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Slick Rick played Brooklyn Bowl

February 3rd, 2013 by chocko

Slick Rick performed at Brooklyn Bowl in New York City last month a couple of days before his birthday. The celebration performance featured all the hits from The Ruler’s career that dates back to the Golden Era of Hip Hop in the 80’s. When his debut album The Great Adventures Of Slick Rick came out on Def Jam in 1988, that album rocked my world and I wore that cassette out! His rhymes with his British swagger made him unique, along with his narratives incorporated into his songs which often times had a sick sense of humor that had me hooked. Slick Rick, decked in his trademark eye patch and gold chains, performed a solid 45 minute set and was accompanied by a live band with a DJ and back-up singers. He started off the set with “Street Talkin” off the 1999 album The Art of Storytelling and after introducing the band, went into a classic, the up-tempo “Mona Lisa.” Check the videos below! Slick Rick performed an excellent mix of songs including “Lick The Balls” which I’ve never heard live. I wished he did “Treat Her Like A Prostitute” but ya can’t win ’em all. The Ruler was presented a birthday cake at the end of the night and it looked like he was truly touched when a birthday shout-out video played for all to see. There were a lot of familiar faces in the video including Raekwon, Biz Markie, Humpty Hump and MC Lyte.

SLICK RICK performing “Street Talkin'” and “Mona Lisa”