Old heads, why did the love songs help LL Cool J's career but hurt Big Daddy Kane's?

[Drew Wonder]

They both got respect from the hip hop heads while still appealing to women when they first came out. Yet the general consensus seems to be that Kane's career was ruined when he started focusing too much on the simp/love songs. LL got some backlash himself of course but commercial wise the love songs propelled his career. I Need Love, Around the Way Girl, Hey Lover, Doin' It, etc. are seen as classic LL songs while most of Kane's love songs got nothing but hate. Was it simply the fact that LL was just better at making those types of joints than Kane or did hip hop fans just have different expectations for the two and the type of music they made?

On a side note, this song/video is corny as fukk but it's still a guilty pleasure of mine Drake should do a shot for shot remake of this just for the fukkery

 

[Treblemaka]

Because Kane is a G and LL is a product.

That don't make it right, I'm just saying what it is.

 

[River_trey]

Because Kane is a G and LL is a product.

That don't make it right, I'm just saying what it is.

 

[Zero]

Because Kane is a G and LL is a product.

That don't make it right, I'm just saying what it is.

 

[Ashtrey]

LL made better love songs. Only BDK love song I fukk with is Very Special with Spinderella

 

[Dafunkdoc_Unlimited]

We didn't expect that from Kane and ain't wanna hear it.

Kane was more hip-hop while LL was more 'pop'.

To this day, I can't STAND 'I Need Love'.​

 

[Taadow]

I have a few thoeries:

1. LL came out the gate with that on deck.

2. Kane already had a strike against him dancing and stuff.

3. There is a difference between the two types of songs. Kane was doing lightweight R&B songs
trying to be "Dark Gable" and whatnot. LL's first "love" song is probably his softest - the rest are
kinda street given the content.

I mean, look at the first couple of lines of "Around The Way Girl", "Back Seat", and "Doin' It".

3b. LL kept a balanced attack (lol). If he had a "love" song, he would hit back with the "street" jam.

 

[Xane Vic]

Because Kane was an old man and LL was a kid.

 

[Methodical]

I always though Big Daddy Kane would have won the battle on wax if he against Rakim but come to think of.....Just think about it. Imainge if Rakim vs Big Daddy Kane beef on wax, Rakim would air him out for having love songs and having Playgirl magazine, show his d!ck to the world.....Big Daddy Kane might have lost that battle.....

 

[Dafunkdoc_Unlimited]

Because Kane was an old man and LL was a kid.

They are the same age and LL is actually about 10 months older than Kane.

​

 

[phonthought3000]

3b. LL kept a balanced attack (lol). If he had a "love" song, he would hit back with the "street" jam.

I've always felt this is what stop folks from completly turning on him. The fact he kept that balance for both sides. And plus he had better love songs

 

[BlackMajik]

They are the same age and LL is actually about 10 months older than Kane.

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[mson]

Because Kane was an old man and LL was a kid.

Ra, Kane, L, and G Rap are the same age.

 

[R-Typ3]

L always had the machine behind him with Def Jam/Sony that allowed him to work both sides even when Panther was notoriously known as his worst...Whereas Kane didn't have that street/corporate support after '91, Cold Chillin was on it's way down, and him doin the book with Madonna back then wasn't exactly "hard" enuff for most fans comin from the same Kane that gave us Raw, Warm It Up, No Half Steppin 5 years earlier

 

[Xane Vic]

Ra, Kane, L, and G Rap are the same age.

Kane's STILL old.