Victory (Slick Rick album)

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Victory
Slick Rick - Victory.jpg
Studio album by
Slick Rick
ReleasedJune 13, 2025
Genre Hip-hop
Length27:13
Label
Producer
Slick Rick chronology
The Art of Storytelling
(1999)		Victory
(2025)

Victory is the fifth studio album by American rapper Slick Rick. It was released on June 13, 2025, by 7Wallace and Mass Appeal Records. [1]

Contents

Background

On April 16, 2025, Mass Appeal Records announced a series titled Legend Has It..., which features seven albums set to be released in 2025, from Nas & DJ Premier, Ghostface Killah, Raekwon, Mobb Deep, De La Soul, Big L, and Slick Rick himself. [2] [3]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Pitchfork 6.7/10 [1]
Rolling Stone Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [4]
Spectrum Culture45% [5]

Pitchfork rated the album 6.7 out of ten and described it as "a short, stylish legacy album born out of boredom and an apparent itch to jog the memories of anyone who might've forgotten that this rap thing wouldn't be the same without MC Ricky D." [1]

Rolling Stone assigned it three stars, noting it "resembles a visual album akin to Beyoncé's Lemonade, but without that piece's poetic reflections on Black identity and culture." [4]

It was given a score of 45 percent by Spectrum Culture, which remarked, "Despite one outlandish and provocative track, this album from a hip hop legend feels like a perfunctory lifetime achievement award given by the artist himself." [5]

Track listing

Victory track listing
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Victory Intro" Richard Walters Mandy Aragones0:23
2."Stress" (featuring Giggs)
2:38
3."Angelic"Walters
  • Slick Rick
  • Parker Ighile
  • Dirty Harry
2:40
4."Foreign"Walters
  • Slick Rick
  • Rory Taylor
1:42
5."I Did That"WaltersMandy Aragones1:42
6."Come One Let's Go"Walters
  • Slick Rick
  • M. Rodriguez
1:51
7."Landlord"WaltersSlick Rick3:44
8."Mother Teresa"WaltersSlick Rick0:27
9."Spirit To Cry"Walters
  • Slick Rick
  • Pro Logic
  • Troy White
  • Parker Ighile
1:54
10."Documents" (featuring Nas)
  • Slick Rick
  • Parker Ighile
2:49
11."So You're Having My Baby"Walters
  • Slick Rick
  • Rory Taylor
1:57
12."Cuz I'm Here"Walters
  • Slick Rick
  • Martin Ikin
2:04
13."Matrix"WaltersSlick Rick0:12
14."We're Not Losing"Walters
1:31
15."Another Great Adventure"Walters
1:33
Total length:27:13

References

  1. 1 2 3 Saponara, Michael (June 13, 2025). "Slick Rick – Victory Album Review". Pitchfork . Retrieved July 19, 2025.
  2. ↑ Fisher, Carol (April 16, 2025). "Mass Appeal Announces "Legend Has It" Series Featuring New Albums From Nas, De La Soul & More". Hot New Hip Hop. Retrieved April 16, 2025.
  3. ↑ "Slick Rick Announces First New Album In 26 Years, Produced With Idris Elba". Stereogum. May 15, 2025. Retrieved May 19, 2025.
  4. 1 2 Reeves, Mosi (June 13, 2025). "La-Di-Da-Di! Eighties Hip-Hop Great Slick Rick Is Back With 'Victory'". Rolling Stone. Retrieved July 20, 2025.
  5. 1 2 Cochrun, Kyle (June 30, 2025). "Slick Rick: Victory". Spectrum Culture. Retrieved July 20, 2025.
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