A little apprecietion post for Slick Rick

[Lerkot]

Well as you might know until a couple of weeks I only listened to JJFP. Well, I started trying a lot of other artists but I didnt like ANYTHING of what I heard, until I found some tracks from Slick Rick. This guy is not as good as FP but hell yeah he makes really good music anyway. The voice is just extremely unique and the way he uses some kind of more classic singing is really cool, smooth! Slick himself seems to be a pretty cool guy if you check out what he has to say in interviews and such, and of course he is easily recognized with his very unique style and not to forget his look...

Anyway, my favorite Slick Rick from the tracks ive heard until now is Hey Young World but most of the stuff i've heard is really dope. What do ya think about Slick?

[DevilsJim89]

I have't really listened to much from him except for "So Fresh" and "Teenage Love" which I think was his biggest hit. I didn't like his voice when I first heard "So Fresh" but I've grown to like it.

[WesSyde]

i'm not sure how much i'd like him. i love old school hip-hop no doubt, but i like edgy rap! for example, my teacher told me about De La Soul so i looked them up on allmusic.com and it said their best album was 3 Feet High and Rising. so i listened 2 it and it just is too soft and has too much soul for me! i love they're new album and some of their stuff from the '90's, but a lot of the stuff from the '80's is just too soft 4 me. i prefer the roughness of JJFP's Code Red and Naughty By Nature than that of say A Tribe Called Quest, who i'm tryin 2 get in2. i don't think i'd be 2 fond of Slick cuz his accent and voice is really annoyin on So Fresh and i can barely hear what he's sayin!

[kbfprince]

I love Slick Rick's voice, the great adventures of slick rick is one of the top hip hop album of the 90s. the way he tells stories in his songs is just incredible. The Ruler's back and Teenage love are my favorite tracks from him

[Jonny 5]

I've been waiting to try and get a cheap copy of one of his albums for a while now. I think someone recommended him to me kind of like "If you like JJFP, then you might like Slick Rick". I'll get one sooner or later, glad you like him Lerkot, it's definitely good to listen to more than just one artist/group because then you appreciate their music more when you go back to it :thumb:

[bigted]

Slick Rick is the ruler of hip-hop without a doubt, he's the most sampled rapper, and his storytellin' is incredible, "Great Adventures Of Slick Rick" is one of the best albums ever made "Teenage Love" "Hey Young World" and "The Ruler's Back" are my favorite tracks on there, that's the type of album you could make a movie too, I'd suggest to you reborn2reign to get "The Art Of Storytellin'" for some new school Slick Rick flava.

Edited May 20, 2005 by bigted

[WesSyde]

thanx Ted i'll check it out eventually

[sonic1988]

slick rick is cool

damn for a second when I read this topic I thought he died or something!!!!!

thank god!!! but actually I plan on getting the grest adventures of slick rick soon!!

[bigted]

Slick Rick's alive and doing well still, hopefully he comes out with a new album soon, but I do find it distubing and insulting that dead rappers get more props than rappers alive, anyways on a lighter note, I love this song "Me & Nas Bring It To Your Hardest" on "The Art Of Storytellin'", that album was slept on, it should've gone at least platinum:

Finally, a change from these fake rap artists

[Rick] Me and Nas bring it to your hardest

Finally, real niggaz that are Billboard charters

[Rick] Me and Nas bring it to your hardest

[slick Rick]

Skills provide the shows, also fright the foes

And when I step into a room, pimps hide they hoes

"Is that really him?" "Yes, that's his Highness

and for the last time stop lookin at his fine ass"

(Y'know!) Homosexuals, smirk, converse and say

"That nigga box is WORKIN girlfriend!"

You wanna talk about a fat phrase carrier

to billionaire white chick jump the race barrier?

You know a nice girl, but I didn't want a bit of her

Sayin, "I like your slang what's with the wife, get rid of her"

Son, Sony talkin Japanese

with mice like, "Whattup Rick? You can have my cheese kid"

I am such a heavy hitter

even chandalier jealous off the patch ice glitter (bling!)

Rappers walkin round, strappin fearsome, HERE SON

and remember your rap career's done

Finally, a change from these fake rap artists

[Rick] Me and Nas bring it to your hardest

Finally, real niggaz that are Billboard charters

[Rick] Me and Nas bring it to your hardest

Finally, we'll seperate the men from the heartless

[Rick] Me and Nas bring it to your hardest

Finally, a tag team from the top all-starters

[Rick] Me and Nas bring it to your hardest

[Nas]

Runnin spots, pants leg tucked in my socks

Puff and lay a spread, order drinks, Henn on the rocks

Wintertime sport a fox, maybe a sable

Three-quarter length mink sound right for this occasion

Heard me John Blazin, see me in gangster flicks

Life is so amazin, hate to be paperless

Bill Gate in this, it must be God, I'm not a atheist

Wanted like kingpins by ATF

Your girl want my name on her chest

Me and Rick argue about whose chain is the best

Gucci boxers, my diet changed from sushi to pastas

Wear my hat like the late Sinatra's

Models pop the coochie when the spot us

Finally rappers you could be proud of, from the Bronx

to Queensbridge Houses WHAT? If you feel me then holla

Thug niggaz, who bail be worth a million dollars, what

Finally, a change from these fake rap artists

[Rick] Me and Nas bring it to your hardest

Finally, real niggaz that are Billboard charters

[Rick] Me and Nas bring it to your hardest

Finally, we'll seperate the men from the heartless

[Rick] Me and Nas bring it to your hardest

Finally, a tag team from the top all-starters

[Rick] Me and Nas bring it to your hardest

Trackmasters.. Def Jam..

Baby what the deal

[Rick] Slick Rick, Big Nas yo"

[Turntable]

Slick is cool.."The Adventures Of Slick Rick" is a great album :afro: