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The Great Adventures of Slick Rick

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

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

Personnel

Charts

Certifications

See also

References

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  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 "Slick Rick: The Great Adventures of Slick Rick". The Source. No. 150. March 2002.
  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. ^ "100 Best Albums". The Source. No. 100. January 1998.
  13. ^ "The 100 Best Albums of the 1980s". Slant Magazine. March 5, 2012. Retrieved June 10, 2015.
  14. ^ 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.
  15. ^ Ahmed, Insanul (May 23, 2012). "Nas' 25 Favorite Albums". Complex. Retrieved June 10, 2015.
  16. ^ Batey, Angus (October 2009). "My record collection – Busta Rhymes". Q. No. 279. p. 46.
  17. ^ "Slick Rick Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard.
  18. ^ "Slick Rick Chart History (Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums)". Billboard.
  19. ^ "Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 1989". Billboard. Retrieved May 4, 2021.
  20. ^ "Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums – Year-End 1989". Billboard. Retrieved May 4, 2021.
  21. ^ "American album certifications – Slick Rick – Great Adventures of Slick Rick". Recording Industry Association of America.