Walking With a Panther

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studio album
First released:
1989

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Walking with a Panther is the third album by high-selling hip-hop artist LL Cool J. Released in 1989, the album was a commercial success, with several charting singles ("Going Back to Cali," "I'm That Type of Guy," "Jingling Baby," "Big-Ole Butt," and "One Shot at Love"). The album however was often criticized by the hip-hop community as being too commercial and materialistic, and for focusing too much on love ballads.

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Catalog number:
27355
Release dates:
  • 1989 in United States
  • Mar 28 1995

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Hip-Hop, Traditional Pop. Vote on Genres

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4 stars Planned Landscape
Walking With A Panther is the third release of L.L. Cool J where he explored more with diverse subjects and taking control of production. The lead-off, "Droppin' Em" is a lyrical attack with punchlines and metaphors of superiority to contenders. Slowing the pace with gloomy effects on "Smokin', Dopin'" compares his artistry as being addictive. "Fast Peg" is quite short and simple with a tale of abuse and violent life of a woman. With lyrical content such as "...her man be smaking her up / backin…
Written by Carltouis Stevenson
3 stars WALKING WITH A PANTHER?
LL has always been one of my favorite rappers. In a way, he was the Richard Roundtree (John Shaft) of his day. A cool dude who defined the masculine black man down to the Tee. Through claiming his microphone superiority, Having all the women, and firing back at any MC who dare oppose or questions his skills, He was (and still is) a Bad muthaf*cka in his own right.

Walking with A Panther has his best as well as his most dreadful tracks he ever recorded. If this overlong 20 track album was trimme…
Written by Patrick Frierson "p.frierson"

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Walking With a Panther 18 tracks format: 1 x CD
release dates: 1989 in United States
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