Walking With A Panther
by LL Cool J

Walking With A Panther by LL Cool J
Year: 1989
Overall rank: 24,176th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
68/100 (from 19 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1989 (328th)
Award Top albums of the 1980s (3,092nd)
Award Best albums of all time (24,176th)

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LL Cool J bestography

Walking With A Panther is ranked 4th best out of 16 albums by LL Cool J on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by LL Cool J is Radio which is ranked number 3521 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 420.

LL Cool J album bestography « Higher ranked (8,961st)
Bigger And Deffer
This album (24,176th)
Walking With A Panther
Lower ranked (27,287th) »
The Force

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Walking With A Panther track list

  Track ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 74 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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Walking With A Panther rankings

Rankings summary
Overall rank: 24,176th | 1980s rank: 3,092nd | 1989 rank: 328th
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2026 paladisiacTop 100 Music Albums of 198999/1000
2026cicadelicTop 100 Music Albums of 198954/1002
2025 Larcx13Best Hip Hop Records 1989 Top 1514/15 -
2025 paladisiactop 60r albums (59), #0101-0200*31/96 -
2025 PurplepashTop 39 Music Albums of 198939/390
2024frankoceanloverTop 100 Music Albums of the 1980s97/1001
2024PapaShiz86Top 50 Music Albums of 198946/501
2024 PAPPITUFOTop 100 Music Albums of 198979/1001
2023ThuramThugoodRe-imagined: Larcx13 - Best Hip Hop of 80s (as at 02.07.23)36/40 -
2023conallmalone80s Hip Hop46/65 -
2023cicadelicRobert Christgau: Dean's List 198929/57 -
2023conallmaloneRick Rubin Produced40/55 -
2023ThuramThugoodRanked - LL Cool J (US) - Ranked4/15 -
2021 Boltzmannhip hop - '80s23/24 -
2021 Larcx13Best of Hip Hop in the 80's40/40 -
2021 paladisiac1980s 60rating (59), #0001-0100*18/36 -
2019ReelBigTophTop 100 Music Albums of 198914/1004
2019ReelBigTophTop 100 Music Albums of the 1980s59/1008
2019HipHopGoldenAgeTop 40 Hip Hop Albums 198911/404
2018glynspsaTop 100 Music Albums of 198990/1001
Total Charts: Help The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. 24
Total Rank Score: Help The total rank score. 39
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68/100 (from 19 votes)
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06/17/2025 21:59 idiotican  Ratings distribution  2,80374/100
 
80/100
 
06/25/2023 01:08 PapaShiz86  Ratings distribution  11,07379/100
 
80/100
 
05/13/2023 18:50 cicadelic  Ratings distribution  12,03773/100
 
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04/19/2023 16:23 Jakor  Ratings distribution  5,14668/100
 
65/100
 
03/17/2023 16:55 conallmalone  Ratings distribution  1,73274/100

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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 68.4/100, a mean average of 66.3/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 66.3/100. The standard deviation for this album is 11.6.

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80/100
From 08/03/2016 17:51 | #172190
Going to up this rating. First listen in many years. My memory was always tainted by the 3 love tracks, but that still leaves 15 memorable LL cuts. Also the tape version has the fantastic Jack the Ripper on it which should have been on the album proper
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From 09/01/2014 04:02 | #120915
there aren't a lot of rap albums included in many of my BEA charts, but this one has stayed in my collection over the years. LL doesn't take himself too seriously, and i think his sense of humor provides a nice counterbalance to the album's more serious tracks.
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80/100
From 07/31/2014 08:22 | #118173
This has some truly awful love tracks on it. Rest is good with some very good tracks.
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