Slick Rick discography

Slick Rick discography
Slick Rick discography
	Slick Rick performing in July 2016
Studio albums	5
Singles	17

This is the discography for English-American hip hop musician Slick Rick. It includes 5 studio albums and 17 singles, including 8 as a featured artist.

Albums

Studio albums

List of studio albums, with selected chart positions and certifications
Title	Album details	Peak chart positions			Certifications
Title	Album details	UK R&B ^[1]	US ^[2]	US R&B /HH ^[3]	Certifications
The Great Adventures of Slick Rick	Released: November 3, 1988 Label: Def Jam Format: CD, LP, cassette, digital download, streaming	—	31	1	RIAA: Platinum^[4]
The Ruler's Back	Released: July 2, 1991 Label: Def Jam Format: CD, LP, cassette, digital download, streaming	—	29	18
Behind Bars	Released: November 22, 1994 Label: Def Jam Format: CD, LP, cassette, digital download, streaming	—	51	11
The Art of Storytelling	Released: May 25, 1999 Label: Def Jam Format: CD, LP, cassette, digital download, streaming	10	8	1	RIAA: Gold^[4]
Victory	Released: June 13, 2025 Label: Mass Appeal , 7Wallace Format: CD, digital download, streaming	—	—	—
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Singles

As lead artist

List of singles, with selected chart positions^[5]
Title	Year	Peak chart positions							Album
Title	Year	UK ^[1]	UK Dance ^[1]	UK R&B ^[1]	US ^[6]	US Dance ^[7]	US R&B ^[8]	US Rap ^[9]	Album
"Teenage Love"	1988	—	—	—	—	—	16	8	The Great Adventures of Slick Rick
"Children's Story"^[10]	1989	—	—	—	—	39	5	2
"Hey Young World"	1989	—	—	—	—	—	42	17
"I Shouldn't Have Done It"^[11]	1991	—	—	—	—	—^[a]	50	2	Livin' Large Soundtrack / The Ruler's Back
"Mistakes of a Woman in Love with Other Men"		—	—	—	—	—	—	—	The Ruler's Back
"It's a Boy"		—	—	—	—	—	—	—	The Ruler's Back
"Behind Bars" (featuring Warren G)^[13]	1994	90	17	—	87	—^[b]	63	12	Behind Bars
"Sittin' in My Car" (featuring Doug E. Fresh)	1995	—	—	—	—^[c]	—^[d]	56	11	Behind Bars
"Street Talkin'" (featuring Outkast)	1999	—	—	—	—	—	65	22	The Art of Storytelling
"We Turn It" (featuring Doug E. Fresh)^[15]	1999	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	The Art of Storytelling
"Can't Shake Us" (featuring Special K)^[16]	2002	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	Non-album singles
"Children's Story" (re-release)	2005	—	—	18	—	—	—	—	Non-album singles
"Snakes of the World Today"^[17]	2018	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	The Great Adventures of Slick Rick (Deluxe Edition)
"Hey Young World (Demo)"^[18]	2019	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	The Great Adventures of Slick Rick (Deluxe Edition)
"Midas Touch"^[19]		—	—	—	—	—	—	—	Non-album singles
"Can't Dance To a Track That Ain't Got No Soul"^[20]		—	—	—	—	—	—	—	Non-album singles
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

As featured artist

List of singles as featured artist, with selected chart positions, showing year released and album name
Title	Year	Chart positions				Album
Title	Year	US ^[6]	US R&B ^[8]	US Rap ^[9]	UK ^[5]	Album
"I Like" (Montell Jordan featuring Slick Rick)	1996	28	11	—	24	The Nutty Professor (soundtrack) / More...
"Got to Give It Up" (Aaliyah featuring Slick Rick)^[21]	1996	—	—	—	37	One in a Million
"Just Another Case" (CRU featuring Slick Rick)	1997	68	28	8	—	Da Dirty 30
"Unify" (Kid Capri featuring Snoop Dogg & Slick Rick)	1998					Soundtrack to the Streets / The Art of Storytellin'
"Da Art of Storytellin' (Pt. 1)" (Outkast featuring Slick Rick)	1999	—	67	—	—	Aquemini
"Girls, Girls, Girls " (Jay-Z featuring Slick Rick, Q-Tip and Biz Markie)*	2001	17	4	9	11	The Blueprint
"Irresistible Delicious" (Missy Elliott featuring Slick Rick)	2005	—	—	—	—	The Cookbook
"Hip Hop Police" (Chamillionaire featuring Slick Rick)^[22]	2007	101	76	—	50	Ultimate Victory
"Who U?" (Dynas & Tony Galvin featuring Slick Rick)	2015	—	—	—	—	Big & Tall

