The Great Adventures of Slick Rick
The Great Adventures of Slick Rick | ||||
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Studio album by Slick Rick | ||||
Released | November 1, 1988[1] | |||
Genre | Hip hop | |||
Length | 49:46 | |||
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Singles from The Great Adventures of Slick Rick | ||||
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The Great Adventures of Slick Rick is the debut studio album by hip hop recording artist Slick Rick, released on November 1, 1988.
It topped Billboard's Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart for five nonconsecutive weeks and peaked at number 31 on the Billboard 200.
Reception
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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NME | 7/10[4] |
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Select | 4/5[8] |
The Source | 5/5[9] |
Spin Alternative Record Guide | 9/10[10] |
The Village Voice | C+[11] |
The Philadelphia Inquirer called "Let's Get Crazy" "one of the year's most jolting, exciting pieces of music."[12] The Orange County Register concluded that "Rick's goofy rap style makes him seem less a braggart than a beleaguered Everyman and, with its wickedly sharp production, The Great Adventures of Slick Rick sounds great."[13]
In 1998, The Great Adventures of Slick Rick was selected as one of The Source's "100 Best Albums".[14] The album was retrospectively awarded a perfect "five-mic" score by the magazine in 2002.[9] In 2012, it was ranked at number 99 on Slant Magazine's list of "The 100 Best Albums of the 1980s".[15] In VH1's 2008 ranking of the "100 Greatest Hip Hop Songs", the single "Children's Story" placed at number 61.[16]
Hip hop artist Nas cites The Great Adventures of Slick Rick as one of his favorite albums.[17] In 2009, fellow rapper Busta Rhymes said of the album:
No artist before or since has painted pictures as vividly as Slick Rick did on that album. He embodied what it was to be a superstar: the over-the-top persona, the jewellery, the clothes, his swagger, charisma, attitude. He had that London twang and the mannerisms, but still had the 'hood mentality – the urban, edgy approach. Nobody else had that combination.[18]
Track listing
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Treat Her Like a Prostitute" | Ricky Walters | Slick Rick | 3:55 |
2. | "The Ruler's Back" | Ricky Walters | Jam Master Jay, Jerry Martin | 5:38 |
3. | "Children's Story" | Ricky Walters | Slick Rick | 4:02 |
4. | "The Moment I Feared" |
| The Bomb Squad | 3:36 |
5. | "Let's Get Crazy" |
| The Bomb Squad | 3:51 |
6. | "Indian Girl (An Adult Story)" | Ricky Walters | Slick Rick | 3:17 |
7. | "Teenage Love" |
| Jerry Martin | 4:53 |
8. | "Mona Lisa" | Ricky Walters | Slick Rick, Jerry Martin | 4:08 |
9. | "Kit (What's the Scoop)" |
| Jerry Martin | 3:22 |
10. | "Hey Young World" | Ricky Walters | Slick Rick | 4:37 |
11. | "Teacher, Teacher" |
| The Bomb Squad | 5:00 |
12. | "Lick the Balls" |
| The Bomb Squad | 3:56 |
Total length: | 49:46 |
No. | Title | Length |
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13. | "Children's Story" (Demo) | 2:49 |
14. | "A Teenage Love" (Demo) | 4:17 |
15. | "Mona Lisa" (Demo) | 3:19 |
16. | "Hey Young World" (Demo) | 4:38 |
17. | "Snakes of the World Today" | 2:39 |
Personnel
- Glen E. Friedman—photography
- Jason Mizell (as Jam Master Jay)—producer
- Jerry Martin—producer
- Eric "Vietnam" Sadler—producer
- Hank Shocklee—producer
- Slick Rick—vocals
- Ricky Walters—producer
- Rick Rubin—executive producer
Charts
Weekly charts
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Certifications
Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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United States (RIAA)[23] | Platinum | 1,000,000^ |
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. |
See also
- List of number-one R&B albums of 1989 (U.S.)
References
- ^ "Mistakes of a woman in love with other men, What about the children?, Crack head man - song, music - Copyright Info". Faqs.org. Retrieved February 19, 2012.
- ^ Huey, Steve. "The Great Adventures of Slick Rick – Slick Rick". AllMusic. Retrieved January 8, 2018.
- ^ Bungey, John (July 2019). "Slick Rick: The Great Adventures of Slick Rick". Mojo. No. 308. p. 107.
- ^ "Slick Rick: The Great Adventures of Slick Rick". NME. February 17, 1996. p. 48.
- ^ "Slick Rick: The Great Adventures of Slick Rick". Q. No. 168. September 2000. p. 128.
- ^ Guterman, Jimmy (June 1, 1989). "Slick Rick: Great Adventures Of Slick Rick". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on October 23, 2007. Retrieved December 9, 2022.
- ^ Coleman, Mark; Matos, Michaelangelo (2004). "Slick Rick". In Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian (eds.). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide (4th ed.). Simon & Schuster. p. 744. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8.
- ^ Lowe, Steve (July 2000). "3rd Bass: The Cactus Album / Slick Rick: The Great Adventures of Slick Rick". Select. No. 121. p. 117.
- ^ a b "Slick Rick: The Great Adventures of Slick Rick". The Source. No. 150. March 2002.
- ^ Hampton, Dream (1995). "Slick Rick". In Weisbard, Eric; Marks, Craig (eds.). Spin Alternative Record Guide. Vintage Books. p. 359. ISBN 0-679-75574-8.
- ^ Christgau, Robert (December 27, 1988). "Christgau's Consumer Guide". The Village Voice. Retrieved January 8, 2018.
- ^ Tucker, Ken (December 11, 1988). "Slick Rick The Great Adventures of Slick Rick". The Philadelphia Inquirer. p. G12.
- ^ Darling, Cary (March 3, 1989). "Pop Albums". Orange County Register. p. P32.
- ^ "100 Best Albums". The Source. No. 100. January 1998.
- ^ "The 100 Best Albums of the 1980s". Slant Magazine. March 5, 2012. Retrieved June 10, 2015.
- ^ Macnie, Jim (September 24, 2008). "VH1's 100 Greatest Hip Hop Songs Ever". VH1. Archived from the original on June 6, 2013. Retrieved June 10, 2015.
- ^ Ahmed, Insanul (May 23, 2012). "Nas' 25 Favorite Albums". Complex. Retrieved June 10, 2015.
- ^ Batey, Angus (October 2009). "My record collection – Busta Rhymes". Q. No. 279. p. 46.
- ^ "Slick Rick Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard.
- ^ "Slick Rick Chart History (Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums)". Billboard.
- ^ "Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 1989". Billboard. Retrieved May 4, 2021.
- ^ "Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums – Year-End 1989". Billboard. Retrieved May 4, 2021.
- ^ "American album certifications – Slick Rick – Great Adventures of Slick Rick". Recording Industry Association of America.
- v
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- The Great Adventures of Slick Rick
- The Ruler's Back
- Behind Bars
- The Art of Storytelling
- "Teenage Love"
- "Children's Story"
- "Hey Young World"
- "I Shouldn't Have Done It"
- "It's a Boy"
- "Behind Bars"
- "Sittin' in My Car"
- "Unify"
- "Street Talkin'"
- "La Di Da Di"
- "I Like"
- "Just Another Case"
- "Da Art of Storytellin' (Pt. 1)"
- "Hip Hop Police"