Once upon a time not long ago, Slick Rick's Children's Story became one of the greatest tracks in hip-hop. Now, almost 28 years since its premiere, the song is being refashioned as a kids book for the April 22 re-release of The Great Adventures of Slick Rick, Okayplayer reports.

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Slick Rick, an iconic emcee who established himself as one of the most acclaimed storytellers in the history of hip-hop, recently turned 50 years old. That might be hard to believe for many. I mean, it’s even a little hard for Rick The Ruler to believe it. “I don’t feel like I’m 50,” he said […]

Okay, so this might be one of the coolest ideas ever. Rappers always rep where they’re from, so why not put up street signs at the actual intersections or neighborhood where famous lyrics came from? Artist Jay Shells took the time to make signs and put them all over New York City. You might even […]

For Black Music Month Jermaine Paul, the season 2 winner of “The Voice,” spoke to TheUrbanDaily about his favorite old school hip-hop album, The Great Adventures of Slick Rick.  (Coincidentally, it’s one of our favorites, too!) “That was the record we used to sneak and listen to as kids with all that inappropriateness,” he said […]

David Carter was all about the badge. The 46-year-old Bronx, NY native came from a long line of law enforcement officers. His father was one of a handful of Black cops to come out of the neighborhood’s 48th Precinct. So when it came time to choose a career being a cop was pretty much a […]

The Ruler is back! Our dude, Slick Rick, shows these new age rappers how to make everyday mundane topics interesting on the song, “Need Some Bad.” Boasting production from the legendary DJ Premier, Slick Rick exercises his trademark narrative rhyme techniques throughout Premier’s updated drums lifted off “The Show.” The song turned up on Premier’s […]

If one more sing-song rapper makes one more song about being famous, I may have to cut my ears off. I expect rappers to boast about the luxuries that come with fame. But when an artist’s catalog contains multiple songs dedicated to explaining just how famous he or she is, and when mind-blowing beats are […]

The first thing that comes to people’s minds when they think of Hip Hop is hardcore rap, but hip hop does have a soft side to it as well. Some of the hardest rappers in hip hop hves made a love song or two. Hip hop comes in many different sub genres and when you […]

Hip Hop has taken a bad rap. Mostly because the labels and the media choose to only promote the most negative music to make money. Still Hip Hop has a long history of positive uplifting songs. Here’s my Top 9. 9. Ed O G And The Bulldogs Be A Father To Your Child. Dope ode […]

Ever since the release of “Monster” there’s been a lot of the chatter around the multiple personalities Nicki Minaj channeled during her verse. While we think the rookie did the damn thing talking to yourself on a track is nothing new in the rap game.  Here are five of our favorite examples of dissociative identity […]

The Kangol Crew, from the famed High Schoool of Music and Art in New York City, produced 2 of the better story tellers in Hip Hop in the form of Slick Rick (Children’s Story, Mona Lisa, Hey Young World) and Dana Dane (Nightmares, Delancey Street, Dana Dane With Fame). Throughout the years, the best friends […]

From Nodfactor.com So I was at the listening for Raekwon’s mixtape Cocainism 2 with some of my brothers in arms, Chuck Creekmur (Allhiphop.com,) Mr. Mecca(The Source.com,) and Datwon Thomas (GlobalGrind.com). The mixtape is full of dope cuts, Rae even took the beat from the Wu-Tang Shoalin style video game and rhymed over it (“Just For […]