Vulcan salute Leonard Nimoy for the "Star Trek" episode "Amok Time", which was the first episode with Vulcans other than Spock. Nimoy wanted something to help develop the Vulcans sociologically and suggested that Vulcans have a gestural greeting. He then proposed the (now globally-recognized) sign. The accompanying spoken blessing, "live long and prosper" – ""dif-tor heh smusma"" in the Vulcan language (as spoken in "") – also appeared for the first time in "Amok Time", scripted by Theodore Sturgeon. The less-well-known reply is "peace and long life", though it is sometimes said first, with "live long and prosper" as the reply. The
Long Live the Kane as the twentieth best album of 1988. Nas ranked the album as one of his 25 Favorite Albums. It was certified as gold by the Recording Industry Association of America in 1989, and it remains as one of only two of Kane's albums to have sold over 500,000 copies. The other Big Daddy Kane album to reach gold status, "It's a Big Daddy Thing", is the only album said to rival "Long Live the Kane" as the rapper's best album. AllMusic's Stanton Swihart contributes the positive reception of "Long Live the Kane" to Big Daddy Kane's versatility and personality: Long