Destination Brooklyn

Destination Brooklyn is the only studio album by American hip hop artist Vicious. It was released on November 1, 1994, through Epic Street/Sony Music Entertainment. Recording sessions took place at The Crib, Palm Tree Studios, House of Hits and Howie's Cribb in New York City, and at Penthouse Studios and Black Scorpio Studios in Kingston, Jamaica. Production was handled by Donovan Thomas, Dave Kelly, Howie Tee, Salaam Remi, Barry B., DJ Clark Kent and Doug E. Fresh. It features guest appearances from Beenie Man, Shyheim, and Vicious's mentor, Doug E. Fresh. The album consisted mainly of reggae fusion, a blend of reggae and hip hop.

Destination Brooklyn
Studio album by Vicious
Released	November 1, 1994
Recorded	1993–1994
Studio	The Crib (New York, NY) Palm Tree Studios (New York, NY) House of Hits (New York, NY) Howie's Cribb (Brooklyn, NY) Penthouse Studios (Kingston, Jamaica) Black Scorpio Studios (Kingston, Jamaica)
Genre	Hip hop reggae fusion dancehall
Length	42:26
Label	Epic Street
Producer	Barry B. Dave Kelly DJ Clark Kent Donovan Thomas Doug E. Fresh Howie Tee Salaam Remi
Singles from Destination Brooklyn
"Glock" Released: February 22, 1994 "Nika" Released: 1994

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic

The album did not reach the US Billboard 200, however, it peaked at number 37 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums, number 18 on the Heatseekers Albums and topped the Reggae Albums chart. It spawned two singles: "Glock" and "Nika". The latter made it to number 69 on the Billboard Hot 100 and number 39 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart.

French Montana and Nicki Minaj sampled the hook from "Freaks" from their 2013 single of the same name.

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer	Length
1.	"Freaks"	Quame Riley Douglas Davis	Doug E. Fresh Barry B.	3:11
2.	"Him Never Do It"	Riley Howard Thompson	Howie Tee	3:58
3.	"Life of a Shortie" (featuring Shyheim)	Riley Shyheim Franklin Salaam Remi Gibbs	Salaam Remi	4:02
4.	"Nika"	Riley Rudolph Isley O'Kelly Isley Jr. Ronald Isley Ernie Isley Marvin Isley Chris Jasper	DJ Clark Kent Peter Panic (voc.)	4:46
5.	"The Glock"	Riley Thompson	Howie Tee	4:20
6.	"Greetings"	Riley	Salaam Remi	3:46
7.	"Ghetto People"	Riley Dave Kelly	Dave Kelly	4:13
8.	"The Lesson" (featuring Beenie Man)	Riley Moses Davis	Donovan Thomas	2:50
9.	"Salute to the Donettes"	Riley Donovan Thomas	Donovan Thomas	4:04
10.	"Good As"	Riley Kelly	Dave Kelly	3:37
11.	"Nika (Radio Remix)"	Riley	Cory Rooney (add.) Prince Markie Dee (add.)	3:39
Total length:				42:26

Sample credits

• Track 4 embodies a portion of "Between the Sheets" performed by The Isley Brothers.

Charts

Chart (1994)	Peak position
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)	37
US Heatseekers Albums (Billboard)	18
US Reggae Albums (Billboard)	1

External links

• Vicious – Destination Brooklyn at Discogs (list of releases)