The Great Adventures of Slick Rick

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The Great Adventures of Slick Rick
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Studio album by
ReleasedNovember 1, 1988 [1]
Recorded19861988
Genre Golden age hip 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.

Contents

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

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svg [2]
Mojo Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [3]
NME 7/10 [4]
Q Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [5]
Rolling Stone Star full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [6]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [7]
Select 4/5 [8]
The Source 5/5 [9]
Spin Alternative Record Guide 9/10 [10]
The Village Voice C+ [11]

In 1998, The Great Adventures of Slick Rick was selected as one of The Source 's "100 Best Albums". [12] 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". [13] In VH1's 2008 ranking of the "100 Greatest Hip Hop Songs", the single "Children's Story" placed at number 61. [14]

Hip hop artist Nas cites The Great Adventures of Slick Rick as one of his favorite albums. [15] 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. [16]

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
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"
  • Ricky Walters
  • Hank Shocklee
  • Eric Sadler
The Bomb Squad 3:51
6."Indian Girl (An Adult Story)"Ricky WaltersSlick Rick3:17
7."Teenage Love"
  • Ricky Walters
  • Hank Shocklee
  • Eric Sadler
Jerry Martin 4:53
8."Mona Lisa"Ricky WaltersSlick Rick, Jerry Martin 4:08
9."Kit (What's the Scoop)"
  • Ricky Walters
  • Hank Shocklee
  • Eric Sadler
Jerry Martin 3:22
10."Hey Young World"Ricky Walters Slick Rick 4:37
11."Teacher, Teacher"
  • Ricky Walters
  • N. Johnson
  • Hank Shocklee
  • Eric Sadler
The Bomb Squad 5:00
12."Lick the Balls"
  • Ricky Walters
  • Hank Shocklee
  • Eric Sadler
The Bomb Squad 3:56
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

Charts

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA) [21] Platinum1,000,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

See also

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