Im the big 55 now and this album came out when i was 21 and for those who grew up during this era of hip hop, they will all tell you this album was an instant classic when it came out. Ricks flow til this day is still one of the most unique of all time and he will go down as probably the best story teller in hip hop. He belongs in the HIP HOP Hall of fame.
@@jakejakelia2812 We memorized a lot of classics from the 80's, joints from Rakim, Kane, EPMD etc were incredibly fun to memorize word for word and not particularly hard since you listen to it over and over again anyways.
He raps for the 98% of real fools on the block .. talking about day to day shit we all go through .. not Crystal and Bentley's ..$lick Rick Don't Fake The Funk
I hadn't even heard of this until wrecked tv....krs has a live freestyle (I'm still number one). I wonder if this was the event that slicks is talking about...that freestyle is a banger too! Check it out.
Gerald Schiele I remember that freestyle “ you sit at home with a pen and a pad going dad.. mad .. glad .. had .. sad that style is from 78” something like that I think lol video music box use to play it all the time.
Damn!!!!.....Slick is a Hip Hop legend and his storytelling is phenomenal🔥🔥.You can just close your eye's and you can just picture everything thats happening🙈🔥💥......salute slick rick.One of the greats!
@@claudegrinnell9602 he grew up in london till the age of 11, yes its jamaican but he and his parents both have/had english accents. So you dont get it twisted m8
Chris Blatcher no doubt this beat it amongst the dopest production I’ve heard to date, the pace on the 🥁 track is immaculate by itself, I’m obsessessed with this beat lol
No way in hell would a rapper make a song about getting robbed in todays world. Slick Rick is my hero simple and plain! First UK rapper to go platinum 💯✊🏾
I had the biggest crush on him !!!! He was the reason that I participated in the Word Up Magazine contest. I believe if you won, you would receive a large poster of him. I was like twelve, thirteen or so….. the good ole days!!!😇🙏🏽❤️👍🤗
“...She said; ‘I need Veronica place , that’s right near Tilden’ -I said I knowheredassat ‘cause that’s righ’nexto my building.... I gave’m di’information they went on their way, I went home and there I slept’till almost three da’nex’day....”
Slick Ricks flow on this track is so unbelievably phenomenal it’s ridiculous. The ending was so unexpected too. When I first heard it in 1989 it was something nobody would dare say but it was so realistic that you just had to say damn.😅
Fredicago Illanoise this the best work, the had the intensity and suspense from the Korg key and the bass on high frequency with little or no room , just driving this beat, this is dopest beat known to man! (Btw Slick Rick and Bombsquad on this beat)
This is a Slick Rick production.....The Bomd Squad executive produced and did a few songs but Slick wasn't really feeling what Bomb Squad was trying to do with his project he wanted his own style so he produced alot of records on his debut project.....this is one of them....#facts
Legend, u ever knocked over your tapes cause u had so many of them shitz?? Or had a heart attack when ur fav tape popped? Like the whole room stopped and u had to perform surgery, almost deaded my bro over a Doo Wop tape
Verse 1] Well I'm sittin on my lunch break, grinnin my teeth (my teeth) It's the last day of the week, boy what a relief (relief) My muscles kind of ache, they felt rigid and stiff So I looked around, and I smoked this big fat spliff Now I'm happy as can be I'm in this pothead spell I put some Visine in my eyes so that no one can tell It's 12:55 almost time for the bell Put the breathmints in the mouth so that the mouth don't smell Now back on the job, I don't bother no one I keep strictly to myself and all my work gets done Now the job's finally over it's time to have fun And I'm hangin out with Trevor there's a kid named John Got real drunker than a skunk and happy as can be We went, to the Latin Quarters and we got in free Scoopin all the girls like nuttin with my truck jewelry Cause I'mma fly brown brother and you can't school me Boogie Down was performin hey they ain't no joke And a bunch of Brooklyn kids was lookin all down my throat Was it my big chains with the big plates on em? Then they rolled on me and told me to run em [Hook] This was the moment I feared... "Hey yo homeboy take off your chains man Bout to hurt you real fuckin bad, I'm gonna fuck you up" This was the moment I feared... "Yo what's the matter stupid? Take the shits off man! The fuck is up?" Verse 2] I said, "They're really not real, they're just a front for the girls" Then a whole