Episode #33 | 6.11.19
Slick Rick: Hustle, Iconic Flow and a Menacing Tormentor
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In this episode
Slick Rick has one of the most iconic voices in hip hip history. His style is completely his own and his success owes as much to his delivery as it does to his hustle. Slick Rick worked hard to get to the top and once he made it he was nearly cut down by drugs and violence. Violence inflicted upon him by someone from his inner circle. Listen to hear how Slick Rick fought back and continued his flow.
Sources
Billboard: Def Jam Launches Free Slick Rick Petition
Red Bull Music Academy: Slick Rick Details the Making of His Debut Album
Can’t Stop Won’t Stop: A History of the Hip-Hop Generation by Jeff Chang
Life and Def: Sex, Drugs, Money + God by Russell Simmons
Sabotage Times: The Misadventures of Slick Rick
Disgraceland is a podcast about musicians getting away with murder and behaving very badly. It melds music history, true crime and transgressive fiction. Disgraceland is not journalism. Disgraceland is entertainment. Entertainment inspired by true events. However, certain scenes, characters and names are sometimes fictionalized for dramatic purposes.
Music
Score by Jake Brennan.
Mixed and Engineered by Sean Cahalin.
Disgraceland theme song, "Crenshaw Space Boogie" written and produced by Jake Brennan. Performed by Jake Brennan, Bryce Kanzer, Jay Cannava and Evan Kenney. Mixed and engineered by Adam Taylor.
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