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The Great Adventures of Slick Rick is the debut studio album by hip hop recording artist Slick Rick, released on November 1, 1988.

The Great Adventures of Slick Rick
Studio album by Slick Rick
Released	November 1, 1988[1]
Recorded	1986–88
Genre	Golden age hip hop
Length	49:46
Label	Def Jam Columbia
Producer	Jam Master Jay Slick Rick The Bomb Squad
Slick Rick chronology
The Great Adventures of Slick Rick (1988) The Ruler's Back (1991)
Singles from The Great Adventures of Slick Rick
"Teenage Love" Released: November 1988 "Children's Story" Released: April 4, 1989 "Hey Young World" Released: June 15, 1989

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]
Mojo	[3]
NME	7/10[4]
Q	[5]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide	[6]
Select	4/5[7]
The Source	5/5[8]
Spin Alternative Record Guide	9/10[9]
The Village Voice	C+[10]

Information

The album is among the few to receive a perfect five-mic score from The Source magazine. In 1998, the album was selected as one of The Source's 100 Best Rap Albums. In 2012, the album was selected by Slant Magazine as #99 on its "Best Albums of the 1980s."[11] Hip hop artist Nas cites it as one of his favorite albums.[12]

It topped Billboard's Top R&B/Hip Hop Albums chart for five nonconsecutive weeks and peaked at #31 on the Billboard 200.

"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." – Busta Rhymes[13]

In 2008, the single "Children's Story" was ranked number 61 on VH1's 100 Greatest Songs of Hip Hop.[14]

Track listing

Personnel

• Glen E. Friedman—photography
• Jason Mizell (as Jam Master Jay)—producer
• Eric "Vietnam" Sadler—producer
• Hank Shocklee—producer
• Slick Rick—vocals
• Ricky Walters—producer
• Rick Rubin—executive producer

Charts

Certifications

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA)[19]	Platinum	1,000,000^
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

See also

• List of number-one R&B albums of 1989 (U.S.)

References

На других языках

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[de] The Great Adventures of Slick Rick

The Great Adventures of Slick Rick ist das Debütalbum des britisch-amerikanischen Rappers Slick Rick. Es erschien im Jahr 1988 und gehört zu den einflussreichsten Rap-Alben der späten Achtziger.[1] Auch kommerziell war das Album erfolgreich, es wurde mit Platin ausgezeichnet.[2] Die daraus ausgekoppelten Singles Teenage Love, Hey Young World und Children's Story gelten als Klassiker des Hip-Hops.[3]

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- [en] The Great Adventures of Slick Rick

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