“Mona Lisa” is one of Slick Rick‘s most recognizable and celebrated party tracks, from the same legendary album as “Children’s Story”: The Great Adventures of Slick Rick.
Taking a sample from Eastside Connection’s “Frisco Disco” Slick Rick (@iamslickrick) produced “Mona Lisa” himself. See if you can spot the sample in the original:
Slick Rick’s vocals are instantly recognizable, for their tone and style, but so is his instrumental sound, and similarities can be found among the patterns in many of his more well-known and lesser-known tracks from “The Show” to “I Shouldn’t Have Done It“.
In any case, the Bboy sound is alive and well in the Classic Hip-Hop tracks.
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From an Allmusic review of The Great Adventures of Slick Rick:
Slick Rick‘s reputation as hip-hop’s greatest storyteller hangs on his classic debut, The Great Adventures of Slick Rick, one of the most influential rap records of the late ’80s — for better and worse. Most of the production is standard early Def Jam, but Rick‘s style on the mic is like no one else’s. His half-British accent and odd, singsong cadences often overshadow the smoothness of his delivery, but there’s no overlooking the cleverness of his lyrics. His carefully constructed narratives are filled with vivid detail and witty asides, and his cartoonish sense of humor influenced countless other rappers. He’ll adopt a high voice for his female characters, and even duets with his old alter ego MC Ricky D on “Mona Lisa.” But there’s also a dark side to The Great Adventures — namely its vulgarity and off-handed misogyny.
