The Great Adventures of Slick Rick | 
| Artist: Slick Rick
Label: Def Jam
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Rating:  77 reviews
Sales Rank: 2935
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
MPN: 527359
UPC: 731452735928
EAN: 0731452735928
ASIN: B0000024K3
Release Date: May 2, 1995
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| Tracks:
| • | Treat Her Like A Prostitute | | • | The Ruler's Back | | • | Children's Story | | • | The Moment I Feared | | • | Let's Get Crazy | | • | Indian Girl (An Adult Story) | | • | Teenage Love | | • | Mona Lisa | | • | Kit (What's The Scoop) | | • | Hey Young World | | • | Teacher, Teacher | | • | Lick The Balls |
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Amazon.com
After he gained legendary status rapping on Doug E. Fresh's "La Di Da Di," it was only a matter of time before the world would clutch British-born Ricky Walters to its heart. Rick had already fancied himself a rabid storyteller (and a mighty good one) on Fresh's track "The Show," and Great Adventures became Slick Rick's novella. Not content with one perspective, Slick Rick often employed tag-team rhyming with himself as his own partner ("Mona Lisa," "Teacher Teacher"). His cautionary tales ("Hey Young World," "Children's Story," "Teenage Love") work much better than his freaky tales ("Treat Her Like a Prostitute," "Indian Girl"). Still, it doesn't take a musicologist to appreciate the complex rhyme schemes and scenarios of "The Moment I Feared," "Children's Story," and "Mona Lisa," and his slight accent heightened his distinctiveness. Despite lukewarm response to his follow-up--as well as a stint in the pokey--Slick Rick will always be remembered for his Great Adventures, an essential B-boy document. --Todd Inoue
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"Once Upon a Time not long ago..." April 14, 2005
Scott D. Gribble (Baltimore MD)
33 out of 33 found this review helpful
This is the kind of album you HAVE to give props to. It is one of the most important albums in Hip-Hop's history, taking in account the lyrical advancements it made. Although the rhymes here are neither as complex as Rakim or Kool Keith's, nor were they as conscious as Chuck D or KRS-One (which all came out in '88), his style was on a different level. Before tracks rarely where held tight to one theme throughout their entire length and never had raps sounded like believable narratives. "The Great Adventures of Slick Rick" pretty much set the standard and became the blueprint for story-telling raps for every generation that followed.
Lyrically, Rick's raps still hold up well even by today's standards (which ironically seem to have taken a step backwards). His smooth voice & British accent draw the listener in as his flow takes you through a seamless ride. He has one of those voices that people instinctively like. There really is no rapper that can match Slick Rick's style and delivery. Only a young Snoop Dogg could be considered to be on that same level.
I can say that many of these beats do not hold up well over time (and for the casual rap fan, that's probably more than enough to discourage them). The horns and bass on "The Ruler's Back" sound corny, the Casio keys for "Teacher, Teacher" & "Teenage Love" are pretty lame and more often than not do the songs completely rely on Slick Rick to carry them. Fortunately, Rick's one of the best ever and does more than save these tracks - frequently he turns them into classics.
Obvious favorites are "Children's Story", (which shouldn't need explaining since it's the probably the most sampled song both lyric and production wise) "Mona Lisa", (silly and downright stupid at times, yet undeniably fun and catchy) and of course "Indian Girl" (which is hilarious). "Let's Get Crazy" is a solid 80's party jam & battle raps fly on "Lick the Balls". Other highlights that Rick's storytelling really make worth it are "The Moment I Feared", "Kit", & "Treat Her Like a Prostitute". Without a fail, Rick always manages to engage the listener with his meticulous tales where the rhymes never sound forced, yet are always creative.
If this where released a bit later, the beats on this album would definitely detract from the quality of the album. But, during this time great beats where really not as prevalent as they were even two years later. "The Great Adventures of Slick Rick" is a lyrical masterpiece (by any standards) and its influence can't be measured. For that alone it's considered a classic and should find its way to any rap aficionado's collection.
Essential Classic June 19, 2004
Pete
13 out of 16 found this review helpful
One of, if not the best, hiphop albums EVER. If you call yourself a rap fan and dont have this, then your opinion is garbage, because every TRUE rap fan/hiphop head HAS THIS. NO EXCEPTIONS. IF YOU DONT HAVE IT, YOU ARE A POP FAN (Feminem, She-12, 50cent, ja rule, jay-z, lil jon, ETC). To put it in a more simple way for those hipPOP $h!t d%cks, without The Great Adventures of Slick Rick, you ARE NOT A RAP FAN. YOUR A PRETENDER. And if you go out and get it now, you still aint a rap fan, coz its taken you 16 years to get it.Anyway, this album goes down as probably the best, if not it is one of. His storytelling is hilarious, every song has awesome lyrics, and the beats are TOP-NOTCH. Just listen to this album and you will see how every rapper these days bite slick rick. Even rappers from the mid-90's stole some of his lines. For example, Biggie Smalls "Hypnotize", the chorus is straight up taken from Slick Rick's classic La-di Da-di w/ Doug E. Fresh. Anyway this is absolutely essential to own, best songs would have to be all the songs. They are all GUARANTEED CLASSICS. But my favorite would be Indian Girl - The storytelling is incredible and the lyrics are HILARIOUS. My other favorites are Children's Story, another song with fantastic storytelling, and Let's Get Crazy - another incredible song, the beat is off the hook. Forget all these other rappers, eminem, jay-z, ja rule, d12, lil jon, all these MTV and radio d!ckr!ders. Look at TRUE hiphop, not this modern bull$h!t POP garbage. You will be blown away by The Great Adventures Of Slick Rick.
 Great '80s hip-hop June 13, 2003
John Alapick (Wilkes-Barre, PA United States)
7 out of 14 found this review helpful
The Adventures of Slick Rick was his debut and is a great old-school hip-hop album. This album is a good balance of both hip-hop and more laid back songs bordering on R&B. Slick Rick's lyrics and his British accent are very distinctive to some of his hip-hop counterparts. Some of the lyrics are downright hysterical, particularly on the lewd and crude "Treat Her Like A Prostitute" and "Indian Girl (An Adult Story)." There's also other strong tracks here like "The Moment I Feared", "Mona Lisa", and the inspirational "Hey Young World." The best tracks are two hip-hop classics. "The Ruler's Back", with its melodic horns and laid-back delivery, and "Children's Story", with its chilling lyrics and melody, are two of the best hip-hop songs ever. The only misstep on the album would have to be "Teenage Love", a slower R&B ballad, which seems out of place with the rest of the album. The other tracks on the album are pretty decent. Definitely worth checking out, especially for "The Ruler's Back" and "Children's Story."
strickly for old school fans April 24, 2005
BDP87 (New York)
7 out of 8 found this review helpful
i bought this cd today and i was lucky because it was the last one they had. great album from front to back. but as i said its strickly for people who appreaciate old school because i had a friend who was with me when i purchased it he was like "WTF is this slick rick sucks" and when i shown him Public Enemy It takes a nation of millions to hold us back he was like "Who the hell is this" and when he was at the 50 cent cds he was like "i should purchase all of 50 cents albums, and im like 50 cent is garbage. just to tell everyone this is only for the people of the old school and as for you people who are like me friend, turn away.
Man, I love this CD! July 3, 2002
hiphopforlife (Dunnellon, FL)
6 out of 8 found this review helpful
This is one of the best of the "golden age" of hip hop, when actually making good records was important. One of the most influental rappers of all time shows us his stuff and you won't be dissapointed.
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