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The Great Adventures of Slick Rick

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The Great Adventures of Slick Rick
Studio album by
Slick Rick
ReleasedNovember 1, 1988[1]
GenreHip hop
Length49:46
Label
Producer
Slick Rick chronology
The Great Adventures of Slick Rick
(1988) 		The Ruler's Back
(1991)
Singles from The Great Adventures of Slick Rick
  1. "Teenage Love"
    Released: November 1988
  2. "Children's Story"
    Released: April 4, 1989
  3. "Hey Young World"
    Released: June 15, 1989

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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Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
Mojo[3]
NME7/10[4]
Q[5]
Rolling Stone[6]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide[7]
Select4/5[8]
The Source[9]
Spin Alternative Record Guide9/10[10]
The Village VoiceC+[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

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No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Treat Her Like a Prostitute"Ricky WaltersSlick Rick3:55
2."The Ruler's Back"Ricky WaltersJam Master Jay, Jerry Martin5:38
3."Children's Story"Ricky WaltersSlick Rick4:02
4."The Moment I Feared"
The Bomb Squad3:36
5."Let's Get Crazy"
  • Ricky Walters
  • Hank Shocklee
  • Eric Sadler
The Bomb Squad3:51
6."Indian Girl (An Adult Story)"Ricky WaltersSlick Rick3:17
7."Teenage Love"
  • Ricky Walters
  • Hank Shocklee
  • Eric Sadler
Jerry Martin4:53
8."Mona Lisa"Ricky WaltersSlick Rick, Jerry Martin4:08
9."Kit (What's the Scoop)"
  • Ricky Walters
  • Hank Shocklee
  • Eric Sadler
Jerry Martin3:22
10."Hey Young World"Ricky WaltersSlick Rick4:37
11."Teacher, Teacher"
  • Ricky Walters
  • N. Johnson
  • Hank Shocklee
  • Eric Sadler
The Bomb Squad5:00
12."Lick the Balls"
  • Ricky Walters
  • Hank Shocklee
  • Eric Sadler
The Bomb Squad3:56
Total length:49:46
Deluxe 30th Anniversary Edition
No.TitleLength
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

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  • 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

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Certifications

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Region Certification Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA)[23] Platinum 1,000,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "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.
  2. ^ Huey, Steve. "The Great Adventures of Slick Rick – Slick Rick". AllMusic. Retrieved January 8, 2018.
  3. ^ Bungey, John (July 2019). "Slick Rick: The Great Adventures of Slick Rick". Mojo. No. 308. p. 107.
  4. ^ "Slick Rick: The Great Adventures of Slick Rick". NME. February 17, 1996. p. 48.
  5. ^ "Slick Rick: The Great Adventures of Slick Rick". Q. No. 168. September 2000. p. 128.
  6. ^ 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.
  7. ^ 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.
  8. ^ Lowe, Steve (July 2000). "3rd Bass: The Cactus Album / Slick Rick: The Great Adventures of Slick Rick". Select. No. 121. p. 117.
  9. ^ a b "Got Five On It". The Source. No. 150. March 2002. pp. 174–179.
  10. ^ Hampton, Dream (1995). "Slick Rick". In Weisbard, Eric; Marks, Craig (eds.). Spin Alternative Record Guide. Vintage Books. p. 359. ISBN 0-679-75574-8.
  11. ^ Christgau, Robert (December 27, 1988). "Christgau's Consumer Guide". The Village Voice. Retrieved January 8, 2018.
  12. ^ Tucker, Ken (December 11, 1988). "Slick Rick The Great Adventures of Slick Rick". The Philadelphia Inquirer. p. G12.
  13. ^ Darling, Cary (March 3, 1989). "Pop Albums". Orange County Register. p. P32.
  14. ^ "100 Best Albums". The Source. No. 100. January 1998.
  15. ^ "The 100 Best Albums of the 1980s". Slant Magazine. March 5, 2012. Retrieved June 10, 2015.
  16. ^ 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.
  17. ^ Ahmed, Insanul (May 23, 2012). "Nas' 25 Favorite Albums". Complex. Retrieved June 10, 2015.
  18. ^ Batey, Angus (October 2009). "My record collection – Busta Rhymes". Q. No. 279. p. 46.
  19. ^ "Slick Rick Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard.
  20. ^ "Slick Rick Chart History (Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums)". Billboard.
  21. ^ "Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 1989". Billboard. Retrieved May 4, 2021.
  22. ^ "Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums – Year-End 1989". Billboard. Retrieved May 4, 2021.
  23. ^ "American album certifications – Slick Rick – Great Adventures of Slick Rick". Recording Industry Association of America.
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