A balance is a bid which must be made to prevent the opponents from taking the contract. For example, after the sequence: 1â  - Pass - 2â  - Pass-Pass) ? this last person has a choice between passing (and hence letting the opponents play 2â ) and bidding (called balancing in this situation).
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His 1989 album, The Great Adventures of Slick Rick, was a certified-platinum classic, but before he could record a follow-up, Slick Rick was arrested for attempted murder. Out on bail thanks to Def Jam Records' label head Russell Simmons, Rick recorded The Ruler's Back in three weeks and released the album in 1991.resh's number four R&B hit, The Show, exploded just one year later, and MC Ricky D. -- as Rick was then known -- leaped to a solo contract two years later, after an acquaintance with Russell Simmons led to his signing to Def Jam Records, the biggest label in hip-hop at the time.