I enjoy both, but prefer LAD more. Something happened to BIG in '94 where he went from very good to GOAT (in my humble). You can see it on a couple tracks on RTD ("Unbelievable", "The What"). His older, less polished flow/delivery started to shed and even experienced a change in his voice audibly.
"One More Chance (Remix), "Who Shot Ya", and that feature on the Total single - that's when he came into his own. From that point on, it was a wrap.