Th follow up, 1987’s “Bigger and Deffer”. It produced the prodigious blast, “I’m Bad” and especially “I need love” was one of the first pop-rap songs that hit the Top 20 and secured his effortless crossover success. He was much again met with both critical and commercial acclaim with the album going twice platinum. He would return in 1989 with another album (Walking with a Panther) which would once again go platinum. It was during this time that the hip-hop scene in the west began to emerge. The themes in the hip-hop community began to involve more gangster themes.
