BIG DADDY KANE Long Live The Kane KEY SELLING POINTS • The Source Magazine ranked this project as one of the 1000 Greatest Albums in Hip Hop • The album was certified gold in the year of its release and serves as one of the two projects from Big Daddy Kane that has sold over 500,000 copies • The album will be pressed onto 180 gram purple and black split colored vinyl DESCRIPTION ARTIST: Big Daddy Kane Originally released back in 1988 on Cold Chillin’ Records, Big Daddy TITLE: Long Live The Kane Kane’s debut LP ‘Long Live The Kane’ dropped during the height of what CATALOG: l-OMINC010 is now regarded as the golden age of hip hop. Combining simplistic beats, drawing on elements of funk, and Kane’s sharp wordplay, the LABEL: Omerta Inc. album cemented both Kane & the Juice Crew’s place in Hip Hop history; GENRE: Hip-Hop-Rap and with ‘Ain’t No Half Steppin’ it featured one of THE seminal singles of BARCODE: 82765062164 the genre. FORMAT: LP Black/Purple Split Colored Vinyl Without doubt one of the most influential East Coast rappers to ever HOME MARKET: New York City do it, paving the way for the likes of Nas, Big L, AZ & Notorious B.I.G RELEASE: 8/25/2017 amongst others. Nas even ranks ‘Long Live the Kane’ as one of his top LIST PRICE: $25.98 / FA 25 albums ever. Omerta Inc. will be bringing the album to its intended format for the first TRACKLISTING time since 1988. Remastered specifically for vinyl release, this will be the best the record has ever sounded. 1. Long Live the Kane “Kane’s debut album, Long Live the Kane, stands as a perfect example 2. Raw (remix) of what made the Juice Crew so highly revered. Simple, spare, mostly- 3. Set It Off James-Brown-based break beats that leave plenty of room for Kane rev up and deliver his lightning-tongued battle raps.” - Complex, #9 Best Old 4. The Day You’re Mine School Rap Records 5. On The Bugged Tip 6. Ain’t No Half Steppin’ “This album can be credited as one of the most influential LPs of the golden age of Hip Hop. Nas, Pete Rock, AZ, Gang Starr, RZA, Biggie 7. I’ll Take You There Smalls, and MF DOOM are among some of the acclaimed artists who 8. Just Rhymin’ With Biz have made directed references to either this album or Big Daddy Kane in general throughout their music. In 1998, The Source Magazine ranked 9. Mister Cee’s Master Plan this project as one of the 1000 Greatest Albums in Hip Hop. The album 10. Word to the Mother (Land) was certified gold in the year of its release and serves as one of the two projects from Big Daddy Kane that has sold over 500,000 copies.” - The Source “Considered one of the most significant cuts of the “Golden Era,” a time period spanning from the 1980s to 1990s where hip-hop was said to be at its best.” – XXL Magazine “I’m a big time fan of Big Daddy Kane. ‘Ain’t No Half Steppin’’ and ‘Raw’ are great songs.” - Nas PROUDLY DISTRIBUTED BY FAT BEATS DISTRIBUTION | 8920 ETON AVE. CANOGA PARK, CA 91304 | DISTRIBUTION.FATBEATS.COM.