# Long Live the Kane

Long Live the Kane é o álbum de estreia do MC Big Daddy Kane, lançado pela Cold Chillin' Records em 1988. Foi produzido por Marley Marl e estabilizou os dois como artistas principais durante a era de ouro do hip hop. Kane mostrou a sua técnica de rapping única enquanto cobria assuntos como amor ("I'll Take You There"), afrocentricidade ("Word to the Mother(Land)") e sua proeza no rap ("Set It Off"). Marley Marl mostra um estilo de produção esparso - criando bases com baterias aceleradas e samples de James Brown levemente utilizados.
Quatro singles foram lançados em promoção do primeiro álbum de Kane: "Raw/Word to the Mother (Land)," "Ain't No Half-Steppin'/Get Into It," "I'll Take You There/Wrath of Kane" e "Set It Off/Get Into It." O single mais bem sucedido comercialmente foi "Ain't No Half-Steppin'," que chegou ao número 53 na parada Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks, e "I'll Take You There", que alcançou o número 73 na mesma parada, mas também chegou ao número 21 na parada Hot Rap Singles. Os outros dois singles não chegaram as paradas, mas "Raw" e "Set It Off" popularizaram o estilo acelerado de Big Daddy Kane e uso abundante de jogo de palavras. "Raw" e "Ain't No Half Steppin'" são descritos como "sensação[ões] underground" e "clássico[s]" por Steve Huey do Allmusic. "Raw" não aparece em Long Live the Kane, mas um remix que utiliza a mesma base sim.

## Recepção

Críticas profissionais :
| Avaliações da crítica ||
| Fonte | Avaliação |
| Allmusic | |
| Robert Christgau | (B) |
| The Daily Vault | A− |
| Los Angeles Times | |
| Music Hound | |
| Rhapsody | (favorável) |
| Rolling Stone | |
| The Source | |
| Virgin Encyclopedia | |
Em 1998, o álbum foi selecionado como um dos 100 Melhores Álbuns de Rap da revista The Source. Em 1999, ego trip o elegeou o sexto melhor álbum de hip hop lançado em 1988. em 1989, Spin o escolheu o vigésimo melhor álbum de 1988. Nas elegeu o álbum como um dos seus 25 Álbuns Favoritos.
Foi certificado como disco de ouro pela Recording Industry Association of America em 1989, e continua sendo um dos dois únicos álbuns de Kane que vendeu mais de 500,000 cópias. O outro álbum a alcançar status de ouro, It's a Big Daddy Thing, é dito como o único álbum a rivalizar Long Live the Kane como o melhor álbum de Kane.

## Lista de faixas

| # | Título | Compositores | Produtor | Cantores | Samples |
| 1 | "Long Live the Kane" | A. Hardy (AKA Big Daddy Kane) | Marley Marl | Big Daddy Kane | "Say It Loud – I'm Black and I'm Proud" as performed by James Brown "Hey, Last Minute" as performed by The Meters "Here Comes the Meter Man" as performed by The Meters |
| 2 | "Raw (Remix)" | A. Hardy | Marley Marl | Big Daddy Kane | "Escape-ism" as performed by James Brown "Hot Pants. . . I'm Coming, I'm Coming, I'm Coming" as performed by Bobby Byrd "Mama Feelgood" as performed by Lyn Collins |
| 3 | "Set It Off" | A. Hardy | Marley Marl | Big Daddy Kane | "Get Up, Get into It, Get Involved" as performed by James Brown "Be Black Baby" as performed by Grady Tate "Change le Beat" as performed by B-Side & Fab 5 Freddy "WaterBed" as performed by Waterbed Kev aka Kevie Kev |
| 4 | "The Day You're Mine" | A. Hardy, A. Boothe | Marley Marl | Big Daddy Kane | |
| 5 | "On the Bugged Tip" | A. Hardy | Marley Marl | Big Daddy Kane, Scoob Lover | "I Like It" as performed by DeBarge "Down by Law" as performed by Grand Wizard Theodore |
| 6 | "Ain't No Half-Steppin'" | A. Hardy | Marley Marl | Big Daddy Kane | "Ain't No Half Steppin'" as performed by Heatwave "Big Water Bed" as performed by Monk Higgins & the Specialties "Ease on Down the Road" as performed by Quincy Jones "Blind Alley" as performed by The Emotions "UFO" as performed by ESG "Big Beat" as performed by Billy Squier |
| 7 | "I'll Take You There" | A. Hardy | Marley Marl | Big Daddy Kane | "I'll Take You There" as performed by The Staple Singers |
| 8 | "Just Rhymin' with Biz" | A. Hardy | Marley Marl | Big Daddy Kane, Biz Markie | "Synthetic Substitution" as performed by Melvin Bliss "The Payback" as performed by James Brown "I Promise to Remember" as performed by the Jimmy Castor Bunch "Funky President (People It's Bad)" as performed by James Brown |
| 9 | "Mister Cee's Master Plan" | A. Hardy | Marley Marl | Big Daddy Kane, Mister Cee | "Get on the Good Foot" as performed by James Brown "I Promise To Remember" by The Jimmy Castor Bunch "Before I Let Go" by Maze Featuring Frankie Beverly "It's My Thing" as performed by Marva Whitney "I'm Chief Kamanawanalea (We're the Royal Macadamia Nuts)" as performed by The Turtles "Who's the Man (with the Master Plan)" as performed by the Kay Gees "Eric B. is President" as performed by Eric B. & Rakim "The Vapors" as performed by Biz Markie "ABC" as performed by The Jackson Five "Death Mix (Side Two)" as performed by Afrika Bambaataa "Just Rhymin' With Biz" as performed in previous track of this album by Big Daddy Kane "Al-Naafiysh" as performed by Hashim "Here We Go (Live at the Funhouse)" as performed by Run-D.M.C. "The New Style" as performed by Beastie Boys "Move Your Body" as performed by Marshall Jefferson |
| 10 | "Word to the Mother (Land)" | A. Hardy | Marley Marl | Big Daddy Kane | "Gimme What You Got" as performed by Le Pamplemouse "I'll Take You There" as performed by The Staple Singers "Funky President (People It's Bad)" as performed by James Brown |