Guest appearances

1986: "The Show (Oh My God! Remix)" (from the Doug E Fresh album Oh My God!)
1989: "If I'm Not Your Lover (12" remix from the Al B. Sure! album In Effect Mode)
1991: "Get Bizzy" (from the Greyson & Jaysun album Sweatin' Me Wet)
1994: "Let's All Get Down" (from the Nice & Smooth album Jewel of the Nile)
1995: "The Show Theme" (from the soundtrack album The Show)
1998: "Freestyle Over "Mona Lisa" (from the Funkmaster Flex mixtape The Mix Tape, Vol. III)
_--_ "Impress the Kid" (from the soundtrack album Rush Hour/The Art of Storytellin')
_--_ "Fresh" (from the Jermaine Dupri album Life In 1472)
_--_ "Faces of Def" {{bonus track}} from the Jayo Felony album Whatcha Gonna Do)
1999: "So Fresh" (from the Will Smith album Willennium)
_--_ "If We Give You a Chance" (from the Warren G album I Want It All)
_--_ "I Sparkle" (from the soundtrack album Wild Wild West)
_--_ "Night Riders" (from the Rahzel album Make the Music 2000)
_--_ "Don't Come My Way" with Renee Neufville and Common (from the soundtrack album Whiteboys)
2000: "Why Not" (from the Erick Sermon album Def Squad Presents Erick Onasis)
2001: "The World Is Yours" with Macy Gray (from the soundtrack album Rush Hour 2/ The Id)
_--_ "Pie" with The Rock (from WWF The Music, Vol. 5)
_--_ "Guidance Counselor" (from the Little-T And One Track Mike album Fome Is Dape)
_--_ "What We Do (For Love...) [from the De La Soul album AOI: Bionix]
2002: "Women Lose Weight" (from the Morcheeba album Charango)
2004: "The Return (Remix)" [from the Jay-Z/R. Kelly album Unfinished Business]
_--_ "Trouble on the Westside" (from the Tony Touch album The Piece Maker 2)
2005: "The Sun" (from the Ghostface Killah album Put It on the Line)
_--_ "The Fix" with Doug E. Fresh (from the Jordan Knight album The Fix (EP))
2006: "Vows" (from the Juggaknots album Use Your Confusion)
2009: "Y.O.U." (from the Asher Roth album Asleep in the Bread Aisle - UK bonus track)
_--_ "Auditorium" (from the Mos Def album The Ecstatic)
_--_ "We Will Rob You" (from the Raekwon album Only Built 4 Cuban Linx... Pt. II)
_--_ "Family Jewels" (from the Dynas album The Apartment)
2011: "Need Some Bad" (from The Sitter (soundtrack))
2018: "Giving Me Life" (from the Mariah Carey album Caution)
_--_ "Constant" (from the BEP album Masters of the Sun Vol. 1)
2019: "So Misinformed" (from the Snoop Dogg album I Wanna Thank Me)^[23]
2020: "Ocean Prime"; "Good Night" (from the Westside Gunn album Who Made the Sunshine)
2021: "Hey Auntie" (from the IDK album USee4Yourself)
2022 : "The Root of It All" (from the DJ Premier compilation Hip Hop 50: Volume One)
2023: "Knowledge" (from the Tony Touch album The Def Tape)^[24]
_--_ "Metropolis" (from the DJ Muggs album Soul Assassins 3)

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1988	Tougher Than Leather	Himself
1995	The Show^[25]	Himself	Interview
1999	Whiteboyz^[26]	Parking Lot Rapper #2
2002	Brown Sugar	Himself	Cameo
2004	Fade to Black	Himself	Documentary; uncredited cameo
2011	Rhyme and Punishment	Himself	Documentary

Other media

Cameo in Ludacris's 2005 music video for the song "Number One Spot"^[27]
Cameo in Busta Rhymes' 2006 music video for the song "New York Shit" featuring Swizz Beatz^[28]
Himself in the video game Def Jam: Fight for NY^[29]

Notes

^ "I Shouldn't Have Done It" did not enter the Dance Club Songs, but peaked at number 34 on the Dance/Electronic Singles Sales.^[12]
^ "Behind Bars" did not enter the Dance Club Songs, but peaked at number 8 on the Dance/Electronic Singles Sales.^[12]
^ "Sittin' in My Car" did not enter the Billboard Hot 100, but peaked at number 1 on the Bubbling Under Hot 100.^[14]
^ "Sittin' in My Car" did not enter the Dance Club Songs, but peaked at number 18 on the Dance/Electronic Singles Sales.^[12]