Schoolly-D (album)

Schoolly-D
Studio album by Schoolly D
Publication (s)	1985
Label (s)	Schoolly-D Records
Format (s)	LP
Genre (s)	Hip hop
Title (number)	6th
running time	about 38 minutes

Schoolly D is the debut album of Schoolly D . It was published in 1985 and can be assigned to the genre of hip-hop or the subgenre of gangsta rap .

Songs and musicians

The following songs can be heard on Schoolly-D : 

1. I Don′t Like Rock ′ n ′ Roll ( Weaver )
2. Put Your Fila′s On (Weaver)
3. Free Style Rapping (Weaver)
4. PSK - What Does It Mean? (Weaver)
5. Gucci Time (Weaver)
6. Free Style Cutting (Weaver)

These musicians were involved in the creation of the album : 

• Schoolly D: Vocals , drum machines , keyboards , songwriting , production , artwork
• DJ Code Money: turntables , backing vocals
• Mand M Nut: backing vocals
• Pimp Pretty: backing vocals

Sound and sampling

Schoolly-D's sound is rather minimalistic; Beats modified with reverb effects and programmed with the Roland TR-909 drum computer dominate . The extended instrumental passages are supplemented by scratches and raps - plus samples from the following songs: 

• Change the Beat - Female Version (Beside)
• Different Strokes ( Syl Johnson )
• Fresh (Fresh 3 MC′s)
• Gucci Time (Schoolly D)
• I Love Rock ′ n ′ Roll ( Joan Jett & the Blackhearts )
• Jam Master Jay ( Run-DMC )
• Say It Loud - I'm Black and I'm Proud ( James Brown )
• The Decoys of Ming the Merciless (Jackson Beck)
• Tough ( Kurtis Blow )
• What are we gonna do? (Ultimate 3 MC's)

Schoolly-D songs , especially PSK - What Does It Mean? and Gucci Time , were sampled by, among others, these musicians: 

3rd bass Tha Alkaholics Bahamadia Beastie Boys Beat junkies Benzino Big Tymers Common Crazy Town Danny Breaks De la soul DJ Shadow & Cut Chemist DJ Qbert Doug E. Fresh Eminem Erick Sermon Fatboy Slim The Company Aisle Rigid Invisibl Skratch Piklz J Dilla Jennifer Lopez Jim Jones The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion King Tea & Dr. Dre

Leftfield Limp Bizkit Luke Vibert Madvillain Mary J. Blige Masters at Work MC Lyte MC Paul Barman MC Solaar Mekon Melle Mel Moby & Princess superstar Nice & Smooth The Notorious BIG P. Diddy & The Bad Boy Family Smif-N-Wessun Plump DJs Public Enemy The Prodigy Rick ross Schoolly D Siouxsie and the Banshees Snoop Dogg Spoonie Gee Thievery Corporation

Publications and releases

Schoolly-D was first released in 1985 on Schoolly-D Records as an LP ; in the following years it was re-released by the Rhythm King and Jive labels . The album was also released as an MC , one of these versions contains the bonus track Maniac . Schoolly-D was not released on CD .

The following songs from the album were also released as maxi singles : 

• PSK - What Does It Mean? ( B-side : Gucci Time )
• Free Style Rapping (B-side: Free Style Cutting )
• I Don′t Like Rock ′ n ′ Roll (B-Side: I Don′t Like Rock ′ n ′ Roll )
• Put Your Fila′s On (B-Side: PSK - What Does It Mean? )

Meaning and effect

The album Schoolly-D is considered a hip-hop classic, especially because of the song PSK - What Does It Mean? , which was a blueprint for gangsta rap and inspired other pioneers of the subgenre such as NWA and Ice-T . The latter called PSK - What Does It Mean? as one of the greatest influences for his song 6 in the Mornin ′ , which transformed gangsta rap into west coast hip-hop , in the form of which it finally became world-famous.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} www.discogs.com: Schoolly-D (release details)
2. ↑ ^{a b c} Schoolly D: Schoolly-D (Liner Notes)
3. ↑ ^{a b} books.google.de: Mickey Hess - Hip Hop in America (History & impact of Schoolly-D )
4. ↑ ^{a b} www.whosampled.com: Schoolly D (sample list)
5. ↑ www.discogs.com: Schoolly D (discography)
6. ↑ www.rollingstone.com: PSK - What Does It Mean? (Review)
7. ↑ www.theguardian.com: PSK - What Does It Mean? (Review)
8. ↑ www.allmusic.com: Schoolly-D (review)