The Great Adventures of Slick Rick 30th Anniversary

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The Great Adventures of Slick Rick, the 1988 debut album from Slick Rick the inimitable British-American MC and third signing to the legendary Def Jam Recordings label is widely regarded as one of hip-hops seminal masterpieces. To celebrate its 30th anniversary, Def Jam will release a newly remastered and expanded 30th Anniversary Collectors Edition featuring four previously unreleased demos plus the previously unreleased session track Snakes of The World Today. Driven by the back-to-back chart successes of Teenage Love (Top 20 R&B, Top 10 Rap), and Childrens Story (Top 5 R&B and Rap, and consistently cited as one of the Top 50 Rap hits of all time), The Great Adventures of Slick Rick soared to No. 1 on Billboards R&B Albums chart for five weeks. The album was one of the first hip-hop LPs to be certified platinum by the RIAA and it provided a solid foundation for Slick Rick, who went on to release three successful follow-up albums on Def Jam: The Rulers Back (1991), Behind Bars (1994), and The Art of Storytelling (1999).