Schoolly D
Studio album by
Schoolly D
Released1985, 1990
Recorded1985
Genre
Length38:04
LabelSchoolly D Records
Rhythm King Records (UK)
Jive/RCA Records
1338-J
ProducerSchoolly D
DJ Code Money
Schoolly D chronology
Schoolly D
(1985)		 Saturday Night! – The Album
(1986)

Schoolly D is the debut album by rapper Schoolly D. The album was released on Schoolly D Records in 1985 and in 1990 on Jive Records, and was produced by Schoolly D and DJ Code Money. It features three singles: "Put Your Filas On", "P.S.K. What Does It Mean?" and "Gucci Time".

The album cover featured drawings of a b-boy set against a yellow background. The speech bubbles used proxies for swear words, such as "sheet" and "flucking".

The latter was sampled in E-40's song "Stilettos & Jeans" featuring Bobby V, taken from his 2010 album Revenue Retrievin': Night Shift.

The album is considered to be the predecessor of gangster rap and a major influence on the first albums of Ice-T and Public Enemy as well as an influence and sample source for Beastie Boys and countless others.[1][2][3]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[4]

Simon Reynolds of Melody Maker described the debut in 1986 as "the most extreme hardcore hip-hop record I have ever encountered." and that "It is so far from r'n'b and from funk, so far from ingratiating pleasantness, that the only comparisons I can think of are white ones, groups like the Swans or Killing Joke – precision machine music, a pop abattoir, it can rightly be considered avant-garde."[5] Reynolds went on to state that the strongest track was "P.S.K. (What Does It Mean)" and that "Put Your Filas On" was "another standout."[5]

Track listing

Note: the tracks "Maniac" and "Gangster Boogie" are included in the UK cassette release.[6]

  1. "I Don't Like Rock & Roll" (5:56)
  2. "Put Your Filas On" (7:16)
  3. "Free Style Rapping" (6:52)
  4. "P.S.K. What Does It Mean?" (6:32)
  5. "Gucci Time" (6:10)
  6. "Free Style Cutting" (5:16)

References

  1. ↑ "Hip-Hop Gem: Ice-T's "6 in the Mornin'" Was Inspired By Schoolly D's "P.S.K. What Does It Mean?" – Stop The Breaks - Independent Music Grind". www.stopthebreaks.com. Retrieved 25 May 2017.
  2. ↑ "It Takes A Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back–Public Enemy (1988) Vibe". www.vibe.com. 6 May 2011. Retrieved 25 May 2017.
  3. ↑ "The Punk History Behind the Beastie Boys' First Album, 'Licensed to Ill'". The New York Observer. 11 November 2016. Retrieved 25 May 2017.
  4. ↑ https://www.allmusic.com/album/r28242
  5. 1 2 Reynolds 1986.
  6. ↑ "Images for Schoolly-D* - Schoolly-D". Discogs.

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