bunch of furious fists caved my world I was in pain, so ashamed, I wish I had not came Had to kindly pick up my face and then ride home on the train, then I went to an open store that's where I bought me a quart Then I went to the park, and I sat and I thought I seen Danny Boy though he's with his girl named Sarah In one of his cars, I think this one's a Riviera She calls out to me, but, I really couldn't hear her So I went just a little bit closer so I'd hear a little clearer She said, "I need Veronica Place that's right near Tilden" I said, "I know where that's at cause that's right next to my building" I gave em the information and they went on their way I went home, and there I slept til almost three the next day Then someone knocked on my door, I opened up, no quit! It was Sarah with some magazines and a band-aid kit She tried to use me and seduce me and at first I wasn't with it Then we did it and we did it and we did it and WE DID IT She said it was great, she said she's glad we had done it The elevator came and Danny Boy was on it [Hook] This was the moment I feared... "Hey yo what the fuck's goin on here? What you doin to my girl homeboy?" This was the moment I feared... "Oh I just KNOW y'all didn't just finish fuckin I just KNOW y'all ain't just finish fuckin" Verse 3] Well he was huffin and puffin and he swung at me -- word So I pulled out my jammy and I silenced the nerd Then he was dead two in the head I took the cash and the Visa's She said, "Don't worry about a thing just make sure nobody sees us" We went back to her apartment, there was blow in the freezers She said, "We're rich we're rich we can have whatever will please us" Now I don't hang with no one who ain't good for my health So I put the sugarhead out and I went for self Now I was rich as I was rich I could have whatever would please me Now I could wear real gold in front of folks that would tease me Yah me, I'll be a new neighborhood dad Cats'll roll up on me screamin, "Yo Rick my man!!" I guess I was too fly word up I'm sorry to say Ya see a cop rolled up on me and told me, "Make my day" I said, "Relax brother," but he had proof that I had done it Yep, he had poor Sarah's underwear with my fingerprints all on it This was the rise and fall of my fast lane style And I was the main event on the TV for a while But now I'm in jail doin life and I'm scared Some kids snuffed me cold and greased me where no one dared [Hook] This was the moment I feared... "Turn around nigga (HAHAHAHA) Spread your cheeks" This was the moment I feared... "UHH, AOWWHWHWAA! STOP STOP! AHAOWWHAHAOOHO" Copied from Genius
The grand wizard is the best alive.think this is hip hop pioneer days and his flow delivery timeing and natural voice are all insane.then he changes his voice for the charecters.sent to prison in his prime.never claimed to be a thug yet shot at his cousin.there is no one that sounds like slick not even a little.all these rappers have a format.he invented and created.mozart, da Vinci,Jordan type shit.
One of the coldest and most underrated hip hop artists of all time.
Daryl Coleman no doubt!
Yo on the real he is cats top five !!! FACTS!!! Some!!!
Slick Rick ISN'T underrated, he's highly respected.
No...youre just a newcomer.
Really???? Most would say he's the greatest storyteller of all time!
Im the big 55 now and this album came out when i was 21 and for those who grew up during this era of hip hop, they will all tell you this album was an instant classic when it came out. Ricks flow til this day is still one of the most unique of all time and he will go down as probably the best story teller in hip hop. He belongs in the HIP HOP Hall of fame.
Same! Bought the tape in Miami at a flea market. Headed back to Tallahassee and couldn't stop listening to it. Classic.
Hip Hop Hall of fame just off of this one Album
I am with you on this! I was 21 too! He was a beast when it came to storytelling. It was a great time back then…
Facts!
this was my 1st cassette i burnt it up im 45
Classic. Knew this word for word at 15 in 88.
Stop lying
jake jakelia why would you think this is a lie
@@jakejakelia2812 Yeah he's not a kid most kids nowadays listen to shitty mumble rap
@@jakejakelia2812 We memorized a lot of classics from the 80's, joints from Rakim, Kane, EPMD etc were incredibly fun to memorize word for word and not particularly hard since you listen to it over and over again anyways.
Ha me too my brother!!!
This shit should have over ten million veiws, my favorite Rick song
Yep, this modern track from his 1988 album ;)
Yea. This shit still dope
Rick is great
I don't know man...Children's Story?
storytelling at its best.
Fly brown brother and you cant school me..
