Tuesday, 12 April 2022

They Shouldn't Have Got It: 5 beats Slick Rick should have got instead

B-Fats - The B-Fats (1987)
The Show gave careers to Slick Rick and Teddy Riley, so it's a pity they didn't work together again in the late 80s. The B-Fats was a 1987 Rooftop classic for B-Fats, but in Slick Rick's hands it could have been an all-time classic full stop.

Vicious ft. Doug E. Fresh - Freaks (1994)
On one hand, Freaks is the G.O.A.T babby-dancehall song. On the other hand, every Doug E. Fresh beatbox backing track should have gone to MC Rickoi D, and, yes, that includes Virgo.

Fat Joe ft. Krs One - Bronx Tale (1995)
One of Diamond D's most sublime productions deserved far better than Fat Joe's autocued grunting and KRS One rhyming about cum-splattered Rap magazines. Why why why didn't Diamond save this beat for Slick Rick's post-prison comeback?

Jeru The Damaja - Not The Average (1996)
If only Doctor Who would go back in time to 1996 during the recording of Jeru The Damaja's second album and tell DJ Premier to stash the beats for Not The Average, Ya Playin' Yaself and Me Or The Papes until Slick Rick came home from prison. TBF, Jeru did kill Not The Average, but he has such a finger-wagging puritanical tone that the song would be drastically improved if it were performed word-for-ford by Rick instead.

Reflection Eternal - The Blast (2000)
Only Talib Kweli's own mum could possibly prefer him over this beat to Slick Rick the ruler. Rick and DJ Hi-Tek could keep Vinia Mojica on the track doing the backing vocals, but have her singing RICKY instead of KWELI.
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14 comments:

  1. Spartan12 April 2022 at 10:16

    If only Audiotorium had just Slick Rick rhymin' on it.

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  2. Kelvin Mack10zie12 April 2022 at 10:31

    Absolutely.

    Also see: Greyson & Jasun's Get Bizzy.

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  3. Jmil84312 April 2022 at 11:17

    What’d you think of the few solo songs Rick put out in recent years?

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  4. Kelvin Mack10zie12 April 2022 at 12:43

    I like that Midas Touch song.

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  5. Yohan12 April 2022 at 13:26

    Three things you can count on in life: death, taxes and a yearly Slick Rick/Grand Puba post on The Martorialist.

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  6. Kelvin Mack10zie12 April 2022 at 13:55

    Standard.

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  7. Ben12 April 2022 at 14:10

    Actually didn't mind Bronx Tale but I always thought KRS's cumstain Rap mag line was strange. Also I think you said it on here before but the Pairing of Slick Rick and AZ would have been a much better fit than the awkward pairing of Nas with Ludacris on Virgo.

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  8. Kelvin Mack10zie12 April 2022 at 14:22

    I love the idea of Rick getting AZ to loosen up and have a Guru on Dwyck moment over a Doug beatbox track.

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  9. step one13 April 2022 at 07:27

    This is good.

    Did you ever hear the version of Virgo using Keep Rising To The Top?
    Think it was off a Green Lantern or Statik Selektah tape.

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  10. Kelvin Mack10zie13 April 2022 at 09:18

    Not heard that.

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  11. Slick Rick Alessi14 April 2022 at 11:51

    "The Blast" is an inspired call, I can imagine a sort of "Hey Young World pt 2" on that or am I dumb in the head-top?

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  12. Kelvin Mack10zie14 April 2022 at 12:18

    Yeah, summat like that.

    Oh well, at least we've got the the G-Unit beatjack.

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  13. hotbox15 April 2022 at 14:25

    If there's a bunch of rick accapellas out there this sounds like a job for step one. For some reason I've always imagined slick rick flowing over de la soul's pass the peas

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  14. Kelvin Mack10zie15 April 2022 at 14:38

    Another one: I always wished Rick did the guest verse on Drop It Like It's Hot rather than Pharrell.

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