Children's Story

Children's Story
"Children's Story"
Single by Slick Rick
from the album The Great Adventures of Slick Rick
Released April 3, 1989
Format Cassette single
CD single
Recorded 1988
Genre Golden age hip hop, East Coast hip hop, comedy rap
Length 4:02
Label Def Jam/Columbia
Writer(s) Slick Rick
Producer Slick Rick
Slick Rick singles chronology
"Teenage Love"
(1988)
"Children's Story"
(1989)
"Hey Young World"
(1989)

"Children's Story" is a single by British-born American hip hop artist Slick Rick, from his album The Great Adventures of Slick Rick.


Contents

Song Content

The song samples Lyn Collins's Think (About It).

Reception

It's on the list of the top 100 rap songs,[1] and is ranked #61 on VH1's 100 Greatest Songs of Hip Hop[2].

Covers

The song has been covered by:

  • Tricky on his 1996 album Nearly God,
  • Everlast on his 2000 album Eat at Whitey's,
  • Black Star (Talib Kweli and Mos Def) on their collaborative album Black Star,
  • Eminem re-interpreted it as a diss song entitled "Can-I-Bitch"; including shots towards Jermaine Dupri and Canibus. It follows the flow and concept as the original, including the intro of children asking "Marshall, will you please tell us a bedtime story?".
  • The Game on his 2008 Mixtape BWS Radio 5; and was entitled "Compton's Story". He uses an accent much like Slick Rick's throughout the song.

In 2004, "Children's Story" appeared in the video game Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, on classic hip hop radio station Playback FM. The song was also featured on the True Crime: New York City soundtrack and Tony Hawk's Proving Ground.

Montell Jordan samples this song in "This Is How We Do It", as does Ol' Dirty Bastard in "Got Your Money".

The lyrics "Knock 'em out the box" were also used in Star Wars Gangsta Rap.

The Black Eyed Peas sampled this song in their song Light Up The Night from their 2010 album The Beginning.

The song was also played in the film Notorious.

The lyrics "I need bullets, hurry up run!" are also used by Eminem in the track "Bad Guys Always Die" featuring Dr. Dre from the Wild Wild West (soundtrack).

References


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