He raps for the 98% of real fools on the block .. talking about day to day shit we all go through .. not Crystal and Bentley's ..$lick Rick Don't Fake The Funk
A display of lyricism unparalleled to date
Come on
Omg slick is the nicest ever to touch the mic
"Boogie Down was performing & they ain't no joke"
Slick Rick got robbed that night..
jebrown8 ruclips.net/video/Goe9qxOorbQ/видео.html that’s why lol
watchful news yea Mwreck bought me here.. I haven’t listened to this song in years lol
I hadn't even heard of this until wrecked tv....krs has a live freestyle (I'm still number one). I wonder if this was the event that slicks is talking about...that freestyle is a banger too! Check it out.
Gerald Schiele I remember that freestyle “ you sit at home with a pen and a pad going dad.. mad .. glad .. had .. sad that style is from 78” something like that I think lol video music box use to play it all the time.
Damn!!!!.....Slick is a Hip Hop legend and his storytelling is phenomenal🔥🔥.You can just close your eye's and you can just picture everything thats happening🙈🔥💥......salute slick rick.One of the greats!
That flow tho
You can hear the English accent. Brilliant!!
That’s that Jamaican rude boy slang don’t get it twisted
@@claudegrinnell9602 He grew up in Liverpool I think?? Or maybe Birmingham.....
@@claudegrinnell9602 he grew up in london till the age of 11, yes its jamaican but he and his parents both have/had english accents. So you dont get it twisted m8
UK, Jamaican and American accent.
What's brilliant to me I loved his accent, flow, lyrics, & music in the 💖of The City🗽 back in the day....
Slick Rick got robbed that night on the first verse. Damn!! Still a legend though.
Master of story telling
She tried to use me and seduce me and at first I wasn't wit it and we did it and we did it and we did it and we did it..classic
arguably the greatest storytelling record ever ! Rick really is unmatched over 30 years later
So you never heard nas drop the most artistic stories for 30 summers?
Now back on the job, I don't bother no one
I keep strictly to myself and all my work gets done
Word 😅
Through all the drama of my youth there was music like this that made life interesting
Prob one ☝️ of the greatest songs of all time no doubt about it folks
The lyrics and beat was ment for each other.
Flow and delivery as well
Chris Blatcher no doubt this beat it amongst the dopest production I’ve heard to date, the pace on the 🥁 track is immaculate by itself, I’m obsessessed with this beat lol
This brotha brought the art of being fly to hip hop. I love him
Peace, one of my favorite songs of all time.
It's like I'm watching a movie!!!! The legend. Slick Rick the storyteller!!!!!
Dick Wolfe couldn't make a law & order episode this good!
The greatest storyteller in the history of music. Period.
No real argument. I got Ghostface 2nd
@@itsjob595
#2 Johnny Cash
#3 Ice Cube
#4 Bobby 'Blue' Bland
#5 Dana Dane
That last scene in jail, hilarious the way Rick tells it🤣🤣🤣
the elevator came and Danny boy was on it! lmao!!
He made the 80's fun and exciting
This had the streets goin crazy when it came out....back when somebody would steal it if they seen it out the tape deck which was rare.
One of the Dopest Hip Hop Tracks Ever
To me 2
This whole album and B.I.G's albums are the only ones i can listen to from beginning to end ......
No way in hell would a rapper make a song about getting robbed in todays world. Slick Rick is my hero simple and plain! First UK rapper to go platinum 💯✊🏾
Not only robbed but raped😮
Westside Gunn did it on Goodnight featuring Slick Rick
Now i can wear real gold in front of folks who would tease me.😁
Had cassette first then cd 3 more times recently bought again from fye 6.99 great day for me
They could make a Netflix original off of this..
Man you ain't lying solider!
Yo dude I've been saying they should make a movie off of this for 30 years
Slicky rickys gorgeous tales coming on Netflix 2022 XD
This song. The lyrical word play and use of intonation was amazing. Story telling is the craft he mastered
The best story teller ever.....
Wow, I came here for slick rick and I'm not disappointed at all, and now onto Outta here from bdp
Shyyyiiit this was the original hip hop song that got me thinking it aint worth it. Lol about to be 47 and yes thank you slick rick! HIP HOP!!
THE KING OF STORY TELLING
The guy laughing always gets me🤣
One of the coldest jams, Still rocking this!
This my favorite song of ALL time!! 1980's and rippin it better than any other rappers out there respectively.
