Long Live The Kane
by Big Daddy Kane
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Long Live The Kane is ranked as the best album by Big Daddy Kane.
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Long Live The Kane track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 76 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 08/20/2026 15:49 | cicadelic | 13,788 | 73/100 |
| ! | 05/07/2026 21:07 |  cestuneblague | 8,258 | 80/100 |
| ! | 04/04/2026 04:59 | Exist-en-ciel | 15,519 | 70/100 |
| ! | 02/01/2026 20:14 | sweetness | 1,127 | 79/100 |
| ! | 08/22/2025 12:02 |  SomethingSpecial | 1,799 | 82/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 5% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 75.9/100, a mean average of 75.4/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 76.5/100. The standard deviation for this album is 13.8.
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Big Daddy Kane (USA): Long Live The Kane
1.Long Live The Kane 73
2.Raw 71
3.Set It Off 67
4.The Day You're Mine 80
5.On The Bugged Tip 73
6.Ain't No Half-Steppin'
7.I'll Take You There
8.Just Rhymin' With Biz
9.Mister Cee's Master Plan
10.Word To The Mother (Land) (Edited)
Graeme2 11/05/2022 20:29 | #291077 | TOP COMMENT
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BDK along with Rakim transformed hip hop more than any others (ok kool g rap, kool Keith and krs too). Records that BDK and Rakim were making 86-88 were advancing rap with each release. This album contains some of those gems. Pretend this is standard fare of the time is wrong. Not typical in any way for 88, trailblazing is more accurate. Take Raw, bar Rakim who is on that level 88?
More typical late 80s hip hop. A fine record but not much to recommend considering the alternatives from that era.
Great album very good for his era. Unfortunately, most of his following records did not had anything more to offer which demonstrates his lack of versatility. Still one of the smoothest rapper of all time. Top 3 tracks: Ain't no half steppin, raw and set it off.
joannajewsom 03/27/2018 22:22 | #211814 | TOP COMMENT
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Ain't No Half Steppin' is one of the best hip-hop songs of all time.
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