Big Daddy Kane

Cold Chillin' Records: Licensed To Chill

Report and Interview by Paolo Hewitt, John McCready, New Musical Express, 12 March 1988

Cold Chillin' Records was started in 1986 by Tyrone Williams. As manager of Marley Marl — a 23 year old producer, writer, arranger, and renowned New ...

Cold Chillin' Records: The Big Chill

Interview by Caroline Sullivan, Melody Maker, 16 April 1988

COLD CHILLIN' HAVE COMPILED A ROSTER TO CHALLENGE DEF JAM'S HIP HOP SUPREMACY. CAROLINE SULLIVAN MEETS A TRIO ON THE WAY TO THE TOP ...

Taking the Rap

Report and Interview by Bruce Dessau, The Guardian, 5 August 1988

Club violence and the whiff of gunsmoke are accompanying rap's rise to prominence in the United States. Bruce Dessau reports ...

Big Daddy Kane: Raw Like Sushi

Interview by Sean O'Hagan, New Musical Express, 6 May 1989

Christened The Grasshopper Of Rap for his black belt lyrics, Big Daddy Kane is a hero to rap's hard core followers. With hits for Roxanne ...

Big Daddy Kane, De La Soul, Rodney-O & Joe Cooley: Celebrity Theatre, Anaheim CA

Live Review by Richard Cromelin, Los Angeles Times, 31 May 1989

Dislocated Metaphysics of De La Soul ...

Big Daddy Kane: It's a Big Daddy Thing (Cold Chillin'/Reprise)

Review by Frank Owen, Spin, November 1989

LIKE HIS ground-breaking debut album, Long Live the Kane, It's a Big Daddy Thing finds Kane in the forefront of the most important new direction ...

Big Daddy Kane: A Taste Of Chocolate

Review by Paolo Hewitt, Select, December 1990

WHEN BIG Daddy Kane released his debut LP, Long Live The Kane, in 1988, his producer Marley Marl's emphasis on slower beats and rhymes meant ...

Big Daddy Kane: Veteranz Day (Blakjam)

Review by Andy Crysell, New Musical Express, 20 February 1999

THOSE WITH CD-ROM capability get an added bonus on Big Daddy Kane's latest comeback effort: the chance to visit 'Kane's Lair', a place of unconvincing ...