Slick Rick

There's much to like about rapper Slick Rick and his debut album, The Great Adventures of
Slick Rick. It's a tremendously imaginative record, especially for a debut: Cross rhythms fly
by and startle the listener, smartly chosen samples enliven the proceedings, and Rick's sly
Brit raps are trenchant and angry. The popularity of these raps is a good sign for hip-hop,
as they foretell a return to the hardheaded social consciousness that brought tr... More >

Like that other girlie-voiced rapper Dana Dane, Rick masks insecurities about his masculinity by dissing the opposite sex even uglier than the ugly competition. From the clarion "Treat Her Like a Prostitute" through this bitch and that cocaine dolly and the fake virgin "with a yay-wide gash" and the one who meant yes when she said no and ended up marching a tribe of Indians out her c*nt, this man hates women. His ballad is keyed around the refrain "Don't hurt me again" and is directed at all treacherous females, not just one. His anticrime warning closes with a convincing imitation of how bad you groan the first time you get cornholed. (Grade - C+)