Slick Rick tha Ruler 👑
He’s the best in my book fir the time he did it-
Half this stuff came true that’s crazy words are powerful
Quan Zilla yes
He really got ribbed at a krs one concert in brooklyn
Maybe All of it
I had the biggest crush on him !!!! He was the reason that I participated in the Word Up Magazine contest. I believe if you won, you would receive a large poster of him. I was like twelve, thirteen or so….. the good ole days!!!😇🙏🏽❤️👍🤗
This song makes me feel like I’m in New York on a dark cold night surrounded by grimy cats. Slick Rick is a master at story telling.
Hell yea, I just imagine myself in some spot assed out, like fuck.
Before his time! Rick was CLASSIC! Slick Rick flowed that shit off the tongue like nobody's biz. Definitely a GOAT OF RAP!
I must have listened to this whole record at least 100 items back in the day
“...She said; ‘I need Veronica place , that’s right near Tilden’ -I said I knowheredassat ‘cause that’s righ’nexto my building.... I gave’m di’information they went on their way, I went home and there I slept’till almost three da’nex’day....”
Timeless 😍😍😍😍😍😍
The greatest storyteller of hip hop
Greatest Hip Hop story ever told
Imagine an animated video to this 🔥🔥
Dopest beat of all time facts#
Nice.... But relax 🤣🤣🤣
Tell me one better! Don’t say Mc hammer (“you can’t touch this”)
A bunch of Brooklyn kids was staring all down my throat 😱
The story of stories
Man I didnt know Bomb Squad produced this song man those cats have legendary beats!! Ice Cube, Public Enemy etc!!
Oh i just know yall aint just finished fuxing!🤣🤣🤣🤣
This is a true story
MReck tv brought me here
lol me too
Yup
Slick Ricks flow on this track is so unbelievably phenomenal it’s ridiculous. The ending was so unexpected too. When I first heard it in 1989 it was something nobody would dare say but it was so realistic that you just had to say damn.😅
The Bomb Squad did the beat! This sounds so differeent from PE!
thats dj vance man
Fredicago Illanoise this the best work, the had the intensity and suspense from the Korg key and the bass on high frequency with little or no room , just driving this beat, this is dopest beat known to man! (Btw Slick Rick and Bombsquad on this beat)
This is a Slick Rick production.....The Bomd Squad executive produced and did a few songs but Slick wasn't really feeling what Bomb Squad was trying to do with his project he wanted his own style so he produced alot of records on his debut project.....this is one of them....#facts
@@Polygroove1 all I can say is pull out your copy and read the credits on the back of the cover.
@@onelwilliams989 Vance Wright did the cuts.
Slick sharp clear cleaver wordplay always from Rick to the point fact he top #10 for sure ⛽⛽⛽⛽⛽
The story tellin' GOAT!
Still 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
Im 52 and you definately right and exact fam.
classic real life I rode Caprice classic when I was 17
Hey yo Rick my man!!!!!!!
Dopest English rapper ever
Produced by The Bomb Squad ( P. E.)
Used 2 have cassette
Me too! 1 of my all time faves
I had it two I remember it was a white colored cassette
Legend, u ever knocked over your tapes cause u had so many of them shitz?? Or had a heart attack when ur fav tape popped? Like the whole room stopped and u had to perform surgery, almost deaded my bro over a Doo Wop tape
Def jam at its finest 😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍
1988 was a great year for music
BOOGIE DOWN WAS PERFORMING AND THEY AIN'T NO JOKE
Incredible imagination/ The art of storytelling
Samples in this:
James Brown - Funky Drummer (Drums)
Bob James - Take Me To The Mardi Gras
And a DMX drum machine as the bottom beat.
Was it my big chains with the big plates on em
They're really not real..
Just a front 4da gurls 👌
Shuaib Shabazz I say that verse when I put my on.
Chris Blatcher we went back to the crib there was blow in the freezer
Yes, it is.
I loved the scratches too
Yo this shit is still hot up to this day 12/17/22!!!!!
