On this date 37 years in the past, Hip-Hop’s biggest storyteller Slick Rick dropped his debut LP The Nice Adventures Of Slick Rick on the Def Jam imprint.

MC Ricky D got here on the scene with the “Unique Human Beat Field” Doug E. Recent in 1985 with the social gathering anthem “The Present” and the X-rated flip aspect “La Di Da Di”. His extremely anticipated debut LP is one in every of Hip Hop’s iconic tasks that introduced an idea, maintained a tempo with timeless lyrics and unforgettable beats courtesy of The Bomb Squad and Rick himself.

Being one of many few albums within the historical past of The Supply that acquired the coveted 5 Mics, it’s arduous to pinpoint only a handful tracks that made the album stand out, nonetheless, there are some all-time favorites that also ring related three many years later. Storytelling tracks like “The Second I Feared,” “Deal with Her Like A Prostitute” and “Indian Lady” had been harking back to his “La Di Da Di” days of X-rated rap. Rick served up some basic songs which are nonetheless bangin’ within the golf equipment to this present day, together with “Kids’s Story”, “Mona Lisa” and the epic “Younger World”.

Salute The Ruler, his DJ Vance Wright, Rick Rubin, The Bomb Squad and all the Def Jam squad from the heyday for this timeless basic!