's first album: "Raw/Word to the Mother," "Ain't No Half-Steppin'/Get Into It," "I'll Take You There/Wrath of Kane" and "Set It Off/Get Into It." The most commercially successful of these singles were "Ain't No Half-Steppin'", which reached #53 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks chart, and "I'll Take You There", which reached #73 on the same chart, but also peaked at #21 on the Hot Rap Singles chart. The other two singles did not chart, but "Raw" and "Set It Off" popularized Big Daddy Kane's high-speed style and abundant use of word play. From Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long_Li...) under Creative Commons Attribution CC-BY-SA 3.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...)
