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

Meaning of the quote

What Slick Rick means is that his music is like a storybook that comes alive. The music is so powerful and imaginative that it makes you feel like you're inside the story, seeing the pictures and characters in your mind. It's not just a regular song, but a whole world that he creates through his music, just like a story in a book.

About Slick Rick

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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