Slick Rick

British-American rapper

Slick Rick, an English-American rapper and record producer, rose to prominence in the mid-1980s as part of Doug E. Fresh & the Get Fresh Crew. He has released several albums with Def Jam Recordings and is one of the most-sampled hip-hop artists of all time, with over 1,000 samples in songs by various artists.

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About the Slick Rick

Richard Martin Lloyd Waltersand The Art of Storytellingrapped Rick’s lyrics from his record “La Di Da Di” almost in their entirety on the track “Lodi Dodi” on his debut album Doggystyle in 1993. At the time, it was uncommon for rappers to record covers of each other’s material.

Slick Rick has been a VH1 Hip Hop Honors honoree, and About.com ranked him No. 12 on their list of the Top 50 MCs of Our Time, while The Source ranked him No. 15 on their list of the Top 50 Lyricists of All Time.

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Slick Rick is an English-American rapper and record producer who rose to prominence in the mid-1980s as part of Doug E. Fresh & the Get Fresh Crew.

Slick Rick’s songs ,The Show, and ,La Di Da Di, are considered early hip hop classics, with ,La Di Da Di, being one of the most sampled songs in history.

Slick Rick has released four albums with Def Jam Recordings: The Great Adventures of Slick Rick (1988), The Ruler’s Back (1991), Behind Bars (1994), and The Art of Storytelling (1999).

Slick Rick’s music has been sampled and interpolated over 1,000 times, in songs by artists including Eminem, Beyoncé, Mariah Carey, and many others.

Slick Rick has been a VH1 Hip Hop Honors honoree, and has been ranked among the Top 50 MCs and Top 50 Lyricists of All Time by various music publications.

Snoop Dogg (then Snoop Doggy Dogg) rapped Slick Rick’s lyrics from ,La Di Da Di, almost in their entirety on the track ,Lodi Dodi, on his debut album Doggystyle in 1993, which was uncommon for rappers at the time.

Slick Rick, whose real name is Richard Martin Lloyd Walters, was born on January 14, 1965.

20 Quotes by Slick Rick

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    You commit a felony, it does not matter who you are, you could be deported.

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    I think that Hiphop should be a pulpit for the people.

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    I kicked down doors to show that Hiphop has matured. And it may be a little controversial.

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    I think they will feel refreshed because I cater to a mature audience.

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    It draws you in and creates pictures, so what I do is almost like a talking story book.

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    Hiphop has remained in an infantile stage and has not been allowed to grow.

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    I was never a rah-rah person. I never sold drugs or did anything crazy.

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    And to turn it into rap wasn’t too difficult besides just rhymin’ the last words of each line.

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    I’ve been in the game for 30 years and I came to represent.

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    Nobody thought about having more money than you could ever spend.

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    People think that I’m conceited, and I’m not a nice person.

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    I never really went to any concerts that I wasn’t in.

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    It can always be transformed into an avenue of information.

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    I love eggs fried over medium.

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    We need realism to deal with reality.

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    There is not enough high intellect to be catered to and when most people think of Hiphop they think of low intellect.

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    When I was little, I always used to like to tell stories cuz it was entertaining to people.

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    We might be workers, but we are not happy go-lucky jungle bunnies.

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    That song is a story that shows how easily you could get slipped into being labeled as the bad guy, even though what you really trying to do is tell the bad guy to leave you alone.

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    Hiphop hasn’t had stages of growth through its 30 years of existence.

    Slick Rick

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