Battle Truth 1uf the reason Im back
Salute king
Yo, SR jus 1more album c'mon
I used to stare at the album cover while the music played. Meditation
Verse 1]
Well I'm sittin on my lunch break, grinnin my teeth (my teeth)
It's the last day of the week, boy what a relief (relief)
My muscles kind of ache, they felt rigid and stiff
So I looked around, and I smoked this big fat spliff
Now I'm happy as can be I'm in this pothead spell
I put some Visine in my eyes so that no one can tell
It's 12:55 almost time for the bell
Put the breathmints in the mouth so that the mouth don't smell
Now back on the job, I don't bother no one
I keep strictly to myself and all my work gets done
Now the job's finally over it's time to have fun
And I'm hangin out with Trevor there's a kid named John
Got real drunker than a skunk and happy as can be
We went, to the Latin Quarters and we got in free
Scoopin all the girls like nuttin with my truck jewelry
Cause I'mma fly brown brother and you can't school me
Boogie Down was performin hey they ain't no joke
And a bunch of Brooklyn kids was lookin all down my throat
Was it my big chains with the big plates on em?
Then they rolled on me and told me to run em
[Hook]
This was the moment I feared...
"Hey yo homeboy take off your chains man
Bout to hurt you real fuckin bad, I'm gonna fuck you up"
This was the moment I feared...
"Yo what's the matter stupid? Take the shits off man!
The fuck is up?"
Verse 2]
I said, "They're really not real, they're just a front for the girls"
Then a whole bunch of furious fists caved my world
I was in pain, so ashamed, I wish I had not came
Had to kindly pick up my face and then ride home on the train, then
I went to an open store that's where I bought me a quart
Then I went to the park, and I sat and I thought
I seen Danny Boy though he's with his girl named Sarah
In one of his cars, I think this one's a Riviera
She calls out to me, but, I really couldn't hear her
So I went just a little bit closer so I'd hear a little clearer
She said, "I need Veronica Place that's right near Tilden"
I said, "I know where that's at cause that's right next to my building"
I gave em the information and they went on their way
I went home, and there I slept til almost three the next day
Then someone knocked on my door, I opened up, no quit!
It was Sarah with some magazines and a band-aid kit
She tried to use me and seduce me and at first I wasn't with it
Then we did it and we did it and we did it and WE DID IT
She said it was great, she said she's glad we had done it
The elevator came and Danny Boy was on it
[Hook]
This was the moment I feared...
"Hey yo what the fuck's goin on here?
What you doin to my girl homeboy?"
This was the moment I feared...
"Oh I just KNOW y'all didn't just finish fuckin
I just KNOW y'all ain't just finish fuckin"
Verse 3]
Well he was huffin and puffin and he swung at me -- word
So I pulled out my jammy and I silenced the nerd
Then he was dead two in the head I took the cash and the Visa's
She said, "Don't worry about a thing just make sure nobody sees us"
We went back to her apartment, there was blow in the freezers
She said, "We're rich we're rich we can have whatever will please us"
Now I don't hang with no one who ain't good for my health
So I put the sugarhead out and I went for self
Now I was rich as I was rich I could have whatever would please me
Now I could wear real gold in front of folks that would tease me
Yah me, I'll be a new neighborhood dad
Cats'll roll up on me screamin, "Yo Rick my man!!"
I guess I was too fly word up I'm sorry to say
Ya see a cop rolled up on me and told me, "Make my day"
I said, "Relax brother," but he had proof that I had done it
Yep, he had poor Sarah's underwear with my fingerprints all on it
This was the rise and fall of my fast lane style
And I was the main event on the TV for a while
But now I'm in jail doin life and I'm scared
Some kids snuffed me cold and greased me where no one dared
[Hook]
This was the moment I feared...
"Turn around nigga (HAHAHAHA)
Spread your cheeks"
This was the moment I feared...
"UHH, AOWWHWHWAA! STOP STOP! AHAOWWHAHAOOHO"
Copied from Genius
Thank you!!!!!!
The Coldest joint he mad
Who here from the stack stone & m reck interview
No wonder tame one (r.I.p.) redid this whole song! Classic
My Friday going in reverse, brought me here! Peace!
Rickie D always had bars man... and could crossbar with the best of them
The grand wizard is the best alive.think this is hip hop pioneer days and his flow delivery timeing and natural voice are all insane.then he changes his voice for the charecters.sent to prison in his prime.never claimed to be a thug yet shot at his cousin.there is no one that sounds like slick not even a little.all these rappers have a format.he invented and created.mozart, da Vinci,Jordan type shit.
Rick the Ruler , one of the best ever.
Rick had a crazy flow like the Nile River
This shit still hit
Gift of gab personified
Cold as hell
I use to jam to this my jr year of high school
Hell yeah!
the message
YO RICK MY MAN!
Heavy.