Big Daddy Kane Follow

"Daddy, daddy, tell me the story of how you took out that

wack MC!"

"No daddy, tell 'em how you beat down that bootlegger!"

-- from "That's How I Did 'Em"

In the world of hip-hop, time races to an accelerated clock

-- an emcee with two albums under his belt is called a

veteran, and some of the music's true "grandfathers" and

"pioneers" haven't yet turned thirty -- which makes Big

Daddy Kane's career -- now entering its eighth year -- all

that more remarkable.

And as his new album Daddy's Home proves, the Big Daddy

still has mad skills on the microphone, the kind that just

get better with time. And still to this day, nobody has

outdone his intense, high-speed rap style. Daddy's Home

features a wide range of today's dopest production talent,