No. 10 The Art of Storytelling by Slick Rick (1999)
In 1988, Slick Rick released his classic debut and became one of hip-hop’s most promising stars heading into the new decade. But a shooting and subsequent prison sentence short-circuited his career momentum. But the genre’s greatest storyteller came roaring back in the late 90s with this well-produced, witty and worldly collection of story raps that reminded everyone of what they’d been missing.
