I have made it through 6 songs so far. I am really liking what I am hearing so far.

There is an issue with the math on track 4 "Foreign". Really dope song, where he finds his familiar pocket. But he is having a conversation with his grandfather. Ummmmmm............. He is 60 this year.

Hard needle scratch sound for track 6 "Come On Let's Go". I will be skipping this one in the future.

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i like the production, even like the house songs (cuz i personally LOVE a project that's sonically diverse).

while i agree it's a quick, breezy listen, i'd rather artists err on the side of less than more. way too many BLOATED projects in the last 20 years, and i sort of expected it to be bloated and boring because he would be trying to make up for lost time by putting too much into it via scraping songs that maybe shoulda been left in the studio. so glad he didn't.

Nas smoked it.

this is REALLY dope to me off the first listen. i'll give this plenty of burn.

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>this is REALLY dope to me off the first listen. i'll give this
>plenty of burn.
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Agreed about Nas. He made me smile when he said "Keeping it Wilt Chamberlain", that was slick (no pun intended).

For whatever reason, Cuz I'm Here works to me, but Come On Let's Go, doesn't (I can't really nail down why).

But I agree, I'm on my second listen. This joint is dope.

I too appreciate the fact that he didn't rely on a bunch of features to carry the project. Only 1 track over 3 mins, refreshing.

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>>Nas smoked it.
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>>this is REALLY dope to me off the first listen. i'll give
>this
>>plenty of burn.
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>Agreed about Nas. He made me smile when he said "Keeping it
>Wilt Chamberlain", that was slick (no pun intended).
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effortless is the word
it honestly makes me mad that he hasnt fallen off lol - like, you coulda been giving us THIS for the last 25 year?
Really makes you appreciate how prolific nas is

For most legacy artists this would be the best approach. Keep the listener excited and wanting more. It helps that Rick is so talented and still flows so well obviously. A few I wouldn’t listen to much but Landlord, Documents and So You’re Having My Baby are the standouts for me so far. Overall a fun project with the legend showing his class.

01. Victory Intro (Prod. By M. Aragones)
02. Stress (Feat. Giggs) (Prod. By Parker Ighile & Slick Rick)
03. Angelic (Prod. By DJ Dirty Harry, Parker Ighile & Slick Rick)
04. Foreign (Prod. By Rory Taylor & Slick Rick)
05. I Did That (Prod. By M. Aragones)
06. Come On Let’s Go (Prod. By Slick Rick)
07. Landlord (Prod. By Slick Rick)
08. Mother Teresa (Prod. By Slick Rick)
09. Spirit To Cry (Prod. By A. Franklin, Parker Ighile, Slick Rick & T. White)
10. Documents (Feat. Nas) (Prod. By Slick Rick)
11. So You’re Having My Baby (Prod. By Rory Taylor & Slick Rick)
12. Cuz I’m Here (Prod. By Slick Rick)
13. Matrix (Prod. By Slick Rick)
14. We’re Not Losing (Prod. By Show N Prove & Slick Rick)
15. Another Great Adventure (Prod. By Q-Tip & Slick Rick)

cover photo Jonathan Mannion
https://westcoaststyles.com/news/2025/06/slick-rick-reunites-with-photographer-jonathan-mannion-for-striking-cover-of-victory-new-visual-album/

i think this covers everything between the 2 albums
last chance - i will delete this collection from my DB after this thread goes to pg.2

https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fo/ug8av42utiot99zg8dz5h/AHQFiH8ofX6YMhVp0hdYeMw?rlkey=nd7bsrckwmrc605e12gb62lex&dl=0

To me it sounds like Mos Def - Auditorium vibes plus a couple of house tracks. Kind of a good mix of what Rick likes to do. Can't wait to listen to it again.

I don't mind it being short at all.

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dumb question, what does "." mean?


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Doitall76

sort of like shorthand for "nevermind" --- if you can't delete the post

sometimes the boards will still double-post for instance, or you realize someone else said the same thing, etc.



-thebigfunk

~ i could still snort you under the table ~

I generally enjoy the production, though the 2 house tracks are not for me.

Amazing to hear a 60 year old Rick not miss a beat.

Angelic, Landlord, Documents are the early standouts to me. Nas ripped his verse.

My only real “complaint” is most of the songs are too short. But this is solid. I need to see the video though.

So this the first in that Mass Appeal set, right? The next drops... next week?

-thebigfunk

~ i could still snort you under the table ~

I don’t know about next week though. Some were saying Ghostface is supposed to drop next week, but I don’t see anything on Mass Appeal’s social media about that, so I’m not sure where that was coming from or if it’s accurate.

this dude just gave a masterclass in not only rapping and subject matter, but how to let your charisma do the talking without it sounding like a put-on. he's off the charts with that shit

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I did not expect this at all… this album is fire from beginning to end

It's great, but wish it would have linked in even a basic way to the song's theme... He even boasts about their storytelling status --- cool, so tell a story, lol...


But this album is super solid.

-thebigfunk

~ i could still snort you under the table ~

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It’s wild this guy has been making classics since Reagan was in office and still sounds awesome.

Great to hear The Ruler still in top form

Peace,

Spirit (Alan)
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>There is an issue with the math on track 4 "Foreign". Really
>dope song, where he finds his familiar pocket. But he is
>having a conversation with his grandfather.
>Ummmmmm............. He is 60 this year.
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>Hard needle scratch sound for track 6 "Come On Let's Go". I
>will be skipping this one in the future.

Rick is a storyteller, fam. Give him creative license

Also if his grandpa was a teenage father and his dad was a teenage father, his grandpa could be in his 90s which makes him being alive very plausible


Peace,

Spirit (Alan)
http://wutangbook.com

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>>There is an issue with the math on track 4 "Foreign".

>Also if his grandpa was a teenage father and his dad was a
>teenage father, his grandpa could be in his 90s which makes
>him being alive very plausible

not his great grandson, or great-great-great-great grandson, his grandson

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MFmW6UQpNyc

Rick's swag is immaculate.

Diggin it. For Rick to be doing it at this level, at his age...Beautiful...

Integrity is the Cornerstone of Artistry...

Its 2025 and people still think house music is a euro thing.. smh

about as cringe as Detroit native Eminem saying nobody listens to techno

it's like Jay saying that Nas had one hot album every ten years on average, or Common saying "You aint' made shit dope since Amerikkka's Most." Some creative freedom has to be given in a diss song, even if it's not entirely true.

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Detroit is the birthplace of techno… the idiot dissed his own city and black music. If he knew anything about techno, I doubt he would of made that line

>Its 2025 and people still think house music is a euro thing..
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>about as cringe as Detroit native Eminem saying nobody listens
>to techno
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when house music waned in popularity here, it was still going strong in the UK and had a large influence on the culture there. Slick Rick has been doing UK tours since he got out of jail, him having hip hop house records on his album is something I wished he'd done earlier, to be honest. I'll split the difference with you though, anybody that thinks house is something invented in the UK is dead wrong out the gate.

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