Walking With A Panther
by LL Cool J
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LL Cool J bestography
Walking With A Panther is ranked 4th best out of 17 albums by LL Cool J on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by LL Cool J is Radio which is ranked number 3638 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 411.
(N.B. Bestographies include all albums by an artist (and their variations), but do not include albums ranked outside the top 100,000).
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Walking With A Panther track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 74 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Walking With A Panther rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 2 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  Purplepash | Top 40 Music Albums of 1989 | 40/40 | 0 |
| 2026 | cicadelic | Top 100 Music Albums of 1989 | 63/100 | 2 |
| 2026 |  paladisiac | Top 100 Music Albums of 1989 | 99/100 | 0 |
| 2025 |  Larcx13 | Best Hip Hop Records 1989 Top 15 | 14/15 | - |
| 2025 | paladisiac | top 60r albums (59), #0101-0200* | 31/96 | - |
| 2024 |  PAPPITUFO | Top 100 Music Albums of 1989 | 79/100 | 1 |
| 2024 | frankoceanlover | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s | 97/100 | 1 |
| 2023 | ThuramThugood | Re-imagined: Larcx13 - Best Hip Hop of 80s (as at 02.07.23) | 36/40 | - |
| 2023 | conallmalone | 80s Hip Hop | 46/65 | - |
| 2023 | cicadelic | Robert Christgau: Dean's List 1989 | 29/57 | - |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 24 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 42 | |||
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Walking With A Panther ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 06/17/2025 21:59 |  idiotican | 2,803 | 74/100 |
| ! | 06/25/2023 01:08 | PapaShiz86 | 11,760 | 79/100 |
| ! | 05/13/2023 18:50 | cicadelic | 14,089 | 73/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 68.3/100, 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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pedro1976 10/09/2024 06:17 in What album are you listening to? (cont.) paladisiac 02/11/2013 16:18 in What album are you listening to right now?Walking With A Panther comments
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philbutrin 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.
Graeme2 TOP 100 COMMENTER 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
Graeme2 TOP 100 COMMENTER 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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