Product Description

Make no mistake hip-hop fans: with THE ART OF STORYTELLING,Slick Rick is definitely back in the game. The man who onceupon a time made treating your girl like a prostitute soundlike an okay thing to do, the one who can make you laugh, disgusted and pensive (sometimes all in one song) is back with an album that possesses all the characteristics that made him one of the more respected rap artists of his time. The arrogance, the ability to use words in a way that is not justauditory but visual as well, the unique sense of storytelling and humor--all of these qualities are evident on this album. Slick Rick demonstrates here that even though you can silence a good storyteller for a while, you can never take away his ability to captivate an audience.

Track Listing

1. Jail Skit - Redman, Nas, Ed Lover, DJ Rev Run, Slick Rick
2. Kill Niggaz
3. Street Talkin' - OutKast, Slick Rick
4. Me & Nas Bring It To Your Hardest - Nas, Slick Rick
5. I Own America, Part 1
6. Bugsy Radio Skit (1) - Slick Rick, Bugsy
7. Who Rotten 'Em
8. 2 Way Street
9. King Piece In The Chess Game - Canibus, Slick Rick
10. Trapped In Me
11. Impress The Kid - S&S, Slick Rick
12. Q-Tip & Peter Gunz Skit
13. I Run This
14. Frozen - Corey Woods, Slick Rick
15. Why, Why, Why
16. Adults Only
17. Memories
18. Unify - Snoop Dogg, Slick Rick
19. Bugsy Radio Skit (2) - Slick Rick, Bugsy
20. I Own America, Part 2
21. CEO Outro
22. We Turn It On - Doug E. Fresh, Slick Rick
23. La Di Da Di Live - Slick Rick, Doug E. Fresh
24. The Show - Slick Rick, Doug E. Fresh

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #11763 in Music
• Released on: 1999-05-24
• Number of discs: 1
• Format: Explicit Lyrics
• Running time: 75 minutes

Amazon.co.uk Review
Slick Rick boasts that he makes hip-hop that creates memories, and it's an apt description for an album that nostalgically recalls a different age of hip-hop. Unfortunately, the blast back to the past is mostly the result of an album that just sounds old--as if it's been collecting dust in Def Jam's attic for a while, what with Clark Kent's bare-bones production that pushes a boring formula of simplicity to tears. While some songs ("Sparkle", "Memories", and "Kill Niggaz" among them) have a spark of life, it's really up to Slick Rick to hold up the album's monstrous 23 tracks. His storytelling skills are all intact, whether on the X-rated tip ("Adults Only"), moralizing about infidelity ("Two Way Street"), or kickin' the playalistic game with Outkast ("Street Talk"). Overall, it's a likable album, but it suffers from obese length and bland production that only makes the experience seem longer. --Oliver Wang

Customer Reviews

Ricky D returns
This is a nice album, you just have to love slick ricks style, his flow, his both funny and serious lyrical content, it is what made him. This album was released in '98 and is his most recent offering so if you're not a fan of the old skool,after listening to this album you're gona want to hear more, and with this I also recommend his debut "The great adventures of slick rick"

DISAGREE
This has been my favourite hip hop album since I first got it three or four years ago...I cannot beliver Oliver Wangs review....I think he has missed this album altogether....we all have different points of view but I know alot of people who know their music and would rate this as one of their top albums of all time....so as they say....suck it and and see....you won't be dissapointed....

Disagreement
Although a valid and most coherent pose put forward by Oliver Wang, I believe that although the Slick Rick style is a little outdated in the most blurred eye of the critic, Slick rick lives on in the hearts and minds of many. The "I Own America's" thump any system with prestige and fresh beats. His Co-op buddy Dougie Fresh is the most apt free styler on the planet, so this album indeed deserves homage form the hip hop god, not criticism and scepticism.