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The Great Adventures of Slick Rick

The Great Adventures of Slick Rick is a hardcore rap album by East Coast hip hop performer Slick Rick, released in 1988 (see 1988 in music). While Slick Rick's distinctive delivery and humorous tone earned him many fans, making this album one of the most popular (and last) albums from the golden age of East Coast rap, his vulgarity and misogyny (such as on "Treat Her Like a Prostitute") also earned him many detractors.

The Great Adventures of Slick Rick topped Billboard's Top R&B/Hip Hop Albums chart, and peaked at #31 on the Billboard 200.

Track listing

  1. "Treat Her Like a Prostitute" (Walters)
  2. "The Ruler's Back" (Walters)
  3. "Children's Story" (Walters)
  4. "The Moment I Feared" (Sadler/Shocklee/Walters)
  5. "Let's Get Crazy" (Houston/Sadler/Shocklee/Walters)
  6. "Indian Girl (An Adult Story)" (Walters)
  7. "Teenage Love" (Sadler/Shocklee/Walters)
  8. "Mona Lisa" (Walters)
  9. "Kit (What's the Scoop)" (Sadler/Shocklee/Walters)
  10. "Hey Young World" (Walters)
  11. "Teacher, Teacher" (Johnson/Sadler/Shocklee/Walters)
  12. "Lick the Balls" (Sadler/Shocklee/Walters)

Charting singles

1989	Children's Story	Hot Rap Singles	                     No. 2
1989	Hey Young World	        Hot Rap Singles	                     No. 17
1989	Teenage Love	        Hot Rap Singles	                     No. 8
1989	Children's Story	Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks     No. 5
1989	Hey Young World	        Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks     No. 42
1989	Teenage Love	        Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks     No. 16
1989	Children's Story	Hot Dance Music/Club Play	     No. 39
1989	Children's Story	Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales   No. 34