“Ain’t No Half-Steppin'” is one of Kane’s most popular songs. Released as the lead single from his first album Long Live the Kane, it reached #53 on the US R&B/Hip Hop chart in October 1988 (it did not appear on the US Rap chart because it didn’t exist until the following year).

Half-stepping means not doing something correctly, thoroughly and giving your all. The song samples The Emotions'“Blind Alley” (also used in Babu’s classic beat-juggling routine), Heatwave’s “Ain’t No Half Steppin' and ESG’s “UFO”.

In 2012, Rolling Stone Magazine voted this as the 25th best hip hop song of all time.