The Great Adventures of Slick Rick

The Philadelphia Inquirer called "Let's Get Crazy" "one of the year's most jolting, exciting pieces of music." The Orange County Register concluded that "Rick's goofy rap style makes him seem less a braggart than a beleaguered Everyman and, with its wickedly sharp production, The Great Adventures of Slick Rick sounds great." In 1998, The Great Adventures of Slick Rick was selected as one of The Sources "100 Best Albums". The album was retrospectively awarded a perfect "five-mic" score by the magazine in 2002. In VH1's 2008 ranking of the "100 Greatest Hip Hop Songs", the single "Children's Story" placed at number 61. Hip hop artist Nas cites The Great Adventures of Slick Rick as one of his favorite albums. In 2009, fellow rapper Busta Rhymes said of the album: : ==Track listing==

• Glen E. Friedman—photography • Jason Mizell (as Jam Master Jay)—producer • Jerry Martin—producer • Eric "Vietnam" Sadler—producer • Hank Shocklee—producer • Slick Rick—vocals • Ricky Walters—producer • Rick Rubin—executive producer ==Charts==

Weekly charts Year-end charts ==Certifications==